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Attention Publishers: Update your LinkShare WordPress Plugins

If  you’re using LinkShare’s WordPress plugin and you haven’t updated it since May 1, 2011 make sure to go into WordPress and update your plugins.  We recently made some important changes that require this update.  Just ask your WordPress administrator to go to the updates area in the WordPress administrator tools. We have also recently updated the URLs for our Web services features.   For more information visit this page in the LinkShare Publisher Help Center. Catherine Hagan Marketing Specialist

DealFeed plug-in for WordPress updated to include Coupons

We’ve updated our Dealfeed plug-in for WordPress to include Coupons from the Coupon Web Service!  You can now stream the latest deals from  LinkShare Advertisers on your WordPress site sidebar, after a quick and easy set-up. Once you’ve installed the plug-in, configure it in the Settings section of the Admin interface. You’ll need to input your Web Services token, and choose an Advertiser to display coupons from: Once you’ve configured the plug-in, the most recent deals will show up on your WordPress site: You can install DealFeed here or by searching for “LinkShare” from your WordPress admin console in the

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Adding Coupon Finding to Link Lookup WordPress plug-in

We’ve upgraded our LinkShare Link Lookup plug-in for WordPress.  The most significant change is the inclusion of coupon link retrieval in the plug-in and also some usability enhancements. How to use LinkShare Link Lookup: Add Link Lookup as a WordPress plug-in.  The exact process depends on what version of WP you’re using, but usually you can just search and find the plug-in in the plug-in section in the admin interface Activate the plug-in Input your LinkShare token in the LinkShare Lookup section of the Admin panel Click the red arrows whenever you want to insert some LinkShare links into a

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The Mac Dashboard Link Lookup Widget

The LinkShare Link Lookup widget for Mac makes it easy for you to integrate LinkShare links into your website by accessing them right from the Mac Dashboard! There are two primary uses for Link Lookup: 1) Deep linking: enter a URL from an Advertiser site and get back a commission-earning tracking link 2) Search for Advertiser product links A few things you’ll want to know – when choosing advertisers please make sure you choose ones you are partnered with in the LinkShare Network. You’ll also need to enter your LinkShare token on the widget info page. You’ll likely get better

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New LinkShare WordPress plug-in: Link Lookup

I’m excited to tell you about a new plug-in for WordPress users called LinkShare  Link Lookup.  For those of you who are not familiar with WordPress, it is a free web publishing platform. With Link Lookup you can do two things to help you earn revenue on your   WordPress site, directly from the posting page. Create deep links – enter a URL on an advertiser site, and get back a tracking link with your id Search for product links – search across all your advertisers or a specific advertiser for a product link, and then click and drag that product

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