I was so excited when I learned of my nomination in the Best Blogger category.  I couldn’t wait to get to the summit and see if I could pull off a win.  I had stiff competition.  Scott Jangro has really put together an awesome blog for our industry and Angel has always been a leader in this area, so I wasn’t too confident, but honored to be amongst this group.

And the moment came:

I was sure they said Jamie Birch, but alas, Scott won the award.  It was well deserved and now it seems that I may have slipped into the “Susan Lucci” role of Pinnacle Award nominees.  Two nominations and two, well, nominations.  I searched forever for that video as I promised many I would try to tie in Susan Lucci not winning into this blog post.

The even was great and the winners truly deserved the awards.  It was a truly amazing list of individuals and everyone really should be proud just to be nominated.  My hat’s off to you Mr. Jangro, but watch out for me next year :).

Here is a list of all the winner:

• Affiliate of the Year - Mike Allen
• Affiliate Manager of the Year - Angel Djambazov
• Exceptional Merchant - CelebrateExpress.com
• Affiliate Marketing Advocate - Melanie Seery
• Best Blogger - Scott Jangro
• Affiliate Marketing Legend - Kellie Stevens

Congratulations guys!  You all do an amazing job and I am proud to consider many of you close friends.  Keep up the good work!

Shawn/Missy - you should bring back the formal awards ceremony like the first year!  I loved that one.

Will you be in Las Vegas next week?  Will you be attending the Affiliate Summit?  If you answered yest to either of those, I’d love to meet with you.  I’ve attended more affiliate summits than I can remember and each one has been stellar.  The network is amazing and it is always one of my best trips of the year.

This year I am also up for a Pinnacle Award - Best Blogger.  Scott Jangro and Angel Djambazov are also nominated for this award.  I can’t say how honored I am to be considered for any award, but to be listed with these two amazing individuals, both leaders in our industry, is amazing.  I can’t thank everyone who nominated me enough.  I love blogging.  I love blogging on JEBCommerce.com, OneThousandThingsToDo.com, Revenews.com and other places.  Often times you put something out there and are not sure anyone reads it or gets anything out of it.  It’s extremely exciting to be recognized.

Angel and Scott are actually up for two awards this year.  Angel for Affiliate Manager of the Year and Scott for Affiliate Marketing Legend.  Here is the list of all the nominees:

Affiliate of the Year

• Scott Aikin
• Mike Allen
• Kim Rowley

Affiliate Manager of the Year

• Angel Djambazov
• Stephanie Harris
• Kim Salvino

Exceptional Merchant

• 4Checks.com
• Amazon
• CelebrateExpress.com

Affiliate Marketing Advocate

• Michael Coley
• Brook Schaaf
• Melanie Seery

Best Blogger

• Jamie Birch
• Angel Djambazov
• Scott Jangro

Affiliate Marketing Legend

• Connie Berg
• Scott Jangro
• Kellie Stevens

I will be arriving on Sunday afternoon.  I’d love to meet with you.  If you’d like to arrange a meeting, please email me at jamie@jebcommerce.com.