We know the job market is tough, especially for a guy crossing the country, depending on the kindness of strangers to finance his travels. We’ve seen your struggles looking for work, and we here at Paulson Management Group, Inc. want to help you out. We have a tricky assignment that we believe only you can adequately handle with the proper suave sophistication necessary for the job – constructing a Toobeez EZ-Fort  for use as a prop in one of our PMG-AffiliateTV episodes, which we’ll be filming at a later date.

For your time and trouble, we’re prepared to offer you $400 to line your pocket. We’ll also send you on your way with a Patagonia Nano-Puff jacket, which should make those cold nights spent huddled in your car just a little more bearable. We offer a pleasant working atmosphere, including fresh roasted Boulder coffee, an assortment of delicacies from Spruce Confections, and a prime location on Pearl Street in beautiful downtown Boulder, Colorado.

Come join our PMG team of 16 internet marketers from diverse backgrounds for a day of not-so-hard manual labor, and we’ll ensure you are richly rewarded for your efforts!

If you are interested in following Dave Price as he travels through the USA back to New York go here.

We at PMG are invested in educating the affiliates who promote our affiliate programs, and wanted to provide a place where we can offer educational materials, a forum to ask questions, and a place to learn from one another. PMG Academy materials will be posted regularly to the Affiliate Education portion of the PMG Forum, offering tips, how-to guides, and best practices to help affiliates achieve optimal success with the affiliate programs they promote. Specific examples and case studies will be offered from affiliate programs managed by PMG, and tips and ideas for promoting each of those unique programs will be available as well. The PMG Academy will offer information on everything from social media to paid search marketing to SEO. You can sign up for the forum for free here!

We offer the PMG Forum to serve alongside the longstanding and respected ABestWeb Affiliate Marketing Forum and Affspot Performance Marketing Affiliate Forum as an additional resource offering education, insight, and community to affiliates, marketers, merchants, and anyone involved in the affiliate marketing industry. In addition to featuring an educational portal, the new PMG forum will feature threads for each affiliate program we manage, announcements for affiliate conventions and events, social threads for networking and community building, and a calendar of events to assist affiliates in keeping up on affiliate marketing timelines and new product launches.

To kick things off in style, we are running a contest offering $300 to the first affiliate who fulfills all of the following criteria, and proves it with URLs posted in the forum thread:

39DollarGlasses.com

Right now is a great time to promote sunglasses. Summer may be waning, but the sun is still as bright as it ever was! Prescription sunglasses are big, and 39DollarGlasses has some new styles to entice fashion-savvy wearers. The new Rikki frame is oversized, with inset rhinestones on the stems for a little extra bling. The new Vicky frames also feature rhinestone sparkle, with a lower profile.

The gents will appreciate the sleek Burbank shades. Or maybe the slightly larger, but angled Vancouver frames. Of course, any of these frames are also available with clear lenses. Or check out the full selection of new frames for yourself. You can see new glasses, and new sunglasses and choose your favorite!

39DollarGlasses is a favorite with customers and affiliates alike for a reason.

Join the program today if you’re not already part of the 39DollarGlasses.com Affiliate Program, and start earning 8% to 13% commission. If you’re already in the program, we’re happy you’re with us, so let us know if we can do anything to help your campaign!

And while you’re at it, follow 39DollarGlasses on Twitter and join them on their Facebook Fan Page!

The new PMG CouponFeeder™ is a unique solution to an ongoing problem. The merchant has coupons for their affiliate program and the affiliate wants coupons to promote that affiliate program, but communication between the two can get lost along the way. Coupons expire, or they never get into the hands of the affiliate in the first place. No more. The PMG CouponFeeder™ is a coupon and offer page for all affiliates of programs under PMG’s managed care. PMG merchants’ coupons and offers are added to, and maintained in, the CouponFeeder™ database. The database is also easily accessible to affiliates as an RSS feed, which means affiliates can have the most up-t0-date coupons on a program sent directly to their inbox.

