7thingsmedia

7thingsmedia are a dynamic and entrepreneurial performance-based digital marketing agency with a proven track record of delivering hugely impressive returns for clients. With offices in both London and New York; 7thingsmedia's services span the digital marketing mix including affiliate management, display advertising, lead generation, paid and natural search. Client list includes: Agent Provocateur, Gio Goi, Liberty, MARS, Secret Sales, Ted Baker, UNICEF, USC & Vosges Haut-Chocolat. Visit www.7thingsmedia.com for more information.

Affilinet

Championing a bespoke approach to affiliate marketing Founded in 1997, affilinet is one of the most established affiliate networks in Europe, offering unrivalled experience, knowledge and heritage in the marketplace. In this time their proprietary technology has been continually developed by an in-house technology team of over 30 people. They work with clients from a broad range of sectors and all key publisher business models, and tailor their approach to individual commercial relationships to ensure that they are generating the optimum return for both affiliates and clients.

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Azam Marketing

Azam Marketing ( www.azam.net ) is a full services digital marketing and design agency which has been at the cutting-edge of affiliate marketing since 1997. Azam has 122 combined years of experience and know-how in affiliate, email and search marketing, as well as social media marketing and website design and development. The company has the most experienced Affiliate Management team in the world with each Affiliate Manager having a minimum of eight years’ experience in the sector. The unparalleled expertise stretches to eCRM and email marketing, where Azam Marketing carries out the eCRM for major corporations such as Trinity Mirror, and sends out newsletters such as each morning’s Mirror Football. Azam’s own databases have grown over the last 14 years to many millions of UK B2C and B2B email subscribers. Regular advertisers include the likes of Dell, B&Q and Capital One. Because of the outstanding results produced, Azam has been selected as a finalist for an incredible eight a4u Awards in just the last three years, including Best Finance Publisher and Best Lead Generation Campaign 2011.

BT

BT has been at the forefront of Affiliate Marketing since the late 90s. BT have dedicated Affiliate teams who cover BT Consumer and Business products and services, as well as the activities of our sister brands Plusnet and Dabs. If you are interested in joining our existing army of dedicated and driven Affiliates please contact Tradedoubler or Buy.at. Alternatively if you are a non-competing merchant who would like to share best practice we are also interested in hearing from you.

Carrentals.co.uk

Carrentals.co.uk is the UK’s leading car hire comparison site – and the only one to have an affiliate offering. Every day over 18,000 people visit the site to compare the best deals on car hire from up to 50 companies, including Alamo, AutoEurope, Budget, Hertz, Holiday Autos, Sixt, Thrifty and more. Providing an impartial comparison of the best prices available in over 10,000 locations around the World, Carrentals.co.uk was voted Best Car Hire Website in the 2008 Travolution Awards, and in 2010 it was Highly Commended in the Best Meta-search/Price Comparison category. Launched in 2003, Carrentals.co.uk now has an unrivalled position in the car hire market, with national newspapers, magazines and websites regularly featuring it. With clear search results, and a wealth of additional information for customers – ranging from carbon emissions to driving advice – the site has been continually developed to offer a winning customer experience. Carrentals.co.uk is proud to be sponsoring the A4UAwards in conjunction with TradeDoubler.

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DC Storm

DC Storm helps marketers increase sales, deliver higher ROI and target their digital marketing spend better. Its intuitive technology platform and first class service provide actionable insight and control across all digital channels; ensuring clients have the competitive edge to succeed online. Storm enables Advertisers , Agencies and Affiliates to optimise their digital marketing activity fully. Its Storm for Affiliates is an extended version of the award-winning Storm platform, which automatically integrates affiliate network sales data into the reporting and optimisation tools as if the merchant sales occurred within the affiliate’s website. This unique solution enables affiliates to optimise their marketing based on an accurate and up to date understanding of which marketing channels are generating sales, rather than just driving visits and interest.

IAB

The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) is the trade association for digital advertising. With over 540 members, it's run for the leading media owners and agencies in the UK internet industry. Online is an exciting and fast-growing medium and the job of the IAB is to work with members to ensure marketers can identify the best role for online and the emerging mobile market, helping them engage their customers and build their brands. Through the dissemination of research and the organisation of regular events, the IAB aim to put digital on the agenda of every marketer in the UK, acting as an authoritative and objective source for all internet advertising issues whilst promoting industry-wide best practice.

