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Session 3: Affiliate Program Selection and Integration
Debbie Bookstaber ElementAssociates.com
@buzzmommy
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Affiliate Program Selection ABCs
• Authenticity– Products or services you love
• Building – Your personal brand– Your Relationships with
brands• Compensation
– Commission– Attribution Model
• Deals– Best price and value for readers
• EPC– Don’t underestimate conversion
rates
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Integration Tip: Search Engine Research
• Plan posts around search engine traffic:– Google Traffic Estimator
https://adwords.google.com/select/TrafficEstimatorSandbox • Monitor trends
– Google Trends www.google.com/trends – Subscribe to trend alerts emails
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Integration Tip: Revisit Your Archives
• Consider Your Existing Traffic and Blog Stats:– Do you rank on any keywords?– Check your stats to see what keywords rank for you and to see which
posts have the most traffic. – Revisit your old posts and integrate affiliate links!
• Review your blog stats to prioritize your affiliate updates– Manually update most popular posts with affiliate links.– Don’t forget to add affiliate links to your photos/images.– Use deep-links to individual products instead of brand links whenever
possible.
• Gather your best blog posts by topic into guides/resources– Create additional content or introduction for each guide/resource
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Integration Tip: Get Help
• Virtual Assistants: – Hire a VA to can manage program applications, links and updating
old content. – Consider services such as http://www.fiverr.com/
• Use automated services to convert old posts:– http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/seo-automatic-links/ – Professional Edition costs $149
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@TypeAParent #typeaWDW
Example: “Product Review” Post
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Example: “List/Buying Guide” Post
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Example: “How To” Post
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Example: “Recipe” Post
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Example: Hybrid Review/Affiliate Program Post
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• Tools can help you monetize videos– Viewbix: Allows you to
embed your affiliate link in a video (starts at $19.99 a month)
• Except when they can’t– Viewbix does NOT work on
YouTube, so don’t forget to include a lower-third and an old-fashioned (verbal) call-to-action on all videos.
@typeaparent #typeaWDW
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