PMG CouponFeeder™ tracks all coupon offers and their expiration dates, and automatically disseminates the information to the people who need it most — the affiliates who will be hosting the coupons. Affiliates interested in subcribing to receive the RSS feed automatically so they don’t have to go looking for it simply need an RSS feed reader. Some of the more popular readers include Live Bookmarks, Google, Yahoo or Bloglines . After that, it’s an easy matter of hitting the big orange button on the PMG CouponFeeder™ page. The coupons are organized by program.

Check out all the affiliate management tools now available from Paulson Management Group here. Then let us know how we can help you!

We’re offering a $100 gift certificate to one lucky affiliate who writes a blog post about 39DollarGlasses.com.

To win, send us a unique blog post about 39DollarGlasses.com (you choose the topic!) and we’ll collect all affiliate information and hold a random drawing at the end of the month. Make sure we have a valid email address for you so we can contact you at the end of the contest.

Whether you win or not, we will Twitter all affiliate blog posts we receive to help you spread the word. Email us at 39dg@paulsonmanagementgroup.com with the URL of your blog post, and please include your CJ CID so we can find you more easily. We’ll collect all entries, and email the winner directly, then announce the winner in our next newsletter, and on ABestWeb and AffSpot affiliate forums.

If you’re not already an affiliate with 39DollarGlasses.com, you can sign up for the program here. The 39DollarGlasses.com affiliate program offers 8%-13% commission on every sale and a 120-day cookie. Feel free to use any pictures from the 39DollarGlasses.com website.

We look forward to seeing what you come up with — blog on!

Pet-Source.co is run by pet-people who understand the specific needs of pets and their owners. Pet-Source.com offers a full array of prescription and non-prescription medications for dogs, cats, horses, reptiles, fish, and other animals, in addition to food, vitamins, beds, and other items that pets need. The people of Pet-Source.com care about their own pets, and want to extend that care to their customers’ beloved animals as well. Pet-Source.com offers a warm, nurturing atmosphere where pet owners can come for information and to feel part of a community, in addition to purchasing all their pet-med needs.  A veterinarian is on staff who will regularly answer questions sent in by concerned pet owners.

The Pet-Source.com affiliate program will feature a generous 12% standard tier and 15% top performer tier, with a 60-day cookie. Current promotions running for the program include:

**A free bag of Etta Treats with any purchase over $39 (that’s an $8 value, and we haven’t met a dog or cat yet who could resist them!)
**Free Shipping on all orders over $49!

The Pet-Source.com Affiliate Program just launched today, so sign up here and start promoting! If you’ll be attending AffCon2010 in Denver, stop by the PMG Pavillion, and we’ll be happy to help you sign up on the spot. Come say “hi,” enjoy a treat from the PMG chocolate fountain, be interviewed by PMG-AffiliateTV, and enter our raffle for a chance to win one of over $30,000 worth of prizes! And don’t forget to attend the PMG SUPER STAR Affiliate Party on June 22nd, 8pm at the Church Nightclub!

Mommy Blogger Affiliates on the Rise!

Two of the fastest growing segments of the social media space are mommy bloggers and celebrity bloggers, and anyone involved in ecommerce these days would do well to pay attention to both.

Mommy bloggers in particular are wielding massive influence right now. Some of the most successful mommy bloggers have taken on a certain celebrity status of their own, such as Heather B. Armstrong who recently was recruited for a show on HGTV. Mindy Roberts, author of The Mommy Blog, has also made a name for herself as a single, divorced mom of three young children, blogging on her experience and offering advice to others in her situation as well.  Other mommy bloggers are a collective effort from moms trying to make a difference, such as CoolMomPicks.com, who track down cool stuff and deals for busy moms.

