We’re preparing for our next LIVE event - PPC Classroom LIVE this May in Las Vegas.

Nearly 500 affiliates  have already reserved their tickets to the event!

If you’d like the chance to meet with serious affiliates - the ones that are willing to dedicate time and spend money to build steady streams of traffic - this is a great opportunity.

In the past our sponsors have included CPA Networks, Affiliate Networks, lead generation affiliate programs and providers of affiliate tools and technology. Many of them will be back again this time to recruit more affiliates!

If you’re interested in finding out more, contact Rachel at rachel [at] lurn.com.

Event Details

May 28th - 30th, 2009
Las Vegas Hilton
www.PPCCLassroomLIVE.com

Hey Everyone!

Today is a big day for our company - and I wanted to share our exciting news with you!

We have changed our name Lurn, Inc. That’s a fun way of spelling “learn”, where U come first!

You can check out our new website at http://www.Lurn.com

I’ve also pasted a copy of a press release we sent about the name change below.

How does this name change affect you?

Well, for the most part, everything will remain the same for our clients, affiliates, students and partners.

All of our product lines (including the Affiliate Classroom course) remain intact and running ahead at full steam!

You’ll continue being supported by the same great staff and you’ll continue to receive the same great training tools and information you’ve come to expect from us.

But, as the year goes on - you’ll see that we’ll be adding more support, more tools, more services and more training to help our students and our affiliates reach their personal and financial goals.

We’d love to hear what you think about the new name - please send me your comments!

Stay tuned for more news on all of the great things coming out of Lurn this year!

To your continued success,
Sarah Holland
Lurn, Inc. (formerly Affiliate Classroom)
www.Lurn.com

***** A copy of Our Press Release *****

Affiliate Classroom Changes Name to Lurn, Inc.

E-learning Content and Technology Provider Takes on a New Name to Encompass Expanded Offering and Vision

College Park, MD –March 5th, 2009 –
Affiliate Classroom, a leading publisher of educational tools for the interactive advertising industry, has changed its name to Lurn, Inc.

The change comes as the company embarks on plans to expand offerings and broaden its vision.

“We originally set out to provide training and best practices for affiliates. The name Affiliate
Classroom made perfect sense,” said founder and CEO Anik Singal. “But in late 2008 as our executive team developed our strategic vision for the next two years, we felt limited by the name. What we’re able to offer now is beyond simple how-to information for affiliates. Changing our name is strategically liberating.”

Along with new interactive marketing courses, in 2009 the company will add a comprehensive e-learning delivery and membership management platform to its offerings. This technology will offer third-parties the ability to launch and manage their own training
and membership-based coaching and consulting package.

The company will continue using the name “Affiliate Classroom” to brand its online affiliate training course. Affiliate Classroom is currently undergoing a content and technological revision and will be re-introduced to the market in mid-2009.

Singal added, “We’ve been getting a lot of compliments on the new name. We think that it highlights our fun personality, while staying true to our vision of empowering our students to reach their goals through technology and education.”

About  Lurn, Inc.
Formerly known as Affiliate Classroom, privately-held Lurn, Inc was established in October of 2004 and is a leading provider of content and e-learning technology for interactive marketers. The growing product suite includes courses, books, live seminars, digital magazines, online communities and applications for online marketers.
www.Lurn.com

Contact:
Rachel Honoway
VP of Marketing
rachel@lurn.com
301-944-0052 ext 714

Lori Winkler of Direct Response Technologies has just completed her AC Certified Affiliate Manager Training.  She’s now a Certified Affiliate Manager!

We’re happy that Direct Response Technologies chose to work with us to help train Lori.  We are confident that she has learned everything she needs to know to launch and manage a successful affiliate program through our 10 Module course!

I’ve just gotten life back in order since Affiliate Summit West ‘09 in Las Vegas, and the long weekend. Let me tell you something - working at Summit was more fun than my long weekend!

In case you weren’t able to attend, I’ll recap some of my favorite moments and stories from the event.

1. First, I thoroughly enjoyed the chatter about Joel Comm’s ridiculously successful iphone application, ifart.  His application recently reached the coveted #1 position of the iphone app downloads.  It would be far from the truth to say that I find myself too grown up to enjoy fart jokes.  Although juvenile, I find them hilarious.  Congratulations to Joel for finding a way to make money out of “thin” air!
2. I got to see some big names in the industry that I have long heard of but never actually met.  Jim Lillig and Rosalind Gardner were pretty easy to pick out of a crowd after spending so much time in my early days watching them in training videos  Summit is a great place to come face to face with some of the marketers and bloggers out there that you read about every day.  Last year I was awe struck by the likes of Sean Collins, Amit Mehta, Jim Kukral, and even Anik Singal…
3. Aside from the Exhibit Hall which brought a constant stream of new people to meet, my favorite event was the Shareasale sponsored 80s party on Sunday night.  It was a great opportunity to network, make friends, and see my boss (our very own Rachel Honoway) in her prom dress!  Behold:

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