LinkShare Golden Link Award Categories

Innovative Advertiser of the Year / Innovative Publisher of the Year
Innovation drives our industry - from implementing new technology, to introducing a promotional campaign, to overcoming challenges that face online marketers today. We're looking for unique initiatives that have facilitated new partnerships, driven sales, and built ROI.

Best New Advertiser
Has your program recently launched and experiencing tremendous growth? We're looking for examples of new programs that are exceeding their acquisition and sales goals

Best New Publisher
Are you new to affiliate marketing or to LinkShare? Have you achieved tremendous growth in your business as a result? We're looking for new publishers that are demonstrating high-level growth.

Advertiser's Choice Award
The Advertiser's Choice Award will be bestowed on the publisher with the most number of votes from the LinkShare advertiser community. This is our advertisers' chance to tell us which publisher has demonstrated strong growth and impressive results for your program.

Publisher's Choice Award
The Publisher's Choice Award will be bestowed on the advertiser with the most number of votes from the LinkShare publisher community. This is our publishers' chance to tell us which advertiser has fostered strong partner relations and demonstrated compelling program initiatives.

International Achievement Award
Have you expanded your performance-based marketing initiatives globally? Tell us how your global online program is achieving superior results.

Best Performance-Based Search Strategy
Search marketing has become a critical component of running a performance-based marketing program. Tell us how you have successfully leveraged your advertiser and\or publisher partners to increase sales through this channel.

Best Integrated Lead Generation Campaign
Are you an advertiser that has implemented a lead generation campaign that has achieved great results? Tell us how you have launched and managed a successful campaign through your publisher distribution channel.

MVP – Most Valuable Publisher for Lead Generation
Are you successfully leveraging a campaign to drive results for a lead generation program? We're looking for publishers that are demonstrating high-level growth for this distribution channel.

Best Integrated Multi-Channel Marketing
Today's consumers are multi-channel shoppers. Have you successfully leveraged your offline channels to drive revenue and customers to your site? Tell us how you've integrated your online and offline channels to create a successful multi-channel strategy.

Best Overall Online Distribution Strategy
Are you diversifying online distribution initiatives through your performance-based partners to encompass affiliate, search, and email marketing? We're looking for impressive reach and growth across multiple online channels.

Technology Genius Award
Are you a developer who has leveraged LinkShare's web services in a new and interesting way? This award is for publishers who have taken LinkShare's API's and fully realized their potential with profitable results. Click here for more information about our Developer Contest.

Performance Marketing's Most Vocal Advocate
Are you a seasoned event speaker? Are you a resource for the online community? Do you patrol the message boards, mentor newcomers or publish a newsletter to build awareness on performance marketing trends? Tell us how you have influenced change within the performance marketing industry.