Affiliate Partner Updates

2007-11-13T11:10:00.000-08:00

Hi. This is Nicole with another quick update for you.

~~~ NEW GRAPHICS ADDED. ~~~

Christine just informed me that she's added a few new graphics to the affiliate center (to match the new design that you'll see soon).

~~~ NEW SITE. NEW PRICE. THIS WEEK. ~~~

Don't forget... The price of DineWithoutWhine.com increases this week. Please let your readers know this so they can try it for a penny and lock in at the low rate when they learn how much simpler menu planning makes life.

What can you do? Send any of the following articles to your mailing list right away. http://www.partnerupdates.com/affiliate-articles-for-dww.html (Of course replace the link for DineWithoutWhine at the end with your affiliate link.)

~~~ GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE. ~~~

The holidays are a perfect time to remind your readers to give DineWithoutWhine memberships as a gift.

--> Perfect for teachers, busy moms, or brides-to-be.

The new site will have the gift certificates showcased more, but for now, you can just send people to the main page and let them know to look for the "gift certificate" link. (Prices for gift certificates will also raise in a few days.)

There IS a special link in the affiliate center for gift certificates if you'd like to use it, but either link will work throughout the entire site to give you credit.

Also, two reminders from last week:

~~~ GET MORE TRAFFIC ~~~

You can get incoming links to your website by simply commenting on blogs.

Here's more information...
http://www.partnerupdates.com/bloglist

~~~ GET MORE CONTENT FOR YOUR SITE or BLOG. ~~~

This isn't a requirement, of course, but it can surely be a huge shortcut. Get Recipes and Articles for your Website or Blog (and you can even edit them).

This site supplies you with all the food content you could need each month:
http://www.easyPLR.com/plrfood.htm

This one has recipe & article "packs" that you can purchase individually for a low price. (look 1/2 way down the page for the article packs and even further for the recipe packs)
http://www.easyPLR.com/allplr.htm

Don't have a website or blog yet? Check out http://www.blogger.com. It's free and easy. (If you need help, you'll find resources at http://www.JustAddSweat.com )

Please email me if you have questions - nicole@dinewithoutwhine.com

Warmly,
Nicole Dean
Marketing
www.DineWithoutWhine.com

2007-09-15T09:55:00.000-07:00

----- MARKETING TIPS -----

Many of you have expressed interest in learning more about me and my courses. (I'm flattered, by the way.)

Here is my blog: http://www.nicoleonthenet.com

Once you're there, look at the right side and you'll see a list of several of my sites and free courses. I hope you'll find something interesting. Remember, your success is our success, too. So, we WANT to see you succeed.

----- NEED ARTICLES FOR YOUR WEBSITE OR BLOG? -----

Also, we wanted to mention that there are a few PLR packs at
http://www.easyplr.com that you might be interested in.

Several of these article packs would be great for promoting your affiliate link for MenuPlanningCentral on your website or blog (or in your ezine). Grab the packs that work for your niche, and you'll save yourself time and effort in writing it all yourself.

Don't know what PLR articles are? Here's a free course --
http://www.easyprivatelabelarticles.com

I hope you enjoy it!
Nicole
Director of Marketing
Menu Planning Central

2007-09-10T06:54:00.000-07:00

Thank you so much to ALL the participants of the "Everyone wins" affiliate contest.

We had a huge increase in our affiliate clicks and a large increase in the amount of affiliate cash going out this month, too. :)

----- THE BIG WINNERS -----

Our contest winners are...

In first place, we have Mary Ann Kelley from www.thehomeschoolmom.com --
who won by a landslide. Way to Go, Mary Ann!

Then, coming up with second place (and I'm pretty impressed because she did all this with a little family blog.) -- Andrea Moffatt!

And, third is our friend, Alice Seba, of www.babyandtoddlerville.com

They are our top three winners, and will walk away with HUGE prize packs.

----- THE AWESOME AFFILATES -----

We also had an "Awesome Affiliate" race. Everyone who completed at least 9 of the 18 tasks listed earned a prize pack.

You can view the winners here on this blog (see below).

Congrats again to ALL of the winners. You'll receive an email from us shortly.

Warmly,
Nicole Dean
Director of Marketing
www.MenuPlanningCentral.com

2007-08-10T18:53:00.000-07:00

Check out our Awesome Affiliates!!!

We just launched our affiliate contest today and here are our rockin' affiliates who have already completed 9 items...

