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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Last few FREE OF CHARGE places available for the most exclusive affiliate marketing event of the year!
If you’re operating in the retail sector, you will not want to miss this exclusive event on 16th September. “Sell with a Splash” is taking place in the fabulous Haymarket Hotel Pool & Bar, London from 6pm and there are just a few spaces left if you’d like to come along!
This event promises to be really exciting, with some fantastic product showcases, entertainment and relaxing treatments on offer, along with a selection of brilliant prizes courtesy of our generous sponsors: firebox.com, mobiles.co.uk, The Magazine Group, LOVEFiLM, Beautique.com and Savile Row.
We’ll be welcoming some of the top affiliates and merchants in the sector along to network in the most spectacular of surroundings and we’re now delighted to announce that James Roper, Chief Executive of IMRG (Interactive Media in Retail Group), has been confirmed as the key speaker at the event.
James will present “e-Retail: The Trillion Dollar Trade Route”, a presentation about the current state of worldwide retail; a hot topic given today’s credit crunch concerns. Drawing on IMRG’s extensive proprietary research, James will share the facts behind the trends and shed light on the strategies for surviving the economic downturn.
These strictly limited spaces are completely free of charge, so if you’d like to get your hands on one of the last few spaces available at this event, simply email events@affiliatefuture.co.uk and we’ll do our best to accommodate you.
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
We’re delighted to announce that we will be exhibiting at this year’s a4uexpo, which will be taking place on 14th and 15th October at ExCel, London. The a4uexpo is the UK’s leading affiliate marketing event and a networking opportunity not to be missed, so if you’d like to come and say hello, you’ll find us at stand 15!
AffiliateFuture will also be sponsoring the “Ignite” pre-networking party on the evening of 13th October, which is taking place in the Upper Deck Bar @ Novotel. The Ignite party is the perfect warm-up to the main event, giving guests the opportunity to network in a relaxed environment before the conference begins, so we’re looking forward to meeting some of you there!
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Well, we made it home from paradise in one piece (just about!) and we’d like to thank everyone who got involved in the incentive and helped to make it our biggest and best Barbados trip to date. Last week, a total of 33 affiliates, merchants and AF staff jetted off for a week of sun, fun and rum and it was truly the trip of a lifetime!
Some of the highlights included nights out at Harbour Lights (several times for James Little!), mortifying karaoke, “street meat” from the local vendors, Lee McCoys driving, The Ship Inn, Strawberry Daquiris, Mount Gay Rum, BBQ at the Surf Shack, jet-skiing, horse riding on the beach, diving, Team Extreme…
A very special thank you to all the sponsors of this incentive:
Foxy Bingo
Holiday Extras
Jet2holidays.com
sunshine.co.uk
Central Capital Loans
Millet Sports
ebookers.com
Check out some of the photographic highlights here!
First night at Harbour Lights – before the dancing!
Lee McCoy on his best behavour…
A taste of Paradise
A local seller looking for customers
Up in the caves
Cocktails by the pool
Tom (ipoints) and Naomi (Firebox) enjoying a little sing song
Everyone at the airport on the way home
And lastly, you can’t have a trip to Barbados without trying the local “Street Meat”
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Well, we’ve almost reached the end of this year’s Barbados trip and what a trip it has been! After a week full of thrills and spills, we’re all sorry to have to leave this paradise island but all good things must come to an end!
Last night, most of the group went to Oistins, where we sampled the local seafood. Slightly more exotic than your average fish & chip shop back in the UK - we tasted shark, baracuda, lobster and the local favourite flying fish. All washed down with an obligatory rum ‘n’ coke or two, of course!
The group then split, with one faction headed for Harbour Lights again (headed up by James – officially Harbour Lights number 1 fan!), while the rest of us returned to the hotel for some more drinks and merriment. The Harbour Lights crew returned to the hotel at 8.30 this morning, so I can only imagine it was a good night and there will be a few tales to tell today!
We’re all off to a local restaurant tonight for our farewell meal and flying back to the UK tomorrow evening, so we’ll be back in the office fresh as daisies on Monday morning!
