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On Friday July 20th A4u invite you to their hometown of Bristol for their summer social. An evening of entertainment & networking with a BBQ will be held @ Bristol and there will be music provided by West Country group The Wurzels.
The affiliate marketing networking event is limited to 350 delegates so make sure you register now to guarantee your place.
Bristol a4u Summer Event
Event Agenda:
- From 16.00 Drinks on the harbour side
- 9.00 Arrive at At-Bristol for registration and cider & apple juice reception
- 19.30 Sponsor Messages
- 20.00 BBQ will be served
- 21.30 Live Music from the famous West Country band “The Wurzels”
- 23.00 West Country fun & games
- 01.00 Finish
Pricing
- Affiliate - £35 + VAT
- Merchants - £35 + VAT
- Agencies - £65 + VAT
- Networks - £65 + VAT
Hotels
- Ibis Hotel, BS1 5TY
- Travel Lodge Hotel, BS1 5TT
- Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel, BS1 5TA
- Jurys Bristol, BS1 4QF
The first affiliate marketing 5-a-side football tournament will be hosted in London on Friday 15th June by buy.at
To be held at Goals Wembley; the tournament will be played in a Champions League format, with four groups of four teams with the top 2 of each group progressing to the knockout stages. Buy.at will present the winners with a trophy and the title of Affiliate Marketing Football Champions 2007.
Space is limited to 16 teams to enter, registration is open to all affiliates, merchants and agencies. Teams to include a maximum of seven players, that is with the two recommended substitutes
Entry costs £50 per team, get registered ASAP as by sending your team name and the team members to events@buy.at
Affiliates looking to join a team can PM Kandevil via the a4uforum as he is trying to organise a Affiliate Rovers FC team. Or you can post a comment to this thread and he will be in touch.
Got your pens out and mark your diaries, A4u will be having a networking event on Friday July 20th 2007. Hang out in the sunshine with your fellow affiliate marketers. No seminars, no presentations just networking and fun.
A4u have organised special rates for everyone attending the event, these apply on the 26th & 27th April only. Read more about the A4u Casino & Gambling Vertical here.
- Single rooms - £64 B&B
- Double/twin rooms (double occupancy) - £90 B&B
- Double/twin rooms (single occupancy) - £80 B&B
Car parking at the hotel costs £3.50 for 24 hours.
The hotel is the Thistle Hotel, Edgbaston, call 0121 4559777 to book and quote “a4u”.
Hotel Location
The Thistle is located just off the M5 (junction 3) on the A456 (Hagley Road), next door to TGI Fridays. It takes around ten minutes in a taxi from Birmingham New Street Railway station.
The Thistle
225 Hagley Road
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B16 9RY
As discussed previously there is an a4uEvents Gaming Vertical in Birmingham on April 27th. They have opened registration so book your place now, as they are limited. Costs are:
- Affiliates - £25 + VAT
- Merchants & Agencies £75 + VAT
- Networks - £75 + VAT (strictly no sales staff)
Starting at 12.30pm there will be an interactive & educational afternoon with full of networking opportunities, in a relaxed and friendly environment at Aston Villa’s Villa Park Stadium. Further networking will be possible at the evening venue.
The Days Timeline:
- 12pm Coach transfer from event hotel to the stadium
- 12.30pm - 1.30pm Registration & General Networking
- 1.30pm - 2.30pm Presentation from Michael Caselli
- 2.30pm - 3.45pm Lunch
- 3.45pm - 4.45pm Discussion panel with Q & A Panel
- 4.45pm - 6pm General Networking
- 6pm - Transfers back to hotel
- Organised venue (TBC) for evening networking at a sponsored Casino
Featured Topics for Discussion:
- Opportunities and trends in Gambling
- The Gambling Commission Guidelines – what impact will they have when they come into full force in September?
- Affect of the Manchester super casino development on online gambling interest?
- Impact on the UK / EU gambling industry from the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act
The night before the DFDS Affiliate cruise to Amsterdam, affiliates, merchants and networks will be meeting up at the Pitcher & Piano from 7pm, the bar is next to the Millenium Bridge on the Quayside. They’ll be a few there from buy.at seeing as it is one of their locals. People will be headng to the legendary Rupali curry house later in the evening.
So that is Tuesday 27th March, 7pm if you can make it.
At Villa Park in Birmingham on 27th April a4u will host an event for those involved in the gambling & casino vertical of affiliate marketing.
This will be during the Friday afternoon there will be a presentation by guest speaker Michael Caselli (considered one of the world’s leading experts on online gaming) and an expert questions and answers panel. More traditional networking will continue in the evening at the Coral Gala Casino.
More details and ways to register should be available soon.
28th March sees affiliates and merchants alike setting sail on the the DFDS Seaways’ Queen of Scandinavia cruise ship to Amsterdam. There is also the option to stay on board for the return trip to Newcastle or to spend some time in Amsterdam including an organised trip to the Carslberg brewery.
The price of this trip to affiliates is just £29.38, for that you get a trip to Amsterdam and a full day of networking.
There are over 100 people already signed up to go and it seems for once that there will be a large number of affiliates compared to merchants and networks at the event.
The day sponsored by Tradedoubler will start off with keynote speaker Martin Murray, CEO of Interactive Return who will be discussing organic and paid search.