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Welcome to the February Publisher Newsletter! If you weren’t at LinkShare Symposium West 2009, be sure to catch the action in our Event Wrap Up. Do you want to be able to link directly to a product page on an Advertiser’s site? Be sure to read our LinkBuilder Review for instructions on how to do this. Did you know that LinkShare hosts live, web-based seminars on a weekly basis? Check out Publisher Training: Web Seminars for more details. Please see the Advertiser Spotlight for some interesting Advertisers that you may want to begin promoting.
WordPress Plug-in
LinkShare Link Lookup
LinkShare is excited to tell you about a new plug-in for WordPress users called LinkShare Link Lookup. For those of you who are not familiar with WordPress, it is a free web publishing platform.
With Link Lookup you can do two things to help you earn revenue on your WordPress site, directly from the posting page.
- Create deep links – enter a URL on an advertiser site, and get back a tracking link with your id
- Search for product links – search across all your advertisers or a specific advertiser for a product link, and then click and drag that product link directly into the post
Here's the quick guide to getting started:- Download LinkShare Link Lookup
- Upload the files to your WordPress directory
- Activate the plug-in
- Enter your token in the Settings page
- Expand the plug-in on the post page and start earning!
Here's a screen shot of what Link Lookup looks like in the WordPress interface after it's been expanded on the posting page:
This plug-in is currently in Beta, please send questions and feedback to developers@linkshare.com with feedback and requests.
This should make integrating LinkShare commission-earning links with your WordPress website easier than ever!
Ian Rosenwach, Product Manager
San Francisco, California | January 21-22, 2009
LinkShare Symposium West 2009
Space is selling out! Don't miss this chance to jump-start your 2009 initiatives with online marketing leaders at LinkShare Symposium West! The event will be hosted on January 21-22, 2009 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. Be first to learn the results of our LinkShare e-commerce online consumer study with Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates, Inc., as well as hear a compelling and visionary speaker, Bill Tancer, who will help you understand the implications of the economic environment on your business and marketing efforts. Don't miss this must-attend West Coast gathering of performance marketing's most influential players. For complete event details, click here.
Maximize Your Commissions with 2009
New Year's Resolutions |
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Publishers in the LinkShare Network. Read this article in the LinkShare Publisher Help Center for more information. |
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An archive of Publisher Newsletters |
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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. |
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Read the LinkShare Blog for product updates, news, and other insights from the LinkShare Team! |
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According to Business Wire, in 2009 an estimated 100 million Americans are expected to create New Year's resolutions. Two of the top three New Year's resolutions in 2009 focus on losing weight, or developing a healthy habit like exercise or healthy eating. We highly recommend you to take advantage of these trends and partner with many advertisers who focus on New Year's resolutions, health, beauty, and/or fitness verticals.
Top 10 New Year's Resolutions for 2009
- Get out of debt or save money
- Lose weight
- Develop a healthy habit (e.g. healthy eating, exercise)
- Get organized
- Spend more time with family and friends
- Develop a new skill or talent
- Work less, play more
- Other
- Break an unhealthy habit (e.g. smoking, alcohol, overeating)
- Change employment
Source: FranklinCovey Products, Business Wire 2008
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Leveraging New Year's Resolutions in the LinkShare Network |
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Health & Fitness Vertical |
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While a lot of retailers consider Q4 to be the months where they see the most sales, there are a number of Advertisers in the LinkShare Network that see a significant lift in revenues during Q1. Health and Fitness Advertisers see a spike in sales as they cater to consumers who want to make a change in the new year. Weight loss, vitamins and work-out products all perform well during this time. |
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Beauty Vertical |
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Historically within the Beauty vertical, January is one of the top sales months behind the Q4 holiday shopping period. The beauty category is predicted to be negatively impacted by the down economy, however in the LinkShare network we have seen strong growth YOY in all months of 2008. |
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Inside the Publisher Dashboard
How To Contact Advertisers Through the LinkShare Publisher Dashboard
To contact an advertiser whose program you participate in:
- Click on Messages in the main navigation area.
- Click Compose a Message.
- Select the advertiser’s name from the drop-down menu, and type a subject and message, and then click Send.
Please note that you can only email one advertiser at a time through your LinkShare publisher account.
How To Update Your Account Information
It is a great time of the year when you want to make sure your account information is up-to-date.To update account information, including account address, Email, password, payment, and tax info, go to My Account and click Edit next to the section you would like to change.
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Publisher Promotions
Advertiser Spotlight
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