I am super excited to announce that the CAMA Cruise at Affiliate Summit East 2008 is darn near sold out. I think as of 5 minutes ago, we had 3 tickets remaining with one of them committed to a giveaway on ABestWeb by one of our wonderful sponsors. If you are thinking of attending, I would jump in right now and wrap up your ticket purchase as once all 75 tickets are gone, they are gone and you’ll be waiting in line until January’s Las Vegas event We would love to see you there.

What should you expect? Relaxed fellowship, awesome food, great site seeing of a historic town - a great laid back way to kick off the Affiliate Summit and get some networking done at the same time.

Here are the particulars:

We’ll meet at the dock just outside of the Seaport Hotel at 8:30 to get checked in. We’ll board the Lexington at 8:45 and push off at 9:00. We’ll have a quick program to thank the sponsors and bless the meal, then we’ll have breakfast and enjoy the scenery and conversation. We’ll return to the World Trade Center dock by 11:00 am - so attendees should have plenty of time to prepare for the Affiliate Meet Market and afternoon educational events.

Thanks to all of our sponsors who absolutely make this possible: oneNetworkDirect.com, IBSDirect.com, Andy Rodriguez Consulting, GTO Management, MemoryCross.com , 1M4JC.com and ChristianAffiliateMarketers.com

One thing that has been pretty consistent across two events at the House of Blues in Las Vegas and our Fellowship Breakfast in Miami has been that we have pretty awesome food at these little shindigs. It looks like we’ll be keeping our reputation up with the CAMA Cruise in Boston as well. For those who have asked what’s on the menu, here is the run down:

Assorted Pastries including Sour Cream Coffee Cake, Muffins, Bagels, & Tea Breads.
Accompanied by Cream Cheese, Butter and assorted Jams

Belgian Waffles
served with Whiped Cream and Seasonal Fruit

Homemade quiche Stuffed with Spinach, Mushroom and Cheddar Cheese
sliced and served with assorted condiments

Fresh Fruit Salad
Bacon & Sausage
Home Fries

Beverages:
Fresh Juices, Coffee, Tea, & Decaf and Cash Bar for Mimosa’s and Bloody Mary’s

This is shaping up to be our best event yet.

It will all kick off at 8:30 am when we board the Lexington right outside the show hotel. That’s right - no bus or transportation necessary. At 9:00 AM, we’ll set sail for a 2 hour tour (a 2 hour tour) of Boston from the historic Harbor side. We’ll enjoy an awesome buffet breakfast and fellowship with 75-100 of the coolest folks in the affiliate marketing industry.

We’ll return to the World Trade Center promptly at 11:00 AM, allowing plenty of time for anyone who needs to set up for the Affiliate Meet Market or any of the other educational sessions scheduled for Sunday afternoon at Affiliate Summit East.

I’ll post more in coming days with the menu for the event, information on the sponsors, testimonials from attendees of our past events,  information on sponsoring the CAMA Cruise if you are a Christian company or interested in reaching the Christian audience and registration information.

As always, CAMA events are open to people of all faiths- we invite you to share fellowship and break bread with us and kick off your Affiliate Summit on a spiritual high note.

NOTE: You can save a few bucks on Affiliate Summit and support CAMA at the same time by clicking one of the links in this post, or on the CAMA site and using the coupon code  “CAMA10” to  save 10% on  registration fees.

God Bless,

Please let us know.  We’d love to post some here and we’ll be happy to link to your site or blog and give you credit.

Thanks,

The CAMA Board

I got great feedback from the sponsors as well that there was awesome value in the event because of a couple of factors.

1. The quality of people in attendance was awesome.   There were major affiliates in attendance and Director, CEO and VP level folks from a number of companies who came.
2. The event was unique in a positive way.    This was a chance to attend an event that was positive and uplifting and wasn’t just another chance to go out and have drinks or gamble in Las Vegas.

I actually got feedback from one of the sponsors that sponsorships were underpriced

That is the kind of feedback an event sponsor loves to hear.   In any case, now that Summit West is behind us, it’s time to look to the future.

Affiliate Summit East is coming up from August 10-12 in Boston at the Seaport Hotel and Convention Center.

CAMA will of course be there with another positive and unique  event where people of faith can come together to  share food and fellowship in a relaxed environment.  We think we’ve identified a fun activity for the CAMA Breakfast in Boston and we’ll be announcing it soon.   Stay tuned to the CAMA blog for more information.

God Bless,

Wade Tonkin

I am really looking forward to gathering with all of the attendees and sharing food and fellowship at the House of Blues this coming Sunday.

If anyone has any questions on the event, please email me at wade@gtomanagement.com or call me at 360.540.0730

God Bless and thanks for your support!

Wade Tonkin

If you’d like to go to the Gospel Brunch at Affiliate Summit, the time to act is now. Here’s a quick review of what to expect:

• Inspiring fellowship
• Delectable Brunch Buffet
• Incredible Gospel Music
• Free Software from oneNetworkDirect.com
• The chance to win a Slingbox from oneNetworkDirect
• The chance to win a Jim Caviezel autographed copy of The Word of Promise Audio Bible from the United Sharing Network
• No stress transport with luxury coach service to and from the event
• A great -spiritually uplifting start to your Affiliate Summit experience

You don’t have to be a Christian to attend… all are welcome and all that like good friends, great food and kickin’ music will have a great time.

Cost is $50 per person through 2/15 or $55 after 2/15

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oneNetworkDirect is proud to sponsor the Brunch and all attendees will receive a Gift Bag including a “download card” good for free download and licensing of one of their merchants’ popular software titles. One lucky Gospel Brunch attendee will also go home with a SlingBox Solo courtesy of oneNetworkDirect.

Thanks to oneNetworkDirect from Digital River for their support of the CAMA Gospel Brunch. To learn more about the affiliate opportunity, visit oneNetworkDirect today.

God Bless,

Wade Tonkin