This week marked one of the most monumental events that happens in the affiliate marketing universe: Affiliate Summit. For 72 hours, affiliates, merchants, and vendors swapped business cards, high-fives, and cocktails. To mark the end of the event, today’s round-up is ASE-themed.

- This week, Affiliate Summit East struck the Hilton New York. Some people made some excellent observations. [Ad Hustler]

- A lot of stuff happened, as you can see from the photograph from Shawn Collins‘ account of the first day. [Affiliate Tip]

- And others are still sorting through the dust to see if any affiliates are left. [@adbullpen]

- In the wake of ASE 2010, many companies may head back to their offices and clamor for Likes and Friend Requests of all sorts. But that’s actually pretty ineffective–you have to give people a reason to Like you. [MediaPost]

- Here is an $800 wool jacket that will shield you from the most torrential downpours. It would’ve been very helpful on Days 1 and 2 of ASE when running across the street to Starbucks meant getting drenched in a downpour. [Gizmodo]

- Google’s CEO goes on the record about the dark side of social networking. Another dark side? The dim lighting at the Google party Monday night, which may have lured away many from the Clickbooth’s invite-only festivities at an adjacent suite. [PC World]

- And now that you start the laborious task of keying in all the new friends you made at ASE, read up on some advance-level methods of effective e-mail blasts. [Offwhite Hat]

– Disembodied robot arms can now toy with sushi. [Gizmodo]

- One writer tries to demystify the “best time to send” e-mail marketing enigma…and ends up just posing a whole new set of questions. [MediaPost]

- Social media is one giant party… [Adotas]

- …which begs the question: Are you going to the ASE tweetup? [Tweetvite]

- This is your last reminder! Schedule a time to meet with us at Affiliate Summit. Or try your luck with a drop-by. Meet Market Table Top#32 and Exhibit Hall Booth# RG1036.

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While we can leave the big Affiliate Summit East questions to ASE masterminds Shawn Collins and Missy Ward, many of you may have more peculiar questions. Which is where this guide to ASE 2010 may come in handy! Continue reading »

– As if you needed another reward to watch your most favorite primetime-soap, HBO, partnering with GetGlue, is now incentivizing True Blood for die-hard viewers who check in, by rewarding them with themed “stickers.” [Mashable]

- So how exactly is social media changing our conception of the corporate world? [MediaPost]

- For the uninitiated: How host-and-post works. [Jonathan Volk]

- Why the new Apple Trackpad means the death of Mac OS X. [Gizmodo]

- An important sit-down with four affiliate managers on how to deal with favorite and problem affiliates alike. [Mr. Green]

Thanks to everyone who stopped on by Booth #313 and picked up shirts or mints at AffCon this year and said hey–or anyone who caught us at any of the great parties that followed the panels, keynotes, and mixers.

Pictured above are Blue Phoenix Media’s Amy Sheridan (middle) and Joe Habib (right) with EducationDynamics’ Bruce Bortle (left).

As we enter the final days of Internet Week, which means that both Digital Marketing Days and AffCon 2010–events that the Blue Phoenix Media team will be present at–draw nearer, it might be useful for everyone–affiliates, social media nerds, and anyone else who may have found themselves clicking through to our blog–to learn a little bit about who we are and all of our many portals work. Continue reading »

As Affiliate Convention 2010 draws closer, the Blue Phoenix team is getting more and more excited—for a few reasons. Most important of them: Unlike traditional trade shows and conferences, AffCon 2010 is free for working affiliates. With affiliates bringing revenue to companies like ours, it makes no sense to have them pay to learn more about their trade. Which is why AffCon 2010—touted by event organizers as being the “highest level of affiliate marketers ever assembled in North America”—promises a diverse mix of marketers. Continue reading »

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In our offices overlooking New York City’s Chinatown, the Blue Phoenix Media team is always hard at work putting together excellent offers–like this and this–and setting the bar for client interaction among affiliate marketers everywhere. But perhaps that describes some of the leading affiliate marketers working in the industry today. So after the jump are 10 reasons why you should bookmark this blog, check in regularly with our company site, and of course, follow us on Twitter. Continue reading »