• How to Actually Get Your Affiliates to Promote Your Black Friday Sale

    If you are running a Black Friday Sale this November, and plan to have your affiliates promote your sale for you, running an affiliate contest is one of the best ways to incentivize your affiliates to actually promote for you.

    And I’m not talking about a big complicated affiliate contest.

    Keep it super simple!

    I would give out four different prizes. 

    The first two prizes I would give out to the top two affiliates:

    Most Clicks Award ? – give this prize to the affiliate who gets the most clicks on their affiliate link during your Black Friday promotion period.  Your affiliate tracking tool will tell you who wins this prize. 

    Most Sales Award ? – give this prize to the affiliate who referred the most sales to you during your BFCM Sale. Your affiliate tracking tool will tell you who wins this prize. 

    Since not all of your affiliates have the same audience size, some of your affiliates might not even try to promote if they think there’s no way they have a chance of winning because they have a small audience.  

    However, there are two prizes you can give out where your affiliates will have a chance of winning regardless of their audience size:

    Most Promo Award ? ~ give this prize to the affiliate who emails their audience the most or shares your Black Friday Sale on social media the most.  To track, simply make sure your affiliate forwards you the emails they send out or tags you in the post.  You’ll have to do a little manual work to see who does the most, but it will be worth it! {If you have a lot of affiliates, create a form where they can submit their promo’s too and calculate it that way.}

    Most Original Promo Award ? ~ give this prize to the affiliate who does the most creative promo for your Black Friday Sale! Did they make a creative reel or send a fantastically original email about your sale? The ideas are endless so this is a fun prize anyone can have a chance to win! Again, you’ll have to do a little manual work to see who does the most creative posting. If you have a lot of affiliates, create a form where they can submit their promo’s too and you can pick a winner that way.

    What should the prizes be?

    Totally up to you!

    During my last launch, I gave out gift cards to Wondermint Goods and Everything Done to a T to my top affiliates because I love supporting small businesses.

    Your prizes can be items from your favorite shops, credit to your business, a one-on-one session with you, or even cash {because everybody loves making a little extra cash.}

    Want some support with your Black Friday Sale?

    Grab the ? Prep Your Affiliates for Your Black Friday Sale Template Pack ?  that gives you the exact emails you need to send to your affiliates to invite them and excite them to be a part of your Black Friday Sale!  

    With this template pack, you will take and customize the emails and then send your affiliates for your Black Friday Sale so that you will be ready to hit the ground running with affiliates to sell more of your courses or products this holiday season!

    Grab the ? Prep Your Affiliates for Your Black Friday Sale Template Pack ? today!

  • 4 Steps to Skyrocket Your Black Friday Sale with Affiliates

    Are you running a Black Friday Sale or a Cyber Monday Sale?

    One of the fastest ways to skyrocket your sales this November will be by having your affiliate partners promote your BFCM Sale for you! 

    But you cannot wait until November to tell your affiliates about your BFCM Sale…chance are if you do, they will have already decided to promote something else, be too busy with all the holiday things to pay your affiliate emails any attention, or they won’t want to spend the time throwing together promo emails for your BFCM sale last minute.

    So while it might seem a tad early to be talking about Black Friday in September, what you do this month can help your BFCM Sale be extra profitable come November.

    Let’s take a quick look at what you need to do to make sure everything is in place for your affiliates to promote your BFCM offer:

    ? Step 1: Decide on your BFCM Offer

    What will you ask your affiliates to promote for you this BFCM?  Decide not only on the sale you are running, but also what the dates are that your affiliates should promote the sale for you so that you can clearly share this information with your affiliates in advance.  

    ? Step 2:  Make sure your affiliate tracking is set up

    Once you know what your affiliates will be promoting for you, make sure that the affiliate tracking is set up so that any sales made during your BFCM Sale are appropriately attributed back to your affiliates correctly.

    {Don’t have your tech set up? I’ve got you covered here.}

    ? Step 3:  Create your affiliate promo materials

    Make it easy-peasy for your affiliates to share about your holiday sale by giving them exactly what they need to promote.  Provide them with social media graphics, email swipe copy, and social media swipe copy that they can take, copy and paste, while the commissions roll in!

     Step 4: Email Your Affiliates + Get Them Excited to Promote!

