There’s no denying that social media is one of the most useful and popular ways of engaging with one another and keeping up to date with the latest news. As social climbers, Affiliate Window is never one to miss out on the movement, and we continue to be actively engaged with many of the major platforms. While these portals are not our official customer service channels, all of our social profiles are actively monitored, so if you have any questions, comments or suggestions, feel free to contact us via any of the methods below:

Twitter
Twitter is still our most heavily followed brand extension with nearly 12,000 followers. We tweet several times daily whether it’s announcing our latest press releases, mobile stats and case studies, or to highlight relevant industry news, new programme launches and special offers. We also announce all competitions via our feed so follow us to be the first in the know.

Facebook
Like us on Facebook to keep informed of the latest news from Affiliate Window. By joining our growing fan base you will have access to our photos, videos, event details, updates on our charitable efforts, and details of any exciting promotional activities or seasonal competitions. Engage with us even further by adding in your comments or ‘Liking’ specific images or posts.

Already like us? Share our Facebook page with your friends.

LinkedIn
Join our LinkedIn group, our primary social outlet for discussions and industry news where we love to share our findings, receive your feedback, and learn about your own experiences in affiliate marketing.

Pinterest
Pinterest is the newest addition to our range of social media tools. With boards ranging from fashion and infographics to m-commerce and sector events, our pinterest account is a one stop shop for all of our previous activity, current promotions and anything that we like the look of. Re-pin what you like from our boards, or use the Pin It button on our news stories and photo galleries to share our images on your own board.

Google +
Join our circle to keep up to date with all the latest network and industry news. Several members of Affiliate Window staff write thought-led editorial articles covering a range of relevant topics including value attribution, incrementality, and m-commerce in the performance channel. Google+ is a great place to access all external content helping you gain further industry insight. ‘Plus one’ us as we’ll be keeping our profile up to date with all the latest discussions in performance marketing.

YouTube
View all of our videos whether affiliate marketing tutorials or highlights from our annual black tie events, and help them go viral! Subscribe to our videos, share them or embed them into your own sites.

Instagram
Follow us as we filter and share our images of choice. We update our page with behind the scenes images while we work and play. You can always stay ahead of the crowd as we post all our latest competition information here and any exciting new promotions that we can’t wait to share.

So what are you waiting for? Follow, Like, Share and Pin us! Our social media channels will give you an inside look at the inner workings of Affiliate Window. Not to mention providing you with exclusive access to content, industry news, feature articles, special deals, tips, tricks and more.

If you have any feedback about the content we feature on any of our social media profiles or any questions about how to reach us, please email communications@affiliatewindow.com.

Attention Canadian affiliates, with the recent launch of the Canon.ca affiliate program, we are now offering more Canadian programs than ever before!

Canon Canada Inc. is a highly-respected market leader in selling and promoting its cutting edge line of cameras and optical equipment. The extensive line of Canon products includes; digital cameras, specialty lenses, camcorders, small office and home office products, binoculars, calculators and a complete lineup of camera accessories.

So don’t miss out, become an affiliate partner of Canon.ca today and be a part of the constantly evolving technological innovation the company is renowned for while earning 3% commission with a 30 day cookie.

And don’t forget to check out these other fantastic Canadian Affiliate Programs:

French Connection Canada: Canada.FrenchConnection.com offers a fashion-forward clothing range with a quirky spin on design, priding itself on quality and affordable prices!

iNetVideo.ca: iNetVideo.com offers the ultimate customer experience and a wide range of movies on DVD, HD DVD, Blu-Ray, Video Games and Music CDs for Less!

Canadian Affair: Canadian Affair is an established tour operator to and from Canada and the UK offering high quality low cost flights and vacations for 15 years.

MoneyMart.ca: Canada’s leading Payday loan provider now offers loans for citizens in Ontario, Nova Scotia or Alberta, and now, British Columbia!

Game Access: GameAccess.ca is Canada’s largest online video game rental service with thousands of happy customers across the country. Whatever your console, Game Access is the best place to rent the latest games.

1&1 Internet Canada: 1&1 Affiliate Program – Canada offers you great possibilities to earn money through your website, innovative products and attractive commissions help to create strong sales!

The Source: TheSource.ca provides a great assortment of product categories aimed at helping customers make their lives easier while on the go, in the home or at work.

Woolovers.ca: Wool Overs is a leading online retailer of unisex, ladies and gents fine British knitwear garments including lambswool, cashmere, Merino and cotton.

For more details or questions about the listed programs please contact Rachel.Tyrer@affiliatewindow.com.

Founded in 1994, Next Jump is at the forefront of the internet and e-commerce space, managing Employee Rewards programs for 70% of the Fortune 1,000 companies. Moreover, Next Jump works with 90,000 companies covering 100m+ users globally making them the world’s largest private shopping network. The company’s focus on internal culture has attracted the top engineering talent in the country with four growing offices located worldwide in NYC, Boston, San Francisco, and the UK.

How does it work?

Next Jump helps employees save money by leveraging the purchasing power of its network and negotiating corporate rates and discounts at over 30,000 national and local merchants. Employees save on everything from everyday purchases such as groceries, diapers and pet food to big ticket items like cell phones, computers, car rentals and travel bookings.

On top of great discounts, the platform has built the world’s most valuable virtual currency called WOWPoints, which can be used as cash on hundreds of merchants.

Full-Cycle Databases

So how does Next Jump build customer profiles and personalize the experience?

