The categories you can nominate in today are:

Community Choice Awards

Community Choice (Publisher) - new for 2010!

Affiliate Marketing Blog of 2010

Publisher’s Choice - Account Manager at a Network

Publisher’s Choice - Affiliate Manager, In-House or at an Agency

Publisher’s Choice - Affiliate Network

Read more on our Categories page.

Nominations for the a4uAwards will close on the 21st February 2010.

To nominate - simply visit a4uwards.com/nominate, and click on the ‘Nominate Here’ button (depending on whether you’re an affiliate/publisher or a merchant/network/agency).  You will be asked to complete the form for the relevant awards and submit.

The tough part is choosing who you think deserves to collect an award this year!

A shortlist for each award will be announced in April, at which time the final voting process will open.

All winners will be announced during the ceremony, taking place at the Grosvenor House Hotel on the 9th June 2010.

Don’t forget, you also have a chance to walk away a winner by entering our judged awards categories.   Submissions are now open, for further details please click here.

Good Luck Everyone!

Innovative Publisher of the Year

• Skimlinks (Winner)
• Easy Content Units (Highly Commended)

Innovative Merchant of the Year

• PrezzyBox (Winner)
• Books Direct (Highly Commended)

Innovative Affiliate Network of the Year

• Affiliate Window (Winner)
• Webgains (Highly Commended)

Best New Entrant in Affiliate Marketing

• Skimlinks (Winner)
• Harveys (Highly Commended)

Best Use of Affiliate Marketing as Part of an Integrated Campaign

• Argos (Winner)
• LoveFilm (Highly Commended)

Affiliate Marketing Digital Media Agency of 2009

• I-Level (Winner)
• BLM Quantum (Highly Commended)
• R.O.EYE (Highly Commended)
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Best Use of Technology within Affiliate Marketing

• Skimlinks (Winner)
• Awin Analytics (Highly Commended)

Finance Vertical (affiliate)

• Leadbay (Winner)
• Dot Zinc Limited (Highly Commended)

Finance Vertical (merchant)

• CreditExpert (Winner)
• Virgin Money (Highly Commended)

Technology & Telecoms (affiliate)

• Top 10 Broadband (Winner)
• Net Media Planet (Highly Commended)

Technology & Telecoms (merchant)

• Vodafone (Winner)
• T-Mobile (Highly Commended)

Casino & Gaming (affiliate)

• Bingo Hideout (Winner)

Casino & Gaming (merchant)

• Paddy Power (Winner)
• Sporting Bet (Highly Commended)

Retail (affiliate)

• VoucherCodes.co.uk (Winner)
• Mydeco.com (Highly Commended)

Retail (merchant)

• Argos (Winner)
• Red Letter Days (Highly Commended)

Travel & Leisure (affiliate)

• Artemis8 (Winner)
• Carrentals.co.uk (Highly Commended)

Travel & Leisure (merchant)

• Lastminute.com (Winner)
• Fly Thomas Cook (Highly Commended)

Publishers Choice of Account Manager

• Hannah Swift (Winner)
• Julie Wood (Affiliate Window) (Highly Commended)
• Agnieszka Marchewka (buy.at / Platform A) (Highly Commended)

Publisher Choice of Affiliate Manager

• Chris Clarkson (Sunshine.co.uk) (Winner)
• Naomi Brown (Firebox) (Highly Commended)

Affiliate Management Agency of 2009

• Existem Affiliate Management (Winner)
• Azam (Highly Commended)

Publishers Choice of Affiliate Network

• Affiliate Window (Winner)
• DGM (Highly Commended)

Affiliate Marketing Blog of 2009

• Kirsty McCubbin (www.affiliatestuff.co.uk) (Winner)
• Lee McCoy (www.leemccoy.co.uk) (Highly Commended)

The shortlist was announced a few weeks ago, and has received a great response from the affiliates4u community who are voting for their chosen winner for each category.

The awards are designed to reward and showcase the hard work and innovations that particular individuals and companies have made over the last year to contribute to our growing, dynamic industry, and we look forward to announcing the results at the ceremony being held on the 2nd June.

