Tools For Change

About LinkShare
Since 1996, LinkShare has been a pioneer in online affiliate marketing,
and today runs the largest pay-for-performance affiliate marketing
network on the Internet. LinkShare is the trusted third-party that
brings together both merchants and affiliates. We track and report on
every ad or placement in our network, send monthly payments to
affiliates, and provide services and tools that help merchants and
affiliates optimize their performance.

What is affiliate marketing?
A merchant, also known as an advertiser or retailer, is a web site or
company that sells a product or service online, accepts payments and
fulfills orders.

Affiliates (also called publishers) place merchants’ ads, text links,
or product links on their web sites, shopping engines, blogs, etc. or
include them in e-mail campaigns and search listings in exchange for
commissions on leads or sales.

Merchants acquire new customers and pay affiliates only when a sale or
other qualifying action is completed. This is called CPA or
performance-based marketing. It is very efficient.

LinkShare Technology
Affiliates and
merchants choose LinkShare because of our reliable and accurate
tracking technology. Our patented tracking technology is not
cookie-based and therefore, does not fall prey to the tracking
discrepancies that often result from cookies. LinkShare’s robust
technology ensures that tracking is accurate and complete. Because our
technology is web-based, it is easy for affiliates to manage their
programs and merchant relationships.

LinkShare Affiliate Tools and Solutions
LinkShare has designed the following tools specifically to enable
affiliates to make the most of their affiliate marketing experience:

• Merchandiser Datafeed - allows affiliates to download individual
  product links to their website without having to manually create links
  to each product carried by a merchant.
• Signature - offers affiliates the ability to track down to
  the transaction level of each individual member, organization or
  sub-site.
• Dynamic Rich Media (DRM) - lets merchants create more
  effective creative content and pushes those updates to affiliate sites,
  so affiliates don’t have to change their code.

Who are LinkShare’s Affiliates?
At
LinkShare, we know that our community of affiliates is composed of some
of the most talented entrepreneurs around. There are many business
models, and thousands of stories. Starting in early 2006, LinkShare has
been celebrating our affiliate entrepreneurs, congratulating them on
their successes and cheering them on by sharing a few of their stories
with the world. Here are the stories of some affiliate entrepreneurs we
admire. (links to MyStory page)

Sympa is a rich open source mailing list software. Its design highly
focuses on customization possibilities and ease of administration.

	Advanced features

• Bulk emailer
• Internationalization, translated to 15 different languages
• Service messages and web pages defined by templates
• Subscriber information stored in a RDBMS (Mysql, Pg, Oracle or Sybase)
• Web interface with user and admin features
• Different web authentication backends including Single Sign-on systems
• Web document repository for list members
• S/MIME support for both signature verification and mail encryption
• Automatic bounces management
• External antiviral plugin
• Virtual robots management
• SOAP ML service

Conduit is a free service that let’s you create a custom dynamic toolbar in 3 easy steps

Greenpeace
is a global non-profit organization, with a presence in 40 countries
across Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific. Its mission is to
expose environmental criminals, and to challenge government and
corporations when they fail to live up to their mandate to safeguard
our environment and our future.

Greenpeace
was evaluating options to build a stronger online community. After
reviewing other options, they decided to create and offer Conduit
community toolbar to their activists via their website.

What does the Greenpeace International community toolbar let you do?

	Get various news headlines and fresh content automatically via the RSS Reader
	Stay connected with Greenpeace International’s site constantly
	Chat with other activists who have the Greenpeace Conduit toolbar installed
	Get notified of new e-mails to POP3, Yahoo!, Gmail, or Hotmail accounts
	Search from anywhere on the web
	Includes a cookie cleaner, a history cleaner, and a cache cleaner

Download at http://greenpeaceinternational.ourtoolbar.com/

	" I love my Greenpeace Conduit toolbar. It keeps me connected with what I am passionate about, and I love the email notifier as well ".

Engage Your Supporters Online

The CivicSpace On Demand service provides any individual a simple,
web-based solution to the problem of bringing individuals and groups
together on the internet. Communicate with supporters via a website and
e-newsletters. Offer them opportunities to act in support of your cause
by making an online donation, volunteering or attending an event. Keep
track of your supporters in a powerful, integrated central database. No
software to install or maintain: all it takes is your web browser.