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MGECOM is hiring!

Mar 11 2014 by Matt Enders

Due to the growth of our client roster, MGECOM is in need of an experienced Affiliate Manager to manage a number of our client’s affiliate programs. Please read our job description below. If you are qualified and would like to learn more, please apply below. Thank you!

Job Title:
Affiliate Account Executive

Reports to:
CEO

Overall Responsibility
Manage affiliate marketing programs on a daily basis by completing both day-to-day tasks and focusing on long-term goals and objectives which are designed to increase revenue and ROI for our clients.

Areas of Responsibility
Writing informational newsletters to be sent to large numbers of recipients.
Reviewing, evaluating, and processing applications submitted by individuals interested in participating in our clients’ affiliate program.
Developing informational reports which are delivered to our clients.
Writing blog articles to be posted on our corporate site.
Maintaining open lines of communications with affiliates, responding to affiliate inquiries promptly, and developing supportive relationships with affiliates.
Implementing various campaigns, promotions, and events designed by our and our clients’ teams.
Policing affiliate’s marketing activities for adherence to program terms and conditions.
Recruiting potential affiliates into our client’s marketing programs.

Qualifications
3+ years of experience in the affiliate marketing industry.
Basic knowledge of HTML is required.
Degree in Business Management, Marketing, Advertising, Operations, or related field of study.
An interest in learning about new and developing internet technologies.
The ability to work with large groups of diverse people.
Strong organizational, analytical, presentation and problem solving skills.
The ability to understand numbers and trends and develop action plans.
The ability to communicate clearly, professionally, and courteously over a variety of mediums.
The willingness to embrace and understand new concepts.

Compensation:
Compensation is commensurate with experience. You will have the opportunity to work from the location of your choosing; proximity to MGECOM headquarters is not necessary.

Application:
Interested candidates should submit a resume AND cover letter to jobs@mgecom.com. Applications lacking a cover letter will be ignored.

Girls’ Guide to Paris GO-Card vs. other “Paris Cards” – Completely Different!

Mar 06 2014 by Matt Enders

The GO-Card from Girls’ Guide to Paris is like having a good friend in Paris help you plan your trip. Our little black book of resources let you eat, live, play and stay in Paris….for less! – See more at: http://girlsguidetoparis.com/gg2p-go-card/#sthash.UQEjrnoM.dpuf

10-25% discounts from our 250+ handpicked partners
VIP access, special gifts and offers from our Paris Insiders List
A set of self-guided walking tours, to get you into the Paris Scene!
A subscription to our new digital travel magazine about Paris and beyond

[More Info…]

This is how Go-Card stacks up to the competition:

	Paris Pass	The City Case	GO-Card
Museum Passes	✓	✓
Metro Passes	✓	✓
Riverboat Cruise	✓	✓
Hop-on Hop-off Tour Buses	✓
Hotel Discounts Paris & France			✓
Restaurant Discounts in Paris			✓
Wine Bar Discounts			✓
Store Discounts			✓
Tours Around Paris & France			✓
Skip the Line at Versailles & Eiffel Tower Tours			✓
Downloadable Walking Tours			✓
Language, Cooking, Photography Classes			✓
Ground Transport from⁄to Airport			✓
Car Rentals			✓
Cell Phone Cards			✓
Girls’ Guide to Europe Magazine Subscription			✓
Invites to Exclusive Events			✓
Cost:	From $110 for 2 Days	From $158 for 2 Days	$75 for ENTIRE YEAR

Girls’ Guide to Paris is a one-stop planning resource for travel to Paris and France: get discounts on hotels, car rental, tours and more as well as inspiration and useful reviews so you have the trip of a lifetime.

We offer a comprehensive website with blog, newsletter, and e-magazine dedicated to providing travel resources on Paris and France. Site visitors get VIP insider access to a virtual ‘little pink book’ of the best places and experiences in France.

We also offer reviews of hotels, restaurants and activities, as well as downloadable walking tours and an exclusive discount ‘GO-Card’ help visitors eat, live, play and stay like a VIP in Paris – for less. inspiration and reviews to help you make memories to last a lifetime…

Products:

GO-Card

Your all-access pass to discounted hotels, tours and car rentals, VIP treatment from our 250+ partners

Magazine

Girls’ Guide to Paris digital magazine is a mini-vacation to Paris (and beyond!) delivered directly to your inbox six times a year, for a bit more than the price of un café et un croissant.

Walking Tours

The Girl’s Guide walking tours highlight the key places in Paris on your iPhone or Android, without the hassle of roaming charges. Just download the tours

Affiliate Program Details:

Commission:

10% Commission

Cookie:

90-Day Cookie

PPC Policy:

Application:

Join us on ShareASale.

