The Performance Marketing Awards (PMAs) returns for its 13th anniversary on April 30 at the Grosvenor House Hotel on London’s Park Lane.

Following last year’s successful awards ceremony, which saw key players in the performance marketing industry win and celebrate in a number of definitive categories, from Best Managed Affiliate Programme and Best Use of Programmatic to Best Performance Marketing Technology and the PMAs first Best Use of AI/Automation, Industry Rising Star and, of course, the infamous Industry Choice of Network.

New categories!

Thank you all for your feedback in regards to the PMAs and categories – we’ve listened and to continue last year’s evolution, we bring you new categories for 2019, which endeavour to reward great teams that act as success enablers for their partners. 

In addition to the vertical and industry-voted categories, the PMAs is extremely excited to introduce three new categories – Best B2B Campaign, Best Online to Offline Campaign and Best Team in Performance.

But let’s not forget the remaining categories, which all make a welcoming return for 2019. View the full categories on the official PMA website.

Shortlist network event

Another first for the PMAs was the introduction of the shortlist networking event, which was exclusive to shortlisted entrants and category sponsors, and saw a number of key deals done well before the awards were presented. 

More details will be announced soon for 2019’s event so be sure to secure your space early when ready.

An integral part of the industry

For a second year running this year, the PMAs was hosted in association with Impact, who’s director of communications, Julia Smith, expressed her excitement and importance of the awards being an integral part in the industry calendar.

“The PMAs are an integral part of the performance marketing industry and provide a stage for companies excelling in affiliate and performance sectors to receive a reward for their hard work and innovation,” said Smith.

Entries open this month

Entries for the PMAs open from October 29, with the early bird deadline for entries January 18 2019 and regular entries open until January 25 2019. The final and last chance deadline for entries is February 1 2019 ahead of the official shortlist being announced on February 27 2019.

Head to the official Performance Marketing Awards 2019 website to find out more about attending.