Newsletters, Tags, and Commission Rules It would seem obvious that, as a Merchant, it is important to consistently motivate and encourage Affiliates to participate in an Affiliate program. ShareASale has a number of tools that can help make this a much simpler process and can help make any program unique and stand out from the […]
Building Blocks of an Online Store
In my role as the network launch manager, I spend my day-to-day looking at different businesses ranging from start-ups to internet retailer top sites. As such, for anybody looking to start their own online store, I wanted to share a few of the essential building blocks of any e-commerce site: Differentiation, Shopping Cart, and Analytics. […]
Building Blocks for Giving Your Invitation Impact
Along with complimentary features, ShareASale realizes it is important for Merchants to be able to access high potential Affiliates. We have an Affiliate Invitations Tool that sends private invitations to top performing Affiliates in a category that are not yet in your program. You will be able to set criteria based on category commission rank, […]
Building Blocks for Creating Quick Gift Guides
How many times have you searched for “Gift for Kids”, “Gifts for Travelers”, “Gifts under $50”, “Eco-Friendly Gifts”, et la.? A LOT. Everyone loves browsing a good gift guide. If you don’t believe me, check out this incredibly timely article… Gift guides can work well for holiday e-mails – Internet Retailer And don’t settle for […]
Understanding the Affiliate Interface
After joining ShareASale, it can be quite overwhelming to sign into our interface for the first time. Lots of pretty icons to look at, menu options to look through and graphs to look into. I remember signing in for the first time and thinking Where do I even start!?!?! I am going to provide a […]
Building a Foundation via Industry Conferences
The heavy planning, the expenses, the hectic travel, the early mornings and late nights. Attending work conferences is not a simple endeavor. The question is, is it all worth it? In a word: absolutely. The Affiliate Marketing world includes so many great people that are friendly and go out of their way to help […]
What Is A Text Link
Happy 4th of July America! Happy 4th of July to each and every one of you! In fact, I am extremely honored to be the author of today’s blog, due to the fact that today is my favorite holiday! I have so many beautiful memories of time with family and friends, BBQ’s, Poolside Fun, Summer […]
Building Blocks for Compelling Content
Content! Content! Content! Great content boosts and helps to maintain readership. So, where do you start? There are several Building Blocks for creating quality content and today I’m just going to focus on one. I wanted to illustrate my point for this post with a food analogy (as I tend to do with so […]
Create Your Own HTML Program Bio
For updated information on how to create your own HTML Program Bio, please read this Help Center article. Making a great first impression is part of communication training 101. A great impression can be crucial in the business world because a bad first impression can be, at times, nearly impossible to reverse. Therefore, it is […]
Month of the Building Blocks
July is the month of building blocks. Each day we will be bringing you lots of tips that can be used as foundational pieces to further grow an aspect of your Affiliate Marketing efforts. To kick things off I thought it would be appropriate to talk about a research template Merchants can use to […]