Contact US:

Send us your message at girlsguidetoparis@mecom.com.

MGECOM is Hiring a BD Superstar!

Feb 19 2014 by Matt Enders

Building your career at MGECOM affords you the freedom of telecommuting from your home while working with a virtual team of affiliate marketing professionals that live across the country. Our dedicated team is active in the affiliate community, have built rewarding relationships with affiliates and are always thinking of new ways to grow their client’s affiliate programs.

Job Title
Senior Business Development Consultant

Reports to
Vice President of Business Development and Marketing

To Apply
1. Thoroughly review this position description and browse our website to learn more about us.
2. MOST IMPORTANT: Write a relevant cover letter specific to this opportunity. Please do not simply forward us your resume! We want to know about your knowledge, experience, and passion for selling. We also want to hear explicitly how you are qualified be our next Biz Dev Super Star. Don’t be shy – tell us about yourself and why you are the best person to join the MGECOM Biz Dev team.
**Show us that you can sell.**

Send your resume and awesomely relevant cover letter to jobs@mgecom.com and the relevant hiring manager.

Position Overview
The Senior Business Development Consultant secures new business for MGECOM, Inc. via a sales process that is predominantly telephone and internet based, with occasional face to face selling and trade shows. Target audience is large online merchants that would benefit from MGECOM’s industry leading affiliate program management services.

Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will have demonstrated success utilizing a consultative selling process to identify, recruit and close deals for an online advertising or marketing service offering. Prior success selling affiliate marketing management services to IR Top 500 and Fortune 500 companies is a big plus. This role requires a natural closer with an aggressive, hunter mentality, impeccable ethics, and entrepreneurial drive. A strong rolodex of merchant contacts is a plus. Must be able to work independently in a virtual work setting and have an appropriate location from which to work. There is no geographic preference for the work location.

Areas of Responsibility
Build and nurture an effective sales pipeline
Identify and engage the proper contact within each prospective client organization
Understand the prospect’s business model, marketing strategy, and challenges
Present MGECOM and how our services solve problems and provide gain for the prospects
Develop custom, mutually beneficial proposals
Negotiate agreement details and follow up to ensure agreements are executed properly
Maintain records of all leads in every stage of the sales process in CRM system
Report weekly to the Vice President of Business Development and Marketing on progress
Qualifications

Prior success in development of new business, preferably B2B marketing/advertising services

Ability to develop a business case and communicate persuasively to executives
Extreme confidence in your own abilities
Comfort selling to C-level executives and business owners
Passion for technology and the internet
Drive and ability to work efficiently with limited supervision
A clean, professional communication style
A business degree preferred, MBA a big plus
Familiarity with our service/industry is not required, but preferred

Travel
Occasional travel may be required, as necessary, throughout the business development process. Attendance at annual conferences in locations such as Las Vegas, Chicago, New York, Santa Barbara, and Boston is possible. Overall travel will generally be less than 5%.

Compensation
This is an independent contractor position with compensation based heavily on a very generous commission schedule. The right candidate will be highly motivated to earn a large personal income via sales commissions. There is no cap to potential earnings and $100k, or more, in the first year is very realistic.

MGECOM now Manages the Sittercity Affiliate Program

Feb 17 2014 by Matt Enders

MGECOM.com is proud to announce we are now managing the
Sittercity Affiliate Program!

About Sittercity:

Sittercity.com makes finding the perfect sitter quick, safe and simple. With over two million caregiver profiles nationwide, Sittercity is America’s largest and most trusted site for matching parents with local babysitters and nannies as well pet sitters, and senior care providers. Parents can sign up for either a monthly, quarterly or yearly membership. Take a moment to visit Sittercity to learn more about us!

If you are not a part of the Sittercity Affiliate Program, now is the time to join! You’ll earn a great commission by sending us customers who are looking for caring and qualified sitters, pet sitters, and senior care.

Sittercity Affiliate Program Details:

$50 commission for every new parent registration
$25 commission for coupons, deals, rebates and cash-back sites
Please note – Sittercity pays commission only for New Premium Memberships
Monthly coupons, promotions and bonuses to help you earn more commissions

As a reminder, Sittercity does not permit any PPC or paid advertising using our brand terms. Also, affiliates may not display coupon codes or offers that are not available through CJ.

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If you have any questions about the Sittercity Affiliate Program, please send us an e-mail

MGECOM Re-Launches The Kids in the House Aff Program!

Feb 10 2014 by Matt Enders

MGECOM.com is proud to announce that the Kids in the House Affiliate Program has been re-launched and is now LIVE on Commission Junction and we want you on to join our team!

About Kids in the House:

Kids In The House: Expert Parenting Advice is an educational website with the goal of helping parents and caregivers become better at parenting by educating, inspiring and entertaining.

