Events & Speaking

Acceleration Partners attends and presents at many major digital & performance marketing, retail, and e-commerce events around the world. The goal of our participation is to keep up-to-date with latest industry trends, network with current and prospective partners and to represent our clients.  Below is a comprehensive list of upcoming events you can find us at as well as and past events that we have attended.

Upcoming Events

  • Internet Retailer 2013

    Internet Retailer 2013

    Chicago, Illinois June 4-7 2013 Speaker:

    Robert Glazer

    Topic:

    Making Sure Your Affiliate Program Pays Off

    Internet Retailer is the world’s largest e-commerce event and the premier place to learn the latest practices and tools for connecting with the 21st Century consumer via in-depth examinations of such topics as social media, mobile commerce, e-marketing, web merchandising, improving back-end operations, boosting conversions and profitability, and much more.

  • Savvy Blogging Summit

    Savvy Blogging Summit

    Cincinnati, OH June 20-22 2013

    The 2013 Savvy Blogging Summit is a three day blog to business event that will help you become a leader among your peers. With small classes, professional speakers, awesome partners, and a community unlike any you’ve experienced before the Summit can take your website to the next level.

  • A4U Expo

    A4U Expo

    Amsterdam July 2-3 2013

    a4uexpo Europe 2013 will see in excess of 900 delegates come together in Amsterdam, to learn, share knowledge, network and be at the forefront of digital evolution. There will be 30+ interactive conference sessions covering the very latest in performance marketing. Top industry experts will lead sessions on a wide spectrum of topics and debate including Search, Display, Affiliate, Mobile, Retargeting, E-Mail, Social, Mobile, Video, M-Commerce, F-Commerce, E-Commerce and more!

  • BlogHer '13

    BlogHer '13

    Chicago, IL July 25-27 2013

    Today, BlogHer is the largest community of women who blog: 55 million unique visitors per month (October 2012, Nielsen Site Census). Engaged, influential and info-savvy, these women come to BlogHer to seek and share advice, opinions and recommendations. BlogHer’s team works hard to bring you the best and brightest conversations, writers and speakers – online and in person

  • Affiliate Summit East 2013

    Affiliate Summit was founded by Missy Ward and Shawn Collins in 2003 for the purpose of providing educational sessions on the latest industry issues and fostering a productive networking environment for affiliate marketers.  This three day conference includes an exhibit hall with affiliate merchants, vendors, and networks, as well as multiple tracks of educational sessions covering the latest trends and information from affiliate marketing experts.

  • C3 Conductor Collaboration Conference

    C3 Conductor Collaboration Conference

    New York, NY September 17-19 2013

    C3 is the largest enterprise SEO customer conference held anywhere. Held in mid-September in the SoHo district of New York City, the goal of C3 is to bring Conductor customers and leading marketers together for several days of collaboration, education and training. With leading industry speakers, panel talks, workshops, and keynotes, hundreds of attendees experience the best search marketing has to offer each year.

  • Shop.Org Annual Summit

    Shop.Org Annual Summit

    McCormick Place, Chicago, IL September 30 - October 2 2013

    The Shop.org Annual Summit is digital retail’s most influential annual event. Our attendees are some of the brightest and most innovative players in the digital retail world, and they come to the Summit to build relationships, exchange ideas, share knowledge and discover the next big thing.

 

Past Events

  • Mom 2.0 Summit

    The Mom 2.0 Summit is a premier professional conference for influential mom bloggers and female entrepreneurs who create online content. Every year, leaders in media and industry converge at the Summit to compare notes, discuss ideas, and forecast what’s next for women online and in the marketplace.

  • Affiliate Management Days

    Affiliate Management Days

    San Francisco, CA April 16-17 2013 Speaker:

    Robert Glazer

    Topic:

    The Role of the Affiliate Network

    Affiliate Management Days San Francisco 2013 is the must attend event for affiliate managers who are responsible for their company’s affiliate marketing strategy, management and operations. Whether you have an existing affiliate program or you are creating a new initiative, AM Days offers you the most valuable insight into how other online retailers are successfully implementing and managing their affiliate programs

  • ad:tech San Francisco 2013

    ad:tech is a digital marketing and technology conference and exposition with 9 shows in 7 countries. ad:tech’s roster of speakers, sessions and exhibitors make it the favorite resource and destination for digital marketers around the globe. It provides advertising, media, marketing and technology professionals with the tools and techniques needed to succeed in a constantly changing and increasingly digital world.

