Internet Geek Girl

It’s been a week since the Affiliate Summit Social Media bus rolled from Boston down to NYC.  I’ve just recently recovered from the experience.  If you missed Gary Vaynerchuk’s u-streaming of the bus ride I recommend you check it out (and have a good laugh).

Big thanks to everyone who joined in for the Affiliate Summit Social Media Bus and Blogger Lounge.  It was a fantastic event. There are some great round-ups out there including on Affiliate Tip,  5Star Affiliate Programs, and my favorite: the Tris Hussey Flickr shots!

One of the highlights of the show for me was the Cory Booker Keynote! It set the tone for a substantive and productive conference. You can catch excerpts here! Be sure to follow Shawn Collins on Twitter as he will post the full video and MP3 of Mayor Booker’s speech as soon as it goes up.

** ADDITION TO POST: Here’s the full keynote!

Personal thanks going out to Gary Vaynerchuk for his participation!  Also, big thanks to Social Spark and Market Leverage for their sponsorship support.

Missy/Shawn – as always, you put on a wonderful event.

And finally, a big shout out (and some link love) for all my bloggers peeps who stopped in the lounge. You guys RAWK!

Ari Greenberg

Ashley Edwards

Carsten Cumbrowski

Charles Ngo

Chris Brogan

Content Robot

David Fisher

Jay Berkowitz

Jeremy Johnson

Jim Kukral

Joe Garraffo

John Chow

John Hasson

Jonathan Dingman

Mark Wielgus

Maria Thurrell

Michael Buechele

MLTV

Oz Sultan

Peter Glaeser

Rick Burnes

Sally Chow

Sam Harrelson

Shawn Collins

Selina McCusker

Steve Hall

Ted Murphy

Tris Hussey

Trisha Lyn

Zac Johnson

I’ve been in California for one week now. While my life definitely not as exciting as Hank’s, I am blessed with the opportunity to hang out with Internet rock stars every where I go. They are an exciting bunch. Let’s start with the LA scene. Obviously “tech” is not the first thing that comes to mind when you think about the City of Angels.  However, I am consistently impressed with the force of nature that is emerging from the intersection of social media, technology, and advertising in Hollywood.  The community that cares about this trend in LA is growing. Last week was “Mini Internet Week” for that town: three packed days of networking with LA’s best and brightest!  The TechSet event at the Luxe Hotel on Sunset Boulevard on Wednesday night was a huge hit.  Mike Macadaan, founder of TwiistUp, did an amazing job on Thursday evening at the Viceroy Hotel with TwiistUp4 (yes that’s a 4). Mashable rounded out the week with the SummerMash LA, part of their US Summer Tour!

The next time you’re in LA, make sure you check out what is going on with TechZulu, Social Media Club LA, Jackie Peters of Heavy Bag Media, Nicole Jordan of bub.blicio.us, Sean Percival of DocStoc, Mike Prasad of GirlGamer, Karen Hartline of Mashable, Erica O’Grady, Marc Levin and the good people over at LA Geek Dinners!  You will definitely be able to find the party through them!

As you know, a picture is worth 1000 words.  For Brian Solis’ photostream, that calculation is more like 2000 words.  Brian also had great coverage of on Bub.blicio.us!

I’m here for another week still, so watch out!

Creating a connection between social media and performance marketing!

Join InternetGeekGirl and her social media friends for the fun-ride of the summer.  The Affiliate Summit party bus will be leaving NYC in just one month (departs August 9^th) and heading to Boston for Affiliate Summit East. Plus special guest, Gary Vaynerchuk of WineLibrary.tv, will be rolling down to NYC with us on August 13^th (the trip home).  Staff from mashable, Buy.at, Magnify.net, 1115Media, and many more great companies will be on the bus. You should be too. Tickets are still available, but selling fast, so grab yours today. Plus don’t forget to swing through the Affiliate Summit blogger lounge while your there and meet all you peeps and tweeps!

Affiliate Summit is shaping up to the be the best one yet. You can get a preview here. The Blue Man Group will be performing during the conference, and the keynote is Cory Booker. Registrations are still available, but act now, because they usually sell out!

BTW – Hotel reservations can be booked online – enter the following code in the group code box in the “additional options section”: AFSAFS.

