Good morning to all of our affiliates! How many days do all of you have left for this work week? The Clickso team will be in the office until Friday, December 23rd and will have a three-day weekend to celebrate the Christmas holiday. Our CEO will be taking us out to Sake & Samba for lunch on Friday, and after lunch, we will be exchanging presents for Secret Santa. That actually reminds me… I still need to get my Secret Santa a present! How are you guys celebrating the holiday within your companies?


December will be coming to a close in less than two weeks which means I’m that much closer to Affiliate Summit West in Vegas! I’m starting to get emails confirming events that I’ll be intending, and I seriously cannot wait. Not only will it be my first “business” trip, but it will be my first Affiliate Summit as well. As I’ve stated in my previous blog entry, Craig, Krista and I will be staying at the Flamingo Hotel right across from Caesar’s Palace. Who else will be staying there?


On Sunday, January 8th, 2012, the Clickso team will be at table #74 at the Meet Market, so please stop by and say hello! I’d love to be able to put a face to those I talk to on a regular basis. As of right now, we’re pretty much open during the three days we’ll be in Vegas (Saturday night, all of Sunday and Monday!) so feel free to contact me or your affiliate manager to schedule a time that we can meet up. The last time I was in Vegas was in the summer of 2009 so it has definitely been a while, and I’d love to check out all the new attractions! Who’s with me?!

Hey, affiliates, don’t think I forgot about the offer of the week! So how many of your users are indecisive about their go-to coffee spot? I’m not a big coffee drinker myself, but I love picking up Green Tea Lattes from Starbucks AND Dunkaccinos from Dunkin’ Donuts. Your users can fill out this simple email submit, Starbucks vs. Dunkin’ Donuts: Who’s the Best?, and receive a $100 gift card of their choice. (Participation required.) This offer pays $1.50 per email submit. Contact your affiliate manager if you’d like to see the LP!

Well, I hope all of you have a productive rest of the week and great holiday weekend!

Good afternoon, everyone, I hope your week is off to a GREAT start! For all of you who are counting down to Christmas, we’ve only got 12 more days left, which is still more than enough time to pick up some of our holiday-themed offers. What is everyone asking for? I haven’t decided what I want yet so hopefully you guys can give me some ideas!


The $500 Travelocity Hotel Gift Card offer is ideal for users who are planning a last minute trip for the holidays or want to surprise their loved ones with a vacation for Christmas. Users can earn a $500 Travelocity Hotel gift card free with completion of program requirements. Conversion occurs on an email submit and pays $1.35 per valid lead. I love this offer’s landing page so if you’d like to check it out, contact your affiliate manager, and pick this one up today!


If your users are stumped on what to get their friends or family this holiday season, or are even looking to spoil themselves, pick up the Apple iPhone 4S (Holiday LP) offer. This offer has a pay-out of $1.20 and converts on a simple email submit. I’m not quite sure if the 4s is still sold out in stores, but by filling out this offer, your users won’t have to worry about that and can also avoid the holiday crowds!

On another note, there are a little more than three weeks left ‘til Vegas and Affiliate Summit West ’12. Craig made our hotel arrangements a few weeks ago, and we will be staying at the Flamingo. Will anyone else be staying there? I’m really looking forward to this trip since it’s starting to freeze over in Chicago, and I’m also super excited to meet everyone finally. Please contact me or Craig if you’d like to meet up, I don’t think we have much going on yet!

Well I hope everyone has a great rest of the week! And remember to give me ideas on what I should ask for for Christmas.

Good morning to all of our affiliates! I hope all of you had a great Thanksgiving holiday last week. Can you believe December is right around the corner? I’ve been in the holiday spirit ever since Halloween, and have been working on getting some seasonal offers up. I’ve listed a few below that I feel would convert really well during the next few weeks. Check ‘em out, and please feel free to contact your affiliate manager if any of you are interested.

How many of your users are parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles or babysitters looking to surprise their little ones this holiday season? Users can send their kiddos a completely personalized official letter from the big guy himself… Santa! The Original Santa Letter pays $9.75 on a credit card submit, and email, banner, search and social media traffic is allowed.

Our advertisers have been getting into the holiday spirit as well as some have created Christmas-themed landing pages for Clickso’s top converting offers. Our regular version of the Walmart gift card offer, $1,000 Walmart Gift Card – Sept. 2011, has an EPC of $0.43 with over 6,400 clicks this month! Hopefully the holiday version, $1,000 Walmart Gift Card (Holiday LP), can generate the same great stats for the month of December. This offer converts on an email submit and has a pay-out of $1.75.

Hopefully these offers can help your users make this holiday a memorable one! On another note, I’m pleased to let all of you know I’ll be attending Affiliate Summit West 2012 in Las Vegas. I’m so excited to finally be able to put a face to some of the people I talk with every day! I’ll be traveling with Craig and another team member, Krista, who is the brains behind our data verification software program, XVerify. If you’d like to meet up with us, shoot me an email and we can plan something! We will be arriving the Saturday afternoon of January 7th and seeing as how the show doesn’t begin ‘til Sunday, we have the rest of the day to let loose. Who’s with me?! I hope all of you have a great rest of the week, and I’ll be sure to keep you guys updated with our newest holiday offers throughout this month as we prepare for a Clickso Christmas!

Earlier this month, I spent a long weekend in San Diego, California. I was born and raised in the Chicagoland area so southern California is definitely a change from what I’m used to. I’ve been to the west coast about six times in the past visiting family, and I even lived there two years ago. In the summer of 2009, I worked as an intern in the Sales and Marketing Department of On Broadway Event Center in the Gaslamp of San Diego. If any of you are familiar with the University of Dreams Internship program, that’s what I did. I enjoyed the experience and area so much, I knew I had to go back. Although it’s been a long time coming, I finally returned two years later.