1. Busy Moms Online
Adriana has already checked in -- our FIRST awesome affiliate!

2. Homeschool Mom
MaryAnn just checked in. Thank you so much!

3. Laura of
http://laurawilliamsmusings.blogspot.com

4. Aimee of www.organizedmomma.com/

5. Michelle of www.sudsywudsysoap.com/

6. Christy of www.babysigningstars.com

7. Susie of http://www.whimsicalwebdesign.com/

8. Wendy of
http://www.mommiesmagazine.com

9. Carrie of
http://www.naturalmomstalkradio.com

10. Barbara of
http://www.mom2momlounge.com

11. Kendra of
http://www.shoppingfortwo.com

12. Jenni of
http://www.shoutlife.com/InfertilityMom

13. Susanne of
http://food-recipesonline.info

I can't wait to list more!
Nicole, MenuPlanningCentral.

2007-08-05T13:02:00.000-07:00

New Brandable Back to School Report.

The Report can be branded on this page (click here).
You can blog about the free report, send it to friends, send it to your mailing list, share it with an organization you're affiliated with, or mention it on a forum.

2007-07-19T07:56:00.000-07:00

Hi again. Today, I'd like to share an interview with one of our top affiliates, Mary Ann Kelley, of http://www.thehomeschoolmom.com

Hi. Mary Ann! Thanks so much for taking the time to talk with us today. :)

> 1. Tell us about you.

I am now a work-at-home mom who started a basic homeschool website, www.TheHomeSchoolMom.com , 7 years ago when I started homeschooling my children.

Over time I learned more about good website code and design and was blessed to move up in the search engine rankings. I joined an active online community of homeschool webmasters and thanks to their shared knowledge I have been able to continually improve my site and earn a good income. My sites now include the homeschool website, a menu planning website, and a local parenting website that is still in the development stage. I love what I do and often find myself reflecting on what a blessing it is in this world where so many are dissatisfied with their jobs that I am able earn a good living doing something that I love to do (and still stay home with my children).

> 2. Why do you do affiliate marketing?

Although contextual pay-per-click ads (Nicole says: Like Adsense) do very well on my sites and represent the bulk of my income, I have found that targeted affiliate products are very successful and help me balance my income sources so that I am not too dependent on any one company for my livelihood.

Because all of my websites target women, and moms in particular, I have found that menu planning affiliate programs are highly successful. Even though one of my websites - www.Menus4Moms.com - actually is a source of free menu plans, I like to offer my visitors other options. By highlighting affiliate links to other menu plans that are more specialized than mine (Kid-Approved Meals and Healthy Menu Mailer are good examples), I am able to provide my visitors with what they need while creating an additional source of income for myself.

> 3. What's the #1 mistake you've made and overcome with your online business?

Because I started with no training in online businesses and basically through trial and error, I made more than my fair share of mistakes. I think the biggest thing that I learned is that there is no free ride. I took it for granted that because I considered my site valuable that others would be excited to hear about it too, and would love to hear all about it. I made myself a pest telling people about it online and didn't realize that what I was doing was poor netiquette at best and extremely annoying at worst.

I learned quickly that *if you want traffic for your website, you have to earn it with time and effort.* I backed off the self-promotion and really tried to create something that promoted itself. It took at least 3 years before I had enough traffic to make any significant income, but the site has grown steadily since its inception.

The one thing that helped more than anything was to create something valuable to give away on the website and publicize it (in a more kind and gentle way). That is when my traffic really started to build. For my homeschool site, that was a free downloadable homeschool planner.

Asking for people to link to your site when it only benefits you is not nearly as easy as getting people to link to a free resource that will benefit their visitors. And once a few sites start linking to yours, the search engines start to take notice.

> 4. What's the #1 tip you'd give for your success?

*Know your audience and appeal to their specific needs with high quality affiliate ads.*

Just throwing affiliate links out there willy-nilly is likely to be unproductive and may even lower your site's credibility. When you frame each promotion around the needs of your site's visitors, they begin to look at your ads as a valuable part of your whole site. What bride doesn't consider the ads in Bride magazine just as valuable as the articles? But if the ads are unrelated, poor quality, or badly worded, the whole magazine suffers. The same is true for websites. Site owners that know their audiences and combine high quality relevant ads with excellent site design increase both their income and the perceived value of their site.

Thank you, so much, Mary Ann, for taking the time to speak with our affiliates. You've definitely shared a lot of great information here. :) We're very lucky to have you!

