a4uAwards, Thank you for your support
The a4uAwards team would like to thank everyone for the great support received, ensuring the great success of the a4uAwards held last Thursday.
The evening went down a storm with an enjoyable three-course meal, flowing champagne & an excellent presenter, Michael McIntyre who captured the audience from start to finish.
We would especially like to thank our Main Sponsor Jackpotjoy, champagne reception sponsor affilinet, after party sponsor affiliate window & NMA for supporting the first Black Tie awards ceremony for the affiliate marketing industry, as well as our 16 award sponsors.
The feedback we have received from the event had been fantastic and the whole a4uAwards team are delighted at how much you all enjoyed the evening.
Well done to all the winners!
A few photos are available on flickr and more will up uploaded in the next couple of days.
Regarding the winners, this week we will be publishing a few of the judges comments on each winning entry giving everyone an insight into why they were given the top honour.
Roll on a4uAwards 2009….
a4uAwards - Judged entries shortlist announced!!
The shortlist for the 5th June’s judged awards have now been released. The entries for each award have been submitted over the past few months, and it is now time for the judges to decide on a winner and a highly commended place for each category.
The shortlists can be viewed below;
Best Use of Creative (sponsored by eBay Partner Network)
• Jackpotjoy
• Net-a-porter.com
• PrezzyBox
• Webgains
Best Network Innovation (sponsored by alpharooms.com)
• Affiliate Window
• Paid on Results
• TradeDoubler
• Webgains
Best Merchant Innovation (sponsored by affilinet)
• Calls You Control
• Experian (credit expert)
• Firebox
• Play.com
• PrezzyBox
• Sunshine.co.uk
Best Use of AM as part of an Integrated Campaign (sponsored by Jackpotjoy)
• Hotel Chocolat
• SKY
• Woolworths
Vertical Awards
Finance (sponsored by SmartQuotes)
• Capital One
• Dot Zinc
• Experian (credit expert)
• Leadbay
• Net Media Planet
Retail (sponsored by LinkShare)
• Buyagift
• Debenhams
• eBay
• Equator
• iTunes
• PrezzyBox
Gaming & Casino (sponsored by paddypower.com)
• Income Access
• Jackpotjoy.com
• Loquax
• Virgin Games
Travel & Leisure (sponsored by Affiliate Future)
• DFDS Seaways
• Sunshine.co.uk
• Travelodge
• Virgin Holidays
Technology & Telecoms (sponsored by SKY)
• Talk Talk
• T-Mobile
• SKY
• UK Web Media
• Vodafone
Congratulations to those who made it onto the shortlist.
The judging panel will now get to work by rewarding innovation, creativeness, fulfilment of objectives, commercial impact and overall effectiveness, using a scoring system with a maximum of 200 points available against set criteria.
The winners will be announced at the a4uAwards ceremony on the 5th June at the Sheraton Park Lane Hotel, London. Tables are now full, however we do have a waitlist open if you would still like to be able to attend.
For more information please contact Claire Hoyland, on +44(0) 1179723 269, or via email on Claire@existem.com
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.
The Sponsors
Category Sponsors
The Presenter
The Partners
