Affiliate Day Winner

Congratulations to @nickthrolson, the winner of the LinkTrust laptop bag and t-shirts.

We were excited to see all of the tweets announcing the winners of Affiliate Day sponsored by Affiliate Summit. With so many prizes donated for the first year, we can only imagine what next year holds.

Affiliate Day, September 14

Look good sporting this LinkTrust swag as the lucky winner of the contest sponsored by Affiliate Summit on September 14, newly crowned with the honor of being recognized as Affiliate Day.

To win all you have to do is tweet something on September 14 and include the hashtag: #affday09. According to the Affiliate Summit Blog the winners will be notified on September 18 by direct message, if you’re following @affiliatesummit.

There are some other cool prizes up for grabs to, check out the Affiliate Summit Blog and see what else has been donated.

Treasure Hunt

One of the first emails of the day today started the entire office on a treasure hunt with the following clues:

Work Driving you crazy? Take a break!
The newest way to Cruise away the afternoon isn’t on the lake.
X doesn’t mark the spot at the end of this Road, look instead where the wild things Grow.
Race around the office, look high and low.
One more clue if I may,
The surfboard points the way.
You don’t have to go a mile,
You just have to find the right file.

Now we can practice our driving skills if we get tennis elbow or bored of baseball. Thanks for the MarioKart, Nate!

Users’ Group Registration Available

Whether you’ve been on the system for years or are just starting to get the hang of it, we hope you’ll take advantage of our Users’ Group.

We will be hosting LinkTrust partners for three days of training. A tentative agenda follows:

Wed., Oct. 21
Training events geared to beginner-level users.
Meet, Greet & Eat
Thurs., Oct. 22
Training events geared to all-level users.
Dinner groups.
Fri., Oct. 23
Be Heard! User input on where LinkTrust should go in future versions. One-On-One Guru Time. Sign up to pick the brain of your favorite LInkTrust guru.

Go to: www.linktrust.com/usersgroup and register today!

Murray Newlands Interview

Murray Newlands, an affiliate blogger, recently caught up with Bret Grow, president of LinkTrust, for an interview.

Murray asked a lot of questions about the basics of LinkTrust and how we fit into the affiliate marketing industry. Bret was happy to share, giving his view of the industry, the areas that are ready to grow and even a little about himself.

Go here to see what Bret had to say: http://www.murraynewlands.com/index.php/2009/09/linktrust-president-bret-grow-an-interview/

Murray is an avid blogger who makes connections with many people in the industry, we’re happy he could talk to Bret too!

Wii Baseball Tourney — Round 1 Blowout

We are well underway in the LinkTrust Wii Baseball Tournament. The Round 1 match up we were all anticipating didn’t disappoint. In a 6-0 blowout, Gary crushed Jeremy’s dream of a third straight Wii Tournament championship.

http://www.youtube.com/get_player

Sporting the LinkTrust Threads


Mike Norman, from one of our fantastic partners Underground Elephant, showed up for work today in his LinkTrust shirt. We gave the shirts away at Affiliate Summit East in New York a couple of weeks ago.

More shirts will be available at our Users’ Group in October and Affiliate Summit West, Las Vegas, in January.

Save the Date

Attention LinkTrust Partners:

We have spent the last year developing tips and techniques that will help each of you use LinkTrust 6.1 more effectively.

A great team of LinkTrust experts will be gathering in Salt Lake City, Oct. 21 – 23, 2009 for our annual LinkTrust Users’ Group. During this incredible event, the LinkTrust team will be available for:
– Teaching the ins and outs of LinkTrust 6.1
– Discussing upcoming development plans for beyond 6.1
– One-on-one trouble shooting to address your most challenging LinkTrust questions
– And so much more!

In addition, we welcome your suggestions for sessions you would like to see. Please post your ideas in the comments section.

A more detailed outline of the training schedule and conference agenda will be coming shortly.

We hope to see you there!

Noodles and Company

A journey around the world for eight people? And absolutely free? Sure, sign me up!

Recently Bryan and seven lucky LinkTrust employees were treated to a noodle tasting at the Draper franchise of Noodles and Company. In a moment of inter-department bonding, the development team, Sicily from Accounting, Gavin from Business Services, and Kyna from Marketing and Sales experienced the unique tastes of the Asian and Mediterranean sections of their menu. Thanks to Bryan who threw his business card in the bowl, we all got to try some delicious food and talk to some people with whom we don’t interact on a daily basis. Nothing like Noodles to bring a company together!

ASE09: The making of the LinkTrust booth

Here is a video of the making of the LinkTrust booth. Enjoy!