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The LinkShare Golden Link Awards are taking place on June 19 at Cipriani in New York City. These awards “celebrate achievements in e-commerce and the golden partnerships that drive performance-based marketing.”

This year’s special guest host is comedian Kevin Meaney.

I’ll be a presenter at the gala awards dinner, since I was the recipient of the award for Performance Marketing’s Most Vocal Advocate.

In a departure from my daily ragamuffin style of dressing, I’ll be adhering to the dress code by wearing my monkey suit.

Anyhow, without further adieu, here are the finalists for the Fourth Annual LinkShare Golden Links Awards…

Innovative Affiliate of the Year

• Linkstorm
  
• StarStyle
  
• Zafu
  

Innovative Merchant of the Year

• Apple iTunes
  
• Gaiam
  
• Netflix
  

Best New Affiliate

• DBG - AMEX Bonus Points Mall
  
• Clicks2Customers
  
• Discover Card
  

Best New Merchant

• Direct Marketing Services
  
• Drs. Foster and Smith Inc.
  
• ProFlowers
  

Merchant’s Choice Award

• FabulousSavings.com
  
• FatWallet.com
  
• Upromise
  

Affiliate’s Choice Award

• American Express
  
• Overstock.com
  
• TigerDirect
  

International Merchant of the Year

• Boden
  
• figleaves.com
  
• Forzieri.com
  

Best Performance-Based Search Strategy

• Gardener’s Supply Company
  
• McAfee, Inc.
  
• Wal-Mart.com
  

Best Online Merchandising Campaign

• American Express and TigerDirect
  
• Bare Necessities
  
• Pingo
  

Best Integrated Online-Offline Marketing

• Chase
  
• Fabu.com and GSI Commerce
  
• Wal-Mart.com
  

Best Overall Online Distribution Strategy

• Avon
  
• CouponCabin, Inc.
  
• Overstock.com
  

Performance Marketing’s Most Vocal Advocate

• AffiliateFairPlay.com
  
• Eric Ewe, Wyndham Vacation Resorts
  
• Revenue Magazine
  

Congratulations and good luck to all of the finalists. See you at Cipriani.

More details at http://www.linkshare.com/symposium2007/symposium.shtml.

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