September means summer is over and it’s back to school, the kick-off a new football season and time to watch the Presidential candidates duke it out in the home stretch of their campaigns. For online marketers it’s time to get ready for your end of year push as the holiday season rapidly approaches.

August has been a busy month. Most people I know having been living out of suitcase and attending events or making their way to some exotic locale for vacation. I’m off for vacation this week, but here are a few things that are coming up in September and October.

I haven’t been on vacation or cycling in the French Alps as part of the annual Tour de France. Actually, I’ve been staying local and mobile, which was in sync with the SMX Local and Mobile conference in San Francisco last week.

Summer is about to kick in. Temps are heating up, school’s out and the rivalry between the Celtics and the Lakers is back for a new generation of basketball fans.

Before you get ready to roll with any upcoming vacation plans, here are a couple of month end advertising updates.

Be sure to check out the promotion by one of our new advertising partners, Webloyalty.com, which recently launched a new affiliate program. It is offering double commissions for the entire month of June for all affiliates that sign up by May 31.

The spirit of America is everywhere with the presidential primaries heating up, the season finale of American Idol capturing the attention of millions and Memorial Day just around the corner.

April was a very busy month. Depending on what events you attended there’s a good chance you were living out of suit case to keep up with last month’s conference and trade show circuit. I admit I was fortunate not have to spend any time in an airport this month as San Francisco played host to both Ad:Tech and the Web 2.0 Expo.

Next week begins the annual pilgrimage of performance marketers to San Francisco for Ad:Tech. The stage is set for one of the biggest interactive marketing event of the year and the Revenue sales and marketing team will be exhibiting in Booth 6481.

We are back from the Affiliate Summit and it’s taking me a days to recuperate from the round the clock engagement of the event in Las Vegas last week. It was another fantastic conference put together by co-founders Shawn Collins and Missy Ward.

Did you check out the NBA All-Star Slam Dunk contest in New Orleans this past weekend? Many find this annual event to be a great source of entertainment and creative inspiration. This year Superman made an appearance flying through the air for the winning dunk, while the runner up demonstrated the “birthday cake” dunk while blowing out a candle on a cupcake that was perched on the rim. It was incredible.