Articles About Gifts and Incentives

01/04/10 - Thank You DFDS Seaways For Spotify Premium!

DFDS Seaways ran a competition a while back offering one lucky winner to win a Bang & Olufsen BeoSound5 system worth £4,500. Every sale would get an entry into the competition and one lucky winner (Quidco) would scoop the prize.

Knowing that not all affiliates are a) going to be able to generate sales and b) promoting the brand right now, they also offered 10 runner up prizes of 12 month Spotify Premium subscriptions. To qualify for the prize draw for these, you would either need to make 1 sale if you didn't make a sale in 2009 or write a piece about DFDS Seaways (which is the route I took).

Roll on a few weeks and I'm now the proud listener to ad-free streaming music! I'm an avid Spotify listener too stingy to pay for the ad-free privileged so this is very much welcomed! More

16/03/10 - Many thanks to LEGO (again!)

Many thanks once again to LEGO who sent through 3 boxes of LEGO as a prize in a competition. I was a third place winner in the banner competition. All affiliates had to do was update their creative which in all fairness is a routine task for many. More

23/02/10 - Thanks LEGO For Hours of Fun!

Many thanks to LEGO who delivered what has to be one of the best sets currently available, set 10196; the LEGO Grand Carousel. It's my prize for their Christmas 2009 competition! More

11/02/10 - Thanks To Red Letter Days

This was announced back in January but it was finally booked yesterday so here's the public thanks!

Many thanks to Red Letter Days who are sending me and wifey for a romantic weekend break to Venice. More

23/12/09 - Thank You Virginia Hayward!

It's no secret that at this time of year, there are a good few merchants who like to share the festive joy. They run fun competitions such as the Affiliate Window Christmas Challenges, which offer a break from the norm and invite affiliates to partake in festive frivolities.

As with such competitions you have to be in it to win it. This was also true of the Virginia Hayward competition I blogged about a while back. All you had to to was write a review to be entered into the competition. How easy was that? As an affiliate and customer of theirs, writing about them was a piece of cake.

The upshot is I won and took delivery of a rather nice looking (heavy) box this morning. More

17/12/09 - Thank You Affiliate Window For Loads Of Posh Chocs!

Many thanks to the team at Affiliate Window who sent a posh Hotel Chocolate hamper to me today.

We (wifey and me) have not had the fortune to try Hotel Chocolat chocolates before although we have found ourselves meandering around one or two of their posh chocolate shops. Having a hamper of the stuff means we can indulge this Christmas :-) More

15/12/09 - Thanks Paid On Results For My Christmas Card

A bit belated but a thank you nevertheless to Paid On Results who sent through my first affiliate network Christmas card of 2009!

Christmas is just a few weeks away now. Not sure about you but it's not feeling all that festive over here. Perhaps it's the recession :-) More

25/11/09 - Win a Christmas Hamper Affiliate Competition

It's Christmas and that means loads of merchants are topping up the big earner's range of festive gifts (ahem, also known as sales based incentives). For us little folk, there are a range of competitions perfect for us as they involve more creative ways of winning a little extra this Christmas. one that caught my eye yesterday was the Virginia Hayward Hampers incentive. More

12/11/09 - Thanks to Swarovski

I switched my Swarovski links over to Affiliate Window when the program was launched there and as part of the launch there was a competition.

Sadly I didn't win the performance based competition (probably a good thing for Swarovski!) but did manage to scoop a prize in the generate-a-sale-and-get-an-entry prize draw. More

25/09/09 - Thanks Sainsbury's (Again!)

As part of the Sainsbury's launch incentive, they offered a £10 voucher to anyone who generated at least 1 sale in the launch period.

Well I managed to generate a sale and so was in line for a £10 voucher. More

03/09/09 - Thanks Sainsbury's For The Birthday Present

It's a closely guarded secret by my birthday is just around the corner and happened to (nearly) coincide with a delivery from Sainsbury's. You may recall the launch of the programme on Affiliate Window I blogged about here.

To racap, as part of the launch there were three competitions. The easiest was simply to promote Sainsbury's some how. Faster than you could say "there's a freebie in it for you", I added affiliate links to my site and blogged about their offerings. To my surprise, I was the first to claim a prize and had the staggering chart to choose from:

I opted for the Morphy Richards Fastbake Cooltouch Breadmaker which arrived today. More

13/03/09 - Thanks ShinyShack.com For A Million Pounds

Thanks to the very kind folk over at ShinyShack for not only sending over a box of tricks but officially being the first freebie of the year :-P

ShinyShack are a gadget website (featured on Why I Need) and their product range is similar to competing websites. Prices are very competitive and postage is way cheaper than most gadget sites - all good reasons to promote them to your users!