    In October {yes, October}, you need to email your affiliates to let them know the details about your upcoming BFCM Sale.  However, it’s not enough to just email your affiliates one time about your BFCM Sale and hope they’ll promote for you.  Instead, you need to email your affiliates multiple times, and do so in a way that gets them excited to promote for you.  {And they should be excited, because they are going to earn some nice commissions for promoting for you!}

    If you’re unsure of what emails to send to your affiliates about your Black Friday Sale, or when to send them, I can help.  I’ve put together the  ? Prep Your Affiliates for Your Black Friday Sale Template Pack ?  that gives you the exact emails you will take and customize and then send your affiliates for your Black Friday Sale so that you will be ready to hit the ground running with affiliates to sell more of your courses or products this holiday season! 

    > > > Check out the Black Friday Template Pack Here.

    There are five Friday’s in September… What if you spent each Friday working on your affiliate materials for your BFCM Sale so that by the end of September, you are ready to onboard your affiliates and make bank this Black Friday?  

    Or choose one Friday and knock out all your prep in one fell swoop?  

    Either way, just make sure you take the time to prepare for your Black Friday / Cyber Monday Sale in advance and that you take care of your affiliates!

  • Favorite Biz Resources [?August 2023 Edition]


    I’m back with my monthly “Favorite Things” post to share with you for August. If you’re new around here, I also want to say a big WELCOME! And secondly, know that this post is a monthly glimpse into what I’m doing and buying for my own business.

    As always, I hope you’ll enjoy reading through this post, and will take time to check out all the resources available to you! 

    Favorite Business Resources

    ? MEMBERVAULT 44 DAY FREE TRIAL

    Did you know you can get a 44 day free trial of MemberVault if you sign up by Aug 31st? I use and love MemberVault for my template shop, and can’t recommend them highly enough. ? Sign up for the extended trial at https://membervault.co.

    ? XOXO TEMPLATES – 40% OFF THIS WEEK ONLY!

    My friend, colleague, and VIP Day client Sidneyeve of XOXO Templates is hosting a 40% off End of Summer Sale on her gorgeous Canva templates!

    Here’s just some of the templates you can find in Sidneyeve’s shop for 40% off:

    ☀️ Course Roadmap Diagrams: Make it easy for us to get excited about what lies ahead!

    ☀️ Warm Welcome Slides: Encourage a feeling of belongingness and help newbies get oriented!

    ☀️ Creative Course Workbook: active learning for the win! 20 different checklists, journals, trackers to boost engagement!

    Check out more templates and shop the 40% off ☀️End of Summer Sale here ??

    ? MISC. BUSINESS RESOURCES I AM LOVING

    This $9 strategy has now made me over $1000 the past few months and has been my favorite purchase of 2023 so far.

    Need to set a budget for yourself? You need this template.

    Don’t have a freebie set up?  You might not need one to grow your list… Read more here.

    Want to run a flash sale on any of your digital products? This toolbox has exactly what you need.

    >> Shop Elizabeth’s Everything Page here.

    ? A LITTLE EXTRA MOOLAH

    Last week on my business anniversary I announced a new digital product: a little extra moolah.  This is a PDF download where I’m sharing 3 simple ways I use affiliate marketing in my own business to earn between $200 and $500 per month.  Check it out here – it also includes a list of 35+ affiliate programs you can join TODAY!

    ? AFFILIATE PROGRAM TEMPLATE SHOP

    Want to know how to pitch potential affiliate partners so that they say YES to partnering with you? You need this template.

    Already have affiliate partners?  You need to be emailing them a newsletter every month.  Grab these templates to make this easy peasy.

    Recently on the blog I shared about my favorite moments from the Ultimate Product Party… Go here to read about this awesome event.

    > > > Shop all the templates I have available here.

    ** Please note – this post contains affiliate links, but I only recommend products and resources I use and can vouch for myself!

  • Why MRR (Master Resell Rights) is CRAP. ? (And what to do instead to make moolah online!) ?

    Maybe you’ve seen the thousands of TikToks and Reels about MRR floating around online… (and if you haven’t, consider yourself lucky!)  

    MRR = Master Resell Rights, and basically it’s someone buying a “ready to sell course” for $X amount, then turning around and selling it for $X amount.  

