Babies first Rolling Stones Romper Suit…
Educate your little ones and cement their appreciation of Rock and Roll from a young age with this super cute and stylish babygrow from Amplified Kids! With supreme rocksters the Rolling Stones taking center stage, this premium buy has also been intentionally distressed for that proper vintage feel. Treat your mini rockers now and prove that they’re never too young to be cool!

Or…
The Jam were a super-slick, cool bunch. If you know a little someone with a certain swagger and smooth temperament this Amplified Kids tee with The Jam’s classic target logo print could be their perfect match!

I think Pat and Claire will have the best dressed baby in England, be glad its 2012

Nothing like a nice pair of woolen trousers and matching jumper, hat and scarf and of course a matching pair of spats for the kid about town! too cute!

Once again many congrats from us all here and across the great divide!

We hope its twins! :0p

City Chic summer fashion is heating up with over 50 new arrivals.

Party season is upon us, with brighter colors and bolder combinations. On warm summer evenings, these styles can take you from day to night—time to go mad with an explosion of bright bold colors.

 “This time around designers are taking bold colors to the next level by pairing them together; bold color blocking and clashing color combinations have never looked so beautiful.”

Lucy, CC Product Designer

Mad About Men

http://www.citychiconline.com/index.php/new-in/mad-about-men.html

Front Knot Dress         $88

http://www.citychiconline.com/index.php/new-in/mad-about-men/knot-front-dress-merlot-xxl.html

Add this romantic Knot Front Dress to your wardrobe this festive season! Dress features a stunning front knot, optional straps, and silicon tape at internal bust for a stable strapless fit.

Brooch Melissa Dress $118

http://www.citychiconline.com/index.php/new-in/mad-about-men/brooch-melissa-dress-black-xs.html

This classic satin dress has contrast colouring on its wrap skirt and also around the waistband. The main feature of this stunning dress is its glamourous broach which is an optional feature. It also has soft padding on the bust and has the option for straps. Perfect for that formal occasion coming up!

Skinny Rouched Pant   $68

http://www.citychiconline.com/index.php/new-in/mad-about-men/skinny-rouched-pant-black-14.html

SUPER SEXY is an understatement. These skinny leg bengaline pants are soft and stretchy and feature rouching detail on the outer leg from the mid thigh to the ankle. This pant has jet pockets on the front hip and back patch pockets and yoke detail. The extended waistband has 3 hidden buttons and zip closure.

New Arrivals

http://www.citychiconline.com/index.php/new-in.html

Get glam this summer with our latest collection of dresses that will take you from day to night and make you look and feel fabulous

Roxanne Dress            $78 (Best Seller)

http://www.citychiconline.com/index.php/dresses/new-dresses/roxanne-red-dress.html

This rocking Roxanne dress is perfect for any occasion, with diamante spray across the sexy mesh shoulders and our fabulous ponte fabric which will fit and flatter your curves.

SUMMER SHORTS

http://www.citychiconline.com/index.php/denim/denim-shorts.html

Rockerbilly Short         $54 (Best Seller)

http://www.citychiconline.com/index.php/denim/denim-shorts/rockerbilly-short.html

These funky Rockabilly shorts are a stretchy, funky design which feature cute stitched images, heavy sandblasting & soft whisker detailing.

Affiliate Tips
Did you know you could corner the market on size18plussizeshort.com
Yup the domain name is still available and it is a search term that has thousands of women use. I heard recently that these types of long phrase search terms is becoming a thing of the past. I beg to differ, type into google plussizedresses.com what comes up as No1 (non sponsored listings). The old saying is if you don’t rank for No1 on your own domain name you have to be doing something very wrong. Now type in Size 18 Plus Size shorts into google, hey lookie here no one has the domain name. Going niche when you cant afford a generic domain name is a way forward and to be honest for me I would prefer the more targeted domain name than a generic only because I get easily distracted. Having a targeted domain name would keep me focused.
There are loads of niche domain names still to be had and if you want to keep costs low and your not technically mindind, if you register a domain name with godaddy.com and sign up with blogger.com you can map your domain name so your blog becomes www.yourdomian.com instead of myblog.blgger….

Blogging and true content, my favorite affiliates simply because I know these affiliates will rank highly in search engines, the more true content (your own words) the better off you will be. The pages you create will be cached and listed in google for a long time meaning, you may end up earning commissions years down the line from that blog review you did on that advertiser or product. If you don’t have the budget for paid search and you want to make a real living from this, blogging is one of the best ways to achieve sustainable income. But…. Be prepared to work hard, continuity and commitment is required.

For affiliates who are dabbling with mobile campaigns, now would be a good time to harvest those mobile phone numbers in addition to emails when a user has to register. Affiliate Mobile Marketing is the future and some day they may even be more valuable than an email address, make sure you allow the end user to opt out as we could see the same scenario as we do with spam ads.