Demographic:  Each private network Next Jump partners with provides the platform with the core demographic information about their members. This often includes: Name, Age, Sex, Postal Address and Salary – which is then used to create highly targeted messages.

Behavioral:  The platform’s technological goal is to serve relevant content at the optimal time. Every login, click, page-view and reminder is recorded allowing a greater insight into when and where users want to be communicated to.

Transactional: Every transaction is recorded and reported in real-time allowing for trends to be spotted instantly and be responded to by giving higher exposure to popular advertisers.

What else do you need to know?

Next Jump provides targeted, market-beating content to the top organizations. Therefore, all offers should:

• Be exclusive

• Significantly improve upon publicly available deals

• Have a strong EPC

• Track via affiliate partners

To enquire about joining the Next Jump platform, please get in touch.

April marked the beginning of  the busy Spring season. Here are the key pieces that we worked on last month:

It’s a Mobile World – Infographic

Mobile commerce has experienced staggering growth over the past two years. In this time, the launch of more sophisticated handsets and better connectivity has led to changes in consumer behavior as well as the devices used to access the internet. We produced a new infographic highlighting this exceptional activity and will be replicating this with new data on a quarterly basis.

Case Study: Mobile Email is Big Business within the Performance Channel

With mobile set to overtake desktop as the favoured device for picking up email by the end of the year, Client Strategist, Matt Swan conducted research into the Mobile movement featuring data from VE Interactive.

buy.at Systems Closure Notice

On 31st May 2013, the buy.at platform will officially close. There are no longer any active advertisers remaining on buy.at, as all clients now operate through Affiliate Window.

GAN Closing: Continue Earning Commissions on Affiliate Window

Due to the recent announcement that GAN is closing, please be aware that you can continue earning commissions by switching the following US, CA and UK programs to Affiliate Window.

Mother’s Day

Not long to go until Mother’s Day. Head over to our publisher portal TheHub where you can find a whole range of fantastic offers and incentives.  We also ran a fun publisher competition in conjunction with Swarovski to help our publishers to say thank you to the most important lady in their lives.

Support Federal Sales Tax Reform Legislation

The Performance Marketing Association is actively lobbying in support of the Marketplace Fairness Act and the Marketplace Equity Act . These federal bills pave the way for the collection of sales tax on Internet sales, and will reverse the severe damage to small online businesses caused by ‘Affiliate Nexus Tax’ laws, also misleadingly known as ‘Amazon Tax’ laws.

PMA Legislative Update

The state of Kansas unfortunately passed the Affiliate Nexus Tax Law on April 16th. However, the legislation was knocked back in three states. Stay up to date on all progress by visiting the PMA website.

New Page: 3rd Party Technologies for Publishers

We have introduced a new publisher page on our interface: “Publisher 3rd Party Technologies”. This new page lists all trusted partners of Affiliate Window that either make affiliate marketing easier or more financially rewarding for Publishers.

Meet the Team at Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition 2013

220 speakers from retail organizations, consumer services providers, nonprofits, travel & ticketing companies, and technology providers will come together at this year’s Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition (June 4-7th). The aim of the event is to discuss ways of breaking down barriers to success using the latest marketing and merchandising strategies, and e-commerce technologies. Contact Alex, Nick and Jesse to schedule your Affiliate Window meeting now!

Excited to grow our fleet!

With the recent launch of SWISS, publishers can now promote three global airlines via Affiliate Window in the US and Canada: SWISS, Canadian Affair and British Airways!

April Program Launches

We would love to partner with you on these newly welcomed US and CA advertisers on our network:

5380 KGB Deals (US)

5346 Swiss.com (US)

5321 French Connection – Canada (CA)

5356 Hurley

5311 Jack Wills (USA)

5327 The Source (Bell) Electronics Inc. (CA)

Keep up to date with the hot topics being debated within performance marketing and all the goings on at the Affiliate Window headquarters by reading our monthly wrap ups each month. See you next time.

If you have any questions about any of our updates, please get in touch.

We have introduced a new Publisher page on our interface entitled: “Publisher 3rd Party Technologies”. See the live page here. This new page lists all trusted partners of Affiliate Window, that either make performance marketing easier or more financially rewarding for Publishers.

Some of these services are free, others work on rev-share and some work on a license fee. Publishers are able to click through to the 3rd party’s website and signup for their services. We’ve also built a back-end Provider page, where Publisher services can add and modify existing partners.

Should you wish to discuss this further or if you require more information, please get in touch.

There are times when Mother seems to be endlessly nagging – offering unsolicited wisdom, and generally being a know-it-all – but we all look back at some stage and realize just how right she was! In the run up to Mother’s Day (May 12th), we have been thinking about the best guidance that Mom ever gave us. We’ve also been thinking about the best way to say thank you to the most important lady in our lives. Sounds like it’s time for a fun publisher competition!

The top three pieces of advice will receive:

•  1st prize: Swarovski Galet Light Azore Blue Mini Pendant

•  2nd Prize: Swarovski Crystal Jay d Lovlot

•  3rd prize: Swarovski Ring

To be entered for a chance to win, simply send us a tweet or Facebook comment, telling us the best piece of advice that your Mom ever gave you.

Pay your Mom back for all her hard work keeping you on the straight and narrow, with a lovely surprise courtesy of Affiliate Window and Swarovski.

Send your answers via…

Twitter: @AffWin, #MKB or;

Facebook: Comment on our Affiliate Window page.

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