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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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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Not all types of fans and followers are equal in value, and this applies to brands, influencers, creators, and affiliates. Sometimes the influencer or brand with a smaller following, even if they don’t drive sales, is the highest value for a specific part of your campaign. If this part fails because you passed them up,
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2024 has two very unique data sets that will impact your Q4 strategies and holiday sales. Whether you’re a physical retailer, ecommerce store, or a publisher, these can be intertwined into your marketing plans to help shift if things are not looking right, and most important, plan ahead. Days between Thanksgiving and Christmas and the
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Over the last few months multiple travel, sports, and other niche owners have reached out because Google wiped their traffic. This post isn’t about the reasons why Google may have wiped them, its about what they could have done differently when Google was sending them traffic. As a marketing strategist and affiliate manager, my job
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When a company loses SEO traffic, you hear they are dying or got decimated; when it is organic social media you hear about taking a dive or a hit. SEO traffic is more valuable from a direct ROI and new customer acquisition standpoint than organic social media. Before my social media subscribers get upset, read
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Google has a new featured snippet in beta called carousels. This is one of the most exciting schema libraries to come out in years, and may be a game changer for small businesses, publishers, affiliates, and even big brands in the future. Below you’ll find how I think it will be developed, ways different types
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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
Affiliate Links are Backlinks for SEO, But Bad Ones. Read More »
A page with “high conversion intent” does not mean it will be a high converter. This is because the intent of the user changes based on where the user came from. When doing conversion and monetization optimization, we split traffic by channels and website paths. And this post walks you through the reasoning as to
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