Spring Bling Winners!

As we mentioned at the beginning of this contest, we believe that the affiliate industry has always been one of the main driving forces behind innovation on the web, so we challenged you to look for ways that you can "add value" to the web. The more value you can add, the better your chances of attracting people to your site, and that means higher recurring revenue for you. Sierra Trading Post would like to extend a big thank you to everyone who participated in the contest, and a special congratulations to the winners. Keep it up!

*We would like to publish the names, websites, quotes, and a brief description of each of the winners to show everyone why they best deserved the prizes. However, due to the competitive nature of the affiliate industry, publishing this information is not always acceptable. We have worked with the winners to decide what we can and cannot publish.

	BEST VALUE-ADDED PRESENTATION OF OUR VALUE PROPOSITION
Affiliate Name - Michael Yack Website - FabulousSavings.com STP Comment - Excellent consumer communication, education, and ability to reach consumers searching for products that we sell. Outstanding professional design and copy. FabulousSavings.com has done a better job of highlighting some of our famous name brands and products than any other affiliate. Contest Winner Comment Snippet - Fabuloussavings.com gratefully and proudly accepts the Spring Bling Award for BEST VALUE-ADDED PRESENTATION OF OUR VALUE PROPOSITION. Without the hard work and tireless dedication of Sierra Trading Post affiliate manager, Andy Newlin, this award would not have been possible. In fact, our flourishing success is primarily due to his peerless efforts in providing the essential tools and support necessary for our development team to create a memorable, visually appealing website. Fabuloussavings.com thanks Andy Newlin and the entire staff at Sierra Trading Post for this award.
	BEST VALUE ADDED TACTIC
Affiliate Name - Scott Aikin STP Comment - This implementation of many marketing tactics within one outdoor-enthusiast social network has great potential. The social network enables blogging, photo albums, and a gear store. Within the gear store, Scott has developed his own personalization engine, price-drop alerts, cross-sell engine, wishlist, and more – all of which are very user-friendly and intuitive. Outstanding site-search and browseability. Great site! Contest Winner Comment Snippet - Thank you Sierra Trading Post for giving me such a great goal! I'd have never gotten so much work done if not for this. I love the unique prizes and believe they're much more valuable than any cash prize. I certainly hope other affiliate programs follow suit. STP has an outstanding program, and I can't wait to see what new innovations they introduce in the future.
	HIGHEST PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN NEW CUSTOMERS
Affiliate Name - MomsView.com Coupons and Mom Support Forums Website - Momsview.com STP Comment - Outstanding community for moms! Clean layout, supportive and positive community that is well moderated, benevolent, and very educational. Momsview has developed a great way of promoting offers to a niche community and generating new customers for Sierra Trading Post. Contest Winner Comment Snippet - The coupon Sierra Trading Post is making available to its affiliates like Momsview.com are greatly appreciative by the shoppers. Thanks again.
	MOST AGGRESSIVE AND EFFECTIVE STP MARKETING
Affiliate Name - M.Saito Website - sierratrading.hp.infoseek.co.jp/index.htm STP Comment - Unparalleled international affiliate performance! Outstanding communication and conception of the Japanese consumer-experience. M.Saito put an extraordinary amount of effort into enabling ecommerce across language barriers. M.Saito surveyed visitors and created FAQs based on feedback, mailed them Sierra Trading Post catalogs on our behalf, performed in-depth studies and analysis of our marketing as a whole, and most importantly, acted on the analysis and saw immediate sales gains. M.Saito demonstrated to us an exceptional ability at analyzing every aspect of marketing and applying this knowledge to more than one channel to see results. Contest Winner Comment Snippet - I win this prize and am happy. But, the prize might not have been won if there was no Andy Newlin. I am Japanese. And, English cannot be used well. He was interested in a new market named Japan and did a very kind support to me. He taught a new possibility to me. And, I am glad. Being able to tell the charm of Sierra Trading Post to a lot of Japanese. But there are still a lot of potential Japanese customers. It doesn't know a lot of of they Sierra Trading Post. Hereafter, I want to tell STP to a lot of Japanese. This prize is won, and the feelings have grown further. I wish to express my gratitude to all staff with Andy. Thank you for giving this prize.
	MOST IMPROVED OVERALL SALES
Affiliate Name - Rog, Char, Andrea, John Website - Fatwallet.com STP Comment - Fatwallet has done a great job of marketing Sierra Trading Post within their community. In addition to being a very responsive and innovative partner, their own marketing efforts to ensure the continued growth of their community is impressive. Thanks for the outstanding help! Contest Winner Comment Snippet - Sierra Trading Post has a great offering and promotions, and sure we promote these to our user community. The real story though is how well received Sierra Trading Posts is received by our community. They can be a tough crowd but they clearly like STP. It's a reflection on the value you deliver and how well you treat the customer. Well done Sierra Trading Post!
	GET INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY!
ABW Member - Hotspice STP Comment - Thanks for being a part of the affiliate community and for the support you give our program on the boards! Contest Winner Comment Snippet - Thanks so much to ABW and STP for this prize. The STP program is by far the best outdoor gear program to work with. All the tools they provide through the slingshot make is a breeze to get you site up and running. ABW and it's members have been the key since I threw my hat in affiliate marketing. It's great to get help from people that have been doing this forever and a day, and finally being able to help others. Keep up the great work both of you.
	HIGHEST NUMBER OF NEW CUSTOMERS
Affiliate Name - Maggie McBane Website - Dealhunting.com STP Comment - DealHunting has been very effective at attracting new customers to Sierra Trading Post. Great job of placing us in appropriate product categories and keeping our offers up-to-date! Contest Winner Comment Snippet - Sierra Trading Post has been an excellent merchant to work with. Andy Newlin keeps us informed of the latest consumer promotions and works closely with us to maximize our sales. This results in an excellent shopping experience for the customers and works wonderfully for both of our companies. Thanks, Andy!
	HIGHEST NEW CUSTOMER PERCENTAGE
Affiliate Name - 24HourMall.com, Inc. Website - 24HourMall.com STP Comment - Your clean site layout and intuitive design leads to very qualified traffic. Well-organized site and great search marketing! Contest Winner Comment Snippet - Sierra Trading Post is a great site to promote because they sell well-known brand products at terrific prices and the affiliate program has tools such as data feed and Dynamic Rich Media as well as a large selection of banners and links to make it easy to promote STP.