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		<title>Little Ruler is now live in AvantLink!</title>
		<link>http://www.avantshare.com/blog/2009/07/02/little-ruler-is-now-live-in-avantlink/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avantshare.com/blog/2009/07/02/little-ruler-is-now-live-in-avantlink/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[clothing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kids]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[skate]]></category>

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Introducing a new exclusive AvantLink merchant:


Little Ruler


Little Ruler brings forth an exciting addition to our &#8220;Apparel&#8221; category with a completely unique line of skate clothing for kids. This merchant also holds exclusive licensing agreements for the leading skate brands such as Independent, Santa Cruz, Creature, Nor Cal, Thrasher and more. They also carry a variety [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outdoor Affiliate Meet &amp; Greet</title>
		<link>http://www.avantshare.com/blog/2009/07/02/outdoor-affiliate-meet-greet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avantshare.com/blog/2009/07/02/outdoor-affiliate-meet-greet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[outdoor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Attention All Outdoor Affiliates
(Especially those Affiliates in Utah, or those coming to Salt Lake City for OR!)
We organized a Meet and Greet for Outdoor Affiliates and merchants, at the Salt Lake City Hilton on Wednesday, July 22nd from 5pm-7pm. This event coincides with the 2009 Outdoor Retailer Summer Market at the Salt Palace Convention Center.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snowboard Connection is now live in AvantLink!</title>
		<link>http://www.avantshare.com/blog/2009/06/29/snowboard-connection-is-now-live-in-avantlink/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avantshare.com/blog/2009/06/29/snowboard-connection-is-now-live-in-avantlink/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Program]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[skate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Snowboard]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[surf]]></category>

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Introducing a new exclusive AvantLink merchant:
Snowboard Connection
Snowboard Connection is a full-service snowboard, skateboard, and online surf shop. Promote the world&#8217;s top outdoor brands to a massive online snow, skate, and surf community of customers! Based in Seattle, Snowboard Connection pays 8% per sale, with a 120-day cookie. They have a dedicated program manager with Courtney [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NRS is now live in AvantLink!</title>
		<link>http://www.avantshare.com/blog/2009/06/23/nrs-is-now-live-in-avantlink/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avantshare.com/blog/2009/06/23/nrs-is-now-live-in-avantlink/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Merchants]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Affiliate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Equipment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gear]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[kayaking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[nrs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[paddling]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[rafting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[river]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Supplies]]></category>

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Introducing a new exclusive AvantLink merchant:
NRS
Incredible opportunity to promote the best kayaking gear, rafting supplies and boating equipment with NRS. Affiliates with outdoor related sites and/or traffic should jump on this! As an exclusive AvantLink merchant, you know your NRS traffic will be safe and secure. This programs offers very competitive compensation with a 10% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KOA Coffee is now live in AvantLink!</title>
		<link>http://www.avantshare.com/blog/2009/06/22/koa-coffee-is-now-live-in-avantlink/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avantshare.com/blog/2009/06/22/koa-coffee-is-now-live-in-avantlink/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[hawaii]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[koa]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[kona]]></category>

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Introducing a new exclusive AvantLink merchant:


KOA Coffee


Promote premium 100% Kona fresh coffee products that are grown, processed, roasted, labeled and shipped directly from the KOA Coffee plantation on the Kona Belt in Hawaii! We&#8217;re very excited to announce this exciting opportunity for Affiliates to market to nearly half (49%) of all American adults who drink [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SylvanSport is now live in AvantLink!</title>
		<link>http://www.avantshare.com/blog/2009/06/15/sylvansport-is-now-live-in-avantlink/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avantshare.com/blog/2009/06/15/sylvansport-is-now-live-in-avantlink/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[camping]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[trailer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>

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Introducing a new exclusive AvantLink merchant:


SylvanSport


This is an exciting new addition to our Outdoor/Recreation category. Since 2004 SylvanSport has been enlivening the spirit of outdoor adventure through the creation of the Award winning GO, their action-adventure camping trailer that enables people to carry bikes, kayaks, surfboards, ATVs and just about anything for fun or utility! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanks for the heads up</title>
		<link>http://www.avantshare.com/blog/2009/06/09/thanks-for-the-heads-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avantshare.com/blog/2009/06/09/thanks-for-the-heads-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>support</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Testimonials]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Affiliate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Testimonial]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.avantshare.com/blog/?p=948</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently Scott took care of a minor issue (for some Affiliates, anyway) with the xhtml encoding in our tracking code by offering a &#8220;URLs Only (No Html)&#8221; integration option for links. Here is the response we received from Christian at CouponCraze.com, when Scott notified him of the new functionality:

Thanks for the heads up. As usual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trademark &amp; Merchant Name PPC Bidding</title>
		<link>http://www.avantshare.com/blog/2009/06/03/trademark-merchant-name-ppc-bidding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avantshare.com/blog/2009/06/03/trademark-merchant-name-ppc-bidding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[click]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[paid]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[poaching]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[search]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.avantshare.com/blog/?p=911</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of discussions these days centered around unscrupulous Affiliates using pay per click (PPC) search marketing to drive traffic via searches for merchant names, their domain names and/or any trademarks they might own. Common terms in the Affiliate industry to describe this practice include &#8220;Trademark Bidding&#8221; or &#8220;Trademark Poaching&#8221; to name just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Affiliate Newsletter Vol 1, Issue 3</title>
		<link>http://www.avantshare.com/blog/2009/05/26/affiliate-newsletter-vol-1-issue-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avantshare.com/blog/2009/05/26/affiliate-newsletter-vol-1-issue-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 19:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Newsletter]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[tools]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[




AvantLink Newsletter
May 26, 2009
Vol 1, Issue 3




Affiliate Newsletter
Our Affiliate newsletters feature technology news, promotional opportunities, new merchants, industry insight and more.
We have a lot of new technology to highlight this Spring, which is the emphasis of this newsletter. To help facilitate the use of these new tools, and to get the word out there, Scott [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RealCyclist.com is now live in AvantLink!</title>
		<link>http://www.avantshare.com/blog/2009/05/22/realcyclistcom-is-now-live-in-avantlink/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avantshare.com/blog/2009/05/22/realcyclistcom-is-now-live-in-avantlink/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 16:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>support</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Affiliate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bike]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[biking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cycling]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gear]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[parts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Program]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[road]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Introducing a new exclusive AvantLink merchant:
RealCyclist.com
Pedal season is in full swing here in Park City (and in fact around the USA), so it&#8217;s exciting for us to announce two new online stores from the Backcountry.com suite of retail sites: RealCyclist.com &#38; HucknRoll.com! Cycling related sales are one of the fastest growing segments of recreation-based online [...]]]></description>
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