Internet Retailing

Internet Retailing provides analysis, insight and stimulus for Europe’s multichannel retailers, in English (www.internetretailing.net), French (www.internetretailing.fr) and German (www.internetretailing.de). The bi-monthly magazine deals in depth with the strategic issues affecting the sector, and their supplements programme gives greater focus in 6 sections to topics of interest. Internet Retailing have recently launched m-retailing.net to chart the impact of mobile within multichannel commerce

Legal & General

The Legal & General Group, established in 1836, is one of the UK’s leading financial services companies. We provide pensions, investments and insurance to make financial security easier to achieve for millions of people. Legal & General have been in the affiliate market for over 5 years. Thanks to the support of our affiliates, large and small we have seen this channel grow from strength to strength. 2010 was a fantastic year for the Legal & General affiliate programme seeing a huge uplift across the 3 business units and we hope to continue this success into 2011. Legal & General have four of their products available for promotion through the affiliate channel: Home insurance, Investments, Life insurance and Over 50’s life insurance. If you would like any further information on any of the products please visit our affiliate portal.

LinkShare

LinkShare is the world's largest affiliate network with 15 years of affiliate marketing experience. The company's client service is unique to the UK market and our UK partners are able to benefit from their global affiliate relationships, leading advertiser and publisher tools and the international experience the UK team offers. Launched in the UK in 2006 LinkShare has partnered with some leading retailers including ASOS, French Connection, Goldsmiths, Hamleys, Karen Millen, Lego, Mango, Net-a-porter, Puma, Selfridges, Speedo, T.M. Lewin, Topman and Uniqlo. Well-respected by both advertisers and publishers, LinkShare provides access to a unique network of quality publishers, alongside market-leading tools to maximise ROI. Linkshare's superior service combined with technology innovation allows advertisers and publishers to acquire and retain new customers, increase revenue and drive results. LinkShare was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in New York, with offices in San Francisco, Chicago, London and Tokyo. LinkShare is a division of Rakuten, Inc.

Mobiles.co.uk

Mobiles.co.uk was the UK’s first retail mobile phone website (launched in 1995) and is now the largest web-only mobile phone store in the UK, processing thousands of orders every month. Mobiles.co.uk is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Carphone Warehouse Group. As a result, they are able to deliver the best deals around while still, as an independently operated business, offering great service and customer satisfaction. Mobiles.co.uk has a particular competence in being first to market with the latest handsets.

MyVoucherCodes.co.uk

MyVoucherCodes.co.uk is the UK’s number 1 voucher codes and deals platform. The website is dedicated to offering consumers the best UK deals, discount codes and money off vouchers available. Each month MyVoucherCodes save consumers hundreds of thousands of pounds and generates millions in sales for their retail partners. MyVoucherCodes is dedicated to their retail and business partners, regardless of how large or small the organisation. The team create effective and engaging on-line channels that increase revenue, whilst rewarding consumers. For example in 2010 the team developed a mobile App for the iPhone that ranked as the number 1 voucher App in the Apple iStore. Using email, niche site advertising, mobile apps, off-line discount books, affiliate marketing and more MyVoucherCodes ensure they can deliver unrivalled brand exposure for thousand of retailers. Their experienced and dedicated team continually strive to implement new ideas that are focused on benefiting both advertiser and customer.

Nectar

Nectar, the United Kingdom’s leading coalition loyalty programme, is owned by Groupe Aeroplan Inc., a global leader in loyalty management. More than 50 per cent of UK households collect Nectar points when shopping for groceries, doing DIY, booking a holiday, paying household bills, buying petrol and even eating out. Collectors also earn Nectar points every time they shop online via nectar.com at over 500 leading online retailers through the affiliate channel. Since Nectar’s launch in 2002, over £1.5 billion of rewards have been redeemed by its collectors. Rewards include money off shopping, travel and general merchandise.

OMG

OMG are a leading affiliate network with specialities in the financial service sector. OMG has developed a service offering to brands expansive reach to relevant affiliates, supported by an enhanced control environment using OMG developed technology and manual controls. In 2010 we have broadened our services to allow our clients to offer flexible customer incentives and a unique peer to peer referral platform. Our clients include: RBS, confused.com, Go Compare, Eurostar, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, O2, Santander, Vodafone and Virgin Money.

