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Every so often I am authorized to offer a special “$50 in bonus-clicks” sign-up offer!

In honor of Memorial Day, this is your week! If you have been thinking about opening an account with Smarter.com, there is no better time to do so. To take advantage of our limited-time offer, just complete our online sign-up process before May 31st here:

Register for a Smarter.com account today!

Once you have received your auto-generated confirmation email from us, send me a quick note and let me know that your account is in-place! As soon as I verify the account I will authorize the bonus-clicks to be added to your deposit! It’s that simple!

Remember, our minimum deposit is only $100, so if you deposit $100 and we add $50, you will have $150. in clicks to give Smarter.com a try! It’s so easy and to-boot, we also can take feeds that have been designed for other major online sites and can use them to populate Smarter with your products!

I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Also!

Don’t forget, if you’re going to Internet Retailer ’08 let me know! It’s coming right up, (June 9th – 12th). Smarter.com will be displaying at booth #1014, so I want to invite you to stop by and say hello! My booth schedule will be 2 to 7pm on Tues, the 9th and 9 to 1pm on Wed, the 10th. For more information about the upcoming Internet Retailer conference, click here:

http://www.internetretailer.com/IRCE2008

Just thought I’d send you a QUICK reminder about coupons! Check out this latest blurb from Shop.org’s SmartBrief & Business Week:

**Coupon site traffic surges**
SHOP.ORG SMARTBRIEF | 05/12/2008
“Web sites that feature discount coupons for a range of consumer products are experiencing a resurgence in popularity. Page views on sites that offer money-off coupons jumped 38% to 281 million in March, as compared with the previous year.” - BusinessWeek (05/06)

High price of gas got consumers looking for just that right bargain? I think perhaps so!

Did you know that you can add coupons/rebates/discounts to your Smarter feed at the product level? That’s right, you can go into your SAM (Smarter Account Management) tool and add a timed offer to any product or product line that you would like! Or if it is easier for you, you can add your special offers directly into your feed.

Shoppers love a deal whether it is on shipping or just a percentage off for Memorial Day! So have at it, if you have an account with us, don’t forget to update your feed for special offers. If you don’t have an account with us, why not? Give me a quick shout via email the address listed here and we can get you set up in a heart-beat : )

Don’t forget, if you’re going to Internet Retailer ’08 let me know! It’s coming right up, (June 9th – 12th). Smarter.com will be displaying at booth #1014, so I want to invite you to stop by and say hello! I’ll give out my exact schedule as we get just a bit closer! For more information about the upcoming Internet Retailer conference, click here:

http://www.internetretailer.com/IRCE2008

A quick word to the wise about our upcoming Dads & Grads Buying Guide!
Dads & Grads Buying Guide

• Taking orders for placement up until May 27th
• Need not only the Insertion Order in place by EOD, May 27th, but also the following information:
o Product Name
o Product Price
o Product Description (200 characters including spaces is ideal)
o Product Image URL
• Ad run dates are June 2nd thru June 15th, 14 days; with Fathers Day being June 15th : )
• Need to have live feed with Smarter account set up to participate
• Estimated 50k impressions

*Tip: Don’t forget to include any and all gift-cards into your feed for us! Follow this link to an article about how gift-cards (in addition to the “cash” standby) will be THE most popular choice for consumers purchasing graduation gifts:

http://www.marketingcharts.com/uncategorized/gift-cards-and-cash-most-popular-graduation-gifts-4560/?camp=newsletter&src=mc&type=textlink

If you do not yet have a Smarter.com account set-up, please click on the registration link below or give me a shout at the email addy provided here and we will be sure to get you started ASAP!

https://sam.smarter.com/register/sign_up_step_1.php

And lastly, Internet Retailer ’08 is only a month away!? (June 9th – 12th). Have you secured your badge, booked your travel and finalized your plans to attend? Smarter.com will be displaying at booth #1014, so I want to invite you to stop by and say hello! I’ll give out my exact schedule as we get closer to the dates! For more information about the upcoming Internet Retailer conference, click here:

http://www.internetretailer.com/IRCE2008/

I look forward to hearing from you soon!

I know it seems impossible to believe with Mother’s Day still a week away, but as of today, I am beginning to offer placement within our upcoming Dad’s & Grads Buying Guide!

This is going to be a great feature! It will run for two weeks, from June 2nd thru June 15th, a total of 14 days. Father’s Day is June 15th : )

This Buying Guide will be similar to the Mother’s Day Buying Guide that we are currently running. Please be sure to check it out live on our homepage, www.smarter.com! You might even be interested in doing some Mother’s Day shopping yourself while you are there! Following is a graphic to view in case you have too many windows open on your desk top as it is and don’t want to click-thru!

I need to have all orders for this space in (strictly) by the 27th of May, so don’t delay if you want to display for the total running time!

One other great thing to note about our Buying Guides is that the icon & link to the Buying Guide is accessible from ALL Smarter pages! That is why our estimate is 50k impressions for the run-time!

One last thing, to continue on with my new “welcome” section, please join with me in saying hello to the tre’ cool and upcoming Smarter merchant:

Ed Hardy (www.edhardyshop.com)

~ Hope you have some tasty enchiladas y tostadas planned for dinner tonight to celebrate Cinco de Mayo!!