LinkShare's Tip of the Week

Catherine Hagan · #1 May 19th, 2011, 10:24 AM

Every week we will introduce you to new LinkShare updates and tools for both Publishers and Advertisers.

Let us know what your favorite LinkShare tool is.

Catherine Hagan · #2 May 19th, 2011, 10:42 AM

LINKSHARE TWEETSHOP

Did you know there’s a fun and easy way to promote your Advertise’s products to your Twitter followers without having to login to your LinkShare Publisher account? If you haven’t checked out all the tools in the LinkShare Bento Box, start with this great tool designed specifically for Twitter!

Read about LinkShare's Tweetshop on the LinkShare blog

Catherine Hagan · #3 May 23rd, 2011, 02:19 PM

New Advertiser Dashboard Feature: Executive Reports

Reporting out the success of your Affiliate Marketing channel is important. We are striving to make it easier than ever in the Advertiser Dashboard to instantly see the year-over-year status of your program. Last week we introduced a new feature called Executive Reports.

Read more about this on our LinkShare blog

MichaelColey · #4 May 23rd, 2011, 03:32 PM

Great thread!

Richard - AMWSO · #5 May 23rd, 2011, 09:54 PM

I looked at the exec report, Nice info.

Catherine Hagan · #6 June 1st, 2011, 03:50 PM

Tip of the Week: Finding New Publishers

Advertisers

Did you know that Advertisers can search for Publishers in the LinkShare Network who have not yet applied to their program? The Find New Publishers tool helps Advertisers grow their Affiliate Marketing program by finding Publishers that are aligned with their offers.

Publishers

Keep the descriptions of your site up to date so you’ll accurately appear in search results!

Read about the Finding New Publishers Tool on our Blog

BurgerBoy · #7 June 2nd, 2011, 07:20 AM

I seem to have two accounts at LS or something. When I get links some have one affiliate number in them and some have a different affiliate number in them.

Why does this happen?

LinkShare Moderator · #8 June 2nd, 2011, 08:30 AM

BurgerBoy,

You may have created another channel, have you tried contacting support? Also, I can take a quick look if you can PM me your SID.

--Ranae

BurgerBoy · #9 June 2nd, 2011, 12:25 PM

PM sent.

Catherine Hagan · #10 June 10th, 2011, 03:47 PM

Create a custom widget and place it on your site in minutes!

LinkShare and Widgetbox have partnered to give you the ability to create your own widgets and earn commissions from your LinkShare relationships!

Widget Box Features and Benefits
Create custom money making widgets with multiple tabs of content. Quick and easy creation process...

Read more on our LinkShare blog

Catherine Hagan · #11 June 15th, 2011, 11:55 AM

LinkShare Mobile Dashboard

We’re all constantly on-the-go. As an Affiliate, an Advertiser promotion could be short-lived. Every minute counts.

Chances are that you always have your mobile device. What if there was a way to see the latest promotions on your mobile device, and share with your customers ASAP?

The LinkShare Mobile Dashboard is a mobile website that you could use to get product and coupon links, then share via email or your social marketing channels.

Read more about LinkShare's Mobile Dashboard on our LinkShare blog

Catherine Hagan · #12 June 20th, 2011, 11:31 AM

Publisher Tip of the Week

LinkShare Web Service for Publisher Payment Reports Now Available

For tech savvy Publishers there is now an important new Web service available from LinkShare that lets you access Publisher Payment Reports without logging into the Publisher Dashboard! Read about this on ourLinkShare blog.

Catherine Hagan · #13 June 20th, 2011, 11:38 AM

Advertiser Tip of the Week

New Enhancements to Executive Reports

Last month we introduced a great new reporting feature called Executive Reports. Accessible from the main menu of the Advertiser Dashboard, Executive Reports are similar to quick stats on the Home Page but they give you a view into even more data points including order active Publishers, non-commissionable sales, and cancellations.

This month we’ve added even more charts to help you stay in tune with the Publishers that are driving revenue for your program. Read more about these new features on our LinkShare blog!

Catherine Hagan · #14 July 7th, 2011, 11:11 AM

LinkShare Coupon Snap

Coupon Snap, a browser book marklet, is one of the numerous tools LinkShare provides to enable Publishers get the latest coupons and offers from their Advertisers right from a browser with the click of a button.

CouponSnap is easy. You only have to drag it to your browser once, and then it will remain as a bookmarklet.

