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Press Releases - 2006
Cape Town Search Marketers Win Same Award As eBay 


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Cape Town, October 10, 2006. Clicks2Customers, an incuBeta search marketing company, has been honoured with another global award from worldwide affiliate marketing giants, Commission Junction. eBay won the same award in 2005. Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Vinny Lingham, was present at the awards ceremony in Santa Barbara to receive the Commission Junction (CJ) Horizon Award for Global Vision. The award for Global Vision is presented to one client, either advertiser or publisher, whose action, strategy and initiatives best reflect a commitment to realizing the global potential of affiliate marketing. "To be put into a category with eBay is a monumental achievement for incuBeta," said Lingham. "The nature of highly successful Internet business depends on global reach and winning an award that was previously won by eBay reinforces our potential to operate as a major player in the worldwide online arena." Founded in 2003, incuBeta have doubled commissions year after year and the award signifies that they are "one of the premier strategic search publishers (for Commission Junction)". The Global Vision award adds to a growing list of accolades that incuBeta has accrued in the past three years. They were recently awarded the CJ UK 2006 Award for Leadership in Innovation due to their contribution to the growth of CJ's European market and were also the winners of the 2004 CJ Horizon Award. Locally the company was recognized as a Small Enterprise Finalist in 2004 and as the Most Promising Emerging Enterprise in 2005 by the Technology Top 100 awards. The company's goal is to become the world's largest global performance marketer. In addition to a large presence in the U.S., they are launching new programs in China, France, Germany, India, Austria, Australia, Belgium and Netherlands, among others. Lingham has also been invited by Commission Junction to participate in their Publisher Advisory Board. The Board will present a forum for a select group of publishers to gain insight into their strategic direction and provide feedback to Commission Junction's executive team. According to CJ this enables the leadership of their publisher base to directly impact shared initiatives. Lingham is quickly earning a reputation for his knowledge and operations in the global search marketing world and spends approximately 4 months of the year travelling to conferences and high profile meetings in the US and the UK. "Awards like the Global Vision award and Vinny being invited to sit on advisory boards such as CJ are invaluable for the company," says Giles Douglas, CEO of incuBeta. "The global exposure and networking opportunities enable incuBeta to operate on a global scale and compete with some of the biggest names in affiliate and search marketing." |