| Dear Faisal, I wanted to bring you some exciting news about the agenda for Symposium East on June 28th. We have two excellent keynoter speakers lined up, the Golden Link Awards, DealMaker and other opportunities in between. Below are some highlights: Highlights for Symposium East 2011 Forecasting the Future Growth of Online Retail Vikram Sehgal Vice President and Research Director at Forrester Research |  | How fast will online retail grow in the U.S. over the next 5 years? What product categories are growing the fastest? What online markets outside the U.S. present the greatest opportunities? In this session, learn the answers to these questions and more as we bring to you a leading authority of online retail, Vikram Sehgal, Vice President and Research Director at Forrester Research. | | Getting More: How You Can Negotiate To Succeed in Work & Life Wharton Professor, Stuart Diamond | Negotiation is a key skill for any business including Performance Marketing. Professor Diamond will discuss specific negotiation skills that will relate to Performance Marketing situations as well as cover the following insights: - Irrationality and emotion must be addressed in important negotiations.
- The pictures in their heads are more important than the facts.
- To overcome hard bargainers, use their standards.
- Goals are paramount, but most people get distracted from them.
| | Golden Link Awards |  | The Annual LinkShare Golden Link Awards will be held during the LinkShare Symposium East luncheon in New York City on June 28, 2011. The Golden Link Awards ceremony brings together more than 500 Advertisers, Publishers, OPMs and Agencies to celebrate great industry leaders and innovators. The comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade will host this year's ceremony! | To learn more about the event and the agenda click here. We currently have a block of rooms at the Waldorf Astoria. LinkShare has secured the room rate of $269 for Symposium attendees! Visit the hotel and travel page for more information. The cutoff date to book is June 6 or until the block sells out. It will sell out so make sure to book your rooms now! Attendance at LinkShare Symposium East costs $545 per person but we are offering a $100 discount for attendees that register before May 11, 2011. Click here to register for Symposium East 2011 See you in New York! Best Regards, |