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Clarion Events buys US-based Affiliate Summit

Published

1 year ago

July 28, 2017

Acquisition of Affiliate Summit Heralds Exciting New Chapter for Leading Affiliate Marketing Event Companies Affiliate Summit and iGB Affiliate

Clarion Events the parent company of iGB Affiliate is pleased to announce its acquisition of the Affiliate Summit Corporation, which includes the Affiliate Summit tradeshow and conference, FeedFront Magazine, GeekCast.fm, ReveNews.com, and the annual AffStat industry benchmark reports. Affiliate Summit has been at the forefront of the affiliate marketing industry since their inception in 2003.

Affiliate Summit joins Clarion Events alongside the iGB Affiliate brand to further the vision of both companies to provide a comprehensive events and information platform for the affiliate marketing sector. With the acquisition, Affiliate Summit will continue to deliver the premier affiliate marketing trade-show and conference in the United States, and will now have the opportunity to expand the Affiliate Summit brand internationally.

Additionally, Affiliate Summit Co-Founders, Missy Ward and Shawn Collins with over 20 years’ experience in affiliate marketing, will continue running Affiliate Summit in the capacity of Co-CEOs with the support of their highly regarded team.

“Clarion is widely regarded as a leading event organizer, and we will be harnessing their expertise in order to expand internationally and bring our events to the next level. Becoming part of Clarion will add value to our current brands and provide an opportunity to take new products to emerging markets. Bringing Affiliate Summit and iGaming Business together will deliver enhanced benefits to attendees and exhibitors alike.” said Shawn Collins.

Alex Pratt, Managing Director – iGB Affiliate, Clarion Events said “This is a really exciting acquisition for Clarion, bringing together the biggest affiliate marketing events company with Clarion’s resources, expertise and successful affiliate shows in igaming and finance. Missy and Shawn have established an extremely strong business and we are looking forward to a successful collaboration to improve the US events as well as launch the Affiliate Summit brand internationally.”

Future Dates:
Affiliate Summit East, New York Marriott Marquis, July 30^th – Aug 1^st 2017
Berlin Affiliate Conference, Messe Berlin, Oct 1^st – Nov 4^TH 2017^h
Affiliate Summit West, Paris Las Vegas, Jan 7^th-9^th 2018

About Affiliate Summit:
Affiliate Summit, started in 2003, is the largest affiliate marketing conference and tradeshow in the world. This three-day conference included an exhibit hall with affiliates, merchants, vendors, and networks, as well as multiple tracks of educational sessions covering the latest trends and information from affiliate marketing experts. In addition to the conference and tradeshow, Affiliate Summit also publishes FeedFront Magazine, GeekCast.fm, ReveNews.com, and the annual AffStat industry benchmarking reports.

About iGB Affiliate:
iGB Affiliate is the affiliate-facing brand of iGaming Business. It organises the three biggest affiliate events in the industry: LAC, AAC and BAC. Its conferences provide the platform for affiliates to learn from the industry’s best during dedicated conference schedules, and meet affiliate managers from major and rising operators both on the exhibition floor and during well-attended networking events.
The affiliate conferences are the only place you can network with large volumes of affiliates at once. For operators, the conferences are vital to growing their affiliate networks. iGB Affiliate also provides the free iGB Affiliate magazine. With high quality content and strong digital and print followings, it continues to be the only dedicated magazine in the affiliate industry.

About Clarion Events:
Clarion Events can trace its roots back to 1947 and takes great pride in being one of the oldest independent event organizers in the UK. The teams at Clarion create uniquely effective and stimulating environments that can serve as a platform to build businesses and enhance customer relationships and experiences. Clarion is a global events business with a number of events across a range of vertical markets. In the affiliate and retail sector, Clarion Events provides a range of services including the iGB Affiliate series of exhibitions, iGB Affiliate Magazine, InternetRetailing Expo, InternetRetailing Conference , and the Internet Retailing Summit.

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Meet the first four speakers of Kyiv iGaming Affiliate Conference!

Published

2 weeks ago

October 11, 2018

George Miller

Meet the first four speakers of Kyiv iGaming Affiliate Conference!

Speakers of Kyiv iGaming Affiliate Conference: discussion of gaming affiliate programs and traffic in Russian and foreign networks

On November 15, Kyiv will host iGaming Affiliate Conference. The industry representatives will discuss the latest gambling and affiliate marketing trends as well as take an opportunity to establish new business partnership within the networking area. Meet the speakers of the event that have already confirmed attendance. They are e-business professionals and world-class experts on affiliate marketing.

The event will gather representatives of iGaming business and affiliate marketing. The platform consists of a conference, an exhibition, and a networking area. It will take place at Vsi. Svoi D12 (12 Desatinna St.), a popular center of cultural and business life in the city’s old town section.

Conference: space for expert’s presentations addressing affiliate marketing and iGaming.

Exhibition: a venue for iGaming representatives from across the globe. The companies will present software and hardware products.

Networking: business representatives will enjoy the enjoyable atmosphere with a VIP zone available to special guests.

