If you want to get an idea of what went on during the Affiliate Marketers Give Back Avon Walk for Breast Cancer this year, teammate Kevin Strawbridge put together a great highlight video.
Will you walk with us next year?
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For the third year in a row, Team Affiliate Marketers Give Back took to the streets with their feet to do their part to fight breast cancer; this time during the 39-mile Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Los Angeles.
This year’s team consisted of Brook Schaaf of Schaaf Consulting, Chris Pearson of DIYThemes, Melissa Salas of Buy.com, Kevin Strawbridge of DealTaker.com, Lynette LaPlante a 1-year survivor and me.
After months of fun and sometimes whacky fund raising activities, Team Affiliate Marketers Give Back blew past their goal and raised nearly $53,000, earning as them the #5 highest fundraising team spot overall.
After two days of walking (26.2 miles on Day 1 and 13.1 miles on Day 2), we wound up with 12 team-wide blisters, dozens of muscle aches, 1 broken nail, tons of hilarious video footage (coming soon) and a sense of pride and accomplishment knowing that we were doing something great to help fight a disease that has affected so many women and men.
A full recap of the walk will appear in the next issue of FeedFront Magazine.
I am proud of my team and I thank them so much for volunteering their time. I’m also very grateful to all of our sponsors and supporters who helped us reach our fundraising goal.
If you are interested in walking with Team Affiliate Marketers Give Back, please get in touch with me. We are tentatively scheduled to walk in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Chicago on June 5-6, 2010.
Click to view the 2009 Affiliate Marketers Give Back Walk to Fight Breast Cancer
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Well, the Avon Breast Cancer Walk is finally upon us.
When all said and done Team Affiliate Marketers Give back has raised $51,059.67 for the walk, making us the 5th highest fund raising team for the walk. (That’s a whole lot of access to care and dollars to fund research for a cure to this horrible disease.)
I’ve personally raised $20,400.00 making me the 3rd highest fundraiser overall and also affords me the opportunity to meet Patrick Dempsey. #McDreamyFanGirlSoWhat
We have all of you to thank for this. Without your support, whether it be via donations, marketing or cheering us on, we would not have raised as much as we did — especially in this economy!
So, I fly out tomorrow because I’m still chicken to fly on 9/11. Stupidsticious, I know. But that’s the way it is.
After check in on Friday, we have a team dinner at Wokcano’s, where I will be wrestling Chris Pearson for all the Ahi on the table. It’s going to be an early night for us because we have to be up and out the door by 4:45am to make the Opening Ceremony.
Overall, this is a 39 mile walk. On Saturday, we will walk 26+ miles and on Sunday, we will walk the balance.
I will be taking lots of photos and video which will be posted on the AffiliateMarketersGiveBack.com website. Swing by and leave us a comment or send me a tweet of encouragement.
If you live in the LA/Long Beach area and want to cheer us on in person, that would be even more awesome! There are cheering stations and times set up for you to do just that. We would love to see you!
Big thanks to all of the folks that have helped me and tolerated all my fundraising emails, instant messages, tweets, blog posts, facebook posts and calls. If I didn’t believe that we could really make a difference, I wouldn’t do it.
Peace.
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I am delighted to announce the launch of
TweetForBoobies.com,
powered by MillionTweets.
MillionTweets is a site owned by Udoogoo, a social technology company based in Galway and Dublin. Anton Mannering, the CEO of Udoogoo and Andrew Clarke, the CTO developed MillionTweets as a way to raise money for charities and I can’t be more thrilled that they have partnered with AffiliateMarketersGiveBack.com to raise money for breast cancer.
TweetForBoobies.com, is a fun and painless way to help fight breast cancer. Simply type in your message and click “Tweet To Give Back”. You will be taken to PayPal where you can donate $1.00 or more. Net proceeds will be donated to the National Breast Cancer Foundation on behalf of AffiliateMarketersGiveBack.com.
Our goal is to raise $194,280* by December 31, 2009.
Please show your support by sending a Tweet and help us raise money to fight this terrible disease.
*The American Cancer Society estimates that 194,280 people in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009.
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ClothingWarehouse.com offers fantastic savings on top-quality Sportswear, Activewear, Outerwear and accessories for Men, Women and Children and also provides custom embroidery and screenprinting on them.
They have been Affiliate Summit’s official Staff T-Shirt supplier for the last three conferences and have always done a fantastic job.
I’m delighted to say that they have decided to donate our Team’s shirt in the Avon Breast Cancer walk coming up next month.
If you’re in the market for logo apparel, please contact Joshua Clark who is the Director of Business Development & Corporate Sales at (978) 752-2353.
If you are not yet a ClothingWarehouse.com affiliate, you can apply to their program through Commission Junction.
A great big thank-you for ClothingWarehouse for helping out Team Affiliate Marketers Give Back!
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Missy Ward and Lynette LaPlante thank everyone who participated in the Not-So-Silent, Silent Auction.
Together we raised an incredible $12,056.54 during the auction, which will be donated to the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer.
We <3 U!
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As previously mentioned, Team Affiliate Marketers Give Back needs some help getting a few of its team mates over their fundraising minimum so that they can walk with us next month, during the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Los Angeles.
We put out a call for donations so that we may run our Not-So-Silent, Silent Auction and we received some great items donated by fantastic individuals and companies. You’ll find the list of items below.
The auction will run until 11:59pm EST on Friday, August 28th. To bid on the item, simply enter your name and amount you would like to bid. The winner will be the highest bid entered before the auction deadline. (Please make sure that you use your correct email address when prompted, so that we may contact you if you are the winner).
Not-so-silent, Silent Auction Items:
Other items will be added over the course of the week, so please check back frequently.
Bid high! It’s for a great cause!
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Two Hours of Consulting from Brian Clark of CopybloggerDonated by Brian Clark
Details:
Brian Clark is a ten-year-veteran of Internet publishing and marketing. His companies produce millions of dollars in annual revenue thanks to a mix of online educational content and direct response copywriting, and his influential blog Copyblogger is read by over 67,000 people.
Brian is also the co-founder of DIY Themes, creator of the innovative Thesis Theme for WordPress; the Teaching Sells interactive training program; and the creativity blog Lateral Action.
This auction is for two hours of consulting via phone or email with Brian Clark.
Estimated value: $1,000
To bid on this item, please supply your name and bid amount in the comment section below. Please be sure to use a valid email address so that we may contact you if you are the winner. Auction ends at 11:59pm EST on Friday, August 28, 2009.
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BowlingShirt.com Breast Cancer Awareness Prize PackDonated by BowlingShirt.com
Details:
The winner of this auction will receive a special “Strike Out Breast Cancer” package including:
Retail value: $41.85
To bid on this item, please supply your name and bid amount in the comment section below. Please be sure to use a valid email address so that we may contact you if you are the winner. Auction ends at 11:59pm EST on Friday, August 28, 2009.
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The MarketLeverage A-Lister ExperienceDonated by MarketLeverage
Details:
The winner of this auction will receive:
Estimated Value: $1,000.00
To bid on this item, please supply your name and bid amount in the comment section below. Please be sure to use a valid email address so that we may contact you if you are the winner. Auction ends at 11:59pm EST on Friday, August 28, 2009.
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