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Hello Perdue Farms Affiliates!

We are excited to announce that a new Perdue Farms product, Perdue Cut Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Breasts™, launches today. This precision cut of chicken resembles a tenderloin – right down to the slice of applewood-smoked bacon that wraps each chicken breast and locks in flavor and juiciness. Designed to oven bake or grill from frozen in as little as 30 minutes, chicken breasts make an ideal main course for romantic dinners, special occasions, family cookouts and so much more.

While you're hearing about this tasty innovation on day one, our Perdue Farms Affiliate Facebook Group got a preview even earlier today. We post there regularly so please be sure to join if you're on Facebook. You will need to enter you SAS name and ID# to be accepted into the group.

Featured News

Introducing Perdue Cut Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Breasts™

Perdue Cut Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Breasts represent the latest innovation from the culinary team at Perdue Farms. This new launch comes after the introduction of Chicken Tots a few weeks ago. Each chicken breast is marinated in a special blend of sea salt, brown sugar and seasonings and wrapped in a slice of uncured applewood-smoked bacon to lock in juiciness and flavor. Bacon-wrapped chicken breasts can be oven baked or grilled from frozen to 165 degrees F, with no additional prep work required.

• Here's your affiliate link to the Perdue Cut Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Breasts product page. (Be sure to promote now, but let your audience know that Perdue Farms has limited quantities available and so sellout risk is high.)

Other Exciting Promotions

While this new product is very exciting, there are many other delicious offers to pitch right now. Here are some other ideas for you to run with:

• Chicken Tots
• Big Beef Sale (through Sep. 7)
• 2 FREE NY Strip Steaks with Purchase of $99+ (through Aug. 23)
• Labor Day Favorites (through Aug. 31)

Affiliate Tip

Social Media and Growth

While there is no long-term substitute for building your own brand on your own platform (website, email list, etc.), social media tools can be great ways to help you grow faster. Just remember in all that growth and promotion, these platforms are "rented space." In short, you don't own the content you post there and are limited in what you can do with your audience.

As for a social media strategy, in the short-run, while growing and expanding your brand and base, there are social media features you may benefit from. Also, in the long-run, these platforms can be useful for increasing your exposure and branding beyond your owned space. However, in spite of the above benefits, I urge you not to become dependent or rely solely on these big tech algorithms and their "generosity" in providing you with a place on their ad-covered space.

With the above caveats in mind, I'd like to share some tips from AffiliateInsider. They recently posted an article entitled "5 New Social Media Features Affiliates Should Know About." It's a quick read and may offer you a new idea that can help you grow your audience further. Also, for other affiliate suggestions, I regularly post affiliate news and tips that you may find helpful.

Thank you for your part in making the Perdue Farms Affiliate Program a success!

- The Perdue Farms Affiliate Team

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Hello Perdue Farms Affiliates!

Hard to believe August is already here. July started out slower in sales but ended with some of the best growth trends of the year. I have a few highlights to mention and a new product that is off to a great start.

For our new affiliates, be sure you join the Perdue Farms Affiliate Facebook Group. We post there regularly. You will need to enter you SAS name and ID# to be accepted into the group. As usual, please reply to this email if you have questions or if there is anything we can do for you.

Featured News

Introducing Chicken Tots - All-New from Perdue Farms

The culinary team at Perdue Farms has just released an innovative product that combines chicken and potatoes (and other vegetables) into a fun, kid-friendly and convenient (and yes shippable) form. Called Chicken Tots, they're off to a great start so be sure to let your audience know about this creative and convenient mealtime option. Learn more about Chicken Tots here.

• Perdue Chicken Plus Chicken Tots

Other Exciting Promotions

While Chicken Tots are very exciting, they're far from the only thing happening at Perdue Farms. Be sure to pitch the following three specials this week (and beyond in some cases):

• Two Free Packs of Niman Ranch Fat Tire Pulled Pork (extended through Aug. 4 while supplies last)

Please note that the customer must have a minimum of 1 item in cart and visit Perduefarms.com through this affiliate link for two packs of Niman Ranch Fat Tire Pulled Pork to be applied. May not be combined with other offers. Limited quantities are available. While supplies last. First come first served. No rain checks. Not valid on previous purchases. Offer ends 8/4/2021 at 11:45 p.m. ET.

• Another big deal is the Big Beef Sale (through Sept. 7)
• Finally, the All-American Summer Sale has been extended through August 15.

Shipping Reminder

Perdue Farms Shipping Changes

Shipping frozen but highly-perishable foods across the country is actually very challenging (and costly) to pull off successfully. That's probably the main reason there are not many competitors in this space. It's also why Perdue Farms is amending their free shipping policy to exclude 17 Midwestern, Southwestern and Western U.S. states with distant and/or very hot climates (they have to use expedited air shipping for these states from their eastern US distribution centers). Please note that Perdue Farms does not ship to Alaska at all.

The states that now have a shipping charge are AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, and WY. The shipping charge for these states now vary to cover the use of expedited air transport. You can visit this Perdue Farms shipping page for the charges and details on these states. They regretted having to make this decision but it simply was not viable to continue shipping these distances at such a loss. Please be sure to update your messaging accordingly if you have a national audience.

03-Aug-2021 Update - Please note that we now have several weeks of affiliate data to analyze since this shipping change and I'm pleased to report that it does not seem to be suppressing affiliate numbers much, if at all. While the number of sales placed may be down slightly, average order values (AOVs) are significantly up compared to before the change and affiliate earnings month over month (June and July) show an insignificant level of change.

Thank you for your part in making the Perdue Farms Affiliate Program a success!

- The Perdue Farms Affiliate Team