    It’s kind of like a pyramid scheme… All you are doing is trying to sell this same course to other people so they can sell the same course to other people so they can… you get the point.  

    NO ONE actually uses the courses being sold {and that’s why no one will tell you the name of the course or what it helps you do}.  Doesn’t that feel a tad… scammy?  

    It’s get rich quick BS and in a few months you won’t hear anything about it because it’s not a sustainable way to make money long term.

    If you are looking for a legit, long-term way to make money, I strongly urge you to consider affiliate marketing.  

    But not just posting our affiliate links and hoping someone buys.

    Instead, become an affiliate for things you actually use and care about in your business.  

    With this strategy, you are making money in an ethical way, you aren’t scamming others, and you can feel good about what you are promoting!

    I’d love to share with you the 3 strategies I use every month to earn extra income through promoting the things I am an affiliate for.  

    These are truly simple strategies that you can begin using today to earn extra income online.

    Head over here to check out a little extra moolah. ?

    Because there are legit ways to make extra income online that are sustainable.  MRR just isn’t one of them.

    Thoughts on MRR?  Drop a comment under my post here.

    Ready to earn some extra moolah online?  Head over here.

  • Choosing the Right Affiliate Tracking Software for Your Business

    Are you a course creator who has created an amazing course, but it’s just not selling like you hoped it would?

    Or maybe you are a product seller with a Shopify store full of awesome digital or physical products, yet you can’t seem to get buyers to visit your site and make a purchase?

    Good news: There is a cost-effective solution to each of these problems:

    Working with affiliate partners.

    If you want to increase your course or product sales, you need to partner with affiliates, as it allows others to market your course or products for you in exchange for a commission.  By working with affiliates, you can tap into their existing networks, reach a wider audience faster than you can on your own, and increase your course sales quickly.

    Before they can start promoting your courses and products, you’ve got to make sure your affiliate tracking software is in place!

    One of the most common questions I get when people are thinking about starting their affiliate program is this:

    “What affiliate tracking software should I use?”

    My answer is to always check the tools you are already using first.

    Many of the popular course platforms out there offer affiliate tracking capabilities, such as MemberVault, Kajabi, ThriveCart, Teachable, Kartra, Thinkific, and others.

    If your course platform doesn’t offer affiliate tracking capabilities, there are a few tools I recommend:

    • GoAffPro – This is my favorite affiliate tracking tool for Shopify users.
    • AffiliateWP –  this is a wordpress plugin and so you will need to be using WordPress as your website or affiliate platform in order for it to work.
    • LeadDyno – If you have less than 3000 website visitors a month, LeadDyno is a great option for starting your affiliate program.
    • Refersion – integrates perfectly with Shopify, WooComemrce, and other platforms.
    • SendOwl – I use this platform for my own checkout features and they have awesome affiliate tracking capabilities.

    Before you sign up for any affiliate tracking tool, I recommend you research the platform thoroughly, sit through a demo of it if one is available and ask any relevant questions to make sure you fully understand how it work.  What you don’t want to do is set up your affiliate tracking tool, onboard your affiliates, and then figure out you should’ve gone with a different tool. #eek

    Ready to increase your course or product sales quickly, but need to get your affiliate tracking software set up first? 

    I’ve got you!

    Schedule an Affiliate Software Set-up Session today.

    Prior to the start of your Affiliate Software Set-up Session, I will make sure that the tool chosen is right for your tech stack and business needs based on a short questionnaire I’ll have you complete. During the Affiliate Software Set-up Session, I will get down to work implementing your software for you so that you’ll be ready to work with affiliate partners at the end of the day.

    All the details are here.

    Use coupon code SAVE100 to save $100 off your session when you book by August 10th, 2023.

  • Cupcake Earrings ? + Biz Resources I Love! [July 2023 Favorite Things]

    Happy July, Y’all! ☀️ If you’ve been here a while, you already know that I really enjoy giving my community a glimpse into what I’m doing and buying, and so today I’m sharing my favorite biz things with you for July 2023!  

    Important side note: This post contains affiliate links, but I only recommend and share products I personally use and love!!

    Favorite Business + Personal Resources

    ? My top selling product the past few months has been my $9 template on how to pitch potential affiliate partners.  Learn to create your own $9 product here – this has been one of my favorite purchases in 2023 so far.