Nicole

2007-07-19T07:47:00.001-07:00

** ANOTHER BRANDABLE REPORT **

Also, we have a new brandable report. This one is entitled "A Family 4th of July Celebration" and is brandable with your MenuPlanningCentral affiliate link.

Complete instructions are here:
http://www.partnerupdates.com/4thofJuly/

2007-07-05T07:48:00.000-07:00

We are excited to announce that we are sending close to $2000 in affiliate payments in our first month in business.

All of us at MenuPlanningCentral.com want to thank you for an amazing first month.

We look forward to sending even more money to each of you this month. "But you gotta play to win!" So, make sure you're promoting MenuPlanningCenteral on your site, in your autoresponder, and on your blog.

I also want to let you know that, starting next month, we will be changing the affiliate payout date from the 5th of each month to around the 15th of the following month for all affiliate sales.

So for July sales, you will receive payment around August 15th.
(You will receive your June payment tonight.)

IMPORTANT!!!

Please log into the affiliate center right now to make sure your paypal information has been entered.

Our system can not pay you until you tell us where to send the money! ;)
Here's how...
1. Log into http://www.menuplanningcentral.com/order/member.php
2. Click on "Affiliates area"
3. Click on "Update your commissions payout info"
4. Enter your paypal address.
5. Click "save".
6. Grab some of our new buttons and banners while you're in there!

As always, we welcome any questions you may have. You can contact me with your affiliate questions at nicole@menuplanningcentral.com

Nicole Dean, Affiliate Manager
Menu Planning Central

2007-06-28T10:46:00.000-07:00

This is Nicole, with MenuPlanningCentral.com.

In this affiliate update, I'll share...

1. How to find our new buttons and banners, and quickly post them onto your website.
2. Where you'll find our newest brandable report (all about the 4th of July).
3. A learning resource to make more money from your ezine/newsletter.

** GET YOUR GRAPHICS HERE! **

Since we launched, earlier this month, we've gotten one request over... and over... and over...

You wanted Graphics, and now we've got them! :)

To get the graphics and put them onto your website, simply follow the directions below:

1. Go to
http://www.menuplanningcentral.com/order/member.php

2. Log in.

3. Look to the right side of the screen for "Affiliates area" -- click on that.

4. Click on "Get affiliate banners and links"

5. In there, you'll find the html code for links and banners. Copy whatever you'd like and paste it onto your website or blog. It's already encoded with your affiliate link.

** FREE LEARNING RESOURCE **

I'd like to share one of my free ecourses with you.
http://www.showmomthenewsletter.com

This free tutorial is all about getting a Huge List of Loyal Subscribers. You are invited to sign up and learn. I hope you enjoy it!

By helping you to have a bigger newsletter list, it'll help us, too, as you make more sales!

If you have any questions about the info above, contact me at
nicole@menuplanningcentral.com

To those in the US, we hope you and your family have a safe and wonderful
4th.

To our Canadian friends, Happy Canada Day.
And, to the rest of the world, have a wonderful weekend!

Warmly,
Nicole Dean
Affiliate Manager
www.MenuPlanningCentral.com

2007-06-22T07:45:00.000-07:00

Hello again.

This is Nicole, with MenuPlanningCentral.

First of all -- WOW, AGAIN! for the huge number of sales we've been seeing come in from our affiliates! You are awesome!

I've been spending quite a bit of time lately at the beach (I live 10 minutes from the Gulf of Mexico, so it's a nice way to spend the afternoon, as you can imagine.) Well, unfortunately, I'm not exactly feeling "sexy" in my bikini this year. In fact, you could say that I feel quite a bit less than sexy right now. ;)

So, it is with great pleasure that I announce our latest free report just for you ...
It'll show you how to get your body ready for the beach.
http://www.menuplanningcentral.com/beachbody.pdf

And, of course, we also offer a brandable version for those of you that like to share these with your lists, or post them on your blog, or offer them as bonuses -- you know the scoop.

Here's the page to grab the report, brand it, and earn commissions from it

http://www.partnerupdates.com/beachbody/

However, if you're not quite techy enough for that, don't fret.

Here are some text ads for you to use instead (just add this to the end of your emails):

****
PS. Check out Menu Planning Central for a complete menu planning solution that includes healthy menus, family friendly menus and vegetarian menus.
(insert link here)
****
PS. I'm loving Menu Planning Central! No more "What's for dinner" blues.