Here's what they sent through: More

22/12/08 - Was It You?

Okay, hands up - who was it?

The postie delivered a copy of NUFC.Com Toon Diary 2009 (Spiral-bound) care of Amazon as a gift. It came in a nicely wrapped package with a gift tag that simply read "canny bag of tudor". More

19/12/08 - Thanks (Again) Affiliate Window

The Raffle Bonanza "draw to end all draws" has been revealed. It was delayed from 2.30pm to 4pm yesterday, then to 10am this morning.

The video claims that over the last 8 weeks, £17,000 worth of prizes have been given away to a lucky 117 people. The prizes were certainly worth winning, with my favourite being a 46" LCD TV. Unfortunately, it wasn't destined for my living room.

Fast forward to the "draw to end all draws" results and I scooped a prize.... More

18/12/08 - Thanks To My Favourite Affiliate Network 2008

If the industry can have it's own awards, so can I :-D

I only have one award to give and it's on the back of the fact that Affiliate Window just sent a very posh looking case of wine and champagne over to Fiske Towers as a Christmas present. It was certainly an unexpected gift and I am very grateful to those concerned who arranged this.

This year was starting to look very similar to last year where I felt neglected but alas, Awin have saved the day and is the only network this year to acknowledge me and thank me for my work. And for that, I am extremely grateful. More

09/12/08 - What's The Matter?

A while back I got wind of something called the Matter box. As a freebie, I never expected to get anything. I didn't... up until a few days ago when I received an email saying mine would be delivered on Saturday. It was but I was out (typical) so it was redelivered today.

Matter is a Royal Mail venture which is certainly a great concept. In a nutshell, it's a box of goodies / samples designed to increase brand awareness and get people buying the products featured.

Furthermore, it's been designed to fit through the majority (I'm the exception to the rule) of letterboxes. More

08/12/08 - Thanks To Affiliate Window & Chocolate Trading Co

Eagle eyed spotters watching the Affiliate Bonanza results video on Affiliate Window will have noticed the competition for 5 quick emailers to win a mystery prize. At 10pm I thought I would have been too late but alas, I was one of the lucky few.

The mystery prize? It was a "Fun & Funky Chocolate Box" from Chocolate Trading Co worth £26.99.

Here's what's inside: More

24/11/08 - Merry Christmas From Swarovski

Think of exquisite crystal and think of Swarovski. Many an hour can be spent in the high street shops admiring the glistening and sparkling crystal.

To kick start this year's list (wasn't a list last year) of Christmas presents, Swarovski have kindly sent me their 2008 Christmas Ornament. Each year they release a star shaped ornament. It was certainly a nice surprise to see this, and a letter of thanks and gratitude, land on the doorstep. More

24/10/08 - Red Letter Days Understands How To Incentivise Properly

Christmas is just around the corner and so the incentives list gets rolled out. They are usually aimed towards the big boys who convert with larger volumes than the majority of us smaller affiliates.

This year Red Letter Days has taken the proverbial bull by it's horns and are offering incentives to virtually all it's affiliates.

Here's how it works: More

22/09/08 - Thanks RedSave For My 7" Digital Photo Frame

Not sure if you've noticed but I love freebies! DHL just turned up to deliver a CiBox 7 Inch Digital Photo Frame care of RedSave. More

11/09/08 - When On A Research Holiday, Take Some Photos

I did! I took some video clips too. The problem is, I was looking at the obvious things. I took the obligatory photos and videos of the hotel rooms and attractions. We went on an Orlando helicopter tour and took photos and video clips of this.

But I forgot one major thing - to take photos of the other bits and bobs. Things like shopping malls, restaurants, etc. 'm currently updating my Orlando site and now struggling to find pictures for the restaurants we visited.

So if you are reading Tania, get some pics of things that may seem dull at the time during your trip as they'll come in handy later on.

Anyhoo, here's some of the more wacky pictures we took whilst away. More

08/09/08 - Public Thanks To Sunshine

I would like to publicly thank Chris Clarkson and the rest of Sunshine for my familiarisation trip (aka holiday) to Orlando.