  • SES New York 2013

    SES New York 2013

    New York City March 25-28 2013

    ES Conference & Expo provides marketing professionals, brand advertisers, agencies, and business leaders with the knowledge and tools needed to traverse the dynamic digital landscape. Designed for you by industry thought leaders and innovators, our instructional program will meet your needs whatever your experience level.

  • Performance Marketing Insights

    Performance Marketing Insights is a two-day, content-led performance marketing conference aimed at ‘C’ level executives and marketing professionals. Delivering world-class international speakers, programmed within an advanced-level agenda comprising of the latest industry innovation, technology, collaboration and new revenue stream opportunities coupled with unrivalled networking.

  • The Performance Marketing Summit 2013

    Performance Marketing Summit is an Affiliate Summit event. The focus will be on learning and networking. No panels – only short, 20 minute talks from a variety of folks in the industry on tactics, resources, ideas, and success. No exhibit hall or Meet Market, either. Everybody will be together in one room for a powerful, productive day.

  • Not Your Father’s Customer Journey:

    At the MITX What's Next E-Commerce Summit, marketing and e-commerce experts will share strategies for success in shaping the customer experience to maximize acquisition and conversion. Multi-channel and pure play e-commerce businesses will demonstrate how your business can thrive even when the customer journey is more complicated than ever.

  • Affiliate Summit West 2013

    Affiliate Summit West 2013

    Las Vegas, Nevada January 13-15 2013

    Affiliate Summit was founded by Missy Ward and Shawn Collins in 2003 for the purpose of providing educational sessions on the latest industry issues and fostering a productive networking environment for affiliate marketers.  This three day conference includes an exhibit hall with affiliate merchants, vendors, and networks, as well as multiple tracks of educational sessions covering the latest trends and information from affiliate marketing experts.

  • Ad:Tech New York

    Ad:Tech New York

    New York, New York, NY November 7-8 2012 Speaker:

    Robert Glazer

    Topic:

    Affiliate Marketing Revisited

    Ad-tech features prominently in the list of important international exhibitions as one of the most well organized shows catering exclusively to digital marketing professionals.The event hosts some of the leading marketing gurus who attempt to equip participants with tips and tricks to compete on a global level.

  • Online Marketing Summit

    Online Marketing Summit (OMS) connects marketers with the knowledge, experts and technologies that are transforming digital marketing and business. This four day conference includes 70+ conference sessions and workshops across eight tracks with the latest insights on analytics & big data, content marketing, demand generation, email, mobile, search, social, and strategy.

  • Pubcon

    PubCon is a premier new media conference held twice per year and features expert speakers from all over the world presenting in sessions covering everything from search engine optimization (SEO) to social media marketing and from web analytics to landing page conversion optimization.

  • Affiliate Management Days

    Affiliate Management Days is where the affiliate marketing teams and executives come together to share case studies, insight and the latest tools and techniques to effectively and successfully manage affiliate programs.

  • SMX East 2012

    SMX East 2012

    New York, NY October 2-4 2012

    SMX East provides tactics to increase website traffic, conversions and sales through sessions on internet marketing topics including search engine optimization (SEO), paid search advertising, local/mobile search, social media marketing and semantic SEO.

  • CJU

    CJU

    Santa Barbara, California September 12-14 2012

    CJU provides the definitive affiliate networking and education experience. Whether you are looking to create new business opportunities, refresh strategies with long term partners, develop initiatives for your business, or receive hands on training from our experts, CJU is the perfect place to experience The Network Effect.

  • Shop.org Annual Summit

    Shop.org Annual Summit

    Denver, CO September 9-13 2012

    A three-day event for the broad digital retail community, featuring big-picture keynotes from retail leaders, as well as strategic and tactical sessions.

  • Affiliate Summit East 2012

    This three day conference includes an exhibit hall with affiliate merchants, vendors, and networks, as well as multiple tracks of educational sessions covering the latest trends and information from affiliate marketing experts.

  • BlogHer '12

    BlogHer is one of the largest blogging conferences with over 3,000 in attendance each year to improve their skills, increase their network and media relations to better serve their readers and the brands they represent.

  • Internet Retailer 2012

    Internet Retailer 2012

    Chicago, Illinois June 5-12 2012

    Internet Retailer is the world’s largest e-commerce event and the premier place to learn the latest practices and tools for connecting with the 21st Century consumer via in-depth examinations of such topics as social media, mobile commerce, e-marketing, web merchandising, improving back-end operations, boosting conversions and profitability, and much more.

