MySpace launched in August 2003, and LinkedIn opened to the public that May — two platforms that would define the next decade of social and professional marketing. That same year, affiliate marketing got its own dedicated industry event when Affiliate Summit held its first conference that November.
3 Professionals
Worth Knowing This Year
- 01
Shawn Collins
Visit →Co-founder, Affiliate Summit
Co-founded Affiliate Summit with a $400 investment, turning affiliate marketing from a scattered online trade into an organized industry with its own conference.
- 02
Missy Ward
Visit →Co-founder, Affiliate Summit
Co-founded Affiliate Summit alongside Collins and went on to found Skrillgrrrl Corp.
- 03
Danny Sullivan
Visit →Founding Board Member, SEMPO
Was a founding board member when SEMPO officially opened to members in August 2003, formalizing search marketing as an industry.
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