It's Friday we all made it to the weekend!
I am often asked "Sara what do you do for work anyways?" I am the Client Success Manager for Affiliate Summit a subsidiary of Clarion Events. I work in the exciting Affiliate Marketing Industry and we are growing globally by the minute. Most people do not even know what Affiliate Marketing is. An Affiliate is one who sells products or services online for a commission. So basically Affiliate Summit brings us all together for conferences around the world to network and do business. We provide amazing content to help companies grow their businesses. As for me directly basically I am here to keep all of our clients happy and I am customer facing and who doesn't love me?! This is why I spend a lot of time on social media and networking with people around the world. I work remote out of my home in Monson, MA but travel to our Trumbull, CT office a few times a month. We have an amazing USA team that I am blessed to be a part of. I am also lucky enough to travel the world and have been here for 5+ years.
A little history about our company! Affiliate Summit runs the biggest performance marketing events in the world. Missy Ward and Shawn Collins the affiliate gurus of the world founded Affiliate Summit in 2003. We were acquired last summer by Clarion Events and have been massively growing since. The bulk of our team is located in our London office. I was lucky enough to finally get to visit our London office in April. I of course had an absolute blast being able to work with the team and hang out with everyone for the week. As for me personally I have been in and out and back in the Affiliate Marketing industry for the last 20 years. I started my career as an Affiliate Manager working for Motherwear a nursing and maternity company in Northampton, MA. I developed their affiliate program from the ground up and we hired Shawn Collins to come out and train me. At the time Shawn was consulting and spreading his wisdom and has taught me everything I know. Fun fact I attended the first Affiliate Summit conference in 2004 and it was on a cruise ship! This industry is absolutely fascinating and we certainly have our fun. There are not many people that can say they love what they do but this girl can. If you are just starting out or not sure what you want to do when you grow up consider starting an affiliate program. You just need an interesting idea or product! Missy and Shawn are an absolute inspiration for two people that started with basically nothing and grew this amazing business to where we are today. You can read about them and Affiliate Summit by visiting our website affiliatesummit.com and we are all over social media so come follow us.
Dream big friends and have an amazing weekend. I know I will!
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