As you reflect on the successes and shortfalls of the past year and identify key strategies you want to integrate into your marketing plan in the new year, arm yourself with insights found in the 7th annual AffiliateBenchmarks Report. These recently released results are broken into four versions—Merchant (U.S.), Merchant (Global), Affiliate (U.S.), and Affiliate (Global).
I have been part of the Affiliate Marketing industry for over 15 years—10 of which have been with LinkConnector. I consider myself a very lucky man! Every day, I get to work in an industry filled with smart, dedicated people driven by the entrepreneurial spirit.
Tax Day, April 15th in 2014, was a major revenue day for a variety of industries across the nation. Two industries that immediately come to mind are government and banking industries, as they are of the largest tax season influencers. But who else plays an influential role?
For the past few days we have seen numerous articles about the Heartbleed Security Flaw and how it has affected a large percentage of sites across the internet. This flaw essentially allowed for the retrieval of protected information from encrypted SSL endpoints.
Affiliate Management Days just wrapped in San Francisco last week. This two-day conference is a true gem for Affiliate Marketers on point to accelerate their programs with specific, proven, up-to-the-minute approaches and techniques. The food was great—the people top notch. An intimate setting of 200 or less attendees, AM Days goers network with marketing and program managers for Fortune 500 companies, marketing and technology experts, and some of the founding fathers of the Affiliate Marketing industry.
Just over a decade ago, longtime business partners and friends, Choots Humphries and Ernie St. Gelais, put their heads together and created an Affiliate Marketing Network that would focus its efforts on creating innovative industry technologies. The two sold their company, DotCom Corporation, a multi-million dollar business that had been profitable since its inception in 1999, and together they created LinkConnector.
Today LinkConnector publicly announced a well-deserved promotion for one of its key team members, Tara McCommons. With over 18 years of relevant sales management experience, Tara sets the stage for LC’s rapid growth. As VP of Sales and Marketing, Tara and her team will play a pivotal role in identifying new merchant and affiliate opportunities to continually expand the LinkConnector Network, while also taking a hands-on approach to optimize existing merchant and affiliate relationships.
Thanks to you, LinkConnector is the #6 Network, and climbing!
Thanks to your loyalty and tireless support, LinkConnector has earned a position as the 6th most popular network this year, according to the 2012 AffStat Survey (www.affstat.com). We are not content in the #6 position, and believe that with our dedicated merchants and affiliates behind us, we will continue climbing to the top. We know our customers sing our praises and have helped propel us to where we are today. Thank you for your support and we will continue to work hard to earn your loyalty.
We are excited to announce that LinkConnector has moved to a new office location to keep up with our growth. We accomplished our move over this past weekend (July 14 and 15) to minimize disruption to our customers (note: all web servers and database servers were not part of the move and tracked all transactions normally).
As you know the Affiliate Marketing industry continues to be an exciting and dynamic one. The industry is growing and evolving, and LinkConnector is constantly making changes to evolve with it.
While we have upgraded our features and continue to offer industry-leading customer support, we have not changed our Merchant Terms & Conditions since February 2009. We recently took a hard look at these terms in an effort to better serve you and align our terms with industry standards. As a result, LinkConnector is updating our Merchant Program Terms and Conditions.