Jamster UK Mega Update for April

[Jamster]

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Dear Business Partner,

Welcome to an action-packed update about the Jamster UK and Ireland programs. Some very important announcements are contained. Please read, ponder and respond. Your feedback is crucial to the success of this program.


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1) Changes to keyword buying policy *Very Important*

2) Compensation payment and site update

3) 10 DVD's will go to ID: 949812

4) New Incentive for April

5) Crazy Frog remix, Sweety, Mr Chaos, Party Bee, what next?

6) New content units

7) New commission for Ireland, have it!

8) Top partners monthly commissions

9) Jamster! current top downloads



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1) Changes to keyword buying policy *Very Important*


Jamster affiliates are allowed to:
- Buy keywords on PPC search engines such as Adwords, Overture, Espotting or any other kind of pay per search engines.
- Link and/or redirect to their OWN WEB SITE (No longer to Jamster Directly).

Jamster does not allow:
- keyword buying on pay per search engines with Adwords, Overture, Espotting or any other kind of pay per search engines using the brand name keywords 'Jamba' and/or 'Jamster'.
- linking and/or redirecting to the Jamster / Jamba websites with any keywords. Linking and/or redirecting through tracking links (partner links) is no longer allowed.
- using the words Jamba and/or Jamster in the ad text in any form.

In breach of these guidelines, Jamster retains the right to cancel the partnership with the affiliate.


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Why the change?
This update is a direct response to recent changes in Google policy. PPC marketing is a core activity for Jamster! and we do not want to be competing against you directly. This way we can be totally fair and still keep your commission payouts high.

When is this update effective?
This is with immediate effect. We will be enforcing this ruling strongly in order to be fair to all partners. If you see any form of violation, please notify me immediately.

What are the alternatives?
We have worked hard to provide a solution which will minimise the impact of this changes. I am proud to announce new creative solutions which will enable you to quickly and easily build your own high quality landing pages (see additional announcement in this Newsletter).

Also, our White Label Solution will soon be a ‘fully operational battle station’. This will be the ultimate integration solution. White label is now in final Beta testing phase. It will allow you to plug full Jamster content straight into your site with full click-and-buy with farewell to click-and-bye traffic. Announcement of the launch will take place shortly.


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2) Compensation payment and site update

The new release v.1_9 is live! It has some useful additions including:
-Flash popup pre-listener for all ringtones
-No mobile select needed for Polytones and colour wallpapers
-Improvements in flow and customer management


With the new release, we experienced some downtime on the Web site during March.
I know that this will have caused some loss of sales for many of you.
In order to remain fair I will increase all commission payouts for March to ensure that you have not lost out.

You will all receive an additional 10% payout for March.

(For example, if your normal commission is £10,000, you will now receive £11,000).
Thanks for your patience during some uncertain moments. Your feedback to me directly and on the forums has been very useful.


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3) 10 DVD's will go to ID: 949812

Pretty self-explanatory this one. The great DVD giveaway for excellent Tradedoubler sales during March:

Wrestlemania V & VI
Shaolin Soccer
Attack Of The Giant Leeches
The Amazing Transparent Man
Winnie the Pooh - ABC's & 123's
Beneath The Valley Of The Ultravixens
The Complete Bagpuss
Jesus Christ Superstar
My Favourite Wife
The Complete Ivor The Engine

Enjoy!!

(These titles have been selected for your viewing pleasure, should they not provide 100% satisfaction, we may allow you to make your own selection)


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4) New Incentive for April

Now then… the chance for a bit of fun and also some serious money earning potential.

The Big Keyword Optimisation Challenge:

Selling well right now: The Best of Britian ringtones (A.k.a. Little Britian). I don't need to explain what Little Britain is, right? Yeah but, no but...

The challenge will be to optimise under the search term: "Little Britain Ringtones". I recommend deep-linking on your landing page to searches under "Best of Britain", "Lou and Andy" or "Vicky Pollard" etc.

On 30th April who ever is top on "UK only" Google will receive a great new MP3 player, and probably a lot of sales along the way too.

Let the games begin!

(This incentive will apply to all Jamster UK partners)

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5) Crazy Frog remix, Sweety, Mr Chaos, Party Bee, what next?

The year so far has been impressive, with sales remaining strong. The Crazy Frog has been dominating the headlines, online and offline. He has been featured across the web, on TV, radio shows and magazines. If you didn't hear Chris Evans play the Crazy Frog to Prime Minister Tony Blair, drop me a line, I will send you a link to the interview, it is hilarious.

