Book a place at the a4uAwards
Since launching the online nominations for a4uAwards at the beginning of the week, the interest we have received has been excellent!
With only a limited number of tables available at this years a4uAwards ceremony and with over half already confirmed, we recommend booking your table / place soon!
Tables of 10 can be purchased as well as individual places.
Affiliates who are a member of affiliates4u.com, who had a post count of 25 or more before the 1st March 2008, will also be entitled to a great discount.
For full details on how to book your place at the a4uAwards please click here
Do you Rock in Travel & Leisure? - Enter the AM Awards!
Have you entered the Affiliate Marketing Awards yet? - This year we have introduced 5 Vertical Awards which have been designed to reward innovators and those that excel in Affiliate Marketing within their vertical.
The strongest entries from the following demographics will be judged by a panel and short-listed, with an overall winner and highly commended announced on June 5th at the Park Lane Hotel, London.
Publishers: Enter this award if you feel you have had great success within the Travel vertical, worked with a merchant or agency to provide an exceptional end result or used new technology and innovative ideas to create a value add website or service.
Merchants & Agencies: Do you have an affiliate programme that excels in Travel? Has your partnership with all parties flourished to provide great communication, transparency and revenue driving, innovative tools for affiliates?
To enter the Travel & Leisure award sponsored by Affiliate Future you will need to write an executive summary of your achievements and submit this through the a4uAwards website no later than the 25th April 2008.
The best of luck with your entries.
Online nominations for the a4uAwards are now OPEN!
Online nominations for the a4uAwards are now OPEN!
All members of affiliates4u are invited to nominate at this stage for relevant award categories, depending on your membership profile demographic. i.e. affiliate, merchant, agency or network.
Awards which are currently open for nominations are:
* Publishers Choice of Account Manager
* Publishers Choice of Network
* Affiliate Manager of 2008
* Affiliate Marketing Blog of 2008
* Agency of the Year (agencies are not permitted to nominate for this award)
* Publisher of the Year (affiliates/publishers are not permitted to nominate for this award)
The ‘affiliates4u award for excellence’ is also a community choice award, in that an individual, team or company needs to be put forward to win via a testimonial by a third party.
Other rewards are more complex and require a formal submission, which includes a one page summary of your achivements within the category.
If you are not yet a member of affiliates4u.com and would like to take part in the nomination process for this years a4uAwards, sign up today!
We wish everyone good luck!
How to Enter & Vote in the a4uAwards on 5th June 2008
There are just 85 days to go until we kick off the a4uAwards with a Champagne reception - time will fly, so this rather long blog will explain how you or your company can enter the awards free of charge- try to keep with it!
There are in total 16 categories up for grabs, each will attract an overall winner, and a runner up.
All publishers choice and community choice awards will be open for voting on Monday 17th March 2008.
All other awards are already Open for Submissions
Publisher’s and Community Choice Awards
The highly coveted publisher’s and community choice awards are back, and we have a selection up for grabs to be won by the most deserving companies and individuals as seen by affiliates (for the publisher choice) and other members of the Affiliate Marketing community (for the community choice awards)
Publisher’s Choice of Network 2008
This is a whopper! publishers / affiliates who are members of affiliates4u will vote for their choice of affiliate network. The first stage will be a free field vote. The top 5 will go through to a final round of multiple choice voting. The results of which will be announced on June 5th.
Publisher’s Choice of Account Manager
Publishers / affiliates who are members of affiliates4u will vote for their choice of account manager at an agency or network. To be clear, an account manager is defined as someone working on multiple campaigns at a network or agency. The first stage will involve a free field vote, with a final round of multiple choice voting.
Affiliate Manager of 2008
Publishers / affiliates who are members of affiliates4u will vote for their choice of affiliate manager at an individual merchant. The top 5 will go through to a final round of multiple choice voting.
Community Choice Awards
All members of affiliates4u.com will be given the opportunity to nominate for these awards. This includes networks, agencies and merchants.
Affiliate Marketing Blog of 2008
A popular award in 2007 and with the increase in blogs this year we expect this one to be hotly contended. The first stage will once again involve a free field vote. The top 5 will go through to a final round of multiple choice voting.