Check it out here --> (insert link here)
****
PS. Join me at Menu Planning Central! We can both enjoy less time in the
kitchen, and more time enjoying summer. Find out more at --> (insert link here)
****
Of course, as always, if you have any questions, please send them my way
-- nicole@menuplanningcentral.com

Have a wonderful weekend!

Warmly,
Nicole Dean
Affiliate Manager
MenuPlanningCentral.com

2007-06-12T07:43:00.000-07:00

Hi! First of all, let me just say "WOW!" We have the best affiliates on earth!

Several of our affiliates will be receiving over $300 from us from our first week of business.

Thanks to your promotions, we already have:

Over 200 members at MenuPlanningCentral.

Over 5000 people who have requested the free report.

We will continue to promote MenuPlanningCentral to them in the coming weeks, and, when they order -- you'll receive commissions, as well.

Christine and Susanne have also put together a cute Father's Day report you can brand with your Menu Planning Central and ParentingZoo (www.ParentingZoo.com) affiliate links.

Grab the report as well as the branding software and simple instructions here:
http://www.partnerupdates.com/fathersday/ebook-fathers-day.html

One of the questions we've been asked if it you can use the articles we've written for DineWithoutWhine to promote MenuPlanningCentral instead? Of course you may.

You may grab any of these articles to reprint on your website, blog or in your ezine:

http://www.partnerupdates.com/affiliate-articles-for-dww.html

Just replace the author bio with either of these:

Yes, you can cook a wholesome meal for your family any night of the week. All you need is a little menu planning help. Start by grabbing your free Menu Planning Basics guide at www.MenuPlanningCentral.com and watch for an incredible offer to get access to Menu Planning Central.

Stop eating fast food and get the pizza delivery guy off the speed dial. All you need is a little menu planning help. Start by grabbing your free Menu Planning Basics guide at www.MenuPlanningCentral.com and watch for an incredible offer to get access to Menu Planning Central.

(Of course, the link to MenuPlanningCentral should be your affiliate link.)

Several of you are having such great luck with the program, but want to earn MORE! So, your question is ... "How can I get more traffic to my website?" Here is my free course that I recommend you sign up for. It'll show you over 20 ways to get more traffic to your website.
www.WebTrafficBasics.com

If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask. Just email me at
nicole@menuplanningcentral.com

Warmly,
Nicole
www.MenuPlanningCentral.com

2007-06-04T07:38:00.000-07:00

I know this is a LONG email, but read all the way through for a special surprise.

Wow. What a whirlwind. We hadn’t anticipated the tremendous response to this new product. Thank you to all of the affiliates who are actively promoting. Many of you will be receiving huge deposits into paypal as a result of your participation. Be sure to add your links to your autoresponder so you can keep up your momentum.

If you haven’t started promoting yet, just sign in at
http://www.menuplanningcentral.com/order/member.php to get your links right away.

Of course, with any new product launch, there is always a bit of confusion. Some of the promos that were sent by affiliates contained incorrect information, and we are getting customers that feel they were misled… of course this is not a good thing.

So, we wanted to clarify a few things so you can make sure your promos are accurate and we only have happy customers!

** CLARIFICATIONS **

1. There is NO free trial with this offer. There is an initial cost of $19.97 which will give the customer the following items immediately:
• 4 Family Friendly Menus
• 4 Healthy Menus
• 4 Vegetarian Menus
• 13 weeks of Kid Approved Meals
• Free 30 Day Membership To the Menu Planning Club

2. There is NOT a weekly menu sent with this program. It’s a membership site where the members will log in monthly to access their menus and additional free resources, as well as unannounced bonuses.

** SURPRISE! **

Several of you told us that you just got our messages because you spent the weekend with your family. We understand that! And, because family is #1 with us, too, and we certainly wouldn't penalize you for that – SO… we're going to wait one more day before sending out our mailing to our free lists.

Here's a follow-up you can send to your lists (did you know reminder emails usually get a better response than the first contact does?) Send it now.

---

Are you STILL Feeding Your Family Junk?!
A few days ago, I sent you an email about a new service that can help you to prepare home-cooked meals and save time and money over the so called "Fast Food" option?

Menu Planning ensures that you have the ingredients you need in the house to whip up a delicious and nutritious dinner – every night.

I hope you’ve stop by (insert your link here) and already picked up your free report on the benefits of Menu Planning.

If not, I’d like to get serious with you for just a moment. Studies have shown that menu planning and eating together as a family can result in a more loving relationship with your kids, less trouble at home and even a reduced risk of school dropout and teen pregnancy. You owe it to yourself and your family to check this out.