PerformanceIN Fashion

PerformanceIN Fashion is a brand new one day performance marketing conference focusing on the fashion and beauty vertical, brought to you by affiliates4u. A one day event comprising of two simultaneous conference tracks — focused at advertisers and publishers. You'll get everything you would expect from a successful a4u event, in front of a highly targeted attendee list. A two-pronged unique agenda awaits; strongly correlated for content, value-add and technology driven publishers, and advertisers who want to take their performance to the next level with smart solutions, strategies and initiatives. Programmed with ample structured and casual networking opportunity throughout the day and evening, if you're looking to get smarter in fashion, you know where to come! Where?: Hurlingham Club, Ranelagh Gardens, London SW6 3PR When?: Wednesday 6 July 2011 For more details click on the link.

Quidco

Quidco is the UK’s largest cashback and voucher code site, enabling members to save money on every purchase they wish to make. It pays ‘cashback’ when people click through and make a purchase at any of the 2,800 retailers listed on its website, by paying the commission it gets from the retailer, directly into the shopper’s bank account. It also lists voucher codes, which give an instant online discount, and printable vouchers, which give a discount in-store. Quidco was founded in 2005 with a mission to help people save money .The site is free to join and currently has more than one million members who save hundreds, and in some cases thousands, every year.

Savoo

Can you believe we have only just turned two? In those two years Savoo.co.uk has made a significant splash in the UK market. Savoo is the sister site of the US voucher giant Savings.com and evangelises a better way for merchants to work with a voucher & deal site. The Savoo pledge is to offer the best user experience, as well as becoming a strategic partner to optimise and increase sales. Savoo will be launching a number of new technologies and innovations that will offer savvy shoppers a more holistic experience. This will also translate into allowing merchants to easily reach a highly targeted audience. Stay tuned for these exciting announcements and more this year!

TradeDoubler

TradeDoubler are proud to be a Sponsor of this year’s A4U Awards TradeDoubler helps companies improve their online results, both by increasing sales and by increasing brand awareness. The core business is performance-based online marketing. With a network of over 138,000 web publishers, TradeDoubler helps more than 1,900 advertisers worldwide to reach their business goals. The company has a unique reach being able to address around 75 per cent of Europe's e-commerce consumers. Among the advertisers are Apple Store, American Express, Dell, Disney, Expedia, lastminute.com and Nokia. More information is available at www.tradedoubler.com:

TradeTracker

TradeTracker delivers performance based affiliate marketing, driving sales incrementally whilst increasing ROI by means of market leading in-house developed technology. Trade Tracker started over 6 years ago in the Netherlands and is the fastest growing online marketing company in Europe. Due to company’s innovations within the affiliate market, TradeTracker has gained a substantial market share while offering consultancy, support and technical know-how. With over 1700 advertisers already live within the TradeTracker platform and hundreds more joining the family each year, you can be reassured that you are working with one of the best in the market.

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a4uexpo

Europe's leading performance marketing conference which takes place in Munich and London each year. Our next event is the 2011 a4uexpo Europe, 7-8 June at the Hilton Munich Park Hotel. Europe's largest Performance Marketing Conference with over 1,000 delegates, 40 conference sessions… an all inclusive middle evening party, a pre and post event networking bash and a buzzing expo hall all being shared with the leading entrepreneurs and players within the dynamic £10bn Affiliate & Performance Marketing industry.

easyJet Holidays

easyJet Holidays is an exciting new holidays offering bringing together the UK’s favourite airline and the UK’s leading independent bed bank; lowcostbeds.com. The easyJet Holidays objective is to provide holiday makers with the best range of flexible holidays at unbeatable prices, and to become a market leader in holidays within 3 years. easyJet Holidays makes finding the perfect holiday simple, with a choice of flights to over 27 countries from 13 UK airports and accommodation from over 15,000 hotels from 2* to 5*, self-catering to all inclusive. easyJet Holidays affiliate programme offers you a chance to profit from your local knowledge and expertise giving users a one stop travel shop for their holiday needs.

ebay

eBay Partner Network is eBay’s in-house affiliate platform, launched in April 2008. Today more than 100,000 publisher websites promote eBay in 13 different countries via eBay Partner Network. In 2009, eBay Partner Network launched Quality Click Pricing, an innovative quality-based payout system. This enhanced pricing system, along with continued investment in account management, tools, platform development, network quality and publisher education, has helped to make eBay Partner Network a leading global player in affiliate marketing.

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Participation in the a4uAwards gives you instant prestige and exposure to the crème of the Affiliate Marketing industry. All category sponsorships include a table of 10 in premier position on the night and year round exposure for your brand. We also have headline sponsorship opportunities available and are open to bespoke packages to help meet your objectives.

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