Agency of the Year *agencies are not permitted to nominate within this catagory
Aembers of affiliates4u are given the opporunity to nominate who they feel deserves the title of “Agency of the Year” 2008. The top 5 will go through to a final round of multiple choice voting.
Publisher of the Year *affiliates/publishers are not permitted to nominate within this catagory
Another popular award in 2007. You are invited to nominate who you feel deserves this prestigious title in 2008. The top 5 will go through to a final round of multiple choice voting before the winner is announced at the a4uAwards ceremony.
Affiliates4u Award for Excellence
To win this award you need to be nominated by the Affiliate Marketing community. To nominate an individual, team or company for this special award please use the submission form and provide a testimonial stating precise reasons why you feel they should pick up the award on June 5th.
You cannot enter this award personally; someone must nominate and provide a testimonial on your behalf.
The number and quality of the nominations will be taken very strongly into consideration by the panel. The winner will be announced on 5th June at the awards ceremony.
Community choice awards will be open for nomination on Monday 17th March.
Other Affiliate Marketing Award Categories
These awards require more complex submissions and therefore are judged by a varied panel of Affiliate Marketing figureheads.
Best use of Creative
Show the industry how creative you can be within Affiliate Marketing. Demonstrate to the judges the use of creative within Affiliate Marketing with the mix of technology, flair and design to increase conversion and ROI for the publisher.
Who can enter: All parties
Best Network Innovation
Judges are looking for a single innovation that has made an outstanding contribution to the publisher whether in terms of workload, revenue opportunities or new opportunities.
Who can enter: Affiliate Networks
Best Merchant Innovation
This category celebrates merchant innovation within Affiliate Marketing. Whether based on technology or another medium, the innovation would have made a real difference to clients within the Affiliate Marketing sector.
Who can enter: Merchants (or an agency / network on their behalf)
Agency of the Year
This award will go to an Agency that has demonstrated a real understanding and commitment to the Affiliate Marketing channel.
Who can enter: Agencies
Publisher / Affiliate of The Year
Judges are looking for a publisher who has performed outstandingly, with a commitment to the channel, whose innovation has shone through.
Who can enter: Publishers / Affiliates
Best Use of Affiliate Marketing As Part of an Integrated Campaign
Judges are looking for evidence of competent integration of Affiliate Marketing within the wider marketing mix.
Who can enter: All Parties
All non publisher / community choice awards are now open for submissions.
Vertical Affiliate Marketing Awards
Vertical awards have been designed to reward innovators and those that excel within their vertical. Awards exist for - Travel, Finance, Retail, Gaming and Technology & Telecoms.
The vertical awards can be entered by two different demographics; the strongest entries will be rewarded.
Who can enter: Publishers / Merchants / Agencies (see below for detailed information)
Publishers
Enter this award if you feel you have had great success within a vertical, perhaps worked with a merchant or agency to provide an exceptional end result, used new technology and innovative ideas to create a value add website or service, or have created something outstanding.
Merchants & Agencies
Do you have an affiliate programme that leads your vertical? Has your partnership with all parties flourished to provide great communication, transparency and revenue driving, innovative tools for affiliates? Let us know via your entry for your chance to scoop an award.
All vertical awards are now open for submissions.
Hopefully this blog has made you more aware of which awards you can enter and how you can play a vital role in who wins.
A number of web badges and media will be available soon to drum up support for your entry campaign.
Good luck with your entries!
Launching the a4uAwards blog
We are pleased to announce the launch of the a4uAwards blog.
Subscribe to our RSS feed now so you don’t miss any important updates on the upcoming awards which take place on Thursday 5th June 2008.
We’ll be posting in the next couple of days a full time-line including submission deadlines for each award and how publishers / community choice voting will work.
Those active within the affiliate marketing sector here in the UK have a crucial role in the awards to ensure the right individuals and companies get rewarded for their affiliate marketing activity.
This includes the ‘affiliates4u excellence award’ where we are asking the community to nominate individuals or companies, and a further 4 publisher and community choice awards.
Keep your eyes peeled!
Matthew.
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