Black Friday Announcement!

It’s that time of the year again—Black Friday Free Shipping! We wanted to inform our affiliates before anyone else on the FULL details of our Black Friday specials. This year we are making things even better by offering TWO full days of free shipping (both domestic and First Class International shipping)! The sale will begin at midnight (12AM Central Standard Time) on Thursday, November 22 and end at midnight (12AM Central Standard Time) on Friday, November 23. This gives you a whole 48 hours to place your orders! To redeem your free shipping, simply enter the code BF2012 at checkout. There is no minimum order, but only one discount code may be applied. You cannot use the monthly 10% off discount code with the free shipping so please keep this in mind when placing your orders. 

Our Black Friday special is one the best selling opportunities of the year for affiliates so make sure to advertise the free shipping code along with your affiliate link! We wanted to inform our affiliates a few days early so you can fully prepare your blog posts, YouTube videos, and update your blog with the image above. It is very important to get the word out to your followers since this special will only run for a limited amount of time. Also, make sure to compare any difference in time to your location. This will avoid confusion and missed opportunities to place an order.

How are you going to take advantage of this year’s Black Friday special?

© 2012 Sigma Enterprises, LLC

Shopping Guide Giveaway! [CLOSED]

Black Friday is only one week away! To help you prepare, we created a fun and beneficial giveaway. One of the most important things for your followers to know is how to navigate and purchase from the Sigma website. To enter the giveaway, we ask that you create a blog post or video that demonstrates how to purchase from the Sigma website. This is especially important for international customers, as they may want to purchase on Black Friday, but are unsure of the check out process.

Here are some points to consider for the post:

• Adding products to your cart
• Shipping options
• Payment options
• Where to enter promotional codes
• How to enter international addresses

We strongly recommend that all affiliates participate in this giveaway to help properly prepare for Black Friday. The more comfortable and confident your followers are about purchasing from the Sigma website, the more likely they are to take advantage of the Black Friday promotion!

To enter the giveaway, simply tweet us your entry at @Sigma_Affiliate and include the hashtag #affiliategiveaway. If you do not have a Twitter account, you can email your entry to annie@sigmabeauty.com. We will select 5 lucky affiliates to receive the brush of their choice! We look forward to seeing all of your entries!

*Sigma is not responsible for custom fees/taxes. If you are charged custom fees, you may choose to pay the fees or have the package sent back to us. Must be a Sigma Affiliate to enter. Contest will run November 16 – November 20, 2012. Contest will close at 12 Noon CST November 20 and winner will be contacted shortly thereafter. 

© 2012 Sigma Enterprises, LLC

Sigma's Rising Star: November

This month’s Rising Star is Lidiana, creator of the ChicTric blog and YouTube channel. Lidiana is a popular beauty guru from Brazil who began her channel only a year ago. She offers her followers plenty of creative tutorials and product reviews in Portuguese. Our interview below is both in English and in Portuguese for our international affiliates! Please keep reading to learn more about Lidiana!

A "Rising Star", ou "estrela em ascensão" desse mês é a Lidiana, autora do blog  ChicTric e do canal do Youtube /chictricblog. Lidiana é uma popular guru brasileira, de maquiagem, que começou a fazer vídeos e postar no blog há 1 ano atrás. Ela disponibiliza para suas seguidoras um monte de tutoriais criativos e resenhas em Português. Nossa entrevista abaixo está em Inglês e em Português para vocês, afiliados internacionais. Continue lendo para conhecer mais sobre a Lidiana!

Affiliate Feature - Brazil

This week on the Sigma Affiliate Blog we are going to spotlight a country that is full of beauty: Brazil! Not only does Brazil have the second largest number of Sigma affiliates (after the USA), it is emerging as a hot spot for international beauty and fashion. Today we’re going to explore beauty in Brazil and introduce you to five Brazilian affiliates!

Black Friday Information

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Black Friday holiday celebrated in the United States, we would like to explain what exactly it is, how it began and why it is important for you as an affiliate.

Black Friday is always the day after Thanksgiving (which is the last Thursday in November). Unlike Thanksgiving, Black Friday is not an official holiday in the United States.  Many employers will give their employees the day off as part of their Thanksgiving leave.  As a result, the number of nationwide shoppers increases to officially kick-start the holiday shopping season. Many stores will open their doors very early in the morning (around 5:00am). Most recently, some stores have started opening their doors at midnight. These retailers offer shoppers extreme discounts for a limited amount of time or until products run out.

The term Black Friday has many different origins, but a common term has to do with an accounting theory. Retailers traditionally operate at a financial loss during the year and accountants will record amounts in red ink. The holiday season is usually when retailers start to turn profit and accountants will switch to black ink to show the positive amounts; hence the term, Black Friday.

Black Friday is a HUGE online shopping day, so as an affiliate, you should be prepared. Now that you know more about the history of Black Friday, we want to share some amazing statistics from Black Friday 2011 with you:

• Online sales were up 39.3% on Thanksgiving Day and 24.3% on Black Friday compared to the year before
• Online spending on Black Friday increased to $816 million 
• According to a survey, 34% of shoppers are somewhat likely to physically go shopping on Black Friday, whereas 70% said they were likely to online shop on Black Friday

What does this mean for you? Don’t miss out on the opportunity to promote Sigma on Black Friday! We’ll provide all affiliates with inside sales information so you can be ready to share the deals and your affiliate link with your followers. Black Friday is the biggest shopping day of the year!

Are you going to use Black Friday to increase your affiliate sales?

© 2012 Sigma Enterprises, LLC

Affiliate Banners in Portuguese

 
In an effort to better help affiliates around the world, we will begin releasing affiliate banners in various languages! We have thousands of affiliates around the world, and we will do our best to accommodate everyone. The first set of global banners we are going to release are in Portuguese! Fun Fact: Portuguese is the second most common language spoken by our affiliates (after English). Download them below!

New Affiliate Spotlight: November

This month we bring you four lovely ladies from all over the globe! Our YouTube guru’s and bloggers hail from Hong Kong, the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Keep reading to learn all about their lives and welcome them to the Sigma Affiliate Program!

Affiliate Challenge Winner!

We are so proud of all our affiliates who entered this contest. There were so many great entries and we truly appreciate everyone who took the time to create new videos and blog posts. Unfortunately, we can only choose one affiliate to win and the winner of the Fall Lookbook Challenge is…

Holiday 2012: NEW Product Sneak Peek

Earlier this month we released our second “Sigma Affiliate Quarterly Update” newsletter that contained a variety of important information. One of the most exciting sections of the newsletter was the “Coming Soon” segment where we gave you a sneak peek of upcoming products! In case you missed the newsletter, here is a recap of upcoming products!

10% of Discount Code: November

It’s time to update your sites with the latest 10% off discount code! The code SBAP12 will be valid for 10% off your entire purchase from November 1-30. With the holiday season approaching, sharing a 10% off code can be a great way to encourage your customers to purchase. Keep reading to get the latest banners and tips for sharing the code!