The second day of Affiliate Summit 2008 West started off with a keynote address from Jason Calacanis of Mahalo.com.

Jason’s talk touched on his impression of affiliate marketing, and stirred up lots of folks in the audience. Take a look at the blog coverage of Affiliate Summit.

The exhibit hall was packed throughout the day as attendees of Affiliate Summit visited the 120 booths.

In addition to a number of educational sessions, the day also featured Moniker’s Live Domain Auction (one of my domains sold .

It was a busy day of making connections with old friends, learning, cutting deals, and meeting with interesting new characters. While making my way down the hallway towards the end of the day, I ran into “Mystery” of the VH1 show, the Pick Up Artist.

The day culminated with the Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Awards. These awards recognize exceptional performance in affiliate marketing.

The winners of the annual awards are in bold:

Affiliate of the Year
Mike Allen
Connie Berg
Tim Storm

Affiliate Manager of the Year
Stephanie Harris
Melissa Salas
Carolyn Tang

Exceptional Merchant
Amazon.com
CSN Stores
Sierra Trading Post

Affiliate Marketing Advocate Award
Haiko de Poel, Jr.
Scott Jangro
Revenue Magazine

Best Blogger
Carsten Cumbrowski
Sam Harrelson
Jeremy “ShoeMoney” Schoemaker

Wayne Porter Affiliate Marketing Legend
Connie Berg
Haiko de Poel, Jr.
Brian Littleton

Congratulations to all of the finalists and winners.

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