Affiliate Classroom Awards Four Professionals With Honorary Affiliate Manager Certifications

COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Affiliate Classroom, a leading publisher of educational tools for the interactive advertising industry, has awarded four affiliate managers with Honorary Affiliate Manager Certifications.

"We believe that these four people exemplify the true meaning of a 'Professional Affiliate Manager,'" says Anik Singal, the company's CEO. "On behalf of our staff and our Board of Advisors, we extend these awards in recognition of the contributions that these individuals have made to the Affiliate Marketing community."

The award recipients, as announced in a video on the company's blog at www.accertified.com/blog are:

Shawn Collins, Co-Founder of Affiliate Summit: Shawn is receiving this award because he has been a vocal advocate of professional affiliate program management practices since the late 90's, when he worked with Refer-It.com and his impressive tenure as ClubMom's affiliate manager. Today Shawn blogs and consults on affiliate management topics and co-produces the industry's most well-known event, Affiliate Summit.

Carolyn Tang, Client Services Director at Shareasale: We recognize Carolyn for proving to be a thought-leader among online travel planning merchants. She has applied affiliate-friendly tactics and content-focused linking methods to her job as the Orbitz.com affiliate manager. She now shares her experience and expertise assisting hundreds of merchants in the fast-growing Shareasale affiliate network.

Stu McLaren, Founder of MyIdeaGuy: We are presenting this award to Stu for his vocal support of affiliate manager training. He specializes in building affiliate programs for information products and has helped some of the biggest marketers in the world build their multi-million dollar affiliate sales forces.

Brock Siegel, VP of Business Development at Pepperjam: Brock is receiving this award because he understands the importance of comprehending and combining all types of online marketing to create a successful affiliate marketing strategy. His work with PepperJam's clients helped many of them surpass their original goals. Now, his holistic approach is further materializing as he and the team at Pepperjam launch a new network that is focused on providing proactive affiliate support.

As previously announced, Affiliate Classroom will launch an innovative training and certification program for professional Affiliate Managers called "AC Certified." Through the AC Certified program, new and veteran affiliate managers can receive an education in managing affiliate programs, earn their Affiliate Manager Certification and find an affiliate management career.

The program will launch at Affiliate Classroom's Affiliate Manager Workshop held on February 23, 2008 at the Rio All Suite Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas, NV.

More information about AC Certified can be found at www.ACCertified.com.

More information about the live workshop and launch event can be found at www.AffiliateClassroomLIVE.com

About Affiliate Classroom, Inc.

Established in October of 2004 as a private company, Affiliate Classroom is a leading publisher of educational tools for interactive marketers. The growing product suite includes courses, books, live seminars, digital magazines and online forums for affiliates, merchants and advertisers participating in the affiliate marketing industry as well as materials for PPC (pay per click) search marketing. www.AffiliateClassroom.com