It’s estimated that nearly 34 million moms go online monthly for news, shopping, information, and for accessing the social media space. Since 2006, the number of moms using social media has skyrocketed more than 500%. Nielsen reports that moms who are between the ages of 25 and 54 with at least one child under the age of 18 still at home, represent around 19% of the total online population.  It’s not a quietly passive population either. Recently, Procter & Gamble’s Pampers Dry Max diapers barely averted brand management disaster after an irate mommy blogger complained about the diapers giving her baby “chemical burns”. The story spread like wildfire across blogs and Facebook, a Facebook Page boycotting the diapers was born, and the story hit the news channels hard. It was a brand management nightmare for Proctor & Gamble.

The good news is, even as mommy bloggers can, and will, act as watch dogs on products and brands that they feel aren’t taking their and their babys’ best interests to heart, they can also act as strong advocates for the brands they believe in. This offers a promising opportunity for brands who listen and learn. According to the Marketing to Moms Coalition, 60% of moms feel that marketers are ignoring their needs, and 73% of moms feel that advertisers really don’t understand what it’s like to be a mom.

The expansion in ecommerce for foods, beauty and household products is projected to grow to as much as $12 billion in 2011, and moms are holding America’s pocketbooks. Moms control as much as 85% of household spending, and are worth more than $2 trillion to U.S. brands.  Mommy bloggers can help promote the brands they believe in by supporting their affiliate programs, and spreading the word. Mom do exceptionally well with brands such as Build-A-Bear Workshop®, which has earned the Good Housekeeping Seal of approval, and the approval of parents across the country. Rascals2Rockstars.com is also a great program for mommy bloggers, offering high fashion kids clothing at reasonable prices. Pet-Source.com, new to the affiliate space, is expected to do well with mommy bloggers as well, promoting a warm community of pet people helping other pet people. After all, it’s usually mom who usually ends of taking care of the family dog.

Celebrity bloggers are also on the rise, and pulling in massive traffic. Celebrity blogs come in two flavors – celebrities who are blogging (or who have their name attached to a blog) such as Britney Spears, and celebrity bloggers, such as Perez Hilton of PerezHilton.com, who have achieved a certain degree of fame themselves by blogging about other celebrities. The latter are hugely popular due to the millions who are searching for the latest gossip on their favorite celebs. The former, however, are also popular with their own often huge fan base. Most people have heard about the dominance of certain celebrities on Twitter, such as Ashton Kutcher (5 million plus followers!) and Paris Hilton (2 million plus followers to date!). That same allure carries over into the blogosphere.

Both types of bloggers are heavy hitters for affiliates, and do especially well with fashion, jewelry, and skin-care products. Sans-Age, the skin-care line developed by skin guru Danné King is a great fit, and currently promoted by actress Thea Gill. SuperJeweler.com features jewelry that has been enjoyed and worn by celebrities including Blake Lively and Katherine Heigl, making it a perfect fit for celebrity bloggers. In the same vein, ShopManhattanite features top designer fashions, many of which are seen worn by Hollywood’s elite.

Whether it’s new moms or celebrity hounds a certain brand appeals to, all brands would do well to pay attention. The growing dominance of mommy bloggers and celebrity bloggers in the social media space doesn’t look to wane anytime soon.

BuildaBear.com is the home site for Build-a-Bear Workshop®, the original,  interactive, make-your-own stuffed animal entertainment experience available at more than 400 Build-a-Bear Workshop® stores worldwide. Since 1997, children and the young-at-heart have enjoyed making completely personalized stuffed animals in Build-a-Bear Workshop® stores, which are now found in the US, Puerto Rico, Canada, the UK, Ireland, and France, as well in franchise stores in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, and the Middle East. At every Build-a-Bear Workshop® store, guests enjoy interacting at 8 different stations where they choose a stuffed animal, dress it, accessorize it, name it, and bring it to life with a customized birth certificate.