I wonder who is already one step ahead and is developing anti mobile ad spam catcher technology, lol

Enough prattle from me, have a wonderful weekend and thank you for your continued support of CityChicOnline.com and as always, we are here for your convenience any thing you need let me know.

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Best sellers
Rockerbilly shorts http://www.citychiconline.com/index.php/new-in/summer-lovin/rockerbilly-short.html $54.00 with free shipping

Coral Dream top http://www.citychiconline.com/index.php/new-in/summer-lovin/coral-dream-top-coral-dream-xs.html $48.00 Free shipping

Strappy Ruffle Top http://www.citychiconline.com/index.php/sale/strappy-ruffle-top-black-xs.html $27.00

Best Selling swimwear
The Boardie Short http://www.citychiconline.com/index.php/swim/boardie-short-utility-black-xs-8064.html $49.00 Free shipping

Fastest selling item
The Roxanne Dress, http://www.citychiconline.com/index.php/dresses/roxanne-dress-652.html $78.00 available in Black, Blue and red with free shipping

Don’t forget to promote the SALE category, there are bargains galore and all with free shipping
http://www.citychiconline.com/index.php/sale.html

Last week we encouraged you to embed CityChicTV into your blog or website. We had a great response and we have requested the flv files so we can create affiliate video widgets for you, we will let you know when they are ready.

Affiliate Tips
This week we would like to get you to focus on your traffic and if you are not doing this already then we strongly recommend you start analyzing who is coming to your website and how to funnel that traffic so you can give them a better experience by sending them to highly targeted landing pages.

There are a number of ways to see who is coming across your website. The most popular is google analytics http://www.google.com/analytics and its easy to install on your blog or website. I have chosen google analytics by way of an example but there are loads of visitor tracking tools out there. Google just happens to be free and bang for bucks you do get a lot of useful analytics. If you use blogging platforms most will have the option for you to enter the google tracking and can be set up automatically.

Once your analytics is set up, what should you be looking at? For you it would be, how many people came to my site from different countries. You would be surprised at the amount of traffic you get that is not from your country. For affiliates who are promoting to their own country only, have you thought about monetizing traffic that comes from abroad?

Affiliate marketing is global and most countries have affiliate networks that you can join without being a citizen of that country. Under the tax laws of your country, you declare non territory additional income; most affiliate networks even provide you with the necessary tax forms. How can you monetize traffic from another country?

You need to have a good two to three months of analytics data to look at in the beginning; this should be enough time to start getting a good idea where your visitors are coming from. Example you are a US Affiliate and 70% of your visitors come from the USA, 15% come from Canada, 10% from France, 5% from the UK.  We commonly see some affiliates use the “throw mud at a wall and some will stick” approach. For those who want to make affiliate marketing their sole income, monetizing every inch of your website is the way forward. A simple menu link from your home page (Shop: Canada, France, UK)
You then create landing pages for your non US traffic, propagate with country specific advertisers) but don’t forget you may end up with US traffic on your non US pages, make sure to add a link back to the home page or US landing page.

Once you start creating landing pages keep the flow of visitors circulating, don’t give them an excuse to leave because they think the site is not relevant to them, and think about this, they came to your website for a reason don’t give them a reason to leave.

You can take this even further and promote by state or by region, knowing where your visitors are coming from is the first step in understanding more about how your website works, who its attracting and where they are coming from. Yes, it does take time and patience but would you rather get better conversions? Reduced bounce rate and your precious time spent on your website converting into money?

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Using the affiliate marketing route we used a combination of marketing campaigns aimed at types of affiliates. What we are seeing is a controlled affiliate program that facilitates the incentive affiliate sites, true content affiliates and PPC affiliates, we see that the natural search results and becoming nicely balanced. We still have much work to do and it’s been a long road but we estimate that by April of 2013 (will have been eighteen months from launch here in the US), citychiconline.com will be up there as one of the first destinations for American curvy girls to buy their apparel.

Another important factor you may like to know, we have been able to achieve and will be able to achieve all this just using the affiliate marketing channel. I find this is very encouraging for the industry and considering how huge America is, it’s a clear message to any online retailer that is able to ship products abroad (out of their own territory) or any online retailer here thinking you need big money to go up against your US competitors, with a little patience and a lot of hard work from us, you can come to the US or be in the US and compete using the pay on performance model. There really is no magic dust involved, but if you invest in your affiliate program as a long term marketing route to new customers then patience, consistency and flexibility will be rewarded. I’m sure there are other online retailers that are nodding their heads in agreement having used this method already. It should be noted that website conversions is the key factor in affiliate marketing.

