Okay, Revenue didn’t take home any statues from the swanky black tie LinkShare Golden Link Awards, but I still had a fantastic time. Congratulations to all the winners - especially Kellie Stevens of AffiliateFairPlay.com. She does great work and deserves to be recognized for her hard (and very important) work. Check out a Q&A Revenue did with Kellie a couple issues back. Here’s a list of who took home the awards:

Innovative Affiliate of the Year
StarStyle

Innovative Merchant of the Year
Gaiam

Best New Affiliate
Discover Card

Best New Merchant
ProFlowers

Merchant’s Choice Award
Upromise

Affiliate’s Choice Award
TigerDirect

International Merchant of the Year
Boden

Best Performance-Based Search Strategy
Gardener’s Supply Company

Best Online Merchandising Campaign
American Express and TigerDirect

Best Integrated Online-Offline Marketing
Fabu.com and GSI Commerce

Best Overall Online Distribution Strategy
Avon

Performance Marketing’s Most Vocal Advocate
AffiliateFairPlay.com

If you’re interested in the complete list of nominees you can find it here.

So, now I’m off to the Symposium and will provide more details later. Meanwhile, don’t forget to tune into the Affiliate Thing podcast at Noon EST at www.WebMasterRadio.FM. Jim Kukral is today’s guest and Sam Harrelson is my guest co-host.