Affiliate Summit West 2012, an event for internet marketers, concluded a three day mixture of informative seminar sessions, booth exhibits and fun performances by Nelly, LMFAO and Tiesto. The three day event was held at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas from January 8th through January 10th. It is organized each year by Shawn Collins and Missy Ward, who put on an “East” version in New York and a “West” version in Las Vegas each year. Major brands that attended were Groupon, Google, ShareASale and LifeLock. The conference boasts over 5,000 attendees each paying over $1000 per ticket. Keynote speaker was the entertaining and motivational Eric Thomas, who’s Youtube video quoting “when you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe” went viral in late 2010. In a non-conference…