First all of CityChicOnline.com video can be found on YouTube.com
Next select the video you want to embed onto your site, click on “share”
then “embed” you will be presented with some code, it will look like this.

<iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/jGCQfc_cIhI” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>

Where it says “560″ width and “315″ height, this is the size it will display on your website which is so big, I would suggest you change those numbers to 250 width and 250 height. Next just paste that code in the HTML part of word press, blogger or website. Have a go its all good fun and may even help you increase your conversions.

New in,  the Kopow collection is a mixture of sixties psychedelic, seventies retro with a modern city chic look. With free delivery and returns what more could a girl want?

CityChicOnline.com affiliate program is going from strength to strength and the above is just an example of the kind of help and advice we give to CityChicOnline.com affiliates. We have a growing list of fashion bloggers who love to promote CityChicOnline.com because we send them free products to review. Fashion bloggers get to feel the quality of the material, the style and the shipping experience. One of our top performing fashion bloggers average conversions is 4% with EPC of $22.00. Our top performing affiliate’s average conversion is 26.7% with an EPC of $232.6

With default commissions of 10% rising to 12% (case by case basis) and 60 day cookie. Affiliates overall average conversion is 7.5% in sale and an average of 3% out of sale. Average order basket is $73.00 average epc is $30.00
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Grab  the A4uExpo super early bird rate,  a saving of  £50This fantastic offer can also be used in conjunction with their new group pricing saving you even more.

Where: Hilton Metropole, London UK map

When: Tuesday 16^th & Wednesday 17^th October 2012

Who Should attend: Anyone in the affiliate marketing industry or anyone looking to break into affiliate marketing, this would be affiliates, merchants and affiliate networks.

For more information about this event and other a4uExpo events contact events@existem.com or call direct on +44 (0)117 203 3010

I would like to see their data feed tool for merchants modified so merchants can cross promote their products under different categories.

Where:
At the iconic Waldorf Astoria Hotel and see the Rakuten LinkShare Network come to life!

Who is this for?
Rakuten LinkShare Symposium events is the premier gathering place for online performance marketing leaders. Attendees have included hundreds of executives from top companies doing business online, representatives from leading and innovative publisher websites, and online marketers from Rakuten LinkShare’s client base of over 800 advertisers.

What’s the Agenda?
Although the agenda has not been finalized you can get a preview here, it is still being updated so check back regularly.

LinkShare.com Golden Link Awards
The Affiliate Marketing Oscars also known as 2011 LinkShare Golden Link Award will be held and nominations will be open in May

The affiliate marketing red carpet winners of last year can be found here.

Everything you need to know about this grand affair can be found here  and its not to late to become a sponsor.

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Looks like a lot of fun amidst the opportunity to do some serious networking, thank you linkshare.com

LyleandScott.com has history with fashion designers and as seen ons and has an easily identifiable logo of an eagle. LyleandScott.com have Four collections: Prestige, Heritage, Vintage, Club.
Prestige is fashion inspired by the 1940’s smart and streamlined, this collection is aimed at the diehard golfing community. Taken from LyleandScott.com’s original archives.
Heritage collection offers a range of luxury and relaxed classics that draw on the sporting culture of the early 1900′s. This influence is combined with Lyle and Scott’s contemporary design to bring an up-to-the-minute casual collection. Vintage collection is a statement in fashion, slim fit and popular amongst bands and celebrities.  With a surfing and preppy clean cut edge.
Club collection where golfing and fashion become synonymous with each other.

We supply true content to any LyleandScott.com US affiliates, its written just for you, see below.

Affiliates get 15% on all referred Sales, 60 day cookie.
Banners, buttons galore and we have more in the works for you.
If you do a search on golfing fashion, its not quite as niche as you may have thought. Affiliates can still tap into this section of fashion as there seem to be very few doing it yet there is a high demand.
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Need more information, read about their history, its a classic my how that eagle gets about.

Lyle and Scott was founded in The Scottish Borders in September 1874. A loan of £800 from an Edinburgh based investment company and £500 from a local corn merchant was used to secure the start of the business. The two entrepreneurs who formed the company were William Lyle and Walter Scott.They began making women’s hosiery and knitted under garments under the trademark Ellaness. Both wool and silk underwear was made and Lyle and Scott quickly gained a reputation for making superior quality products. Within 5-6 years Lyle and Scott had gone from using 2 knitting frames to around 200 hand worked frames and it was time for a much bigger factory.

Come 1924 Lyle and Scott was thriving in business and set to celebrate 50 years Jubilee on the 18^th June. The festivities included a motor run and picnic in the picturesque grounds of nearby Fairnilee House.

The business evolved and expanded first into knitted outerwear and later the men’s underwear industry too. Lyle and Scott began to produce Jockey Y-fronts as part of a franchise agreement, a move that proved profitable and meant that Lyle and Scott could expand further. All the while Lyle and Scott was still producing the high quality knitwear we’re famous for today.