More Details:

The bus will provide round-trip transportation to Boston from NYC and lots of social media special-sauce.   The blogger lounge will serve influencers and social media makers as their main operations hub throughout Affiliate Summit East 2008.

Other key highlights of the bus and blogger lounge promotion include:

• Free Signed Copy of Gary Vaynerchuk’s book: All participants on the bus will receive a free signed copy of @garyvee’s new book: “Gary Vaynerchuk’s 101 Wines Guaranteed to Inspire, Delight, and Bring Thunder to Your World.”
• $250 Voucher for Free Advertising Trial on SocialSpark:Given the system a whirl at no cost to you.
• Super Duper Schwag Bags for Bus Riders: MarketLeverage promo packs will be provided for all party bus attendees. Enjoy your MarketLeverage Nike bag, you can use it take to home your Affiliate Summit swag, including a 2GB USB Pen!
• Food and Drinks on the Bus and in the Lounge: Sponsored by b5 media, refreshments will be provided for participants. ** Special mimosa and bellini recipes to be provided by the experts at WineLibrary.com.

Please note: There is a car pool coming from Philly, and we will also wait for any Philly folks who want to take the morning departure from BoltBus.  The bus will leave NYC on Saturday, August 9th around 11 am and leave Boston on Wednesday August 13th around  10 AM ish. Location of departure will be provided to participants.

Plus you are cordially invited to join The TechSet in Boston: The TechSet will host an event on Sunday afternoon 8/10 at Tia’s on the Waterfront (http://www.tiaswaterfront.com/). Come meet the twitterati in Boston! Details posted soon!!

About our Sponsors:

SocialSpark, a IZEA Property, is a Social Marketing Network that connects advertisers and bloggers through an online blog advertising marketplace. Advertisers are able to target blogs based on conversational topics and make cash sponsorship offers to the bloggers who publish them. Bloggers can make money by either placing display advertisements on their blog or by writing sponsored content. The sponsorships offered through the SocialSpark marketplace allow advertisers to build buzz, generate traffic and maximize social media exposure.

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MarketLeverage is one of the web’s largest “Cost Per Acquisition” (CPA) networks. MarketLeverage enables web Advertisers and web Publishers to harness the power of performance marketing. The company also hosts MLTV, one of the first ever video news sources for affiliates!

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The TechSet does Manhattan! We started in LA, hit Silicon Valley and San Fran, and now we are in the Big Apple during Internet Week!

Internet Week is spotlighting the influential and expanding Web community in New York and The TechSet is all set to contribute. Join me and Brian Solis, bub.blicio.us and PR 2.0, as together, we celebrate The TechSet, the people who are actively defining the new Web landscape and contributing to the lucrative and industry-defining social economy along the way.

The TechSet is everywhere, online and offline. The TechSet is you.

On Saturday afternoon, we’re going to bring the rooftop parties from the West Coast to the Right Coast while bringing together NY-based entrepreneurs and those in town for Internet Week. Special guests from the blogosphere as well as VCs, developers, and founders will take over the rooftop of the stylish Hotel Gansevoort in the chic part of NY made popular by the Sex and the City franchise – well, we’ll take over what we can!

Who said techies can’t be glamorous too!

But wait, there’s more. Co-authors Geoff Livingston and Brian Solis will also be signing copies of Now is Gone. Bring your book if you have it, otherwise books will be available for $10 on-site. (whoops.. that’s $15 sorry, cmon.. support a blogga!)

See you chic peeps next Saturday at the ROOFTOP bar (Plunge)! 

RSVP on the Facebook Event Page, grazie.

I’m just about to check out of the Hotel Roosevelt and head to the airport for a flight to SFO. It has been an eventful week here in LA. The TechSet Hollywood event and the TechCrunch/PopSugar party were both successful gatherings of the best and brightest in the industry.

I was so impressed with all the fine individuals I met here. There are too many to name, but you can see the story via my pictures on Flickr. LA is a new scene for me. But not for my partner in crime Brian Solis. He wrote an great re-cap of the growth of the tech community here in LA.

Content is King – especially here in LA. I predict that internet content developers will continue to gravitate to this town and explore the synergies that explode when technology meets the entertainment industry. I for one am excited to plan my next trip here. Stay tuned for more about Digital Hollywood (coming up in May)!

Big thanks to everyone who attended. We look forward to our next gathering in Silicon Valley on 4/20. Hope to see you there.

(photo credit, Brian Solis)