Chris Dessi - Vice President zanox, Inc

VEGAS VEGAS VEGAS!! After a 5 hour delay of my flight in Charlotte (my own fault for taking a connecting flight from NY), I ended up in Vegas at 6am. A quick run to the Mirage for a hour nap, shower, and on the affiliate summit show floor by 10am. zanox was out in full force with our super star director of sales Adam Pattison being a trooper and flying in all the way from our london offices...and I thought I was tired when I hit the floor!! Rani Nagpal our VP of Affiliate Management, and Chris Loonan our Director of Operations all joined me at the booth.

zanox was easily the only international performance based ad network at the affiliate summit. It was exciting to talk to affiliates, as well as advertisers about our easy to implement solutions. It's shows like this that make me want to pop out of bed in the morning. There are so many exciting things going on at zanox (opening our New York office, as well as opening an office in Poland) that there is truly nothing stopping us. We're making our first real in roads into the US market, and you could feel the energy at out booth.

This year, we had a great contest running - Win two tickets around the world to the zanox office of your choice. Remember guys, we have offices in Amsterdam, Berlin, London, Madrid, Milan, New York, Paris, Stockholm, Shanghai, and now Warsaw! All an affiliate has to do is sign up with zanox, and generate $10,000 in commission in the month of March, 2008. You obviously need to be of legal age, and have a valid passport, but c'mon, this contest is phenomenal! I'm sure a few of the guys that we spoke to are well on their way to winning the prize as a write this. Shoot me a note if you want more details. christopher.dessi@zanox.com

So, now that the affiliate summit is over, we have lots of follow up work to do. There were so many affiliates that are interested in running our international offers I'm sure that Ad:Tech in San Fransisco is going to be just as, if not more successful.

The zanox team is heading to sin city for our annual trip to Affiliate Summit!

Shows are usually fun, but I have to admit the Affiliate Summit in Vegas is going to be a highlight in 2008. As zanox continues to grow it is essential that we cultivate strong working relationships with our current publisher base, as well as expand and grow with new publishers. We're throwing a cocktail reception with Dragon Media on the Monday the 25th at 4pm in the masquerade suite at the Rio Hotel. Stop by if you want to learn more about zanox.

Performance based marketing, and affiliate marketing are the hottest things online currently. I can't wait to hear about all of the new things going on at the Summit. Also, please come by our booth if your interested in winning a FREE trip for 2 to any destination where zanox has an office. That includes, Barcelona, Milan, London, New York, Shanghai, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Paris!

The third week at Zanox is coming to a close, and things are just starting to heat up! Week One: Rani Nagpal VP (formerly of Gratis, and Meetmoi) and I headed to Berlin for training. What a phenomenal, inspiring and bright group of people we encountered! The teams from Zanox UK, Zanox Spain, Zanox Amsterdam, Zanox France, Zanox Italy, and of course Zanox Berlin were there in full force. Then the following week Rani and I headed to Chicago for a few days, now back to the office in New York. Currently we're located on 42nd and 5th at the Axel Springer offices (Our parent company). We have a great view of the empire state building. This has proven to be the perfect setting to brainstorm our 2008 strategy. We are all excited about the upcoming Affiliate Summit in Las Vegas, and we're ready to show the performance based online marketing world that we're here to stay, and nobody can compete with our international reach, boutique customer service and industry know-how.

Looking forward to a break-out 2008!!

zanox at a glance

Who we are
zanox is the market leader for performance-based multichannel commerce. We offer a global solution for efficient marketing products and services on the Internet. In addition to affiliate marketing and search engine marketing, zanox’s online marketing services include e-mail marketing, online shopping, and customer loyalty programs. zanox was founded in 2000 by the directors, Thomas Hessler, Heiko Rauch, and Jens Hewald. Today zanox has more than 300 employees.
It operates in an extraordinarily dynamic, future-oriented market and enjoys above-average growth.
zanox joined the Axel Springer and PubliGroupe in 2007. Axel Springer is Germany´s biggest newspaper publishing house and third-largest magazine publisher. PubliGroupe is an internationally active marketer and service provider for cross-media commercial communication.
Our customers
More than 2,000 prestigious international companies across various industries from telecoms to travel and retail to finance, including Allianz, Amazon, Axa, Citibank, Deutsche Telekom, Telefonica, o2, Vodafone, Orange, DADAmobile, Celldorado, Expedia, Jamster, Lycos, Procter & Gamble, Sixt, Staples, Neckermann, La Redoute and many more employ zanox's strategic distribution channels. zanox currently works with more than one million sales partners in over 190 countries worldwide and offers local support in over 30 countries.
Our vision
We will create the ultimate global alliance to monetise the Internet

Starting on January 7th I begin an exciting journey as the VP of Ad Sales at the only multinational ad network Zanox, Inc.

I loved working with the team at AzoogleAds, and I look forward to this next challenge for my career. Zanox has offices in 14 countries, and generate leads for advertisers in over 30 countries! This is sure to be an exciting new year!