Just to remind you of the final shortlist for the community choice awards:

Publishers Choice of Affiliate Network 2009
Affili.net
AffiliateFuture
Affiliate Window
DGM
Paid on Results
Tradedoubler
 Webgains

Publishers Choice of Account Manager 2009
Daniel Austin (R.O. Eye)
Darren Newmark (LinkShare)
Hannah Swift (Existem A.M.)
Hero Grigoraki (Webgains)
Hildegunn Iversen (Commision Junction)
Julie Wood (Affiliate Window)
Kevin Sutton (DGM)
Agnieszka Marchewka (buy.at / Platform A)

Publishers Choice of Affiliate Manager 2009
Chris Clarkson (sunshine.co.uk)
Joshna Patel (Red Letter Days)
Naomi Brown (Firebox)
Zak Edwards (PrezzyBox)

Affiliate Management Agency of 2009
Azam Marketing
Equator
Existem A.M
R.O. Eye

Affiliate Marketing Blog of 2009
Jason Dale (www.onelittleduck.co.uk)
John Lamerten (www.lammo.net)
Kirsty McCubbin (www.affiliatestuff.co.uk)
Kieron Donoghue (www.here.org.uk)
Lee McCoy (www.leemccoy.co.uk)
To vote, simply visit affiliates4u.com and click “vote here for the a4uAwards”.

Voting will close at midday on Friday 22nd May.

All nominations have now been counted and verified and the a4uAwards team are delighted to announce the below shortlist for each category:

Affiliate Management Agency of 2009

• Azam Marketing
•  Equator
• Existem AM
• R.O. EYE

Affiliate Marketing Blog of 2009

• •    Affiliatestuff.co.uk         (Kirsty McCubbin)
• •    Leemccoy.co.uk             (Lee McCoy)
• •    Lammo.net                       (John Lamerton)
• •    Here.org                            (Kieron Donoghue)
• •    Onelittleduck.co.uk       (Jason Dale)

Publishers Choice of Account Manager 2009

• •    Daniel Austin                      R.O. EYE
• •    Darren Newmark               LinkShare
• •    Hannah Swift                       Existem AM
• •    Hero Grigoraki                    Webgains
• •    Hildegunn Iversen            Commission Junction
• •    Julie Wood                           Affiliate Window
• •    Kevin Sutton                       DGM
• •    Agnieszka Marchewka     buy.at / Platform A

Publishers Choice of Affiliate Manager 2009

• •    Chris Clarkson         (Sunshine.co.uk)
• •    Joshna Patel             (Red Letter Days)
• •    Naomi Brown           (Firebox)
• •    Zak Edwards             (Prezzybox)

Publishers Choice of Network 2009

• •    Affiliate Future
• •    Affili.net
• •    Affiliate Window
• •    DGM
• •    Paid On Results
• •    TradeDoubler
• •    Webgains

The community at affiliates4u.com has nominated for these award categories, which is a huge achievement for all our shortlisted candidates.   We would like to congratulate everyone!

Its now back over to the community at affiliates4u.com to take part in the final voting stage for their chosen winner of 2009.    Voting is now open at affiliates4u.com, with the winner and highly commended position being announced at the awards ceremony being held on the 2nd June at The London Hilton Park Lane.

Voting will close at midday on the 22nd May.

If you would like to book a place / table at the awards please complete and return the booking form available here. Places to this prestigious event are limited so we recommend booking soon to avoid disappointment.

Good Luck to all our shortlisted Candidates.

The submissions deadline for the judged awards has been extended until the 7th May.  With a large number of exceptionally high quality entries already received, it looks like our panel of judges have a tough time ahead.

If you would like to submit an entry for the awards, please visit our How to Enter Page, and follow the simple step by step instructions.  The judges have provided some useful tips & hints to point you in the right direction.

Last Chance to Nominate – you only have 7 days left to nominate within our community choice awards over at affiliates4u.com, these always prove popular award categories, with the whole community having a say as to whom they feel deserves to collect an award.   Nominations will close on the 7th May, with the voting stage for the shortlist opening shortly after.