New Mr. Chaos creatives will be online in the next two days. They look fantastic.

As ringtone trend speculators, we are all looking ahead to the next big hit of the year. I am still offering you 1000€ if you can find the next star. Keep your eyes open for funny animations or catchy tunes. If you have an idea, send it across to: matthew.elliott@jamster.co.uk


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6) New content units

These creatives are fully customisable and easy to use. Find them in Tradedoubler under the creative section called "Product Charts".

These creatives are dynamic and easy to use. Simply plug them into your landing page and the content updates depending on what is selling well. They will allow you to build quick and clean looking landing pages. They are being snapped from the site rapidly and are being integrated with great effect.

Units available:

- 007 Top Ringtones Rotation 120x160
- 007 Top Logos Rotation 120x180
- 007 Top Logos Rotation 140x250
- 007 Top Logos Rotation 140x216
- 007 Top Games Rotation 120x180
- 007 Top Games Rotation 140x250
- 007 Top 5 Ringtones 140x200
- 007 Top 5 Ringtones 120x160
- 008 Top 5 Ringtones 300x300
- 008 Top 5 Ringtones 200x300
- 008 Top 10 Ringtones 300x250
- 007 Top 10 Ringtones 160x250
- 007 Top 3 Logos 120x600
- 007 Top 3 Games 160x600
- 008 Top 3 Games Logos 800x600
- 008 Top 3 Logos 400x400
- 008 Top 3 Games 500x400

These two in particular, which prefill the customers mobile number are very effective, particularly as pop unders:

- 008 Top 6 Ringtones Free 400x400
- 007 Top 6 Ringtones Free 120x600

Please check them out, I am eager to hear your feedback.

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Can't find them in Tradedoubler?

They are under the creative section called "Product Charts".
Drop me an email with your phone number if you are still having problems finding them.
matthew.elliott@jamster.co.uk


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7) New commission for Ireland, have it!

Are you in Ireland yet?

No?

The conversion rates there are unbelievable (~15%)

Join the Jamster Ireland program and you will now receive 3.50€ payout for every sale.
This is an increase from 2.50€. The opportunities are there if you have traffic for Ireland


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8) Our top UK partners are making the following monthly commissions:

- £44,920.45
- £38,746.05
- £25,762.75
- £25,357.67

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9) Jamster! current top downloads:

Real Tones

1) Crazy Frog Remix
2) Tweet Tweet Remix- Sweety Jamster! Chick
3) Tweet Tweet- Jamster! Sweety Chick
4) Crazy Frog
5) Let Me Love You
6) Falling Stars
7) Get Right
8) Call On Me
9) American Idiot
10) Gangsta's Paradise

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Polyphonic

1) Amarillo
2) Crazy Frog Remix
3) Tweet Tweet- Sweety Jamster! Chick
4) Candy Shop
5) Crazy Frog
6) Tweet Tweet Remix- Sweety Jamster! Chick
7) Let Me Love You
8) Like Toy Soldiers
9) Locked Up
10) Somebody Told Me

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Fun Sounds

1) Best Of Britain
2) Sweety The Chick - I May Be Small...
3) Oi D*ck-Head! Answer The Phone...
4) Fluffy Laughs
5) The Crazy Frog - Original
6) Mobilekiddies Adult
7) Vicky Pollard - I Still Cant Believe You Just Said That
8) Lou And Andy - I Want That One, I Dont Like It
9) Best Of Britain Part 2
10) Best Of Bo Selecta

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Wallpapers

1) Sweety
2) F*** You!
3) Devil Frog
4) Lightning Hemp
5) Blue Glowing Dragon
6) Caution! Oral Work
7) 100% B*tch
8) Frog Reloaded
9) Stoned
10) Party Bee - Funny

I currently have an informal email which I am sending out on a regular basis. It gives the current top downloads for the last three days. If you would like to be added to this regular update, please email me.

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Thanks again for your support during the first quarter of 2005. The next quarter has a great deal of potential and we have some exciting new updates in the pipeline. As always, your feedback is crucial either directly to me or through the forums. Any ideas, thoughts or feedback appreciated. matthew.elliott@jamster.co.uk.

[Lee_Owen]

I did a search for little britain, and nothing showed up, are they on there yet?

[Jamster]

Hi Lee,

You will have to do a search under the names, ie:

Vicky Pollard,
Marjorie Dawes
Emily Howard
Lou and Andy
Kenny Craig

and "Best of Britain".