(insert your link here)

---

** FREE TRAINING **

Now, more fun stuff.

Those of you who are new to this type of affiliate program may be confused at how to get started. I’ve created a free video for you to introduce you to our program:

http://www.partnerupdates.com/welcome_mpc/480videonb.htm

In addition, if you’re new to online marketing, I’ve included links to a few of my free ecourses. I encourage you to sign up for as many as you’d like.
Nicole Dean's Free Courses

www.WebTrafficBasics.com – Free Web Traffic Course

www.ShowMomtheNewsletter.com – Free Course to Get Started with a Newsletter

www.ShowMomtheBlogging.com – Free Course to Learn How to Blog

** TOOLS **

And, yes, we’ll have buttons, banners, articles, and more goodies for you to use to promote this program coming later this week. Stay tuned…

That’s it for now. If you have any questions, concerns or comments, please email me at nicole@menuplanningcentral.com

Warmly,
Nicole Dean
Affiliate Manager, MenuPlanningCentral.com

2007-06-03T07:35:00.000-07:00

On Friday night, we sent you an announcement about our brand-new Menu Planning program and our new VERY generous affiliate program (over 100% commission per sale <– not a typo).

Quite of few people took action right away and will receive deposits of over $200 each from us in affiliate commissions. Not bad for sending out one email to their lists!

If you haven’t signed up yet to promote this new program, you will want to take a moment and do so right away. Between now and 10 am Monday June 4th (yes, that is tomorrow morning), you have the “Once in a Lifetime” opportunity to beat us to the punch when it comes to promoting Menu Planning Central. Of course we encourage you to continue sharing the offer in the days and months to come (as it’s converting VERY well) – add it to your thank you pages, your autoresponders, etc…, but, the important thing is to send your first mailing right now. We promise not to contact our free email lists until Monday morning. You get first dibs to announce this program to everyone and anyone you can! Shout it from the mountains!
;)

We’re copying the original email below so you can read all about the program, but basically this is your chance to make $20.00 per sale and you can imagine how quickly this can add up to cover a car payment, a mortgage payment, or even pay for a summer holiday getaway.

Let’s do a little math…
Let’s say you have a list of 5000 newsletter subscribers and only 1% of them take you up on this great offer. That’s 50 sales at $20 commission each – you get $1000 sent to your paypal account. Now that’s a nice chunk of change for taking 2 minutes to send an email! On the other hand, if you have a slightly smaller, but more responsive list of 1000, and 5% sign up, that’s also $1000.

Here’s the email that first invited you to join the new Menu Planning Central Affiliate Program which includes the simple steps to sign up and get started.

=================
How would you like to earn a $20 commission on a sale of a $19.97 product?

No, we haven’t lost our minds… We’ve created a brand new menu mailer pack and want to start it off with a bang – and in order to do that we are willing to reward you for your help.

Over the past months we’ve been surveying customers to find out what they REALLY want in a menu planning service. We took all their suggestions to heart and created Menu Planning Central based upon their feedback.

Since it’s easiest to sell potential customers what they want, we’re very excited about this new product. We’ve been feverishly working on Menu Planning Central – and IT IS READY!

Between now and Monday, June 4th at 10 am EST we are giving our affiliates a head start in promoting this new menu planning site. And, we’d like to invite you to participate.

In the spirit of partnership, we’ve decided not to even email our own free lists until Monday to give you a chance to cash on those $20.00 commissions first. (This is unheard of in affiliate programs – but we believe in working WITH our affiliates, rather than against them.)

*** TAKE ACTION WITH THESE STEPS ***
Here’s all you’ll need to do to get started.
1. Take a moment to sign up for the new affiliate program here (the affiliate program is completely separate from HMM’s affiliate program, so you’ll need to sign up through this link) http://www.menuplanningcentral.com/affiliates.html

2. Then go to http://www.menuplanningcentral.com/order/member.php and sign in to grab your affiliate links.

3. Next we suggest you email your existing lists as soon as possible. You’ll want to beat the other affiliates (and us) before we start to promote this new product on Monday morning. So send your newsletter subscribers a special note about this new menu planning pack today, if possible.
Here are some ideas for your email contact:

****
Ezine Solo Ad
Stop Feeding Your Family Junk!
If you had a choice between grabbing fat-laden fast food yet again or serving your family a balanced, home-cooked meal, which would you pick?