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Well, we’ve made it to the end of the working week and the weather has taken a turn for the worse here in Barbados. It’s been raining all morning, but that’s not enough to dampen our spirits!
Last night we enjoyed what was supposed to be a traditional Bajan show at our hotel but we ended up stealing the show ourselves with some pretty embarrassing karaoke! There was a shameful rendition of the Kylie and Jason classic “Especially for You”, plus AffiliateFuture staff treated everyone to our own special version of “Tragedy”. I hope nobody caught it on video.
This morning, James and I had an appointment at the beautician (I kid you not) for a pedicure but, much to my dismay, no sign of James. I was really looking forward to the sight of him with pretty pink toes…!!!
Some of us are going diving today and some more of us were planning a trip to Crane Beach, frequently cited as one of the world’s top beaches. If the weather remains like this however, we may be bringing along our umbrellas!
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Well, we’ve all reached the third day of our trip in one piece… just about! Day 3 saw some of us getting a bit active, as we took a trip to the east side of the island for some equestrian adventures!
Some of the group were complete beginners and were understandably slightly apprehensive before the pick up at our hotel at the ungodly hour of 8am! Our driver, however, quickly gave us something to be even more frightened of as he took us for a white knuckle ride across the island! It was a 40 minute journey which saw us navigating bends at breakneck speeds so by the time we arrived at the equestrian centre climbing up on a horse was childsplay!
We had an amazing 2 hour ride over hills and along the surf and, although some of us were walking like cowboys afterwards, it was well worth it!
Last night saw us hit the Surfers’ Bar; a tiny bar located right on the beach in the middle of nowhere. The owner put a BBQ on for us and we drank rum around a bonfire. It was truly an experience not to be missed. Most of us called it a night after the bar, with the exception of Mr. Little and a few others, so I’m sure there will be one or two sore heads this morning when they eventually surface!
Tonight we’ll be enjoying some special Bajan entertainment at our hotel, so we’ll be reporting on that tomorrow!
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Day 2 and the jet lag has kicked in for some, as people are sat round the pool sunbathing by 8.30am. Today is a quiet day in preparation for the evenings beach party. The group sampled the local beaches, the surf and the jet skis. Our experienced divers went off for a dive into one of the local ship wrecks.
Our missing person arrived and has settled into the new lifestyle.
Harbour Lights, the home of the all you can drink beach party. The majority of the group arrived for a live show from a local band, stilt walkers, fire eaters and much more. Our very own James Little ensured our win in the ragga ragga singing competition, a tradtional local song. You’ll find it on you tube if you want to hear it.
The straglers arrived later in the evening, minus event organiser Sinead who was yet again in bed! We sang and danced into the early hours, pictures and videos to follow.
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Day one of the UK’s biggest and best affiliate marketing incentive has just finished so we thought we’d write a quick blog post to keep you up to date with all the thrills and spills from the paradise island.
We only managed to leave one person behind in the UK after their car broke down on the motorway…..twice! Luckily they will be joining the group of winners later on today; just in time for Harbour Lights!
A sleepy bunch of affiliates, merchants and AffiliateFuture staff met at Gatwick Airport at 7am on Sunday morning to catch the 10am flight across the pond. It went off without delay and after an 8 hour journey filled with plenty of in-flight entertainment (or sleep if your name is Sinéad) we touched down in Bridgetown just after 1pm.
Celebrating the arrival with some world famous local Banks beer and a cheeky rum and coke or two we all checked in and spent some well earned time downtime by the hotel pool.
In the evening we all went out to a local steak house where Steve from UKWebMedia managed to eat a 20oz steak (which was about the size of a cow) and we sampled a few more of the local tipples.
With jet lag kicking in most of us called it an early night but AffiliateFuture staff were on hand to ensure those that wanted to continue in The Ship (a bar across the road) were able to do so.
It’s now 11am local time and today will be spent with lots of education seminars by the pool…honest…
You can view a selection of the photos here
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
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