The A4UExpo thank you thread

[advortis]

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I really enjoyed a few of the seminars and the party on the boat was very cool especially when standing outside soaking up all the view of London city. Thanks to everyone that organised the event and networking evenings.

[monkeyman]

Echo everyone's great comments so far.

Fantastic event and massive thanks to Matt, Claire, everyone at Existem and to all the sponsors for hosting such a great few days!!

All of the sessions were very good and thanks to everyone who spoke or sat on one of the discussion panels.

[mdrussell]

Thanks for a great event Matt and the team.

Was really good to speak to so many people, although I did feel like I was being evicted form my own stand at lunch time, is good that affiliates feel comfortable to stay on our stand and use as base. Was great fun trying to clear up the stand with so many hung over people not wanting to move, I felt like a dad trying to throw friends out from a teenagers party.

I hope you all enjoyed your trips home with your scuba set and various other prizes.
The winners of our competitions are listed below:-
Picnic Bench from Raw Garden - Jason Dale (Loquax)
Pens in Jar - Beanbag donated by All up and On - Chris Frost (Coldsnail)
Sweets in Jar - Beanbag donated by beanbagbazaar - Jason Brockman (Big Idea Media)
Name the Robot - MP3 player donated by advancedmp3players - Pete Dickenson (Affiliate Future)
Thanks for all the merchants who donated freebies for us to give away:-
Simply Scuba
Tightsplease
Chocolate Trading Company
Home and Garden Gifts
Bouncy Happy People

Thanks to everyone who attended my presentation on day one and hope you have learned a few tips from both Keith Budden and myself, apologies for being so popular that we had to move rooms.

I hope that next year we can park our van without it getting damaged, which delayed our departure by 3 hours.

It was good for people who hadn't met Hannah before to speak to her and also see her with a bad hangover....lol

Looking forward to next year already.

[Shane]

what a fantastic couple of days - well done Matt and the Existem team

The highlight for me were the excellent sessions, far superior to any I've attended elsewhere, at times it was verging on free consulting, every session I saw informed, explained, entertained and went deep enough not to be just a skim over of the basic theory as is often the case with sessions at other events I've been to elsewhere

It would have been nice to see more stands and advertiser presence in the hall but then again those that were there got maximum exposure and everyone I spoke to on them said it had been well worthwhile and they had got quality leads from it.

The bar has been raised from a quality session point of view, this can't fail to attract more affiliates to attend next time once word of mouth filters down, which in turn should attract more advertisers so I'm totally confident that next year will be even bigger and better.

Thanks to all the speakers, it takes way more work than most people realise to get a good session together so well done to all of them and thanks for taking the time to educate us well

[dbm44]

Thanks to the entire Existem team for all the hard work.

Sessions were really good this year and the parties were not bad either

Nice to catch up with some people again

David

[Jason]

I would like to add my thanks for this year's Expo. It was just brilliant, and to think it paid for itself after the first seminar, most excellent Existem dudes!

I also want to thank Bean Bag Bazaar for my great new bean bag, it's really comfortable and would recommend the bean bags... the only downside is that I have had to move the sofa into the garage to make room, but hey!

The Existem Affiliate Marketing stand offered the prize in a competition to guess the number of sweets in the jar - so a grateful thanks must go to Mark and his team who thought up this competition and made the affiliates soo welcome at his stand that they didn't want to leave!

Other highlights for me were meeting a whole load of new affiliates which made the Expo this year. I think it's great to see new blood coming along to these events, and I hope that we made them feel welcome and that they'll make the trek again.

Thanks again

Jason

[NathanHarrington]

Not much more to say than what's already been said - a thoroughly brilliant event, with excellent seminars focussed on the really important stuff.

To think that some people question affiliate marketing, they should have come along!

Big thanks to all those who organised the event, the Thames Cruise was especially good, with great views of London and excellent food (but agree with Keith there could have been more of it!).

Looking forward to next year already!

Nathan
Nathan Harrington
Affiliate Marketing Executive
Cornhill Direct
01454 457734
nathan.harrington@allianz.co.uk
Cornhill Direct Affiliates

[TreatHer]

Hi!

This was the first time I've attended this type of event, and I've got to say it was fantastically organised - well done A4U team!

I met some great potential partners and a wide range (and amazing variety) of affliates looking for merchants selling Christmas gifts - something I wasn't really expecting.

Will definitely be back next year for both the conferences and the parties. Also a HUGE thanks to all the awesome people I met who ensured our first serious landing into affiliate marketing was a soft one! Looking forward to seeing you all again soon!!

- Jigs -
www.TreatHer.com

[aldo]

although I did feel like I was being evicted form my own stand at lunch time,

Sorry Mark but those bean bags and chocolates were like a magnet.

Thanks to everyone involved, I had a great time along with some great advice and it all happened just a few stops on the train from where I live. It don't get better than that.

[stef-Scratch2Cash]

Hi all,

Despite the fact that i was drinking from 10 AM, i managed to coherantly meet many new pepple and place the faces to the email adresses/names on both the days... hahaa

it was a really a pleasure to meet everyone at the expo and thanks to everyone who came and had a chat with us at stand 14!! Scratch2Cash have been here at A4U now for 2 years in a row and truly enjoy it and will be back next year!!!

Thank you to Claire for the smooth organisation on the two very fun days!
the parties were great and the people were even better.

Stef
Scratch2Cash

[Geoffuk]

Well it looks like pretty much everything has been said already!

Have been working days and nights since the expo so this has been my first chance to say my thanks, do some follow ups and unpack my bag.

Expo was great from both networking and learning aspects. The sessions have given me loads to think about and I think i'll be implementing stuff for a long time to come.

Many thanks to all involved in the organising, the speakers, and anyone that spoke to me!

Thanks for the ice-luge sambuca Matt (although i'm still not sure if it was a good thing), I didn't manage to get a chance to speak to you after that.

Only regret as many others have said is that I didn't get to speak to more people.

I've started doing a few follow-ups but anyone I spoke to that doesn't hear from me, feel free to get in touch because I get the feeling I may have left the odd card during my hasty hotel check-out! (5am in the bar tends to have that effect).

Geoff
BuyCatering.com

[renegade]

Sorry Mark but those bean bags and chocolates were like a magnet.

Thanks to everyone involved, I had a great time along with some great advice and it all happened just a few stops on the train from where I live. It don't get better than that.

Yeah, we affiliates spammed the Existem stand good and proper! I appreciated having somewhere to leave my bag and take the weight off for a few minutes so thanks guys.
I also had a fab time and, like Aldo, I enjoyed attending this top venue that's really handy for me to get to from Essex.

[Elaine]

Not had chance to echo everyone else's sentiments (had a mad dash to get home, get packed, get back down to London, get to Florida )

but again,we had an extremely interesting and informative few days - met some great folks - old friends and, hopefully, some new ones. Attended some very informative seminars which got the creative juices flowing and gave me some great ideas and made one or two good contacts.

Don't think Matt and Existem need to worry about bettering the format for next year - businesses should really be clamouring to be involved:tup

[LovingMela]

When will be the next event?

Mela
London Tailor

[Keith]

Hi Pam

Next official events are here a4uexpo Affiliate Marketing Conference and Exhibition