It has been a week or so since getting back from Affiliate Summit East but a busy week it has been.

I came away very excited with tons of new ideas I am pumped to get going on. I think I need about 20 programmers to help me realize my visions, and wish I could implement them all right away!

I was surrounded by so many smart people who have done so much! It feels good to meet other entrepreneurs who took their ideas and turned them into their lifeblood.

Unlike other types of businesses, I like how you are greeted with hugs and treated like an old friend, not an adversary or competitor. Many of us so called competitors are more than happy to help each other out.

Missy Ward and Shawn Collins put on a great show, without them it wouldn’t be what it is. They put their hearts into the event, they genuinely care about the industry and take pride in bringing us all together to further the industry.

As someone who works from home, it is important to me to get together with others in my industry to share stories, ideas and feel the comraderie that many get in an office setting. I love working from home but it can get boring and lonely. The Buy.at Party and the Shareasale Party were great fun with great people.

The Performance Marketing Association put on a great event for it’s members. I would happily house sit for Peter Bourdes any day.

I came across a few companies that I had never heard of and need to check them out further. The great thing I found is going through my wish list, a lot of the things I want already exist, I just need to connect with the right people. Affiliate Summit is great for connecting!

I can’t wait until January and Affiliate Summit West 2012, until then I have plenty of work to do implementing all my ideas from Affiliate Summit East!

A few years ago I was frustrated trying to keep up with the thousands of coupons to hunt down in the networks and add to my coupon site FlamingoWorld.com. There were so many emails coming in daily and it was hard to keep up. Some of the networks had rss feeds or coupon feeds but they were sorely lacking. Because of the issue I decided to become the solution to the problem by founding ForMeToCoupon.com.

ForMeToCoupon.com is a service that aggregates all of the network coupon feeds, all of the emails and edits them, makes sure the links work, make sure the coupons work and put them in a standard form. It is a lot of work and I really wish the networks did a better job so ForMeToCoupon.com wasn’t needed.

I am heading a Coupon Feed Standards Working Group for the Performance Marketing Assocication. We a have a few people already interested in joining, but could still use some members. I would really like to see network involvment so we can fix the issues from the source.

Too many merchants add their offers and coupons into the network coupon feeds, but much of the information they add is not standard. They add the coupon code in the deal text, not in a separate field, they do the same with the expiration dates instead of putting them in the expiration date fields. Some add long descriptive text and it isn’t a deal at all. Maybe the networks themselves could do a little quality control before the offers go out? And if they notice issues they could contact the merchants to train them better. I really think if the networks were to require certain information, and in specific fields it would be easier for affiliates to use.

If anyone is interested in joining me on the working group email me at connie(at)flamingoworld.com Or feel free to just email me your gripes and suggestions on the network coupon feeds.