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Topics in this issue:
- Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Award Finalists
- Affiliate Manager Training LIVE
- Road 2 Affiliate Summit
- Affiliate Marketing Classifieds and Other Stuff
- 20% Off Printing from PsPrint for Affiliate Summit Attendees
The Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Awards will be presented at Affiliate Summit 2008 West, taking place February 24-26, 2008 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
Affiliate of the Year
Mike Allen
Connie Berg
Tim Storm
Affiliate Manager of the Year
Stephanie Harris
Melissa Salas
Carolyn Tang
Exceptional Merchant
Amazon.com
CSN Stores
Sierra Trading Post
Affiliate Marketing Advocate Award
Haiko de Poel, Jr.
Scott Jangro
Revenue Magazine
Best Blogger
Carsten Cumbrowski
Sam Harrelson
Jeremy Schoemaker
Wayne Porter Affiliate Marketing Legend
Connie Berg
Haiko de Poel, Jr.
Brian Littleton
The First Annual Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Awards Show took place on Monday, January 22, 2007 during the Pure Imagination Party hosted by oneNetworkDirect and Wynn Las Vegas at TRYST the nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas.
There were six awards presented to recognize outstanding affiliate marketers.
Below are the winners for each category from the First Annual Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Awards.
- Affiliate of the Year: Scott Hazard
- Affiliate Manager of the Year: Angel Djambazov
- Exceptional Merchant: Amazon.com
- Affiliate Marketing Advocate Award: Brian Littleton
- Best Blogger: Jim Kukral
- Wayne Porter Affiliate Marketing Legend: Todd Crawford
Don’t miss the Second Annual Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Awards Gala, taking place on Monday, February 25, 2008 from 5:00pm - 6:30pm at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.
They’ll be covering topics like: Engaging Affiliates, Recruitment Tools and Techniques, Technology, Stats and Reporting and Legal Matters.
They’ll also be launching a new Affiliate Manager Training and Certification Course at the event.
This event is offered to affiliate managers and prospective affiliate managers free of charge (a $97 refundable fee is charged to secure registration).
More information can be found at: http://www.affiliateclassroomlive.com.
Note: Affiliate Summit is not running this event. Please address any questions to Affiliate Classroom.
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