Holidays are a great way to create some buzz and marketing for your products or services. There are endless creative ways you could use events to present your offer in a new light. Take advantage of special occasions as an opportunity to create some fresh marketing tools such as content, coupons, banners, promotions, etc. Listed […]
New Merchant Report: Year in Review
ShareASale has added a new report that merchants will be able to use to analyze big picture data about their affiliate program. The Year in Review report provides the same data that is found in the Weekly Progress Report, however it is summarized by month. So the new Year in Review report provides a monthly […]
Presenting Your Best Self – 6: Newsletters
Welcome to the sixth and final part of our Presenting Your Best Self series. This last section is all about presenting your best self through solid communication. A common question I receive from merchants is, “How can I keep my Affiliates engaged and active in the program?” Answer: Keep them in the loop! Utilize the […]
Presenting Your Best Self – 5: Keywords
Part 5 of our “Presenting Your Best Self” series looks at how Affiliates find Merchant programs. The most common way Affiliates will seek out new programs to join is by utilizing the search keyword function in the Affiliate interface. Today we’re going to discuss effective ways to ensure Affiliates can find your program utilizing the […]
Presenting Your Best Self – 4: Reply Emails
For our fourth edition of “Presenting Your Best Self”, we are going to discuss the Approve Reply email. In each Merchant account, there are three reply emails that can be created that will be automatically sent out when an Affiliate: Applies for the program Is Approved into the program When an Affiliate is declined from […]
Presenting Your Best Self – 3: Reversals
Welcome to the third installment of the “Presenting Your Best Self” series which focuses on topics related to making a great first impression with Affiliate prospects. Today, we’re going to talk about how to best manage transaction reversals. Affiliates expect and understand that voided sales are a part of normal business activity. Items are returned, […]
Merchant Timesaver: Ask and you shall receive….Tags!
Inspired by feedback we received, ShareASale has launched some new features to the Affiliate List page in the Merchant Interface (Affiliates >Your Affiliate List) that are sure to make affiliate program management a little easier! The first, is the ability to batch update an affiliate’s status and / or group assignment in a singular page […]
Presenting Your Best Self – 2: Uptime History
For our second installment of Presenting Your Best Self, aka “Making a good first impression to Affiliate prospects”, we’re going to talk about Uptime History. Uptime History is a report available in the Affiliate Interface which shows a time stamp of when a specific Merchant is either “Low Funds”, “Temporarily Offline”, or “Online”. Affiliates use […]
Who are your Notable Affiliates?
Today we launched a couple of new Merchant Timesavers inspired from the ShareASale ThinkTank “Things We Need to Fix” session. The new reports are the “Affiliate Comparison Report” and the “Notable Affiliates Report”. Both reports are based on the idea of comparing affiliate performance over two different time periods. I like to think of the […]
Presenting Your Best Self – 1: Program Bio
Welcome to the first of a 6 part blog series, “Presenting Your Best Self”. This series will focus on different tools Merchants can use to be sure that they are always presenting their Affiliate Program in the best light. A great first impression will go a long way in gaining the trust and partnership of Affiliates. Today, […]