Visit our LinkShare blog to set up Coupon Snap

E-milanoo · #15 July 12th, 2011, 01:22 AM

Nice post.
hope to read more

Catherine Hagan · #16 July 21st, 2011, 03:21 PM

LinkShare Tip of the Week: TumblrShop Bookmarklet

Tumblr is a rapidly growing micro-blogging platform. Publishers use Tumblr to share text, photos, audio, pictures, video on a customized site. Learn more about their service on their about page.

The Tumblr bookmarklet in the LinkShare Bento Box, called TumblrShop, empowers Publishers to easily promote products they like on their Tumblog to help earn commissions.

Check out the LinkShare blog on how to use TumblrShop

Catherine Hagan · #17 August 1st, 2011, 04:48 PM

LinkShare CouponFinder

What if you could get all your coupon codes, all together, all in one spot? LinkShare’s CouponFinder makes it possible for you to have all your coupons, plus your code, in one easy-to-access interface!

Check out our LinkShare blog to see how you can use LinkShare's Couponfinder

Trust · #18 August 1st, 2011, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Catherine Hagan

LinkShare CouponFinder

What if you could get all your coupon codes, all together, all in one spot? LinkShare’s CouponFinder makes it possible for you to have all your coupons, plus your code, in one easy-to-access interface!

Check out our LinkShare blog to see how you can use LinkShare's Couponfinder

I've been meaning to ask about this. I checked this out a couple of months ago and for End Dates you have:

BLANK 11 2011
BLANK 02 2011
BLANK 28 2011
BLANK 16 2011

What does blank mean? The number after that I've seen numbers from 1 -31 which would seem like days of the month but then coupons don't usually end on the 2nd, 11th, 28th etc.

Catherine Hagan · #19 August 24th, 2011, 10:40 AM

Tip of the week: Mac Widget 2.0

The 2.0 version of the Mac Widget makes searching and creating deep links easier. Publishers can use the 2.0 version of our Mac Widget to do three things:

1. Search for product links
2. Create deep links
3. Pull the latests coupons and offers

When pulling coupons and deals , you have the option to search by Advertiser, Advertiser Category, Promotion Type, and Network. All you have to do is install the widget and input your token.

The widget will ONLY display Advertisers whose programs you are approved into. So if you want to work with a particular Advertiser make sure you are partnered with them first.

We hope this decreases clutter and improves your productivity! You can download the widget here.

Check out the LinkShare Bento Box for more LinkShare applications.

Catherine Hagan · #20 September 6th, 2011, 02:04 PM

LinkShare Tip of the Week - skimlinks

Skimlinks is a Publisher service that automatically recognizes links to Advertiser pages on a website and converts them into affiliate tracking links, on-the-fly! They use the Automated LinkGenerator API to convert Advertiser URL’s to affiliate tracking links.

The Automated LinkGenerator is a Web service that creates LinkShare click links for any product on an advertiser’s site. It is only available from those advertisers who offer the Deep Links feature on their Links menu. Automated LinkGenerator provides the same functionality as Deep Links—it allows a publisher to browse an advertiser’s site for a particular product. But with Automated LinkGenerator you don’t have to log on to the Publisher Dashboard to get links.

Sign up for skimlinks and check out our Publisher Help Center to read more about other tools and APIs including Automated LinkGenerator.

Catherine Hagan · #21 September 16th, 2011, 10:47 AM

Tip of the Week: Advertiser Mobile Status

Do your Advertiser have a mobile site? Does LinkShare tracking work from a mobile device? Find out by checking the Advertiser Mobile Status table. You can quickly see which Advertisers are enabled for which mobile features.

The Advertiser Mobile Status table includes all the Advertisers in LinkShare’s mobile database. To view only the Advertisers that you are partnered with, enter your Web Service token in the field above the table.

* Click on the column headings to sort your results.
* Use the search box to search for Advertisers by name.
* To see how a mobile site looks on an iPhone, click on the row of any mobile-enabled Advertiser. Please note: You must install a user agent switch to use this feature, or you may see a page meant for desktop browsing.
* To see how a mobile site looks on an iPhone, click on the row of any mobile-enabled Advertiser. Please note: You must install a user agent switch to use this feature, or you may see a page meant for desktop browsing. For instructions on doing this, please see this article.

We’re continuously adding Advertisers to our database, so check back often!

Catherine Hagan · #22 September 21st, 2011, 01:45 PM

Tip of the Week: LinkShare Link Lookup for Joomla

What is Joomla?

