LinkShare's Affiliate Newsletter
October 2008
LinkShare Symposium
West 2009

TURKEYPALOOZA!

Halloween Promotions

Inside the Publisher Dashboard

Publisher Promotions



New Advertisers
• Beautorium
• BuyAndWalk.com
• Footnote
• GemShine
• Hayden-Harnett
• Jackpot Rewards
• KitchenStir
• Manhattanite
• Mr & Mrs Smith
• OCInkjet
• RushMyTravelVisa.com
• TCPGlobal
• The North Face
• VistaPrint
• ZizZazz



Events
LinkShare Symposium West 2009
January 21-29, 2009
San Francisco, CA

etail
February 24-26, 2009
Phoenix, AZ



Platinum
Publisher Program
Rewards and recognition for the most profitable Publishers in the LinkShare Network. Read this article in the LinkShare Publisher Help Center for more information.



.EDU

An archive of Publisher Newsletters can be found in the .EDU section for Publishers at www.linkshare.com. There you can find other resources available such as interactive Web Seminar training for Publishers.

LinkShare October News
 Welcome to the October issue of the Publisher Newsletter! We are pleased to announce that the Sixth Annual Summit has a new name and grand location. Please Save the Dates for LinkShare’s Symposium West 2009 from January 21-22. Find out how you can win a free turkey for Thanksgiving by participating in LinkShare's TURKEYPALOOZA! As Halloween approaches, get ideas to boost sales with our suggested advertisers, who offer a variety of high demand Halloween products. Next, in this month's Inside the Publisher Dashboard, learn about the Premium Advertisers Program and how to find premium advertisers in LinkShare's new interface. Finally, take a look at our suggested advertisers, in the Publisher Promotions section.

LinkShare Symposium West 2009

Save the Dates
LinkShare is pleased to announce that the Sixth Annual Summit has a new name and grand location. This year the event has been renamed LinkShare Symposium West and will take place on January 21-22, 2009 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco.

Click on the links below for more information:

Save the dates. Join the revolution this January 21-22, 2009! A formal invitation including registration and sponsorship information will be forthcoming.

Paul Cantello
Senior Manager
Trade Shows & Events




LinkShare's TURKEYPALOOZA!



Increase Sales or Conversion For a Chance to Win One of 100 Free Turkeys
Win a free turkey just in time for Thanksgiving! How? Deliver the highest increase in year over year sales or conversions during the contest measurement period and LinkShare will send you a delicious 10-12 pound Hickory Farms turkey to say thank you! There will be 100 winners in all - fifty publishers for sales and fifty for conversion.

The contest is open to all order-active publishers in the LinkShare Network who have been a LinkShare publisher for more than one month by the start of the measurement period. LinkShare Platinum Publishers are not eligible. Certain other exclusions may apply.

Contest period is October 10 through November 10. Winners will be notified by
November 20.

Learn more at our website:
www.linkshare.com/turkeypalooza
terms and conditions



Special Halloween Promotions
From parties to trick-or-treating, and candy to costumes, Halloween can be a huge revenue driver for your site. It is important to note that Halloween falls on a Friday this year, so spending on preparations and celebrations will increase due to heightened participation; as a benchmark, in 2007, Halloween spending exceeded $5 billion. Here are some recommended online advertisers for you to consider joining their programs. Time is running out so act fast!

Here are some featured offers:

ADVERTISER
 INFO/OFFER
LINK
Benefit Cosmetics
 Free shipping on all orders on 10/31 only, coupon code SPOOKY08
Coastal Contacts
 Halloween is like a Christmas for them! They offer fun and wild contacts
Costume Super Center
 Costume Super Center has everything to get in on the Halloween fun; special incentives and hottest licenses including: Pirates of the Caribbean and Superman.
Drs. Foster and Smith
 Halloween Clearance Sale on dog and cat items begins 10/16
Drugstore.com
 Free shipping on Halloween costumes and much more!
eToys & KBToys.com
 Free shipping and up to 30% off on selected Halloween costumes
Fredericks of Hollywood
 Offering 10% on all Sexy-Halloween Costumes
Gifts For You Now
 Lots of creative and fun gift choices for Halloween!
Giggle
 Special section dedicated to Halloween gift finder
Hallmark
 Fun card choices for Halloween
Lakeside Collection
 Special banners and text links set up for Halloween
Military Clothing
 Cool military look for Halloween costume
Musicnotes.com
 Offers an entire page of Halloween sheet music
Oriental Trading Company
 A HUGE selection for Halloween
Personal Creations
 Just opened up a boo-tique
Personalization Mall
 Lots of Halloween gift choices and decorations
PetSmart.com
 Special section dedicated to “HOWL-O-WEEN”
The Noble Collection
 Lots of Halloween costume ideas including Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones and Batman.
Vans
 Vans: recently launched a Halloween category, featuring special seasonal items as well as classic favorites.
Vermont Teddy Bear
 Cute Teddy Bear collections for Halloween
Vision Direct
 A wide variety of Halloween contact lenses and save 10% on all of them; Coupon: SCARY10. Expires 10-31-08






Inside the Publisher Dashboard
What is the Premium Advertisers Program?
LinkShare has established a program to highlight advertisers that satisfy the criteria listed below. These criteria were selected based on best practices that we have experienced and feedback given to us from publishers on what they look for in a program. The advertisers who satisfy these criteria are called Premium Advertisers. They are denoted by a red star symbol on the Publisher Dashboard.
LinkShare Premium Advertisers:

  • Resolve transaction inquiries in a timely fashion (100% resolved within 10 business days)
  • Use LinkShare's publisher payment service
  • Authorize publisher payments promptly, so publishers are paid at the end of the following month (Average days payment of 30 days)
  • Allow seven or more return days (does not apply to advertisers with pay-per-click programs)
  • Valid and complete contact information in the profile
  • Are active and in good standing with LinkShare
For a list of LinkShare's Premium Advertisers click on the Programs tab in the Publisher Dashboard and then click Premium Advertisers. There are about 100 premium advertisers on the list.

Publisher Promotions
Suggested Advertisers

handango
With over 100 million smartphone owners, millions of customers adding apps, games, themes, and media to their phone, and several new devices launching in Q4, this is a great time to partner with Handango, the smartphone content leader. "Save 20% site-wide on smartphone apps, games, themes & media at Handango". Join in October and get entered into a drawing for a $100 gift certificate. (US affiliates only. Rules apply)
Jackpot Rewards
Earn $30 commission for each new member you drive to Jackpot Rewards. Your visitors will enjoy: 3 chances per week at the Super Jackpot; hundreds of guaranteed weekly winners. Member Rewards: Online shopping with cash back; Specialty 'Deal of the Day.'
VistaPrint
VistaPrint - Full-Service, Full-Color Printing. We're more than just business cards! Get paid to promote & resell custom printing. Also, get paid to promote free products! Join today and Opt-In for our VistaPrint monthly special offer emails!


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