Ari managed to grab Itay Paz (founder and creator of Affilicon Israel) for a few minutes. He speaks a little bit about how the recession will (or will not) impact affiliate marketing as well as how Affilicon came about.

So Affilicon 2008 just finished and I’ve gotta tell ya, I was impressed! Not just because the event had such a great turnout, but also because of the type of people in attendance. There was a great mix of incredibly talented individuals and companies, many of whom were well worth meeting.

The first day started with the ‘organic seo’ session and I was lucky enough to be included on the panel alongside some great Israeli seo guys. I gave a short presentation on link building in 2009, it was my first public speaking event and although I was a little nervous I got the general feeling that audience liked what I had to say and that they managed to leave with some good tips and ideas. I am not the biggest fan of presentations that don’t really give you something practical and useful you can go home with, so hopefully I achieved that.

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