Joomla is an open source Content Management System (CMS) that some Publishers use to help build and maintain websites. Joomla allows 3rd party developers to build “extensions” that add functionality to their Platform.

LinkShare Link Lookup for Joomla
We’ve developed a Joomla extension that makes it easy to create commission-earning deep links right from the Joomla editor. Check out our LinkShare blog to learn how to use Link Lookup in Joomla.

AaronHuang · #23 September 21st, 2011, 04:34 PM

Is there an easy way on LinkShare interface for merchants to replace affiliates applied offer with another offer?

Catherine Hagan · #24 September 28th, 2011, 09:12 AM

Tip of the Week: LinkShare Signature Reporting

LinkShare Signature Reporting allows Publishers to track and generate detailed reports on the commerce activity generated on your site down to the transaction level of each individual member, organization, or sub-site. Using Signature makes tracking, managing, and optimizing internal programs efficient and cost-effective for Publishers.

LinkShare Signature is ideal for Loyalty Publishers and a variety of other business models as there are a number of ways publishers can use LinkShare Signature technology.

Read more about the LinkShare Signature Reporting on our LinkShare blog

Catherine Hagan · #25 October 7th, 2011, 08:59 AM

Tip of the Week - Zibaba

Zibaba enables your fans not only to make purchases directly from your Facebook Fanpage, but to become your best PR representatives! Read more about the 3rd Party App Zibaba on our LinkShare blog.

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#1 May 19th, 2011, 10:24 AM
Catherine Hagan Affiliate Network Rep Join Date: February 10th, 2011 Posts: 110	LinkShare's Tip of the Week Every week we will introduce you to new LinkShare updates and tools for both Publishers and Advertisers. Let us know what your favorite LinkShare tool is. Last edited by Catherine Hagan; May 23rd, 2011 at 04:14 PM.

#2 May 19th, 2011, 10:42 AM
Catherine Hagan Affiliate Network Rep Join Date: February 10th, 2011 Posts: 110	LINKSHARE TWEETSHOP Did you know there’s a fun and easy way to promote your Advertise’s products to your Twitter followers without having to login to your LinkShare Publisher account? If you haven’t checked out all the tools in the LinkShare Bento Box, start with this great tool designed specifically for Twitter! Read about LinkShare's Tweetshop on the LinkShare blog

#3 May 23rd, 2011, 02:19 PM
Catherine Hagan Affiliate Network Rep Join Date: February 10th, 2011 Posts: 110	New Advertiser Dashboard Feature: Executive Reports Reporting out the success of your Affiliate Marketing channel is important. We are striving to make it easier than ever in the Advertiser Dashboard to instantly see the year-over-year status of your program. Last week we introduced a new feature called Executive Reports. Read more about this on our LinkShare blog Last edited by Catherine Hagan; May 23rd, 2011 at 04:22 PM.

#5 May 23rd, 2011, 09:54 PM
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#6 June 1st, 2011, 03:50 PM
Catherine Hagan Affiliate Network Rep Join Date: February 10th, 2011 Posts: 110	Tip of the Week: Finding New Publishers Advertisers Did you know that Advertisers can search for Publishers in the LinkShare Network who have not yet applied to their program? The Find New Publishers tool helps Advertisers grow their Affiliate Marketing program by finding Publishers that are aligned with their offers. Publishers Keep the descriptions of your site up to date so you’ll accurately appear in search results! Read about the Finding New Publishers Tool on our Blog Last edited by Catherine Hagan; June 1st, 2011 at 03:50 PM.

#7 June 2nd, 2011, 07:20 AM
BurgerBoy Moderator Join Date: January 18th, 2005 Location: Kentucky Posts: 8,278	I seem to have two accounts at LS or something. When I get links some have one affiliate number in them and some have a different affiliate number in them. Why does this happen? __________________ ABW Forum Rules - Advertise At ABW - None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free (J. W. Von Goethe) Best Shopping Center - We Offer Body Piercing By Smith & Wesson - Police & Military Shopping Mall

#8 June 2nd, 2011, 08:30 AM
LinkShare Moderator Affiliate Network Rep Join Date: January 18th, 2005 Posts: 1,487	BurgerBoy, You may have created another channel, have you tried contacting support? Also, I can take a quick look if you can PM me your SID. --Ranae __________________ Read our blog at www.linkshareblog.com Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/LinkShareBlog

