Chris Dessi - Vice President zanox, Inc

Last week while at the Web 2.0 Expo at the Javits Center I was lucky enough to see the tornado of energy and passion called Gary Vaynerchuk speak. I had been feverishly taking notes throughout the entire Keynote address because all of the speakers were amazing, but then Gary came out and I stopped writing. I was locked in.

Tonight I had my parents over for dinner, and gathered the family around the dining room table to share the power of Gary's message. It's taken a few more times for me to review the video of his presentation to truly grasp just how amazing this guy is. Jesus - I wanted to stand up and say F*CK YEAH.

This guy is pure content. Pure passion. Pure money. Pure hustle. Pure values. Pure work. Pure love about what he does.

F*ck....yeah.

I'm in.

I'm picking up with Gary Vaynerchuk is putting down. (Credit Alex Baydin)

Check out the video of what I saw below - you wont' regret it.

Hey - as I'm writing I was thinking to myself - I would love to interview Gary or someone who is just as passionate about what they do. If anyone has a suggestion about someone just as passionate about life, and their business, please let me know. I'd love to talk to them. Thanks!

I hope my web2.0 Expo overview was helpful and gave you some idea of the exciting things occurring in our industry. I'll post more in the coming days - in the interim - Here are more url's that you may already know - but I want to share including some top bloggers and resources:

www.visualcomplexity.com
www.many-eyes.com - take a look at the word most often used in John McCain's acceptance speech with the visualization chart
www.instantaction.com - owned by IAC
www.nowisgone.com
www.rapleaf.com
www.buddymedia.com
www.rocketon.com
www.smeet.com - Berlin based
www.etsy.com - great business model
www.diggnation.com
www.bringtheloveback.com
www.wearesmarter.org - great message
www.failblog.org - funny stuff
www.icanhascheesbuger.com - more funny stuff
www.drop.io - coolest stuff
www.deborahschultz.com - blogger
www.thisisgoingtobebig.com - blogger and founder www.path101.com
www.socialmediaclub.org
www.briansolis.com

As we slide into the last days of September suffice to say: Fall is officially upon us.

What does that mean if you're an affiliate marketer? Well, I thought I'd list the top 3 things that every affiliate marketer should be thinking about right now. Christmas is closer than you think, and Halloween is upon us.. So yes - you should be thinking about certain key things other than the Fall Foliage of course).

1. Halloween Offers
2. Christmas Offers
3. Ad:Tech New York

Regarding #1
For some networks this may be too little too late. Halloween offers are already converting like crazy, and if you don't have the bandwidth to get these offers up and running by early next week, then you're already behind.

Regarding #2
Christmas offers can mean simply reaching out to your best advertises on your network and requesting some great Christmas landing pages, or Christmas creative. Even requesting some special Christmas coupons, discounts, or any kind of "freemium" type of offering will help you out this holiday season.

Regarding #3
I'll be speaking at the show this year, and if it's even remotely near the insanity of last year than we're all in for a massive treat. The New York Hilton becomes a complete madhouse - and truthfully - I love it.

Finally - no, I have no idea what I'm going to be this year for Halloween -

Got any suggestions?