Inside This Issue:
• Product Update: New Widgets for Publishers
• Please Explain: Tell Me More About the New Publisher Dashboard
• Register for a Live Web Seminar: Publisher Dashboard Training
• View a Web Seminar: Getting Links that Pay
• Advertiser Spotlight: Greensbury Market, Cookies Kids, Rock Bottom Golf, BeCheeky.com
Publisher Training: Free Web Seminars
To assist all of you in your transition to the new Publisher Dashboard, we are going to have a fresh round of Publisher Training. Descriptions of the sessions are listed below. To register for Publisher Training, click here. We also have a guided tour that you may view at your convenience. To access the guided tour, click here.
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Publisher Dashboard: Overview
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
11:00 am EDT (New York City)
Getting links from your approved advertisers
Analyzing reports on your commissions
Making the most of the messaging system
Taking advantage of promotions
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Publisher Dashboard: Beginner Reports
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
11:00 am EDT (New York City)
Definitions of important terms
Dashboard stats
Advanced reports section
Payment information reports
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Publisher Dashboard: My Account
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009
11:00 am EDT (New York City)
Updating your profile information
Creating new channels
Setting up Direct Deposit
Payment information reports
Managing multiple users
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Publisher Dashboard: Joining Programs
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
11:00 am EDT (New York City)
An overview of the Programs section
How to use the Filter tool
The approval process
Managing your program offers
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Publisher Dashboard: Creating Links
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
11:00 am EDT (New York City)
• Easy Links
• Deep Linking Tool
• Individual Product Links
• Intro to Signature Tracking
• Intro to LinkShare Web Services
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View a Recorded Web Seminar
Getting Links that Pay:
A Seminar for Publishers
Ian Rosenwach, Product Manager at LinkShare discusses the following topics:
• Deep Linking Interface
• LinkFinder
• Bento Box |
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To view a recording of this event, click here. |
Product Update
New Widgets for Publishers
New Widgets Help Provide A More Engaging Shopping Experience! We've just launched two new product widgets to help you earn, while presenting your visitors with a cool and interactive shopping experience.
First, we're pleased to announce new integration with Widgetbox, the leading self-service web widget platform. Widgets are mini, portable-applications that can be added to any web page. Widgetbox enables publishers and marketers to efficiently create viral widgets compatible across the web.
You can now create custom, distributable, money-making widgets that display products from all of your Advertiser partners. These widgets will help you easily and quickly connect with and inform online consumers in an engaging manner, and drive more sales! The LinkShare widgets display targeted products from single or multiple Advertisers, and are dynamically updated and feature the freshest, most popular products. Users input a product keyword which is then used to search the Advertiser product file.
Below you'll find a screenshot of a Widgetbox widget, and you can see it live on our blog post and create your own here.
We've also launched a Google Gadget that you can use to display Advertiser products, AND offer your customers a product search box within the actual widget. Using the gadget is simple and it only takes a few minutes to create. You can customize some colors as well as the size of the gadget, and then copy the code and place it on your site. Here is an image of an example Gadget:
Remember that in order to use these widgets you'll need to have a relationship with the Advertiser, and that Advertiser will need to have a LinkShare Merchandiser product feed.
Ian Rosenwach, Product Manager
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Shop.org Annual Summit
September 21-23, 2009
Las Vegas, NV
Visit LinkShare @ Booth#323
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LinkShare Symposium West
January 28, 2010
San Francisco, CA
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Rewards and recognition for the most profitable |
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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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Read the LinkShare Blog for product updates, news, and other insights from the LinkShare Team!
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Tell Me More About the New Publisher Dashboard
The new Publisher Dashboard provides easy access to all your information, plus tools to manage your account and analyze your results. Thanks to a development process that included publishers' input at every step, all your account information is in a friendly, new structure and includes some significant new features and enhancements.
Home Page
- Quick Stats provide a dashboard view of your monthly network data right on your homepage
- EPC performance data offer a snapshot of your earnings success (applies to advertisers you’re currently working with)
- Top Advertisers lists your top advertisers by revenue generated
- The OfferTicker, located at the top of your dashboard, displays the latest consumer and publisher promotions from all Advertisers. Use it to navigate through the current promotions from all LinkShare Advertisers or to find new Advertisers you’d like to partner with.
- To Do List keeps you aware of important actions that you need to take, including private offer management and transaction inquiry tracking
- Payment Info shows the date the last payment from LinkShare was sent
Help Center
- The new Help Center is easier to use with enhanced features and quicker access to programs, links, and reports
- You will find answers to common questions with ease and contextual help will provide relevant information wherever you are in the interface. Improved search capabilities help you find the information you want when you need it
Managing Programs
- New Icons in the Programs area represent Advertiser Network availability (US, CA, and UK) and linking tools (Merchandiser, RSS) that an Advertiser offers
- New Filters in the Programs area allow you to view Advertiser programs by category, promotion type, network, link tools offered, and status
Getting Links
- Consolidated Advertiser information, such as commissions offered and return days policy, can now be found on the Get Links pages
- Get links by Promotion Type for any Advertiser using LinkLocator categories
- Get code for multiple links at once
- Export links to a spreadsheet or send to colleagues via Email
- New Data Feeds area where you can see available feeds, choose their format, and manage data feed applications
Running Reports
- Quick Stats for high-level monthly overview of performance data
- Quick Reports for one-click access to Sales & Activity, Revenue, Top 10, Individual Item, Link Type, and Member ID Field reports
- Save to My Reports allows you to save specific reports that are important to you and get easy access to them in the future
Transaction Inquiry Tool
- Track status to view and manage all submitted transaction inquiries
- Escalation feature allows you to escalate a transaction inquiry and describe why the inquiry was not resolved satisfactorily
- Bulk uploads allows you to upload a file with multiple transaction inquiries
Your Account
- User permissions will allow you to give other users of your Publisher account certain permissions and determine which areas of the dashboard they can access
Content taken from the Publisher Help Center
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• Greensbury Marketis an online organic meat company specializing in organic beef, chicken and pork. Our variety pack, which is called the Grass Fed Sampler, is being offered right now at 20% off. The site offers information on organic meat, including potential health benefits. Consumers can also purchase meat on the site as well.
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MID: 35419 Contact: Donna McCarthy |
• Cookies Kids,the Kids Department Store, is one of the top retailers of children’s clothing and accessories. Our eight New York City locations have given Cookies a reputation for selling some of the finest kid’s clothes, and our website has helped us become the largest kids department store and number one school uniform headquarters in the United States. Our prices are among the most competitive you will find, and our Back to School sales are hugely popular every year. We are open to custom coupons and anything else you need to grow your sales with our affiliate program.
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MID: 24676 Contact: Nathan Weinberg |
• Rock Bottom Golfis a discount golf company that specializes in large, closeout buys of brand name merchandise. What does this mean? Rock Bottom prices for the consumer! Combine that with ultra-quick shipping and top grade customer service and you're at Rock Bottom!
JOIN NOW!
MID: 35386 Contact: Brian Schwank |
• BeCheeky.comLingerie and swimwear store, BeCheeky.com source both new talent and favourite designers from around the world to offer a unique and unusual range of bras, thongs, knickers, matching lingerie sets, bikinis, swimsuits, tankinis and cover-ups.JOIN NOW!
MID: 35617 Contact: Anthony Quinn |
Be sure to check out Seasonal Promotions in the Publisher Help Center. |
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