#9 June 2nd, 2011, 12:25 PM
BurgerBoy Moderator Join Date: January 18th, 2005 Location: Kentucky Posts: 8,278	PM sent. __________________ ABW Forum Rules - Advertise At ABW - None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free (J. W. Von Goethe) Best Shopping Center - We Offer Body Piercing By Smith & Wesson - Police & Military Shopping Mall

#10 June 10th, 2011, 03:47 PM
Catherine Hagan Affiliate Network Rep Join Date: February 10th, 2011 Posts: 110	Create a custom widget and place it on your site in minutes! LinkShare and Widgetbox have partnered to give you the ability to create your own widgets and earn commissions from your LinkShare relationships! Widget Box Features and Benefits Create custom money making widgets with multiple tabs of content. Quick and easy creation process... Read more on our LinkShare blog

#11 June 15th, 2011, 11:55 AM
Catherine Hagan Affiliate Network Rep Join Date: February 10th, 2011 Posts: 110	LinkShare Mobile Dashboard We’re all constantly on-the-go. As an Affiliate, an Advertiser promotion could be short-lived. Every minute counts. Chances are that you always have your mobile device. What if there was a way to see the latest promotions on your mobile device, and share with your customers ASAP? The LinkShare Mobile Dashboard is a mobile website that you could use to get product and coupon links, then share via email or your social marketing channels. Read more about LinkShare's Mobile Dashboard on our LinkShare blog

#12 June 20th, 2011, 11:31 AM
Catherine Hagan Affiliate Network Rep Join Date: February 10th, 2011 Posts: 110	Publisher Tip of the Week LinkShare Web Service for Publisher Payment Reports Now Available For tech savvy Publishers there is now an important new Web service available from LinkShare that lets you access Publisher Payment Reports without logging into the Publisher Dashboard! Read about this on ourLinkShare blog. Last edited by Catherine Hagan; June 21st, 2011 at 12:27 PM.

#13 June 20th, 2011, 11:38 AM
Catherine Hagan Affiliate Network Rep Join Date: February 10th, 2011 Posts: 110	Advertiser Tip of the Week New Enhancements to Executive Reports Last month we introduced a great new reporting feature called Executive Reports. Accessible from the main menu of the Advertiser Dashboard, Executive Reports are similar to quick stats on the Home Page but they give you a view into even more data points including order active Publishers, non-commissionable sales, and cancellations. This month we’ve added even more charts to help you stay in tune with the Publishers that are driving revenue for your program. Read more about these new features on our LinkShare blog! Last edited by Catherine Hagan; June 21st, 2011 at 12:28 PM.

#14 July 7th, 2011, 11:11 AM
Catherine Hagan Affiliate Network Rep Join Date: February 10th, 2011 Posts: 110	LinkShare Coupon Snap Coupon Snap, a browser book marklet, is one of the numerous tools LinkShare provides to enable Publishers get the latest coupons and offers from their Advertisers right from a browser with the click of a button. CouponSnap is easy. You only have to drag it to your browser once, and then it will remain as a bookmarklet. Visit our LinkShare blog to set up Coupon Snap Last edited by Catherine Hagan; July 7th, 2011 at 11:11 AM.

#15 July 12th, 2011, 01:22 AM
E-milanoo Newbie Join Date: February 28th, 2011 Posts: 10	Nice post. hope to read more

#16 July 21st, 2011, 03:21 PM
Catherine Hagan Affiliate Network Rep Join Date: February 10th, 2011 Posts: 110	LinkShare Tip of the Week: TumblrShop Bookmarklet Tumblr is a rapidly growing micro-blogging platform. Publishers use Tumblr to share text, photos, audio, pictures, video on a customized site. Learn more about their service on their about page. The Tumblr bookmarklet in the LinkShare Bento Box, called TumblrShop, empowers Publishers to easily promote products they like on their Tumblog to help earn commissions. Check out the LinkShare blog on how to use TumblrShop

#17 August 1st, 2011, 04:48 PM
Catherine Hagan Affiliate Network Rep Join Date: February 10th, 2011 Posts: 110	LinkShare CouponFinder What if you could get all your coupon codes, all together, all in one spot? LinkShare’s CouponFinder makes it possible for you to have all your coupons, plus your code, in one easy-to-access interface! Check out our LinkShare blog to see how you can use LinkShare's Couponfinder

#19 August 24th, 2011, 10:40 AM
Catherine Hagan Affiliate Network Rep Join Date: February 10th, 2011 Posts: 110	Tip of the week: Mac Widget 2.0 The 2.0 version of the Mac Widget makes searching and creating deep links easier. Publishers can use the 2.0 version of our Mac Widget to do three things: 1. Search for product links 2. Create deep links 3. Pull the latests coupons and offers When pulling coupons and deals , you have the option to search by Advertiser, Advertiser Category, Promotion Type, and Network. All you have to do is install the widget and input your token. The widget will ONLY display Advertisers whose programs you are approved into. So if you want to work with a particular Advertiser make sure you are partnered with them first. We hope this decreases clutter and improves your productivity! You can download the widget here. Check out the LinkShare Bento Box for more LinkShare applications.

