OneGreatFamily Affiliate Newsletter


Affiliate Newsletter
October 2004

Dear {RECIPIENT_NAME},

Welcome to the OneGreatFamily October Affiliate newsletter!

Are you ready for a boost in sales this month? October is Family History Month, a month to celebrate our ancestors. OneGreatFamily is celebrating Family History Month by lowering the subscription price! We will also be giving away a $50 bonus to the affiliate who generates the most promotion sales. Look below for creative to use to alert your visitors about this month's lower subscription prices!

Below are more 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 is Celebrating Family History Month - Earn $50 Bonus!

2. Top 5 Affiliates in September 2004

3. What do my visitors get with a subscription to OneGreatFamily?

4. Affiliate Tip: Build your Opt-In List

1. What's New with the Program? - OneGreatFamily to Celebrate Family History Month!

October is Family History Month, a month to celebrate our ancestors and the stories of our families. OneGreatFamily wants to make the most of this month by lowering our subscription prices. This means more sales for you! It will also encourage visitors to sign up immediately. We have decided to give away $50 to the affiliate who has the most visitors sign up for the promotion. Use the banner below on your site and send out an email to your opt-in lists using the content link. The winner will be awarded the $50 on November 1st!! Here is how much visitors to OneGreatFamily will save:

Annual Subscription: $74.95 Only $59.95 – Save $15
Quarterly Subscription: $29.95 Only $19.95 – Save $10
Monthly Subscription: $14.95 Only $9.95 – Save $5

Here ia a link I have just uploaded into Commission Junction for you to use during the promotion:

BANNER:

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CONTENT LINK: (for opt-in list)

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2. Top 5 Affiliates in September

Top 5 Affiliates in September based on sale revenues:
  1. $958
  2. $569
  3. $524
  4. $329
  5. $299

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

3. What do my visitors get with a subscription to OneGreatFamily?

Some customers have a hard time understanding what OneGreatFamily is and what is included in a subscription to OneGreatFamily. Some people erroneously believe OneGreatFamily is in the business of selling family tree data. Some of this confusion is created by competitors that charge fees to access their family tree collections or that sell family tree data that has been freely submitted back to customers on CD-ROMs. OneGreatFamily does not engage in either practice.

What is included in a subscription to OneGreatFamily?

If OneGreatFamily doesn't sell data, then what is included in a subscription? OneGreatFamily spent three years developing technology that automatically compares your family tree with the family trees that have been submitted by others. Where exact matches are found, the data are merged. Merges in OneGreatFamily create opportunities for people to collaborate on their genealogies, identify new ancestors, and discover conflicting information. As explained in past newsletters, OneGreatFamily's ability to preserve each person's view of the family tree is something that makes OneGreatFamily unique.

OneGreatFamily charges money for the added value the OneGreatFamily system provides in helping people around the world collaborate on one family tree This approach reduces duplication, makes identifying ancestors easier, and improves the ability of each member of OneGreatFamily to collaborate with others. OneGreatFamily provides each member of OneGreatFamily with complete access to the information they have submitted to the service. The Genealogy Browser allows anyone who is a subscriber or registered guest to edit or download their personal information.

Subscribers receive the added benefit of being able to view the names and information for individuals who have been added to their family trees through accepted hints and automated merges. Subscribers can also print wall charts and use a Genealogy Browser that does not display advertising.

OneGreatFamily is not in the business of selling user-submitted data. OneGreatFamily's business is focused on facilitating genealogy growth and discoveries by providing personalized access to the human family tree.

4. Affiliate Tip: Build Your Opt-In List

More and more surveys and studies show the power of relevant, requested email marketing. If you can write one article a month, bundle it with other content from your site, and place targeted advertising inside - you've got yourself another great stream of income, and an effective way to communicate with your audience.

Does your site have a newsletter? Does your newsletter work for you? Do you have a signup box featured prominently on every page?

If you worry about what to say in a newsletter, take a look at your website. What new things have you added? What are you planning on adding? You can also sign up for newsletters from your competition - they can be great sources of ideas.

Every newsletter is another great opportunity to integrate marketing messages. Look for promotions from your merchants that are particularly timely or relevant. Text links in email can be the very most effective advertising of your entire marketing mix.

CGI scripts and other resources are available to help you set up a system for 'capturing' email addresses of your visitors. A search on Google, or a trip to CGIscript.net can show you a number of tools for gathering information about your audience.


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
801-491-0335 ext. 240


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.