I’ve been sitting on this post for over a year, it’s an opinion piece with action items mixed throughout. I’m posting now because of the client leads have been coming in over the last 7 or 8 years where they heard “affiliate is a low risk channel”, “there’s marketers and influencers out there ready to promote […]
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We reject most affiliate and influencer applications in the programs we manage that use AI to: Create content within their website Respond to our emails Auto respond to communications Answer user questions on their websites Apply to programs Generate images that involve branding The main reason is that our clients expect us to manage their
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The most important thing to do before joining an affiliate program is to email the affiliate manager. Commissions, the programs uptime or downtime, risk of being closed, cookie life, and parasites (end of sale touch points and cookie overwrites) do not matter without this. When you’re evaluating an affiliate program, things are good and you’re
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I’ve tested affiliate toolbars for attribution and the level of value-add for 20+ years, so its no surprise that a majority of our clients do not allow them in their affiliate programs. But this post is about a possible SEO gain, not attribution. I do think that some affiliate browser extensions can have a positive
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Review affiliates can both grow and hurt your bottom line. It’s how you work with them and what the goals of your affiliate program are. Not all affiliate programs have the goal of making money, some are there to burn budgets or keep executives and investors happy. Review affiliates are not only mid-funnel touchpoints, they
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Every affiliate manager that reads this gets asked “can you share an example of what other affiliates are doing?” from new and existing partners. If you’re an affiliate, you’ve probably asked this at least once in your journey. If the affiliate manager shares examples of other affiliates, you should think twice about what you share
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The client came to us because they didn’t have luck with affiliate program managers in the past. The traffic sources were hard to determine, they found some end of sale interceptions via branded coupon phrases in Google, and lots of reviews being a source of traffic (which is value adding, but not top-funnel). We assured
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Yahoo’s and Bing’s knowledge panels are sometimes affiliate links, and this can impact your SEO tracking and analytics reporting. But not every time, and it depends on the type of landing page you end up on. Other times they’ll load coupons from coupon affiliate sites for branded search results on a knowledge panel without using
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Yes, affiliate links are backlinks and they can work for or against you when it comes to SEO. This is because they are a link from one site to your website, and any link that points towards your website is technically a backlink. But not every backlink passes SEO value, and that is where the
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The new Google updates are going to be amazing for affiliates and for small brands. There’s multiple reasons for this, and not just the AI aspects. If you’re a blogger, YouTuber, social media personality, or niche site owner, you should be excited. Same with smaller brands and service providers. Before I jump in, go here
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