My best friend, Francesca, and I stayed at the Hyatt Regency in Mission Bay. It is more of a family resort, but it had a great view of the Mission Bay Marina. Since we were only in San Diego for four days, we knew we had to make the most of it! On the second day of my vacation, Fran and I drove all the way to Los Angeles at 4:30 in the morning to avoid the traffic, which I heard is way worse than Chicago’s. I found Britney Spears’ star on Hollywood Boulevard (my mission for the day) and had dinner at SUR in West Hollywood. Do any of you watch the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills? If so, you’d know that SUR is owned by Lisa VanderPump, who is actually my favorite on the show!

Fran and I were exhausted the next day, but that didn’t stop us from exploring! On Saturday, October 1st, our third day in San Diego, we decided to go to the PB Beach Fest in Pacific Beach. We unexpectedly entered a Fish Taco Contest, where we only spent $5 and tried PB’s BEST fish tacos. Yum! What I’d do for one of those right now… Later that night, we had In ‘n Out Burger for dinner, which is a must-try when you’re in California, and went out to Quality Social in the Gaslamp for a close friend’s birthday.

Needless to say, Sunday morning was completely rough, and Fran and I decided to be low-key. We spent our Sunday Funday in La Jolla, which was about fifteen minutes away from our resort. No joke, La Jolla is probably the most beautiful place I’ve seen in the United States! I’ve always been the one to dream big, and I think my newest goal is to end up in La Jolla sometime in the near future. I love it that much! Since we were leaving pretty early the next morning, Fran and I went to go see Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s new movie “50/50″, which I completely loved.

Sadly, that was the end of our mini vacation, and I’m back at the office in the Midwest where the high of today is only 60 degrees. Which of our affiliates live out in southern California? I am truly jealous of all of you! My roommate, Amanda, from my internship program is planning to go back sometime in February and you can definitely count me in. I’m so happy I won’t have to wait two long years for my next trip to the 619!

Hey affiliates, don’t think I forgot about our offer of the week! Pick up our newest holiday offer, Cook Like a Chef This Thanksgiving. With this campaign, your users can get a 10-piece Rachael Ray cookware set FREE*! (Details apply.) This offer converts on an email submit, and pays out $1.25 per valid lead. If any of you decide to pick this one up, please let Kim or Craig know as I can already tell this one is going to do GREAT this holiday season!

I’m back! I know, I have been on hiatus and Krissy has been holding down the blog fort for a while. But I have been super busy. I just got back from Daily Deal Summit in San Francisco and before that I was in New York for Affiliate Summit. It’s been a busy couple of months, and so much fun!

New York was amazing! That was the first time I’ve ever been there so I was very excited. We got off to a rough start because our flight was delayed about 3 times. When we finally arrived in NYC, we went out to a fancy dinner with a few clients. I had a $50.00 steak and it was so good! The next day was the first day of the show. We had a table which was really nice. I met a lot of people, got to talk about business, and sell, sell, sell! It was also really great to meet my affiliates who I email all the time and finally put a face to a name. That night, we went to Times Square. Unfortunately it was POURING outside! But it was still fun to see it.

The next day was full of meetings. We had some down time in the afternoon and I made Craig take me to Ground Zero. I couldn’t see much since it was all construction from the new memorial site they were building. But it was still a great experience to actually be there. That night was the boat party for a bunch of networks and affiliates. I was really excited about this, but for some reason I completely forgot that I get really sea sick on boats. As soon as I stepped onto the boat, it was all downhill from there! But other than me getting sick and chugging ginger ale, it was a really nice party! We went up and down the river, passed the Statue of Liberty a few times which was really cool. And the view of NYC at night was absolutely amazing. Overall, I think the New York trip and ASE was a success

Daily Deal Summit in San Francisco was just as great! This time I went as an XVerify rep instead of Clickso. XVerify is our new real time data verification system. So, I was helping to promote this during the show. We had a booth for both days. It was pretty amusing trying to put it together. It took us about an hour just to figure out we were doing it wrong. But after we realized what to do, it was easy! I was able to walk around a little and talk to a lot of interesting companies. At night, we were able to explore! We took cable cars to Fisherman’s Wharf, a big touristy spot in SF, and did some souvenir shopping. The last day we were there, we went to Alcatraz. It was awesome! I love that kind of stuff. It was so interesting to learn about the prison, the escapes, see how the prisoners lived and where Al Capone stayed. I’m really glad we were able to go. San Francisco was another great experience and I hope we get some business out of it!

Our next trip won’t be until January for Affiliate Summit West. That one is in Las Vegas, so I know it will be just as fun as the other trips, well maybe better! I’ll know more people at the show who I met in New York, and I’ll be a lot more experienced in the business and know what to expect.

Affiliates, we’ve been adding offers like crazy! Here are a few new ones that I really like.

Bobbing for Apples. It pays out at $1.35 and converts on an email submit. Fun landing page!

eMusic Free Trial (Incent) is a free trial for a popular music service. Conversion occurs after 3rd page CC submit. Pay out is $3.75.

Survey Princess (DOI). Get rewards and live like a princess! It converts on email confirmation and pays out $1.35.

Well, today is my Friday! I’m taking tomorrow off to go visit my sister for the weekend and Krissy is on vacation in California visiting some friends so Craig will be all alone in the office tomorrow But, I’m sure he needs a break from us haha

Have a good weekend everyone!

-Kim