LinkShare Announces Speakers for 2008 Summit; Ian Ayres to Deliver Keynote Address
NEW YORK, Dec. 21 / -- LinkShare, a leading pay-per-action marketing network, is pleased to announce confirmed speakers for its 2008 LinkShare Summit, "The Voice of the Market," to be held Thursday, January 31, 2008, at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco.
LinkShare Summit is the gathering place for online marketing leaders to jump-start their online initiatives for the coming year. This annual event brings together hundreds of advertisers, publishers, and industry influencers for one day of in-person information exchange, networking, and discussion.
LinkShare Corporation welcomes Ian Ayres, an econometrician and law professor at Yale University and best-selling author of "Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-By-Numbers is the New Way to be Smart", as this year's distinguished keynote speaker.
The keynote address will be followed by "TrendWatch 2008" featuring David Schatsky, President of JupiterResearch, who will unveil the results of LinkShare's e-commerce shopping study with JupiterResearch.
"LinkShare Summit welcomes performance marketing professionals from around the world to meet with peers and discuss the innovations changing the marketing landscape. Whether you are interested in building your business, attending educational sessions or meeting and networking with world-class publishers and advertisers, we hope you can join us at LinkShare Summit 2008 in San Francisco," says Steve Denton, President of LinkShare.
LinkShare Summit 2008 also includes education seminars co-chaired by LinkShare executives and clients, as well as LinkShare Partner Market, a networking forum that brings to life the deal-making potential of hundreds of advertisers, publishers, and partners in one place, at one time. The evening prior to LinkShare Summit will feature LinkShare PartnerMaker, a highly interactive, speed-networking forum where a limited number of publishers will meet one-on-one with more than two dozen advertiser representatives.
A full conference agenda may be found by visiting: http://www.linkshare.com/summit2008/summit.shtml
LinkShare wishes to thank its LinkShare Summit 2008 sponsors, including Platinum Sponsor American Express, Premier Partner Sponsor LinkShare Japan and Gold Sponsor Chase.
About LinkShare Corporation
LinkShare Corporation provides ecommerce businesses with a vast, high quality pay-per-action marketing network, along with expert consultative services and patented technology. LinkShare's cost-efficient pay per action (PPA) affiliate, search and lead generation campaigns acquire new customers, increase revenue and drive results. LinkShare clients are Fortune 500 and prominent companies doing business online, including J.C. Penney, 1-800-Flowers.com, American Express and Avon Products. LinkShare was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in New York City, with offices in San Francisco, Chicago, London and Tokyo.
About Rakuten
LinkShare is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rakuten, Inc. Headquartered in Tokyo, Rakuten is one of the world's largest and most comprehensive Internet service companies, providing leading services in e-commerce, portal & media, travel, financial services, and professional sports. Rakuten focuses on new business development and increasing its scope in order to improve and diversify service offerings. Rakuten is a publicly traded company in Japan (JASDAQ: 4755).
Source: LinkShare
CONTACT: Mark Kirschner of LinkShare, +1-646-943-8359, mkirschner@linkshare.com; or Dan Dent of Blanc & Otus US, +1-617-451-6102, ext. 216, ddent@blancandotus.com, for LinkShare
Web site: http://www.linkshare.com/
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