Aired: January 19, 2009

Information: James is back from Affiliate Summit, Las Vegas where by all reports things are less than stellar these days. There were over 3200 participants at this even which cost $1800 to attend. James had a little get together with some of his students on the Saturday night before the Affiliate Summit at McFadden's Irish Pub at Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. James and Charles talk a little about some of the people they have met over the years at the various affiliate marketint events. James talks about the process of getting into the summit and how affiliates and merchants intereact in the Meet Market of Affiliate Summit. There are speakers and trade show booths open on Monday. James attended some of the presentations including Jay Berkowitz's 10 Golden Rules Internet Strategies talk. Jay talked about podcasting and how powerful it is to get the word out about what he is doing. James mentions the websit http://www.helpareporter.com/ which reporters can use to find experts in particular fields. James talks about the exhibit area and the apparent upgrading of everyone's booth over last year. Google has thrown their hat into affiliate management ring. James met some affiliate managers who gave him some new information about how their business was going. James also attended the Todd Crawford talk, Crawford was one of the founders of CJ, and moderated a panel about affiliate fraud and how costly it can be for merchants. James talks a little bit about some of the atmosphere and how he finished off the conference - his is considering attending Affiliate Summit in NYC in August.