We had a great time and jammed as much as we possibly could do into our 7 night holiday. We met a wide range of people from those that couldn't do enough to those that we'd like to quickly forget ;-)

We had a couple of problems whilst away although these are probably experienced by a lot of travellers. More

24/07/08 - Incentives That Incentivise

Last month I wrote that gift vouchers were a fine and dandy way to incentivise me. They still are, but not everyone is motivated by vouchers.

Following Sunshine's incentive that is sending me off to Orlando Florida, I thought it would be quite apt to write about what ranks highly in my overall incentives list, given unlimited merchant capital and love! More

11/07/08 - I'm Off To Orlando!

Enternal thanks to Chris who's whisking me (and 'tother half I hope ;-) ) to Orlando Florida! Sunshine has been running a competition for a while which closed today. I didn't win; Tania and her Fuerteventura holiday site won. Congrats to her.

I've spent the morning doing some work. I then logged onto A4U to find an message from Chris. I messaged him and he asked if I'd heard the news. "What news?" I said. He send me a link to http://www.sunshine.co.uk/affiliates/blog/2008-07-11/sunshinecouk-fam-trip-winners/

As a reward for hard work and a fair bit of effort, Chris is sending me on my trip to sunny Orlando! More

03/07/08 - Me On A Really Good Day!

Many thanks to Berocca who sent me a Bloggers Relief pack. I wasn't sure I would be one of the lucky few to receive a pack but I had an email a couple of days ago and a courier arrive today.

Here's my box of tricks: More

01/07/08 - Any Merchants Got Just One Spare Mug?

My mug tree has one more space - and it could be yours!

I'm missing just one mug to complete my affiliate mug collection (so far my A4U mug and my Retail Factory mug). More

30/06/08 - Thanks Phil For My Mug And Goodies

Many thanks to Phil, a regular reader and affiliate manager for The Retail Factory, who has sent over a mug, chocolate and some office goodies. More

26/06/08 - Thanks To IWOOT For The Freebie

Many thanks to Paul Smith of I Want One Of Those who sent over a freebie. I noticed a new product on their site and contacted Paul who arranged for it to be sent out.

What is it? More

24/06/08 - My Sunshine.co.uk Competition Entry

First off, congratulations to Sunshine on offering one of the best affiliate prizes I've ever heard of. Hats off to the team.

I've got a brand new passport just waiting to be used! Having never been abroad with my fiancée, I see this competition as a good attempt to!

The destination I've chosen is Orlando in Florida to supplement the content on Orlando Florida Holiday, a site I've created in around 2 weeks from scratch purposefully for this competition. Here's my itinerary: More

11/06/08 - Thanks To Screwfix and Affiliate Window!

There I was saying to my mother last night 'I've Won a Mug in 6 Months'. Then Tom from Affiliate Window just called to say I'd won the Screwfix widget competition!

The vouchers are being popped in the post as we speak! More

17/05/08 - Thanks To A4U Expo For My Mug

In exchange for putting an A4U Expo banner on this site, I've bagged myself a free mug!

Just like Kieron, if you send me free stuff, I'll blog about it :-). More

13/12/07 - Thanks Montezumas and Red Letter Days For My Chocolates!

I recently wrote about a great affiliate incentive affil.net ran a few weeks ago to get fresh Red Letter Day creative into the market, and the fruits (well, chocolates) of the incentive arrived today.

Here's some pictures of the chocolate box. More

06/12/07 - Thanks For My Free £50 Red Letter Day Voucher

Red Letter Days and Affili.net recently ran the easiest affiliate promotion in the world. All you had t do was place a banner like the one below on a website and send them a link. They'd then issue you a £50 Red Letter Day Voucher. As with all my freebies, here's a thank you message and link back to your site!

In the process of spending my voucher, I realised that Red Letter Days is owned by Peter Jones and Theo Paphitis. More

15/07/07 - Competition Prize Winner (And Ugly Mug Shot)

I blogged a while back about Kieron's phone linking competition and I'm now the proud owner of a P990i phone. So firstly, thanks Kieron!

Secondly, here's the mugshot: More

22/06/07 - Love Honey Loves Me More!

Not so long ago, I wrote about the Free Condom I was sent from Ann Summers.

So imagine my surprise when I opened an inconspicuous package to find... More

19/06/07 - Free Condom!

Thanks to Duncan of Locker Room for letting me know your in charge of the Ann Summers affiliate programme and for sending a free condom! More

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