Better late than never, right? I know this was supposed to go out a couple of hours ago, but Q4 content wildness had me jammed up for a bit. Skipping all the commentary and going right to the meat.
Working on now/need pitches:
Send all pitches to bryce.gruber@stjoseph.com.
Today’s Parent: Best Amazon US or Walmart gifts for five, six and seven year old kids.
Today’s Parent: Best affiliate-ready gifts holiday for teens.
Today’s Parent: Gorgeous Amazon US-ready maternity coats.
Today’s Parent: Best puffer coats for kids, must be affiliate ready.
FASHION: Affiliate-ready Black Friday/CM sales running on both Amazon US and Amazon CA.
FASHION: Affiliate-ready stocking stuffers for women available in both US and CA markets. Please go light on the anti-aging beauty stuff. We’re down for silk hair ties, lip glosses and clever mascaras, but we don’t want to give wrinkle fillers as gifts. Uplifting, ya know? Other than that, scarves? Beanies? Writing gear? Fitness stuff? Hit us up!
Canadian Business: Amazon CA gifts for coworkers, bosses, and employees.
Today’s Parent: Hanukkah gifts for the entire family (must be affiliate-friendly), better if there’s a clear Hanukkah angle.
Today’s Parent: Holiday pajamas for the fam! Chistmas! Hanukkah! Kwanzaa! Must be affiliate-ready.
Jobs:
Stubhub is hiring a North American consumer PR lead. NY-based, salary around $185k.
Hearst is hiring a Sr. Performance Content Editor. Salary in the $80s. NY-hybrid.
Penguin Random House needs a health/wellness book publicist. Salary around $80k. Remote OK.
hims&hers needs an in-house publicist. Remote OK.
Potbelly Sandwiches needs an Internal Communications Manager. Remote OK.
For the Affiliate Tribe:
So many positive and exciting things to discuss today! We’ll delve into these requested topics today:
The affiliate platforms and systems major travel and hospitality brands are using + their techniques
The buy-ins at major publishers for holiday content (cheaper than you think!)
What brands with a single hero product should be doing
What to do when your brand has a terrible CTP ratio and you still need DTC press
The Google + Apple shakeup that WILL directly impact your clients (and all publishers)