What if I told you that you can prepare that home-cooked meal and save time and money over the so called "Fast Food" option? Menu Planning allows you to do just that. It ensures that you have the ingredients you need in the house to whip up a delicious and nutritious dinner in less time than it takes you to find a coupon for your favorite pizza joint -- again.

But who has time to sit down to find recipes, make a menu plan and the grocery list to go along with it? The Menu Mom Does!

She’s done all the hard work for you, compiling recipes and creating printable shopping lists. All you have to do is click print and you’re set to feed your family for an entire week.
Don’t spend this summer stuck in the kitchen, missing out on summer memories, or worse, wasting your money on fast-food.

Let the Menu Mom handle everything for you.
(insert your link here)
****
Ezine Ad option #2:
Find out… Why this one thing will *cost you* hundreds of dollars and precious hours not spent with family and friends – and how you can easily fix it.
(insert your link here)
****
Ezine Ad option #3:
Find out … What one simple thing can result in a more loving relationship with your kids, less trouble at home and even a reduced risk of school dropout and teen pregnancy.
(insert your link here)
****
To make sure you get as many sales as possible, we set up an opt-in form at www.menuplannincentral.com that will capture the name and email of our web visitors in exchange for a free report on Menu Planning. Within the report and a follow up sequence we will do our best to convert these subscribers into paying customers – which of course translates into $20.00 commissions for you.

If you think about it, your job is to just get them to visit our website.
Of course you are also welcome to mention the free report or the menu planning pack that they will be offered after they sign up for the report.

Take a look at the opt-in page here
www.menuplanningcentral.com
and the main offer here
www.menuplanningcentral.com/main.html

I look forward to partnering on this new product.
Christine Steendahl

P.S. We encourage you to take advantage of the fact that we are giving you first dibs to promote this new, exciting product. Sign up now and send out an email to your readers right away.

We’ll be in touch with additional tools including reports and articles in a few days.

2007-06-01T07:32:00.000-07:00

How would you like to earn a $20 commission on a sale of a $19.97 product?

No, we haven’t lost our minds… We’ve created a brand new menu mailer pack and want to start it off with a bang – and in order to do that we are willing to reward you for your help.

Over the past months we’ve been surveying customers to find out what they REALLY want in a menu planning service. We took all their suggestions to heart and created Menu Planning Central ™ based upon their feedback.

Since it’s easiest to sell potential customers what they want, we’re very excited about this new product. We’ve been feverishly working on Menu Planning Central – and IT IS READY!

Between now and Monday June 4th - 10 am EST we are giving our affiliates a head start in promoting this new menu planning site. And, we’d like to invite you to participate.

In the spirit of partnership, we’ve decided not to even email our own free lists until Monday to give you a chance to cash on those $20.00 commissions first. (This is unheard of in affiliate programs – but we believe in working WITH our affiliates, rather than against them.)

Here’s all you’ll need to do to get started.

1. Take a moment to sign up for the new affiliate program here (the affiliate program is completely separate from DWW, so you’ll need to sign up through this link)
http://www.menuplanningcentral.com/affiliates.html

2. Then go to http://www.menuplanningcentral.com/order/member.php and
sign in to grab your affiliate links.

3. Next we suggest you email your existing lists as soon as possible. You’ll want to beat the other affiliates (and us) before we start to promote this new product on Monday morning. So send your newsletter subscribers a special note about this new menu planning pack today, if possible.

Here are some ideas for your email contact:
****
Ezine Solo Ad
Stop Feeding Your Family Junk!

If you had a choice between grabbing fat-laden fast food yet again or serving your family a balanced, home-cooked meal, which would you pick? What if I told you that you can prepare that home-cooked meal and save time and money over the so called "Fast Food" option? Menu Planning allows you to do just that. It ensures that you have the ingredients you need in the house to whip up a delicious and nutritious dinner in less time than it takes you to find a coupon for your favorite pizza joint -- again.

But who has time to sit down to find recipes, make a menu plan and the grocery list to go along with it? The Menu Mom Does!

She’s done all the hard work for you, compiling recipes and creating printable shopping lists. All you have to do is click print and you’re set to feed your family for an entire week.

Don’t spend this summer stuck in the kitchen, missing out on summer memories, or worse, wasting your money on fast-food.

Let the Menu Mom handle everything for you.
(insert your link here)

****
Ezine Ad option #2:

Find out… Why this one thing will cost you hundreds of dollars and precious hours not spent with family and friends – and how you can easily fix it.