    ? ThriveCart users… You will want these templates.  

    ? Put your Tripwire page together… quickly.  This will help.

    ? Grab these 50+ Customer Service Templates – this will save you so much time when responding to client emails.

    ? If you plan to launch *anything* this year, grab this Sales Page in a Day™ template. It’s super affordable and I use it for writing all of my sales pages.

    ? I’m obsessed with fun earrings, and I recently ordered these cute cupcake earrings pictured below from Wondermint Goods.  I’m wearing them to my niece’s 5th birthday party this weekend – can’t wait.

    ? I have been reading all of the books by Taylor Jenkins Reid that I can get my hands on. Fast, easy reads.  Start with The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.  I couldn’t read it fast enough.  

    ? I went to Washington DC last week… If you are ever in the area, go to Filomena’s.  One of the best meals I’ve ever had.  You can catch a fun recap of my trip in this reel here.


    Favorite Current Work Projects

    In addition to launching new templates each month, I am also busy supporting my private 1:on:1 and VIP Day Clients in a variety of ways.  If you are looking for support with starting your affiliate program or want to learn how to monetize your existing affiliate program even further, I’ve got a few options to support you:

    Book an Affiliate Program Strategy.

    Schedule an Affiliate Program VIP Day.

    Or hit reply and let me know you’d like the details on my monthly Affiliate Program Management Services – I’ve got space for one more client and I’ve to discuss the options with you.

    What are some of your favorite business and personal resources? I’d love to hear! Share with me in a comment or DM me on Instagram!

  • 3 Reasons You Need to Ask Your Customers to Become Your Affiliate

    One of the most common questions I get from product sellers and course creators is this:

    Who should I ask to be my affiliate partner?

    One of the first places I recommend people start is inviting their customers to become their affiliates.  And in this blog, I’m going to cover 3 reasons you should absolutely ask your customers to become your affiliates after they have left a review or testimonial as well as what the benefits to doing this are!

    Reason #1: You’ll get amazing testimonials from your customers

    The first step in inviting your customers into your affiliate program is asking them for a testimonial or review of your product.  Once you’ve done that, you will send them down one of the two pathways to invite them to become an affiliate, depending on if they submit a testimonial/review or not.  {I cover this here.}

    The good news is that even if they do not sign up to become an affiliate for you, you will still have their review which you can use on your website and in your promo materials.  Social proof is so important, because it helps new potential customers connect to your brand easier, and it can also help create more customer loyalty with the person who writes them.  

    Reason #2: It’s a faster way to get your business in front of new audiences

    When you invite your customers to become your affiliates, you aren’t having to spend hours researching potential affiliates, engaging and networking with them, writing a fantastic pitch to them and tracking the follow up emails needed.   

    Instead, you save so much time by inviting customers who already have used your product/course to share their experience with others as your affiliate partner.  What this means is that you will get your products/courses in front of new audiences faster.  

    And by automating this process {I also cover this here}, you aren’t adding more things to your already overwhelmed to do list.  Instead, your customers are out there promoting your products and bringing in new sales for you, while they earn fun commissions in the process.

    Reason #3: No Facebook ads needed

    If you think that in order to make more sales you’ll eventually have to figure out how to run expensive Facebook ads, I invite you to think again.  With affiliate marketing, you don’t have to run facebook ads if you don’t want to.  Instead, you can have your customers become your affiliates and then when they refer people to you, you pay them out commissions.

    And if you do want to run facebook ads eventually, use the money you make from your affiliate’s referrals to fund your Facebook ads budget. #winwin 

    Ready to invite your customers to become your affiliates? 

    Grab the Invite Your Customers to Become Your Affiliates Template Pack here These are the exact templates you need to send customers to get those reviews and testimonials to turn them into your affiliates!

  • My Favorite Moments from Ultimate Product Party 2023

    I recently had the opportunity to head to Nashville, Tennessee to attend the Ultimate Product Party, a 2-day conference for product sellers. Even as a service based business owner who works with product sellers, I had SO MANY TAKEAWAYS from this event.

