Affiliate Summit West – Tweets and Blogs Pt 2

Here’s a followup to a previous post on the best tweets and blog posts from Affiliate Summit West 2011. I find good information following hashtags from conferences I can’t attend. You can look at them yourself: #ASW11. I also have links to other blog posts below.

Affiliate Summit West 2011 – Tweets and Blogs

I wanted to attend Affiliate Summit West in Las Vegas this week, but there are only so many days in the week and conferences one can attend. But with Twitter, Slideshare and blogs its a little easier to follow along and learn a few things. And while it’s no substitute for being in the room or the conversations in the hallways, the tweets help you find interesting people to follow and engage. I followed the hashtag #asw11 and clipped the tweets I found most interesting.

Market Research: How to Tell What Your Prospects Want

So, how do you find out what your prospective customers want? How do you find the terms they use?
By visiting blogs that cover the niche. By participating in forums and other Web 2.0 communities related to your industry. By reading the publications they’re reading. By subscribing to online newsletters, both paid and free.