I became a full time affiliate marketer last September, but it was only recently I started to notice the real lack of human interaction on a daily basis you experience if you work from home, and for yourself. The problem is summed up very well by John Lamerton, and it only became a problem when I moved away from client work to focus more on affiliate marketing. (Now I think the fact I had to study a module called ‘Human-Computer Interaction’ at uni should have been some warning for the future!).

So, it was good timing that as I began to feel this way, I heard about several networking events happening near to me in London. First of all, I bought a ticket for the A4U Expo this year, which takes place in October. But whilst waiting for that event, I came across a free show called the ‘Online Marketing Show’, and I went along to both days of that this week. I even got the chance to sit on an affiliate panel for a debate on ‘the Principles of Affiliate Marketing’ – a nice opportunity to meet new people, especially since it was my first networking event!

There is another affiliate networking event this summer, which is free and specifically for socialising (unlike the Online Marketing Show). Drinks are free drinks and so is the BBQ, courtesy of all the big UK serving affiliate networks!

If like me, you think this sounds like a perfect chance to get out and meet other affiliates (away from a computer screen), then you can get full details and information on reserving a ticket over on the Affiliate Window event blog post, although tickets are limited. (For some reason I couldn’t get the ticket booking site to work through my Firefox browser, so I had to use IE). Perhaps I’ll see you there?