Finallly..  the a4uAwards 2009 looks sure to be a sell out in the next couple of weeks with only a few tables remaining, to secure your place / table at the Affiliate Marketing Awards Ceremony, simply download a booking form from our website.

Due to close on Friday 24th April, the closing date has now been extended until the 7th May providing potential winners even more time to campaign for nominations too.

This years community choice awards are:

•    Publishers Choice of Affiliate Network
•    Publishers Choice of Account Manager
•    Publishers Choice of Affiliate Manager
•    Affiliate Management Agency of 2009
•    Affiliate Marketing Blog of 2009

We have also designed some promotional buttons to be used to help with your a4uAward nomination campaign.

Nominations will close on the 7th May, with the shortlist & voting opening shorting after.

All winners will be announced during the ceremony on the 2nd June @ the Hilton Park Lane.

To nominate your winners, simply login in to affiliates4u.com and completed the nomination form.

Good Luck Everyone!

As in previous years, we have a number of award categories, which will be nominated and voted for by the community at affiliates4u.com.

Publishers are invited to nominate for the below categories:

•    Publishers’ Choice of Affiliate Network
•    Publishers’ Choice of Account Manager (working at a network or agency)
•    Publishers’ Choice of Affiliate Manager (working for a merchant)

All are invited to nominate for the below categories:

•    Affiliate Marketing Blog of 2009
•    Affiliate Management Agency of 2009

Nominations for the a4uAwards will close on the 24th April 2009.

To nominate - simply log on to affiliates4u.com, and click the award link at the top of the page.   This will take you to the nominations page, you will be asked to complete the form for the relevant awards and submit.

The tough part is choosing who you think deserves to collect an award this year!

A shortlist for each award will be announced in early May, at which time the final voting process will open.

All winners will be announced during the ceremony, taking place at the Hilton Park Lane on the 2nd June 2009.

Don’t forget, you also have a chance to walk away a winner by entering our judged awards categories.   Submissions are now open, for further details please click here.

Good Luck Everyone!

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….

The first round of results are in for the highly anticipated Affiliate Marketing Awards taking place on the 5th June 2008 at the Sheraton Park Lane, London.

We have compiled the nominations from affiliates4u members and would like to congratulate the following publishers, bloggers, account managers, affiliate networks, and agencies for getting through to the shortlist for the final round of voting for our Publisher and Community Choice awards.

Affiliate Manager of 2008

• Chris Bishop (Hotel Chocolat now House of Fraser)
• Chris Clarkson (Sunshine.co.uk)
• Daniel Morley (Alpha Rooms)
• Graham Keen (Buy a Gift)
• Jasper Van Der Bliek (Jackpot Joy)
• Zak Edwards (Prezzy Box)

Affiliate Marketing Agency of 2008

• Equator
• Existem AM
• Media Vest
• Quantum BLM
• R.O.EYE

Affiliate Marketing Blog of 2008

• Jason Dale (www.onelittleduck.co.uk)
• Kieron Donoghue (www.here.org.uk)
• Kirsty McCubbin (www.affiliatestuff.co.uk)
• Lee McCoy (www.leemccoy.co.uk)
• Paul Wheatley (www.mooseontheloose.co.uk)

Publisher’s Account Manager of 2008

• Jonathan Erwin (OMG)
• Julie Wood (AW)
• Kier Marston (Webgains)
• Thuy Pham (AW)
• Vicky Long (OMG)

Publisher (affiliate) of 2008

• ClickAngel
• Net Media Planet
• Quidco
• Spear
• UK Web Media
• eConversions

Publisher’s Choice Of Network 2008

• Affiliate Future
• Affiliate Window
• Buy.at
• OMG
• Paid On Results
• Webgains

Members of affiliates4u can now cast their vote in the final round by visiting www.affiliates4u.com/awards - Voting closes at 3.00pm on Wednesday 28th May, and the winners will be announced on the evening of the Awards.

We are busy compiling together our judged awards for which we had well over 100 entries.

The judges will be considering these over the coming weeks and a shortlist will be announced a week before the event. For more information on attending this prestigious networking event, please visit www.a4uawards.com or give Claire Hoyland a call on 0117 972 3269 as places are now very limited and are expected to sell out shortly.