Create Your Affiliate Program

In addition to helping product sellers create affiliate programs here at Create Your Affiliate Program, I also am an affiliate manager for four nationwide eCommerce brands.

What’s awesome about my affiliate program management work is that the same strategies that are working well for my bigger eCommerce clients, are the same strategies that I teach and share with my clients here at Create Your Affiliate Program so that you can also experience more sales every single week through your affiliate partners.

👉 Not working with affiliates yet? Start here.

In January, one of my management clients (they sell women’s clothing on their Shopify website) brought in $33,000+ in revenue just from affiliates.  In this post I’m sharing what I do every month for this client to make sure we hit and exceed our monthly affiliate revenue targets.  

We did these things in January, and will continue to do them every single month because they work.  They might seem simple, but I encourage you to read through this post and implement these into your own affiliate program if you aren’t doing so already.

📰 1. We send a weekly affiliate newsletter.

Without fail, every single month we send the client’s affiliates a newsletter.  We share new items we’d love for them to promote that month, as well as remind them where to find their affiliate link and how much commission they earn on each sale.  I use the templates inside the 12 months of Affiliate Newsletters Template Pack to make writing the client’s newsletters easy-peasy.  These are short and simple newsletters, but they keep our affiliates in the loop about ways they can earn commissions by referring us sales.  Sending a monthly affiliate newsletter is one of the most impactful things you can do for your affiliate program.

🤓 2. We pitch new potential affiliate partners.  

In addition to engaging the client’s existing affiliate partners, we research and pitch potential new affiliate partners who are aligned with the client’s brand.  We aim to onboard 10 new affiliates per month at a minimum, but obviously the more affiliate partners we pitch, the more we can onboard and the more opportunity there is to get in front of new audiences!  I use this exact template when crafting every single pitch.  Bonus tip: One of my favorite places to search for ideal affiliate partners is on Pinterest using keywords that align with the client’s brand.

💌 3. We re-engage inactive affiliate partners 

If you already have an affiliate program in place, chances are you have some affiliates who haven’t promoted for you recently (or maybe even ever).  I encourage you to brainstorm on ways you can re-engage them and empower them to actually promote for you. Could you increase their commission?  Run an affiliate contest? 

For my client, we send a personal reach out email to our top 40 affiliates from the same month the previous year to see how we can support them and to personally encourage them to promote. A little personal reach out can go a long way in encouraging someone to promote your products.  

If you have an affiliate program, I highly encourage you to implement the three to do’s I listed above into your own monthly management.  I know it will help you increase your own affiliate-generated revenue.

👉 If you do not have an affiliate program, a great place to start would be by signing up for my free email series here.

Questions? Comments? I love hearing from you – let me know! 😊

I’m so excited to share my first Favorite Things blog post of 2024. 🎉

If you’re new to the Create Your Affiliate Program community – WELCOME! Every month I try to share some of my favorite business resources with you as a behind-the-scenes of what I am using and loving in my own business and with clients.

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

PS: Please note this blog post contains affiliate links, but I only share products and resources I use, love and can personally recommend!

PPS: It turned really cold here in Louisiana on Monday… It was 70 degrees on Sunday and 22 degrees yesterday. Brr… here’s a pic of me trying to survive with my big coat.

🥳 Favorite Upcoming Events

There are two events for product sellers happening that I want to make sure you know about!

Virtual Event: The Nourished Product-Preneur – 3 day Virtual Event for Product Based Biz Owners

From Etsy to Shopify, wholesale to subscription boxes, affiliate marketing (my topic!), photography, branding, email marketing, legal to product packaging, to name a few – each of the mentors of this virtual event are masters in their domains and we are all so excited to share our knowledge with you January 29th – 31st.

Sign up here to attend.

In-Person Event:  Ultimate Product Party

UPP 2024 is happening in California this May 8th & 9th, and if you sell physical products, you’ll want to make plans to attend.  I’m super excited to connect with the product sellers who will be attending – hit reply and let me know if you’ll be there!

Visit their website at ultimateproductparty.com to learn more.

🤓 Favorite Recent Business Project

I kicked off 2024 by releasing my newest digital product, Empower Your Affiliates: 10 Proven Strategies to Get Your Affiliates to Promote Your Products Every Single Month.

Packed with 10 proven strategies, it provides a roadmap to not only engage your affiliates but also inspire them to consistently promote your products month after month.

As a special perk for being in my community, you can use coupon code EMPOWER to save $20 off until this Sunday, January 21st.

Scoop it up here.

🎙️ Favorite Recent Podcast Episode

This podcast episode from the ladies at Ultimate Product Party is one of the best podcasts I’ve listened to in forever. I loved how vulnerable they were with their shares because it made me feel like “I’m not the only one” with some of the biz things I have gone through, and it’s sooooo nice to hear women talk about the things that a lot of people in business don’t share, because it’s not always sunshine and rainbows.  

💕 Products I’m Loving

Valentine’s Day is coming up… I ordered a super funny card from KittyMeow that is perfect for my sweet boyfriend.

I also ordered some super cute cards from Prairie Letter Shop to send to my gal pals.  

I love shopping small, and supporting small businesses!

Hey Y’all! I’m excited to share a few Black Friday offers that I think are worth checking out if you are a product based business owner.

Please note: This post contains affiliate links, but I only am recommending products and people I have personally purchased from and know that you will love, too.

Let me know what Black Friday offers you’ll be scooping up!

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I’m back with my monthly “Favorite Things” post to share with you for September. 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

Create a $9 product this week – it’s easy and this strategy will show you how.

One of my favorite things I’ve ever created in my business is this: a little extra moolah.

Set up a tripwire to start earning when people opt in for your email list.  Here’s a template for a tripwire page I love.

Need to set a budget for yourself so you can keep more of the moolah you earn? Access this template.

Have you checked out The Productive Entrepreneurs Club?  Lucy is one of my favorite online entrepreneurs and I know her membership is so needed!

Get Ready for Black Friday

Recently on the blog I shared the 4 Steps to Skyrocket Your Black Friday Sale with Affiliates.  This post is a must-read if you want to increase your sales during Black Friday.

Speaking of Black Friday…. Head over here to learn How to Actually Get Your Affiliates to Promote Your Black Friday Sale.

Want to know how to pitch potential affiliate partners? Grab this template.

If you’re unsure of what emails to send to your affiliates about your Black Friday Sale, or when to send them, sign up for the Prep Your Affiliates for Your Black Friday Sale Template Pack.  This template pack 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!

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

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!

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!

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

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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:

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? 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.

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> > > 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!