ClickBank Gathers Leading Internet Marketing Minds for ClickBank Exchange

BROOMFIELD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ClickBank, the premier online marketplace for digital information products, today announced the full speaker lineup for its first ClickBank Exchange event (Twitter hashtag #cbex11) to be held at the Times Square Crowne Plaza Hotel in New York, Aug. 19-20. The first-time event will gather more than 300 of the leading online vendors and affiliate marketers to share best practices and review the latest industry trends.

“Affiliate marketing is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the economy, providing money-making opportunities for individuals and businesses around the world”

“Affiliate marketing is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the economy, providing money-making opportunities for individuals and businesses around the world,” said Brad Wiskirchen, CEO of ClickBank. “ClickBank Exchange provides a new and dynamic platform for the industry’s best to connect and share best practices to take advantage of the sales potential of the Internet. This is a must-attend event for Internet marketers who want to learn the latest and greatest online marketing techniques and build relationships to take their business to new heights.”

ClickBank Exchange features some of the leading names in Internet marketing and online sales. Attendees will hear presentations from and interact directly with each of these experts in a setting that promotes innovation, networking and relationship building:

Gary Vaynerchuk – author, online TV personality and serial entrepreneur, who was named as one of BusinessWeek’s Top 20 People Every Entrepreneur Should Follow
Yanik Silver – a self-proclaimed “techno dunce” who has achieved success with several online ventures, including Maverick Business Adventures, which creates exclusive, once-in-a-lifetime experiences for c-level executives and entrepreneurs
Joe Polish - founder of Piranha Marketing, Inc. and creator of the Genius Network Mastermind Group, which offers three-day transformational business events to guide entrepreneurs to build an “ELF” (easy, lucrative and fun) business
Rand Fishkin - CEO and co-founder of the web’s most popular SEO Software provider, SEOmoz
Marc Ostrofsky – New York Times Bestselling author, venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur, who is known as a “technology wildcatter” due to his pioneering success in the pre-paid phone, cellular and other deregulated telecommunications markets
Joseph Sugarman – aka, the “mail order maverick” is one of the nation’s top copywriters, who has launched dozens of innovative products such as BluBlocker® sunglasses, pocket calculators, cordless telephones and many more, all through the power of his pen
Additional speakers include: Allen Baler, Jon Benson, Brett Coppieters, Chris Farrell, Jacob Hiller, Mike Hill, Robert Hirsch, Brian Kurtz, Ryan Lee, Itay Paz and Jeff Siegel

Keynote presentations and breakout sessions will cover key topics such as search engine optimization, conversion rates, direct marketing, joint ventures, video sales, and industry compliance.

As part of ClickBank Exchange, ClickBank will also announce the first annual ClickBank Excellence Award during the VIP reception to wrap up the event. The award will recognize a single business leader who has achieved breakthrough success in 2011 and who also offers inspiration to others seeking to take advantage of the Internet to build their digital businesses.

Registration to ClickBank Exchange is available online at www.clickbankexchange.com. Register online for $697. News and updates about ClickBank Exchange are also available by following the event on Twitter using the hashtag #cbex11.

ClickBank Exchange is hosted by ClickBank and sponsored by industry leaders including: Infusionsoft, The Health Online Group, ZOX Pro, The Magic Number, Disk.com, TotalFatLossFormula.com, 7 Figure Speaking Empire, buySAFE, Abritt Marketing, Bring The Fresh, Quantum Confidence System, Revenue Enhancement Consultants, Inc.

About ClickBank

ClickBank® is an online marketplace for digital information products that allows individuals and businesses to attract the customers they can’t find anywhere else online, and provides affiliate marketers with secure ways to be successful and profitable.

ClickBank combines a diversified, established marketplace with an infrastructure that includes industry-leading fraud prevention tools, reliable payment processing and expert customer support for more than 50,000 digital products and 100,000 active affiliate marketers. ClickBank provides services in more than 190 countries around the world and is consistently ranked as one of the most highly trafficked sites on the web.

ClickBank is privately held with offices in Broomfield, Colorado and Boise, Idaho. For more information, visit www.clickbank.com, “like” ClickBank on Facebook or follow @ClickBank on Twitter.