We have no direct rights to the images. I would like to build a landing page which you can use. What images would you suggest?

Matt

[Mogga]

Could you do a top 10 of each set of downloads?
One that auto updates?

ta

[Jamster]

Hi Mogga,

I have two of these available for you right now:

008 Top 10 Ringtones 300x250
007 Top 10 Ringtones 160x250


They convert well, but not as well as this top 5, with mobile number entry prefilled on our order page:

008 Top 6 Ringtones Free 400x400

Please give it a try.

Soon we will have some new highly customisable top product charts. Options to change font, colous, width, height, number of products etc. They are currently awaiting final approval by Tradedoubler. Available for Polyphonic ringtones, Fun Sounds, Real Tones, Wallpapers, Games.

Matt

[Mogga]

Where are they?

In product charts I can only see

Back to program page

Pools


No banners, nothing...

[Lee_Owen]

I thought I was going mad, I looked under product charts and there was nothing there. I'm not sure what images you could put with little britain, I don't really watch it, I don't find it funny. But if someone was looking for little britain on Jamster, it wouldn't take them long to look elsewhere.

I'm glad there's been an update though, I've not known what to promote for yourselves for the last several weeks, I'm in for party bee and mr chaos now and a couple of others so will see how it goes. There's some silly bugger out there playing with free domains so I'm having a bash with them as well over the next week, not sure I'll be as good as they are though.

I see Jamster has started registering domains as well, I'm glad you're taking not them all.

[Lee_Owen]

Also who won the January/February comp?

[Jamster]

Please check the product charts again.
I am interested to hear what you think of them.

Matt

[Mogga]

OK I can see them now.
Bizarre that I couldn't before.

OK. My comments. For some reason lotsof iframe stuff on TD doesn't work properly in my browser. I don't know if it does in other people's ....but in my experience it messes up and cuts short.


I have pm'd you a image of what I get

[Lee_Owen]

Originally posted by Jamster
Hi Mogga,

I have two of these available for you right now:

008 Top 10 Ringtones 300x250
007 Top 10 Ringtones 160x250


They convert well, but not as well as this top 5, with mobile number entry prefilled on our order page:

008 Top 6 Ringtones Free 400x400

Please give it a try.

Soon we will have some new highly customisable top product charts. Options to change font, colous, width, height, number of products etc. They are currently awaiting final approval by Tradedoubler. Available for Polyphonic ringtones, Fun Sounds, Real Tones, Wallpapers, Games.

Matt

I've taken the 120 x 600 3 wallpapers, and I'll put them on a few sites. Do the customisable charts have phone number option, if that converts well I'll take some in 120 x 600, 120 x 300, 468 x 60. Meanwhile I'll try out the 400 x 400, it's a bit big so it'll be a bottom of page filler. The 800 is a bit big as well hehe, consider a 728 x 90.

[Lee_Owen]

Originally posted by Mogga
OK I can see them now.
Bizarre that I couldn't before.

OK. My comments. For some reason lotsof iframe stuff on TD doesn't work properly in my browser. I don't know if it does in other people's ....but in my experience it messes up and cuts short.


I have pm'd you a image of what I get

Try the javascript option. I don't do iframes either.

[Jamster]

Thanks for the screenshot Mogga. There does appear to be a problem with the iFrame.
I have also only tested the Java Script, which is looking good.

I will liase with TD tomorrow and see what needs to be done.

Lee, great to hear you will be trying all of those formats out. I look forward to seeing the results. Please try the prefill mobile creative, I think you will find it effective. It really streamlines the order process.

The customisables have a lot of options. I am also going to put up a single search box option, which can be dropped anywhere and everywhere.

Hopefully tomorrow, Mr Chaos Flash banners will be live as well. I expect good click thru's and CR's.

[Lee_Owen]

I've just been looking at the flash ads on Germany Zanox, now that's quality. Especially the interactive console ad and I like the hover play as well. Me want me want me want waahhh wahhh

The only thing with flash is you can only do one country, I'm not too clued up with cookies, but can't a starter cookie for all countries be on every entry page but only confirm on the purchase page of the relevent country?

[Jamster]

Hi Lee,

No fear, that Flash stuff is coming across to the UK and other countries too. I will drop you a line when it is available.

Thanks for your other comments. I know how I would like things to work and we are moving steadily towards a more ideal situation.

What's easy for you is good for me.