Conference speakers and their presentations

iGaming is a highly competitive niche, which has to be taken into account while developing marketing strategies. Vladimir Luchaninov, Head of Acquisitions at Firelink Media, will tell about the pitfalls of eSports affiliate programs and provide the criteria of affiliate program choosing. He will also touch upon the challenges of risk assessment as well as advise on how to reach the highest profit from an affiliate program.

Kostiantyn Novofastovsky, Head of ClickFrog, will also cover the peculiarities of gaming websites. In his presentation titled ‘Buying traffic in gambling. How to avoid bots’, the speaker will feature the popular resources and compare CPM banners with ClickUnder.

Dmitry Petrenko, Head of SEO at Edu-cash.com Ukraine, will dwell on promotion in foreign networks. The speaker took part in website promotion to top positions in the U.S., Canada, Germany, Austria, and the CIS. He will reveal the secrets of leadership on foreign competitive websites emphasizing on grey promotion and organic traffic.

Myroslav Liaskovez, Founder at LeadMarketing and an author of the online course ‘Facebook Without the Fluff’, will shed light on traffic arbitrage techniques in social networks. The attendees will have a chance to find out about the frequent mistakes made by beginning arbitrage managers and effective advertising strategies for Facebook.

New speakers are coming soon! Visit the website Kyiv iGaming Affiliate Conference to follow the announcements.

Register to keep up with the trends of gambling affiliate marketing.

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Login Casino raffles one VIP ticket for Kyiv iGaming Affiliate Conference

Published

2 weeks ago

October 10, 2018

George Miller

Login Casino raffles one VIP ticket for Kyiv iGaming Affiliate Conference

Login Casino, the media gambling-sponsor of Kyiv iGaming Affiliate Conference, is raffling a free VIP ticket for the event.

The conference will be held on November 15 at a popular local platform TAO Event Hall, Kyiv, Ukraine. In order to take part in the raffle one has to fill in the registration form on the Login Casino website, having indicated the name and e-mail address from 9.10.2018 to 04.11.2018. The winner will be determined on November 5 via a random number generator.

The VIP ticket includes:

separate registration at the entrance;
comfortable VIP zone with the best level of service and networking opportunities;
access to both conference and exhibition area;
access to the after-party;
gifts from the event organizers.

What is going to be at the conference:

Both local and foreign experts of the sector will take part in the event. The conference will bring together iGaming business representatives as well as stakeholders of the affiliate marketing industry – one of the most accessible ways of brand promotion. The platform will give the visitors and speakers the opportunity to get new business contacts and listen to a number of useful reports.

During the event, the industry experts will take the floor in section № 1. They will cover the following topics:

revenues from the affiliate programs;
correct paid traffic redirection to gambling website;
which resources outside of the Runet can be useful for operators;
how exactly the work for the World Wide Web is carried out and many more.

The special guest for the event is the head of the advertising traffic audit service ClickFrog.ru Konstantin Novofastovsky. He will dwell on how a successful gambling-related traffic purchase is carried out as well as about the most popular traffic channels to gambling websites. The expert will also explain how to avoid bots, what to choose – CRM-banner or ClickUnder and many more.

One more speaker at the platform for presentations in section № 1: Conference will be Vladimyr Luchaninov, Procurement Director at Firelink Media. He will explain the criteria for choosing an affiliate program, which risks and pitfalls can be connected with it.

The event organizer is an international company Smile-Expo.

Affiliate Announcements

Betsson Group Wins Top Online Gaming Affiliate Award

Published

3 weeks ago

October 5, 2018

TheVoice

Betsson Group Affiliates – Best Affiliate Programme – EGR Italy Awards 2018

Betsson Group is proud to announce that it has received one of the highest accolades when it comes to the online gaming affiliate arena, with its affiliate offering named ‘Best Affiliate Programme 2018’ at the prestigious EGR Italy Awards.

Hosted at Aldrovandi Villa Borghese, in the heart of Rome, the fifth edition of the EGR Italy Awards brought together the largest online gaming operators and service providers operating in the Italian market. This is the first time that the EGR Italy Awards has introduced the ‘Best Affiliate Programme of the Year’ category, meaning that Betsson Group is truly leading the way with its affiliate programme in the Italian market.

Jesper Svensson, CEO for Betsson Group said, “We’re very proud to receive this award as the entire team has worked really hard to deliver excellence in everything that we do. It’s encouraging to see that the efforts done behind the scenes in offering our affiliate partners the highest possible level of service are being recognised.

Our multi-region and multi-brand offering gives our affiliate partners unrivalled flexibility to promote what works best for them and this award proves that our affiliate management teams are doing an amazing job.”

To learn more about the award-winning affiliate partnerships programme by Betsson Group, visit www.BetssonGroupAffiliates.com.

About Betsson Group

With 17 brands, including Betsafe.com, Betsson.com, NordicBet.com and CasinoEuro, offering Sportsbook, Casino and other games, Betsson Group is one of the world’s largest gaming groups, at the heart of entertainment for over five decades. The company’s vision is to provide the best customer experience in the industry – listening to, and learning from, its customers, and then exceeding their expectations. Betsson Group is wholly owned by Betsson AB – listed on Nasdaq Stockholm Large Cap.