Affiliate marketing posts from seasoned affiliate marketing pro Missy Ward.

CJYou Award Winners

by Missy Ward

Commission Junction, a division of ValueClick, Inc. announced their winners of its CJYou Awards, (formerly the Horizon Awards) which were presented at the annual Commission Junction University.

The award winners are advertisers, publishers and agencies of Commission Junction and were chosen for their outstanding network performance metrics.

And the winners are:

— Rookie of the Year, Advertiser
Abe's of Maine
Awarded to a new advertiser who has achieved the highest total revenue
— Rookie of the Year, Publisher
ShopDiscover
Awarded to a new publisher who has achieved the highest total revenue
— Advertiser of the Year
Yahoo! Affiliate Program
Awarded to an advertiser who has achieved the largest year-over-year increase in revenue and greatest percentage of growth
— Publisher of the Year
RetailMeNot.com
Awarded to a publisher who has achieved the largest year-over-year increase in revenue and greatest percentage of growth
— People's Choice, Advertiser (tie)
BuyCostumes
GoDaddy
Chosen by the publisher community and awarded to an advertiser who demonstrates the best partnership qualities and excellence in supporting publisher needs
— People's Choice, Publisher
CouponCabin
Chosen by the advertiser community and awarded to a publisher who demonstrates the best partnership qualities and excellence in delivering value to an advertiser's affiliate program
— Innovator of the Year
Intuit
Awarded to an advertiser or publisher who demonstrates the most successful use of emerging technologies
— Agency of the Year
iMarketing
Awarded to an agency that has excelled at fostering relationships between its clients and Commission Junction

Congratulations to all the winners and the folks that were nominated.

Now, I personally don't understand the reason for the name change from Horizon Awards to CJYou Awards. I thought that CJ had some good branding going with the original name, but that's just one woman's opinion.

I didn't attend CJU this year because it started the day after my 60-mile breast cancer walk and a couple of days before BlogWorld. As I didn't receive a press pass for it, I decided to spend a couple of days home with my family and head off to BlogWorld instead.

That being said, I don't have pictures to share with you nor will their be any coverage of the event in the next FeedFront Magazine.

You can however get more information on the 2008 CJYou award winners, by going to www.cj.com/affiliatemarketingawards.

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The Walk is Over!

by Missy Ward

60 Miles Walked, 28 Team Blisters, 1 Fractured Foot…. Raising $47,000+ for Breast Cancer Research — Priceless!

The 2008 Breast Cancer 3-day is over and Team Affiliate Marketers Worldwide can take a well-deserved break.

Day 2 proved to be the most difficult with hills galore — that should have been avoided. (Note to Breast Cancer 3-day planners!)

Somewhere around mile 30, I was tweeting my remarks when I stepped off a curb the wrong way. Little did I know that at that point, I fractured my foot.

While it hurt like a bitch, I honestly thought it was a simple sprain or muscle pull, so I kept on trucking.

Morning 3, my foot was swollen and painful, so I went to the Medical Tent and had it examined. Because there is no x-ray equipment on site, the medical attendant couldn't be positive that it was fractured. With that in mind, and because I was determined to finish the remaining 20 miles, I asked him to wrap it up and do the best he could to keep me going.

I walked the remaining miles, loaded up on ibuprophen with one goal in mind — to cross the finish line with the rest of my team.

And that's what I did. Team Affiliate Marketers Worldwide waited for each other at the finish line and together we crossed it — it was joyous.

Below are all of the pictures of the walk. There are more pictures and videos to come.

Game On!

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2008 Seattle Breast Cancer 3-day

by Missy Ward

The morning started off at 4:00am for Team Affiliate Marketers Worldwide. We hopped on the bus at 5:00am and headed over to Opening Cereremonies.

This part was truly inspirational. Watching all of the survivors get together brought tears to our eyes and motivated us to get out there and start walking.

Seattle proved to be a much harder walk than Minnesota last year. There were so many more hills here that many of the team members were not prepared for. But we kept on truckin'.

We got back to camp about 9-1/2 hours, 2,687 calories and 21.5 miles later. Little did we know that we had another 1-1/2 mile walk back to the hotel.

We all had grand plans to go out to the Karaoke Bar for dinner. That however, turned into a quick stop at Whole Foods for beer, wine, crackers and cheese. We wound up ordering disgusting food from the hotel restaurant and got together on the floor of the hotel lobby.

Tomorrow is another early morning for us. That's ok though. We're having a great time, despite our constant complaining. We all have one goal in mind and that's to get this last 40 miles down and go out for a great dinner on Sunday night.

Here are some pictures from today:

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Touring Seattle Pre-Walk

by Missy Ward

I've been to Seattle about 9 times in my life, but this time I got to play tourist. The weather has been phenomenal — sunny and in the 70's — not a drop of rain. I left the hotel early and headed out with my mother-in-law, Irene and sister-in-law, Tiffany who are also part of the team and we hit downtown Seattle. We hopped on one of those double-decker bus tours which are great, if you have a little time to see a lot.

I finally got to see the top of the Space Needle and check out Pike's Place Market. The fish were flying! We also stopped for a butterfish (sable fish/black code) lunch at Ray's Boathouse which was amazing. I highly recommend this restaurant as a must-eat for lunch or dinner.

Coincidentally, several of the Ray's employees are also going to be walking in the 3-day tomorrow and they were nice enough to buy us a glass of wine. They seem like a hoot, so I'm looking forward to seeing them on the walk. We also checked out a display of Chihuly glass pieces which were absolutely beautiful.

Well, it's a little after 9:00pm now and I'm about ready to hit the sack. We're up at 4:00am tomorrow to begin the 3-day walk. I think the rest of the team has already called it a night as well.

While I personally don't mind walking the 60-miles, getting up at 4:00am is not for me!

Below are some pictures of today.

Until tomorrow,

Missy

Space Needle Reflection in a Seattle Building

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