  • ShareASale Think Tank 2012

    ShareASale Think Tank 2012

    Austin, Texas May 16-18 2012

    ShareASale ThinkTank is an annual event designed to bring together top clients as well as new, up-and-coming Affiliate and Merchants. This event is a wonderful blend of class and camaraderie, and all attendees are certain to benefit from the free-flow exchange of ideas and information.

  • Affiliate Summit West 2012

    Affiliate Summit West is a three day conference including an exhibit hall with affiliate merchants, vendors, and networks, as well as multiple tracks of educational sessions covering the latest trends and information from affiliate marketing experts.

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Testimonials

Bob and the team at Acceleration Partners have done an amazing job of helping us clean up our Affiliate Marketing program and drive truly incremental growth through the channel. From the beginning, Bob took a personal interest in our success and has continued to play a role in ongoing account management and program optimization. He and his team provide best-of-breed white glove service in an industry that's traditionally not known for its high standards. Acceleration Partners doesn't just provide affiliate management, they facilitate truly authenticate mutual partnerships between merchants and publishers.

 

Jeremy Post, Head of Acquisition Marketing

ModCloth

When Bob and I worked together at Isis he was always someone I could count on to get the job done and done right. He is quick-thinking and energetic. Like many people, Bob is smart and has great experience. But frankly, as a businessperson, if I had to pick the one trait I most value in him, it's his laser focus on results. He knows how to work backward from what a client needs or wants. He knows how to cut through the muck and produce results. Bob skips the baloney and gets right to growth; meaningful growth. From where I stand, a skill like that is gold.

 

Johanna McChesney, CEO & Founder

Isis Parenting

Robert and his team at Acceleration Partners have added great value to our programs and efforts. The science of selling goods online is ever-changing. It has been very valuable to have a group of people dedicated to keeping up with the shifting ground. They are truly curious and know that results speak for themselves. If they can't deliver intelligent recommendations and proven results, they can't be successful. They are clearly dedicated to educating themselves and providing results for their clients.

 

Tricia Mumby, Owner

Mabel's Labels

I hired Acceleration Partners to help develop a strategy to improve the ROI of our large and extremely complex affiliate program. During the engagement, I found both Robert and his team to be very knowledgeable about affiliate marketing, and thoughtful in their approach to our challenges. The end result was they delivered a terrific strategy which we expect to have a meaningful impact on our program results. I would definitely hire them again.

 

Gary Calega, Vice President, Marketing

I was quite skeptical about the costs and benefits of implementing a full SEO strategy for our website redesign, as we had only received one website-generated lead in the last 10 years. But it turned out that the Acceleration Partners process of architecting the site (and including SEO) before committing to a design was actually less expensive than going with a full-service web design studio! Astoundingly (to me), the results were immediate. Not only was Fox the #1 listed search item for our major search terms, but we were in the top 5 for most of them... Within the first two weeks, we had 3 leads come through the website from clients we never had even considered as clients!...The Acceleration Partners-driven redesign effort provided Fox such an obvious, immediate and gigantic return on investment, the actual ROI doesn’t even need to be calculated!

 

Peter Stein, President

Fox Corp

Robert and has team have been an invaluable partner for Tiny Prints and the driver for the amazing growth of its affiliate program over the last several years (triple digit growth every year). They combine deep industry expertise with a passion for innovation and a strong attention to detail, to turn these ideas into reality. Additionally to being one of the most knowledgeable experts in the field, Robert is a pleasure to work with: very personable, responsive and completely dedicated to making his client successful.

 

Isabelle Steiner, Sr. Marketing Director

Tiny Prints

Bob is one of the few people in the affiliate industry that understands the true dynamics of affiliate marketing. He and the Acceleration Partners team understand that a large program doesn't always make a profitable one. They are one of the few who know how to run clean and highly profitable affiliate programs. I've had the pleasure of working with the team on several successful programs and look forward to working with them again. They are true experts in the space and have a demonstrated ability to repeat their formula for a multitude of clients in vastly different markets. I highly recommend Bob and his team at Acceleration Partners.

 

Jeff Reichelderfer, Director of Online Marketing

Tea Collection

Bob is one of the most talented affiliate marketers I know. His team knows the space extremely well, the players in the game and their games. They always think outside of the traditional box in coming up with ways to drive increased revenue while servicing the customer, affiliate and also driving profitability for the client. They are very straightforward and tell it like it is, which works well for a results-driven, fast-paced environment. Bob has built a machine out of Acceleration Partners, but not so much a machine that the human element is not there. It is a good balance of execution and process and strategic ideas blended to create a strong force of fantastic results! I'd work with Acceleration Partners on any project.

 

Katelyn Watson, Sr. Director, Online Acquisition

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