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UK: December 2008

Welcome to the December issue of the Link. We are pleased to announce that the LinkShare UK blog is now live, just in time for the Christmas season and with a view towards 2009. December's Best Practices will teach you how to leverage New Year resolutions for Q1 while the Tip of the Month dicusses the new advertiser video training, focused on LinkShare invoices and publisher payments. Don't forget to check out our Publisher Spotlight to find out about exciting publishers in the LinkShare UK Network, and coming up in the new year, look out for Symposium West 2009.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email us: thelinkuk@linkshare.com

We'd like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year from the whole LinkShare Team!

Announcing the LinkShare UK Blog

We've been anticipating its arrival over the past few weeks and are pleased to announce the LinkShare UK blog is now live!! Check it out here www.linkshareblog.co.uk and subscribe to our Network News RSS feed to stay in touch and up to date... Read more

Best Practices

How to Leverage New Year Resolutions for Q1
With the holidays wrapping up, 2009 is just around the corner. And with a New Year, New Year resolutions start. Consumers truly believe in the saying "New Year, New You" and every merchant that sells cosmetics, health, exercise, and/or diet products should take advantage of this... Read more

Tip of the Month

Advertiser Video Training – LinkShare Invoices and Publisher Payments
Building and maintaining positive relationships is an important part of upholding the quality of the LinkShare network and is critical to the financial success of your affiliate marketing program. A key factor in this relationship building with your Publisher partners is making timely payments... Read more

Publisher Spotlights

CompareStorePrices.co.uk
CompareStorePrices.co.uk is a price comparison site that focusses on market-leading consumer functionality… Read more

www.pricedash.com
PriceDash.com is a comprehensive voucher code site that covers multiple verticals... Read more

LinkShare Symposium West 2009
Keynote Speaker Announced!

LinkShare Symposium West is the gathering place for performance marketing leaders to jump start their online initiatives for the coming year. Through expert speakers, educational seminars, and high-level networking segments, LinkShare strives to give our partners exclusive strategies and opportunities to form winning and profitable partnerships. Bill Tancer, Author of Click and General Manager at Hitwise and the world's preeminent expert on online behavior will be the keynote speaker at Symposium West... Read more

Announcing:
The LinkShare UK Blog

ADVERTISER RESOURCES
Merchant Resource Centre
http://www.linkshare.com/resource
center/index.shtml

Green Merchant Category
LinkShare is planning to re-launch the Green Merchant Program in January 2009. This is a list of eco-friendly advertisers that put forward efforts to help save the environment by promoting green products in their ad creative. We want to ask you to supply links and creative banners in the interface if you would like to participate and be highlighted. If you have any questions, please contact your account manager.

Deal Dispatcher
The February Deal Dispatcher promotions are due 15th January.

INDUSTRY EVENTS
LinkShare
Symposium West 2009

When: January 21 - 22, 2009
Where: San Francisco, CA
Website: http://www.linkshare.co.uk/events/
symposium_west_2009/

etail
When: February 24 -26, 2009
Where:Phoenix, AZ
Website: www.wbresearch.com/etailusawest/

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