(insert your link here)

****
Ezine Ad option #3:

Find out … What one simple thing can result in a more loving relationship with your kids, less trouble at home and even a reduced risk of school dropout and teen pregnancy.
(insert your link here)

****

To make sure you get as many sales as possible, we set up an opt-in form
at www.menuplannincentral.com that will capture the name and email of our
web visitors in exchange for a free report on Menu Planning. Within the report and a follow up sequence we will do our best to convert these subscribers into paying customers – which of course translates into $20.00 commissions for you.

If you think about it, your job is to just get them to visit our website. Of course you are also welcome to mention the free report or the menu planning pack that they will be offered after they sign up for the report.

Take a look at the opt-in page here
www.menuplanningcentral.com
and the main offer here
www.menuplanningcentral.com/main.html

I look forward to partnering on this new product.
Christine Steendahl
"The Menu Mom"

P.S. We encourage you to take advantage of the fact that we are giving you first dibs to promote this new, exciting product. Sign up now and send out an email to your readers right away.

We’ll be in touch with additional tools including reports and articles in a few days.

2007-05-28T08:51:00.000-07:00

New reprint articles for DineWithoutWhine.

You are welcome to reprint any of the following articles with your affiliate link for DineWithoutWhine.com

Slash Your Grocery Bills

Cooking Substitutions

Healthful Snacks For Kids

What to Look for When Choosing Pots and Pans

Healthy Reasons For Eating at Home

And, the following articles for KidApprovedMeals.com

Get Healthy Meals Into Your Little Ones

Healthy Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

If you have any questions, just post them below or email nicole@dinewithoutwhine.com.

Thank you for your support!
Nicole Dean, Affiliate Manager for DineWithoutWhine.com

2007-05-07T16:07:00.000-07:00

I've noticed that many of you are using the banners and buttons we've provided in the affiliate center. Since we want to make it really easy to promote us, I'd love to hear your suggestions for new buttons and banners we could add.

If YOU were to create a button or banner for DineWithoutWine.com or http://www.familydinnervideo.com. what would it say?

Just post your ideas here. :)

2007-04-28T09:25:00.000-07:00

I created a little grocery shopping list that you can offer your readers. It's brandable, too.

If you'd like a branded copy of the grocery list for your website, simply contact Tishia at tishialee@gmail.com with your affiliate URL and she'll email the pdf right back to you.

We've got more articles and reports and fun stuff coming your way. Watch for more from us coming soon.

Warmly,
Nicole Dean

2007-04-26T09:24:00.000-07:00

Free Cinco de Mayo report.

Our friend, Susanne, at ParentingZoo.com came up with a great idea -- since Cinco de Mayo is coming up next week, she thought a free little report would be a fun idea. So, she and Christine put their heads together and voila! We now have a free report about Cinco de Mayo that you can brand with affiliate links and send to your list.

Here's the instructions page for the Cinco de Mayo book:
http://www.partnerupdates.com/cinco-de-mayo/ebook.html

Nicole

2007-04-20T00:31:00.000-07:00

Hi. Nicole Dean here with DineWithoutWhine.com.

If you belong to any other affiliate programs, you know how rare DineWithoutWhine is -- we provide fresh content year-round for you to use. I love being part of this exciting program!

Well, we've done it again. This time we have a brandable Mother's Day report that you are welcome (encouraged) to use. ;)

To brand the report with your affiliate links, just stop by
http://www.partnerupdates.com/mothers-day/ebook-mother-day.html
and follow the directions.

If you have any difficulties, don't hesitate to ask. Just email me at nicole@dinewithoutwhine.com

We appreciate you!
Nicole, Affiliate Manager

2007-03-21T15:00:00.001-07:00

Hi! It's Nicole, the Affiliate Manager for DineWithoutWhine, stopping by with a freebie for you.

Christine asked me to tell you about the adorable illustration we had designed for Easter (yes, Easter is coming around the corner already!)

You can see how cute it turned out here -
http://www.partnerupdates.com/Printables/easterbunny.pdf

Anyway, you're probably wondering what this has to do with the affiliate program...

Simple. Our awesome VA, Tishia, will customize the printable with your unique URL for DWW so you can give it away -- AND earn recurring commissions.

Sweet deal. Simply contact Tishia at tishialee@gmail.com with your affiliate URL and she'll email the pdf right back to you.

Then, you can give that printable away to local preschools, daycares, schools, or libraries.
Does your gym have a child center?
Do you have access to a YMCA or after school center? Give it away!
Send it in your newsletter or ezine.