We offer over 8,000 quick, easy to digest and FREE video answers from over 450 of the top parenting experts in the world! – including physicians, psychologists, researchers, educators, and best-selling authors, as well as leaders of national organizations.

In addition to video content, users can save and share playlists, download written content and discuss in forums with parents and experts worldwide or in their area. Topics range from pregnancy all the way through college.

The Kids in the House Affiliate Program includes:

$0.50 per subscription conversion
40 Day Referral Period
Large Assortment of Banner and Text Links

Thank you for considering and joining the MGECOM-Managed Kids in the House Affiliate Program. We have many great promotions and offers to bring you this year! We look forward to working with you to maximize your earnings with Kids in the House!

MGECOM Launches a New and Improved ChicNova Affiliate Program!

Feb 03 2014 by Matt Enders

MGECOM is proud to announce they have taken over the management of the ChicNova Affiliate Program!

About ChicNova:

ChicNova is a leading online fashion retailer that strives to bring the latest fashion trends to every corner of the world. Their style is inspired and led by catwalks and celebrities and they offer a “mix and match” for ideas and recommendations that will keep your customers up to date with the latest trends.

We offer a wide range of fashion products, from women’s apparel, footwear, handbags, jewelry to footwear and accessories. More than 50 new styles are added every day to keep up with the fashions for every season. Please visit our site to see all the fantastic products we offer.

Features of the ChicNova Affiliate Program include:

13% commission, 16% for monthly sales over $500.
90 day cookie.
Regularly updated data feed of over 7,500 products.
Monthly promotions.
Deals and coupons for your customers.
International shipping (some countries excluded).
Open PPC Policy – Contact us for specific details.
Multi-Network Program; CJ, SAS and LS available!

Search Policy: We encourage ChicNova affiliates to conduct their own PPC campaigns but we do ask you to refrain from using the ChicNova.com display URL. You are however allowed to use www.yoursite.com/chicnova or http://chicnova.yoursite.com as your display URL.

Thank you for being a part of the New MGECOM-Managed ChicNova Affiliate Program. If you are not yet on the team, please join us at the network of your choice!

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MGECOM Invites you to the SQN Sport Affiliate Program!

Jan 28 2014 by Matt Enders

MGECOM.com annoucnes the SQN Sport Affiliate Program and it is now LIVE on
LinkShare and we want you on to join our team!

About the SQN Sport Affiliate Program:

We are looking for websites that interested in promoting healthy lifestyle choices because that’s vision behind the SQN Sport brand. Headquartered in Sun Valley, Idaho the designers of SQN create high quality, comfortable, performance fit apparel for women. As a member of the SQN Sport Affiliate Program, you earn commission when your visitors buy from sqnsport.com.

Affiliate Benefits:

15% commission on net sales, excluding shipping, taxes and returns
Eligibility for commission on sales originating from your site within 45 days
It’s free to join
Real time reporting and sales tracking

Thank you for considering and joining the MGECOM-Managed SQN Sport Affiliate Program. We have many great promotions and offers to bring you this year! We look forward to working with you to maximize your earnings with SQN Sport!

Get to Know Us: Meet Marc Samouilhan

Jan 27 2014 by Matt Enders

We are pleased to welcome our newest Affiliate Manager, Marc Samouihan, to the MGECOM Team. Marc joins us from South Africa and has many years of experience in the affiliate industry as an affiliate and affiliate manager throughout his career.

How and when did you first get started in affiliate marketing?
In early 2005 I moved to London and managed to get a job as an affiliate advisor at PartyPoker.com. Not knowing anything about affiliates or affiliate marketing, online gaming was the best industry to learn it as it is highly competitive with CPA’s being some of the highest in any sector (excluding perhaps finance). I quickly progressed to become one of the senior affiliate managers, managing a portfolio of affiliates generating millions per month in commissions. Since then I have been involved in affiliate marketing in one way or another and view it as the most effective channel for merchants to use for customer acquisition.

What do you most like about the industry?
Affiliate marketing is the online equalizer. Any merchant, no matter the size of their budget, can have a well run and performing affiliate program. The other great aspect for affiliate marketing, is that even though it is typically a purely online channel, personal relationships are paramount.

What improvements you would like to see in the industry?
The improvements basically come down to a change in perception. The industry still has naysayers who are operating under false information (or misinformation) and it is still trying to “shake off” it’s poor reputation. As affiliates operate more and more brands of their own, the change is inevitable.

Do you see affiliates embracing mobile and social?
Yes, affiliates will always migrate to where the traffic and conversions are (typically well before the merchants or larger brands), and social can drive extremely large amounts of traffic. Converting that traffic is the “trick”.