A visit to the Build-a-Bear Workshop® is available to an even wider audience online at BuildaBear.com, where all the same furry friend choices are available as in stores. The award-winning BuildaBear.com website has a full range of clothing and accessories options to outfit the stuffed animal chosen, and every animal purchased on the website includes the Build-a-Bear trademark satin heart, and the Find-a-Bear ID barcode, which has reunited thousands of furry friends and their owners. Visitors to BuildaBear.com can also schedule and plan a Build-a-Party®, where guests pre-select animals, clothes, and accessories for a birthday party, or another special occasion.

Build-a-Bear is a name known and trusted by millions. Build-a-Bear Workshop® believes in giving their guests the opportunity to support causes that are important to them. Since Build-a-Bear Workshop® was founded, the company has donated more than $25 million to charitable organizations that help children, families, animals, and the environment! Build-a-Bear Workshop® has been recognized with numerous awards including the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list in 2009 and 2010, the WiredKids “Best of the Web” Award sponsored by WiredSafety.org in 2009, a Retail TouchPoints’ Channel Integration Award in 2009, and many more.

Come Meet Bearemy® at AffCon2010 in Denver!

The Build-a-Bear Workshop® affiliate program will launch very soon in Commission Junction with competitive terms for affiliates. Affiliates can sign up for the Build-a-Bear Workshop® affiliate program from a link on the PMG website affiliate programs page as soon as it launches! And PMG has another surprise in store for affiliates! If you’ll be attending AffCon2010 this year, you can meet Bearemy^®  the Build-a-Bear Workshop® official mascot, in the fur, at the PMG Pavillion located on the main floor  of the Denver Convention Center!

Come by the PMG Pavillion, have your picture taken with Bearemy^® the Build-a-Bear Workshop® official mascot, and be interviewed by PMG-Affiliate TV, which will be streaming live from the AffCon2010 floor. PMG-Affiliate TV will also be at the PMG SUPERSTAR Affiliate Party at the Church Nightclub on June 22nd, so visit us there as well, and enjoy an evening of music, dancing, amazing prizes, and a fun place to network!

May is Melanoma Awareness Month. While this serves as a reminder to most folks to slather on the sunscreen, people shouldn’t forget to protect their precious peepers at the same time. Melanoma can also affect several parts of the eye, from the eyelid to the eyeball itself, and is the most common type of eye tumor in adults.

Luckily, preventing eye melanoma has an easy and stylish solution — wear your shades! You and your website visitors will appreciate the full selection of sunglasses available at 39DollarGlasses.com. They can make any frames into a pair of sunglasses — just pick a tint! It’s also important to make sure our children have appropriate sun protection for their eyes as well. Children’s eyes are actually more sensitive to UV rays than adult eyes, absorbing up to 70% more on their delicate retinas. 39DollarGlasses.com also has a full selection of frames for children, all of them also available as sunglasses.

People often forget about prescription sunglasses, but this is the season to promote them! Sign up here for the  39DollarGlasses.com affiliate program if you’re not already an affiliate with us. As far as healthy lifestyle changes go, wearing a stylish pair of sunglasses is an easy (and smart) change to make — and an easy sell!

39DollarGlasses.com brings consumers the best of  both worlds — quality and low price. What better combination?! We have banners specifically targeted to consumers looking for children’s eyewear — a 125 x 125 and 200 x 200 banner — both available in CJ now! Sign up here if you’re not already an affiliate, and grab the media to start promoting the program.

Of course, we have other great media options for you as well, and coupons! Banners of all sizes, and text links from general to specific are available. And videos! If you haven’t checked out any of our fun affiliate videos, we encourage you to do so. Three different videos are available, and all track affiliate sales. There’s a colorful dancing glasses video, and two storyline videos  — one featuring a woman who has glasses for EVERY occasion (watch it below!), and another with a smooth talker who credits his luck with ladies with his new glasses.

39DollarGlasses.com is proud to offer quality prescription glasses and sunglasses for every member of the family!