Blog about it and give it away as a freebie to your readers.

There are a million ways to share this coloring page -- and make money doing it.

Remember, if you don't have a customized URL like www.dinewithoutwhine.com/yourname, you can contact christine@dinewithoutwhine.com for yours today.

If you have any questions, contact me at nicole@dinewithoutwhine.com

Now, get that printable and go make some money! ;)
Nicole

2007-03-06T07:42:00.000-08:00

New training available for DineWithoutWhine affiliates.

Hi all! This is Nicole Dean, the DWW & HMM affiliate manager. I recently recorded a live audio seminar (webinar) to answer some of your most basic questions -- and get you making some big commissions through the DWW affiliate program!

You can listen to the entire free call right here:
http://www.partnerupdates.com/dww-affiliate-training-call-1.html

If you have any questions, please post them below!

Thank you so much.
Nicole

2006-12-29T15:28:00.000-08:00

Hi there,

I just emailed all affiliates a New Year's Resolution Article. Check you email and if you for some reason didn't receive the article, just shoot us an email and we'll get it out to you right away.

Happy New Year,

Susanne Myers

2006-12-04T15:45:00.000-08:00

At Dine Without Whine and Healthy Menu Mailer we appreciate our affiliates. Not only are they our partners in business (part of our sales force) but they are an amazing group of hard-working people.

To show our appreciation for our affiliates, we've decided to feature some of our affiliates who generate the most traffic to our site.

I'd like to introduce you to one of our affiliates -- Lisa Hendey of www.CatholicMom.com

My name is Lisa Hendey and I am wife to Greg and mom to Eric (15) and Adam (12). I am the founder and webmaster of www.CatholicMom.com and several other web sites. I work from my home.

Lisa, why do you do affiliate marketing?
I use the funds I earn to support my web site.

What's the #1 mistake you've made and overcome with your online business?
I'm learning as I go, so I've made many mistakes. My biggest mistake may be in not taking enough of a "business" approach to my web sites.

What's the #1 tip you'd give for your success?
Be dilligent and continue networking. I have tried to provide opportunities to other mothers through my web site by providing a venue for their writing and their projects.

Thank you so much, Lisa. We look forward to watching your business grow in the future.
Nicole, Affiliate Manager

2006-10-03T20:53:00.000-07:00

I wanted to let you know about a neat printable available this month that you can insert your Dine Without Whine affiliate link into AND … add a link to YOUR website at the bottom if you choose.

The printable can be seen here http://www.bestprintables.com/HalloweenHandouts.pdf . You can use the printable as is, or you can email my awesome assistant Tishia, at tishialee@gmail.com with the following information:
1. Your affiliate link for DineWithoutWhine (If you have a redirect set-up AKA " a link you can actually remember" that would be best. Such as www.dinewithoutwhine.com/yourtexthere). If you do not have a redirect yet, first e-mail me to request one and include what text you would like to use after www.dinewithoutwhine.com
2. Your website URL and a short blurb to put after it if you’d like.

So, what can you DO with this printable?
1. Give it away to your mailing list if you own a business.
2. Print it and hand it out at your child’s school as a gift.
3. Print it and roll it with a ribbon. Attach a bag of cookies as a nice gift for your neighbors, friends etc.
4. Anything else creative you think of! Post your ideas in the comments area below!

If you have any questions please let me know.
Christine Steendahl
www.dinewithoutwhine.com

2006-09-26T11:31:00.000-07:00

We're Going Pink For October! Have you been affected by breast cancer? It seems almost everyone has had a friend, relative or co-worker diagnosed. Our family lost an aunt this past spring from Breast Cancer, and I know Susanne's family has been affected as well.

During the Month of October both Dine Without Whine and Healthy Menu Mailer will be donating 10% of every sale made to the Susan G. Kolman Foundation for Breast Cancer Research. (www.komen.org)

Both sites have special breast cancer banners in their respective affiliate centers.
Healthy Menu Mailer's Affiliate Center is here: http://www.healthymenumailer.com/amember/member.php
Dine Without Whine's Affiliate Center is here:
http://www.dinewithoutwhine.com/amember/member.php

Healthy Menu Mailer has a really exciting tool as well. The breast cancer banners in the affiliate area lead to: http://www.healthymenumailer.com/breast-cancer-quiz.html This is a very fun interactive quiz on breast cancer. You won't want to miss sending this out to every woman you know. It is important!

Please join us this month as we continue to fight for a cure.

Christine & Susanne