What other jobs have you had outside of affiliate marketing?
I’ve done a few part time jobs, typically during University breaks. These included selling gas door to door, cleaning pots & pans as a kitchen porter, working at Pepsi packing their boxes and working for British Airways, packing their duty free trolleys. You can see I have done quite a lot of packing jobs…which is why when I travel I’m able to pack my bags quite quickly.

What are a few of your hobbies?
I enjoy brewing and sampling craft beers, hiking and trail running, and practicing magic (I still can’t do any tricks worth showing anyone yet).

What activities/sports did you do in high school or college?
I played hockey for the provincial team (State), soccer for provincial (State), and ran 100m and 200m. I managed to go to South African champs (which is the race you need to win in order to qualify for our Olympic team), but ended up coming stone last. I was the only person running barefoot though. 🙂

What is your favorite vacation location?
Rome. I’ve been there 4 times and every time I go I enjoy it more.

If you won a lottery, what would be the first thing you’d buy?
I’d probably pay my house off, pay my parents house off, and then get myself a Mini Cooper Roadster JCW convertible. This is such a silly and impractical car, but it is like driving a go-kart on steroids.

Your favorite band to see live?
Mumford & Sons

What is your “must see” TV?
Modern Family

Coke or Pepsi?
I try and stay away from both…but Coke (In South Africa we only got Pepsi for a few years and then it disappeared).

The Cozi Affiliate Program Joins LinkShare

Jan 27 2014 by Matt Enders

MGECOM is proud to announce the Cozi Affiliate Program is now available on
LinkShare and ShareASale and we invite you to join our team!

We’re so excited to share Cozi Family Organizer with you and your readers. The #1 app for moms by moms, Cozi is an app and website that manages the family calendar, lists and to-dos all in one place. If you are a blogger or publisher with a family-centric target audience, we want to talk to you. You’ll be able to offer your readers a simple way to take control of their busy lives and earn great commissions!

The Cozi Gold Affiliate Program includes:

Activation bonus: $10 Commission for Free Cozi Gold 14-day Trial registrations now through February 28, 2014. (regularly $8)
60-day click-to-trial cookie period
Optimized, affiliate-only landing page to maximize your conversions
Full time affiliate manager
Custom banners can be developed at your request
Promotions and bonus opportunities available throughout the year

Activation Bonus! $10 commission for every FREE Cozi Gold 14-day Trial registration now through 2/28/14. Take advantage of everyone’s New Year Resolutions to get more organized!

Join on LinkShare!

Join on ShareASale!

Thank you for considering and joining the Cozi Affiliate Program. We look forward to working with you!

MGECOM Launches the PRO Compression Affiliate Program!

Jan 17 2014 by Matt Enders

MGECOM Re-Launches the
PRO Compression Affiliate Program!

MGECOM.com is proud to announce that the PRO Compression Affiliate Program has been launched and is now LIVE on Shareasale and we want you on to join our team!

About PRO Compression:

PRO Compression socks help athletes improve their performance and speed up recovery process – all while delivering maximum comfort. These unique factors allow both professional and amateur athletes to perform at the highest optimum level for a longer duration of time.

Our graduated compression socks are worn before, during and after a workout — expediting muscle recovery through enhanced vascular flow in the lower extremities. By reducing swelling in muscle and tissue, recovery is accelerated, which greatly diminishes fatigue.

PRO Compression socks are ideal for endurance athletes, runners, cyclists and anyone on their feet for an extended period of time.

Our golf compression socks are revolutionizing the golfing industry. In fact, we’re teaming up with Tour Professionals and their caddies to spread awareness of the benefits of compression socks, something endurance athletes have known for years.

About PRO Compression Affiliate Program

Here's your opportunity to capitalize on the rapidly growing market of compression apparel, while generating revenue for your website. Get on board with a new technology, while paring up with an innovative company aligning itself with Tour Professionals and others in the golfing community. As these relationships grow, so does the PRO Compression brand.

We will work tirelessly to make PRO Compression a household name, while you, the affiliate, help spread the word about compression gear and reap the benefits.

Earn unlimited commission when your site visitors purchase product from procompression.com. Simply post our links and banner ads on your site. When visitors click thru from your site and buys product, you earn a commission. It's that simple.

Be sure to use sport-specific banner ads targeting golf and endurance athletes in several sizes and configurations.

The PRO Compression Affiliate Program includes:

5% commission on all sales
60 day cookie duration (return days)
Dedicated, proactive, easy-to-contact affiliate management by MGECOM, Inc
Exclusive to the ShareASale Network

Thank you for considering and joining the MGECOM-Managed PRO Compression Affiliate Program. We have many great promotions and offers to bring you this year! We look forward to working with you to maximize your earnings with PRO Compression!

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