#20 September 6th, 2011, 02:04 PM
Catherine Hagan Affiliate Network Rep Join Date: February 10th, 2011 Posts: 110	LinkShare Tip of the Week - skimlinks Skimlinks is a Publisher service that automatically recognizes links to Advertiser pages on a website and converts them into affiliate tracking links, on-the-fly! They use the Automated LinkGenerator API to convert Advertiser URL’s to affiliate tracking links. The Automated LinkGenerator is a Web service that creates LinkShare click links for any product on an advertiser’s site. It is only available from those advertisers who offer the Deep Links feature on their Links menu. Automated LinkGenerator provides the same functionality as Deep Links—it allows a publisher to browse an advertiser’s site for a particular product. But with Automated LinkGenerator you don’t have to log on to the Publisher Dashboard to get links. Sign up for skimlinks and check out our Publisher Help Center to read more about other tools and APIs including Automated LinkGenerator.

#21 September 16th, 2011, 10:47 AM
Catherine Hagan Affiliate Network Rep Join Date: February 10th, 2011 Posts: 110	Tip of the Week: Advertiser Mobile Status Do your Advertiser have a mobile site? Does LinkShare tracking work from a mobile device? Find out by checking the Advertiser Mobile Status table. You can quickly see which Advertisers are enabled for which mobile features. The Advertiser Mobile Status table includes all the Advertisers in LinkShare’s mobile database. To view only the Advertisers that you are partnered with, enter your Web Service token in the field above the table. * Click on the column headings to sort your results. * Use the search box to search for Advertisers by name. * To see how a mobile site looks on an iPhone, click on the row of any mobile-enabled Advertiser. Please note: You must install a user agent switch to use this feature, or you may see a page meant for desktop browsing. * To see how a mobile site looks on an iPhone, click on the row of any mobile-enabled Advertiser. Please note: You must install a user agent switch to use this feature, or you may see a page meant for desktop browsing. For instructions on doing this, please see this article. We’re continuously adding Advertisers to our database, so check back often!

#22 September 21st, 2011, 01:45 PM
Catherine Hagan Affiliate Network Rep Join Date: February 10th, 2011 Posts: 110	Tip of the Week: LinkShare Link Lookup for Joomla What is Joomla? Joomla is an open source Content Management System (CMS) that some Publishers use to help build and maintain websites. Joomla allows 3rd party developers to build “extensions” that add functionality to their Platform. LinkShare Link Lookup for Joomla We’ve developed a Joomla extension that makes it easy to create commission-earning deep links right from the Joomla editor. Check out our LinkShare blog to learn how to use Link Lookup in Joomla. Last edited by Catherine Hagan; September 21st, 2011 at 01:53 PM.

#23 September 21st, 2011, 04:34 PM
AaronHuang Newbie Join Date: July 14th, 2011 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 13	Is there an easy way on LinkShare interface for merchants to replace affiliates applied offer with another offer?

#24 September 28th, 2011, 09:12 AM
Catherine Hagan Affiliate Network Rep Join Date: February 10th, 2011 Posts: 110	Tip of the Week: LinkShare Signature Reporting LinkShare Signature Reporting allows Publishers to track and generate detailed reports on the commerce activity generated on your site down to the transaction level of each individual member, organization, or sub-site. Using Signature makes tracking, managing, and optimizing internal programs efficient and cost-effective for Publishers. LinkShare Signature is ideal for Loyalty Publishers and a variety of other business models as there are a number of ways publishers can use LinkShare Signature technology. Read more about the LinkShare Signature Reporting on our LinkShare blog

#25 October 7th, 2011, 08:59 AM
Catherine Hagan Affiliate Network Rep Join Date: February 10th, 2011 Posts: 110	Tip of the Week - Zibaba Zibaba enables your fans not only to make purchases directly from your Facebook Fanpage, but to become your best PR representatives! Read more about the 3rd Party App Zibaba on our LinkShare blog.