Chip-N-Dough Feb 2004 Affiliate Newsletter

Hi Shawn,

Welcome to the February 2004 Chip-N-Dough Affiliate Newsletter.

This is the first official newsletter of the Chip-N-Dough Affiliate Program, and we are anxious to hear your feedback about things you want, like, and need.

If you forgot your user name and/or password, you can login to your affiliate account at http://www.chipndough.com/affiliate/ with the following:

ID: XXXX
Password: xxxxx

This month:

1. What's New with the Program?
2. Chance to go to Affiliate Summit 2004 for FREE
3. Marketing Tip: Domain Typo Coverage
4. Affiliate Tip: Read the Affiliate Marketing Blog
5. Join the ClubMom Affiliate Program

1. What's New with the Program?
Since this is the first newsletter, and the program has just launched, everything is new. :-)

Here are some of the basics of the program:

• 2 tiers (7% on the first tier, 3% on the second tier)
• Sub-ID tracking available - see http://www.chipndough.com/affiliate/multiple.cfm
• 365 return/cookie days
• Data feed and Product Showcase Creator
• Direct product links available now
• Affiliate support 7 days a week
• Commission threshold is $15
• Checks cut monthly
• AffTrack/RevTrends/MyAffStats enabled

If you're looking for something topical to promote this week, Chip-N-Dough has a great gift for Oscar parties (the Academy Awards are next Sunday, Feb 29)... the Chip-N-Dough Movie Tin, featuring sixteen large, gourmet cookies in a movie reel tin.

Click here for your affiliate code to promote the Movie Tin from Chip-N-Dough.

Also, we've got a coupon code for you to offer to your site visitors and newsletter subscribers: AFF5

That coupon code is good for $5 off any purchase from the Chip-N-Dough Cookie Company, and it doesn't expire until 12/31/04.

Want to double your conversion rates?
We've now got a data feed for you. If you don't know how to convert a data feed to HTML, check out the Chip-N-Dough Product Showcase Creator tool at http://psc.afftools.com/chipndough/creator.pl

2. Chance to go to Affiliate Summit 2004 for FREE
Announcing the Affiliate Summit 2004 "Don't Miss the Boat Sweepstakes."

Click here for a chance to win the Grand Prize: one FREE pass to Affiliate Summit 2004; includes outside balcony berth, conference registration, and food ($1,195 value).

Also there are dozens of prizes for runners up:

• One (1) MyAffiliateProgram account from KowaBunga Technologies ($995 value)

• Five (5) copies of the AffStat 2004 Report ($649.95 value - - $129.99 per copy)

• Twenty-five (25) subscriptions to Revenue magazine ($625 value - $25 per subscription)

• One (1) free setup and first years hosting for an ePage.com Branded Classifieds or Auction site ($349 value)

• Two (2) hour free phone consultation/evaluation of any site's existing affiliate program or planned new program from Linda Woods, the Affiliate Goddess ($300 value)

• Three (3) Chipndough.com Signature Tins containing 16 large cookies ($107.10 value; $26.95 for cookies + $8.75 for UPS 2nd Day Air per tin)

• One (1) Chipndough.com Cookie Gift Basket containing 56 large cookies ($80.70 value; $66.95 for cookies + $13.75 for UPS 2nd Day Air)

Click here for a chance to win.

And Chip-N-Dough is a sponsor of Affiliate Summit 2004, so we hope to see you there!

3. Marketing Tip: Domain Typo Coverage
If you own your own domain, there are some common typos that can be stripping traffic from your site.

Two W's, Four W's and No Dot After the W's

Two W's: ww.yoursite.com
Four W's: wwww.yoursite.com
No Dot After the W's: wwwyoursite.com

The first two can be fixed by setting up subdomains with your Web host. For the last one, you'll have to register a new domain.

Click here for more tips.

4. Affiliate Tip: Read the Affiliate Marketing Blog
Inspired by Jim Kukral's new ebook, 'BlogsToRiches!,' I've created a new affiliate marketing blog.

I'll be posting all sorts of news and information there on a regular basis. Keep an eye on it to stay up on the latest news and issues in affiliate marketing.

Click here to check out the Affiliate Marketing Blog. And click here to subscribe to receive an IM whenever the affiliate marketing blog is updated.

5. Join the ClubMom Affiliate Program
Join the ClubMom Affiliate Program and earn $0.35 for every member you refer to the free ClubMom membership.

Here are some features of the ClubMom affiliate program:

• 7 day a week support
• 365 day cookies
• Free MyAffStats reporting
• Sub-IDs

Click here to join the ClubMom Affiliate Program.

I'd love to hear from you! Drop me a line and let me know if you have any suggestions or questions.