OneGreatFamily Affiliate Newsletter


Affiliate Newsletter
July 2004


Dear {RECIPIENT_NAME},

Welcome to the OneGreatFamily July Affiliate newsletter!

Below are some ideas and news to help you get excited and active with the OneGreatFamily affiliate program. I hope you find this newsletter to be very valuable.

Let me know if I can be any help to you or if you need something to further promote OneGreatFamily. Thank you again for your support and participation.

Please contact me with any questions!

Contents:

1. What's New? OneGreatFamily Increases Affiliate Commission Rates!

2. Top 5 Affiliates in June 2004

3. About OneGreatFamily: OneGreatFamily Solves Genealogy Challenges

4. Affiliate Tip: New Issue of Revenue Magazine

1. What's New with the Program? - OneGreatFamily Increases Affiliate Commission Rates!

Starting on July 1st OneGreatFamily decided to chagne the commission rate structure for the affiliate program to the following:

New Commission Rates:

  • 25% for 1-15 Subscriptions sold

  • 30% for 16-29 Subscriptions sold

  • 35% for 30+ Subscriptions sold


    • We appreciate all the work our affiliates do for OneGreatFamily and we wanted to reward you well for it. Keep up the good work and please email me for any help.

    2. Top 5 Affiliates in June

    Top 5 Affiliates in June based on sale revenues:
    1. $763
    2. $733
    3. $718
    4. $524
    5. $315

    Thanks to all the affiliates who had sales in June - we appreciate your hard work!!

    3. What genealogical challenges are solved by OneGreatFamily?

    OneGreatFamily recently asked users which genealogy challenge is best addressed by OneGreatFamily. The top response (over 40% of all responses) was that the biggest challenge addressed by OneGreatFamily is "finding others who may be researching common ancestors."

    Other popular responses included "the ability to see the size and shape of a family tree" (18%) and "finding new relevant information based on current research" (16%). The two responses that mentioned wasting time, either by searching through billions of irrelevant records or by duplicating research that has already been done, received 15% of responses.

    How does OneGreatFamily solve the challenge of knowing who else is researching your family tree? The answer is actually a little more complicated than you might think.

    First, OneGreatFamily uses matching and merging to tie family trees with shared lines together in a meaningful way. This process removes duplication from the OneGreatFamily database, which allows you to see all the available information for each person in your family tree and to see each person or group that has provided information for each person. You no longer have to review dozens or hundreds of duplicate records for the same family members. The merging process also provides you with certainty that you are meeting and collaborating with others who are researching your ancestors.

    After the family trees have been tied together, you can access the information others have provided for YOUR ancestors. This is done by checking your family tree for new information. Any individuals who are added to your family tree will appear in gray boxes. You can also review hints and conflicts that appear in your family tree. Hints are indicated by lightbulbs and conflicts are indicated by lightning bolts. You can review past newsletters or our online help files to learn more about these features.

    As you review hints and conflicts, you can also see the other groups in OneGreatFamily that provided the additional information. You can then collaborate with these groups using the collaborate feature in the Genealogy Browser. This process allows you to contact and communicate with other members of OneGreatFamily via email. OneGreatFamily automatically references the individual in the family tree on whom you wish to collaborate in your email message.

    Several people have been surprised over the years to find that other members of OneGreatFamily have duplicated or extended research they had already done. The ability to find and collaborate with other researchers can create relationships with distant cousins and provide a wealth of genealogical information that may be hard to find otherwise.

    By combining duplicate research, OneGreatFamily also makes information available on collateral genealogical lines. A collateral line is a line that includes the descendants of a sibling of your ancestor. Collateral lines provide valuable clues to fill in gaps or answer questions related to your direct line. They also let you see how you are related to your distant cousins and others with whom you collaborate on OneGreatFamily.

    The ability to meet and collaborate with others who are researching your family tree is one of the core benefits provided by OneGreatFamily. OneGreatFamily is the ONLY genealogy service designed to let you see everyone else who is researching your family tree and to let you see how you are related to the rest of humanity.

    Visit OneGreatFamily to help you better promote our unique services to your visitors.

    4. Affiliate Tip: New Issue of Revenue Magazine

    The second issue of Revenue magazine is out and on the newsstands. Revenue is the only magazine dedicated entirely to affiliate marketing, and I encourage you to subscribe. Below is a rundown of this issue:

    BEEN THERE, DONE THAT: Interview with Shawn Collins
    One of the pioneers of affiliate marketing talks about what's ahead for affiliates, networks, commissions and more.

    WIN OR LOSE: Marketing Gambling, Sex and Drugs Online
    It takes a special type of affiliate to promote gambling, pharmaceuticals and adult entertainment online. But the rewards outweigh the risks for many Web entrepreneurs.

    LESS IS MORE by Declan Dunn
    ValueClick's acquisition of Commission Junction marks a milestone on the road to a stronger but smaller affiliate industry

    HELP WANTED: But What's the Job?
    It's hard to find a great affiliate manager. It can even be hard to figure out what a great affiliate manager is.

    WOOING THE LONELY HEARTS: The Dating Game
    Some see dating sites as the path to true love. But affiliates are falling for the high profits and rapid growth of a popular market.

    Plus feature stories and columns on:

    BAD GUERRILLAS – Jay Conrad Levinson on blunders.
    THE SEARCHERS – Getting traffic to your site.
    BY DESIGN – How to keep visitors from leaving.
    TAXING TIMES – Time to start next year's taxes.
    REVENEWS – Norton's wall around affiliates.
    DATABASICS – Setting your data tables.

    Click here to subscribe to Revenue.


    As always, let me know if I can do anything for you. The sole purpose of this newsletter is to benefit your efforts and help you grow your partnership with us. Good Luck this month! Don't hesitate to contact me any time.

    Warm Regards,

    Heather Matthews
    OneGreatFamily
    Affiliate Program Manager
    heather.matthews@onegreatfamily.com
    http://www.onegreatfamily.com/affiliate/affiliate.htm
    MSN IM: heather.matthews@onegreatfamily.com
    425-313-5847


    Archived Affiliate Newsletters

    If you are new to the OneGreatFamily Affiliate Program and would like to view past editions of the OneGreatFamily Affiliate Newsletter - we have archived all of them. Click here to view the Newsletter Archive. All the newsletters list the top affiliates, what was happening that month, and an affiliate tip to help you generate more sales.