In 1954 Lyle and Scott collaborated with Christian Dior on an exclusive line of cashmere knits. Monsieur Dior visited the Lyle and Scott factory and offices in Hawick to finalise the partnership. The Managing Director at the time, Mr Oliver, travelled to America to oversee the distribution of the Lyle and Scott and Christian Dior collaborative line. Oliver’s kooky British sense of style caused a bit of a stir as he walked the streets of California in his bowler hat and holding an umbrella!

In the 1960s the golden eagle was born and Lyle and Scott entered the golf market. This was a move that was met with strong opposition from competitors, but it didn’t take long for Lyle and Scott to become a well recognized golf brand.

It was 1975 when Lyle and Scott was awarded a Royal Warrant for appointment to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh who favoured the lambswool sweaters. From this point well in to the 1980s Lyle and Scott’s relationship with golf continued to grow and thrive. In 1981 Lyle and Scott dressed the Ryder Cup team and went on to work with many big names in golf like Sandy Lyle, Gary Player, Tony Jacklin and Greg Norman. When Greg Norman won the Open at Tunberry in 1986 it was the golden eagle which adorned his chest.

Lyle and Scott modern day
In 2003 the Lyle and Scott Vintage range was launched, it drew on Lyle and Scott’s retro aesthetic and featured the golden eagle on the left chest of each Vintage piece. The golden eagle was soon picked up by some of Britain’s coolest bands of the time including Arctic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs, Kasabian and Bloc Party. Lyle and Scott quickly gained a reputation for making retro inspired pieces with a modern twist. Lyle and Scott had a huge wealth of history to draw on for inspiration and the authenticity of the brand with over 130 years of history quickly made it a favourite with many other celebrities such as Harry Potter star Emma Watson as well as TV presenters and cult TV series such as Skins.

Again, Lyle and Scott was set for huge growth as the brand was discovered by stores such as Selfridges and Urban Outfitters. Lyle and Scott Vintage keeps up its affiliation with the music industry through ‘Curated By Lyle and Scott’ which is a series of gigs held around the UK which aims to support and showcase the best emerging music talent. Previous acts included Alex Clare and Chad Valley.

Lyle and Scott launched a Heritage line which drew more heavily on Lyle and Scott’s history as a classic knitwear company. This range provides high quality classic pieces with those added subtle details which are so coveted in men’s wear and really set Lyle and Scott apart from the competition.

The Club range provides fashionable and yet functional golf clothing. Lyle and Scott is dedicated to giving golfers a trend led and wearable range of clothing which is really fit for purpose with all the features that a golfer requires. The most recent addition to Lyle and Scott’s repertoire is the Prestige golf range which is the ultimate luxury in golf apparel. Prestige caters for the discerning and classically styled gentleman who takes great pride in the quality and cut of their clothing.

The History of the Madras Check

With roots right back to 13th Century India and the current renaissance for all things Preppy, Madras check has become a recurring feature of Lyle & Scottspring summer collections.

The name ‘Madras’ is taken from the Indian city of Madras (now known as
Chennai) where the style was invented. Historians claim that Madras cloth originates from 1200s and was made of yarn that had been spun from the tip-skin of ancient trees. This evolved in to a more refined cotton that was very light weight and airy making it perfect for sweltering Indian summers. Traditionally Madras check shirts were coloured using vegetable dyes and woven into stripes and checks. The story goes that the check designs were inspired by the tartan plaids of the Scottish regiments that occupied southern India in the 1800s.

The dyes used in the past were not colourfast, which meant that the colours would bleed when washed and create new effects with each laundering. When these shirts were first introduced to the American market, around the 1930s, there was huge dismay that the fabrics ran meaning there were a lot of returns and quality complaints from customers. It took some careful re-marketing, but eventually the
bleeding effect became a highly prized feature. A little like wearing in good denim, the evolution of a well-worn Madras to a muted, sun-soaked palette is now viewed as a charming distinguishing feature of the style.

Madras began to be enshrined in the “preppy” look in the 1960s when Madras shirts, shorts and blazers or jackets became popular on the campuses of Ivy League schools in the States. Particularly popular were the cut and sew shorts which were traditionally from 3cm squared swatches of different Madras checked material and sown together for a patchwork effect.

The Lyle and Scott Spring 2012 collection has captured the essence of the
traditional

Madras check with a classic short sleeved shirt in the Heritage range. The
less well known Madras stripes can be found on the Vintage short sleeved shirt and matching summer shorts. The typical madras style plaids and checks can also be found on modernized and seasonal checked shirts and of course there is the Ivy League campus staple: cut and sew madras shorts.