    In this blog post, I’m going to be sharing some of my favorite moments from the conference.  While I won’t highlight all of the speakers and roundtable leaders, I do want to emphasize this: EVERY SINGLE PERSON was amazing. All of the speakers were awesome, I learned a ton from every single roundtable I went to, and all of the keynotes were just top notch.  So, while I won’t mention them all below, know that they were still 100% amazing.

    Okay, now onto some of my favorite moments from the Ultimate Product Party.

    Ciara Bennett’s Opening Keynote

    Ciara Bennett with Vintage Oats was the opening keynote and omgosh, her personal story was AMAZING. It’s always so amazing to hear stories of women who triumphed when the odds were stacked against them, and Ciara is one of those women. I found her story really inspiring and encouraging as someone in a growth stage in my own business.  

    Follow Ciara over on Instagram here

    Amanda Dare’s Breakout Workshop on Business Funding

    Amanda Dare with Women Owned Wallet did an amazing session all about money and how to fund your business.  One of the things she said that really stood out to me, and I think can apply to so many different business scenarios is this:  

    Don’t do what helps you today; do what helps you in 3 months, 6 months, a year…

    In other words, be future focused and don’t think so much in the “right now”. I know I can get so shortsighted sometimes, and so this was a great reminder to really focus on the long term plans I have for my business. 

    Check out Woman Owned Wallet here.

    Q&A Panel on the High High’s and Low Low’s

    Sometimes in business, especially I think as a solo entrepreneur, it can feel like I’m the only one dealing with the business struggles I go through.  So, when this Q&A session happened, it was honestly so refreshing to hear that – surprise surprise – other business owners deal with struggles too. I especially appreciated Monica Little’s stance on how problems can be opportunities. It doesn’t always feel like that in the moment, but I do like how she suggested looking at them as opportunities to solve things.

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  • 9 Reasons an Affiliate Program is a Must-Have for Course Creators & Product Sellers

    I received an email this week from Allison Carter {co-host of Ultimate Product Party} that said “what are you too scared to say??”

    When it comes to my business, there’s not really a lot I am scared to say because affiliate programs aren’t really that controversial lol ….

    …But I am sometimes scared about being too repetitive with the things I do say. 

    But here’s the thing I am always saying because I wholeheartedly believe this:

    If you have an online course, sell products (digital or physical), or have group programs…

    You need an affiliate program.

    And if you don’t have one, you’re losing out on lots of potential sales a.k.a you’re not making as much money as you could be.

    Chances are you’re following me because you’re interested in starting an affiliate program so you can double your course or product sales…

    … and maybe you just haven’t taken action yet…

    … or maybe you’ve kind of piece-mealed things together but haven’t really done anything with your program yet….

    If any of these describe you, I want to share the following 9 reasons an affiliate program is a must-have for course creators and product sellers like you!

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  • BEHIND-THE-SCENES: How I Created my $9 Offer ? + How You Can, too!

    I really like sharing behind-the-scenes content of how I’m building my business with you, and the resources I use, because I know business can be hard and trying to figure out how to do all the things and make a living from it can feel overwhelming sometimes.

    In this post, I’m sharing how I’ve made $500+ in digital product sales in just 23 days . I hope you’ll find this helpful and encouraging, and will consider creating your own $9 offer {resource below!}

    On March 5th, I purchased a $9 course on how to create my own $9 offer from Elizabeth Buckley-Goddard

    I listened to it that same Sunday afternoon laying in the hammock in my backyard – it’s really bite-sized and easy to digest, and I could listen to it like a podcast, which I love. ?

    On Monday, I made a super simple sales page for my $9 offer, which is my Invitation to Send to Potential Affiliate Partners. {You can check it out here.}

    I’ve very casually been promoting it on social media and to my email newsletter list.

    But here’s the cool thing…

    As a result of taking action from that one $9 training, I sold $500+ in digital products in just the first 23 days. ?

    So, what could you create and sell for $9 this month to start making more digital product sales?

    If you are running an online business, I know you’ve probably got an idea for a $9 offer inside of you! ??

    I would highly encourage you to check out the Small But Mighty $9 Offers training through my affiliate link here: ? https://checkout.elizabethgoddard.co.uk/referral/9/HzGArk4x2nHLHhKd ?

    Do you like reading stuff like this? If so, I share more behind the scenes in my weekly newsletter… Sign up for it here.