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Influencers & Affiliates
Affiliate Marketing Report Card: WP Engine
December 4, 2017 • Greg Hoffman
This installment of “Affiliate Marketing Report Card” reviews WP Engine, a global WordPress hosting platform. WP Engine has a powerhouse affiliate program listed at number 38 in the ShareASale Top ...
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Influencers & Affiliates
Which Affiliate Marketing Model Fits Your Business?
October 30, 2017 • Greg Hoffman
If you attend the Affiliate Summit West conference in Las Vegas next January, you will be among 6,000 attendees from more than 70 countries. At some point, you may ask ...
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Influencers & Affiliates
Affiliate Marketing Meets Influencers
September 28, 2017 • Greg Hoffman
The crossroads of affiliate marketing and influencer marketing is here. Merchants are testing ways to merge the channels to create sales. The word “influencer” was mentioned in a dozen session titles ...
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Influencers & Affiliates
Affiliate Marketing Report Card: Fanatics.com
August 28, 2017 • Greg Hoffman
This second installment of “Affiliate Marketing Report Card” focuses on Fanatics, an online retailer of licensed sportswear, sports equipment, and merchandise. I’ve watched its affiliate marketing program greatly expand over ...
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Influencers & Affiliates
The Common Affiliate Marketing Mistake
July 27, 2017 • Greg Hoffman
Affiliate marketing has its pros and cons — advocates and detractors. The industry is booming but there are many merchants that have negative opinions of the channel. They have seen ...
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Influencers & Affiliates
Important Affiliate Marketing KPIs, for Mid-year Review
June 28, 2017 • Greg Hoffman
The summer months are slow for many ecommerce merchants. It is an excellent time to do some housekeeping and prepare for the upcoming busy season. Take a few days to ...
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Influencers & Affiliates
Affiliate Marketing Report Card: Jane.com
May 30, 2017 • Greg Hoffman
Merchants can achieve growth through affiliate marketing by learning from the successes and failures of others. In this “Affiliate Marketing Report Card,” a new quarterly series, I will critique an ...
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Influencers & Affiliates
Affiliate Marketing Evolves, Again
May 3, 2017 • Greg Hoffman
Every few years headlines scream that affiliate marketing is dead or dying. In fact, affiliate marketing continues to grow, but it’s evolving rapidly. Two things are driving this evolution: the ...
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Influencers & Affiliates
7 Pointers to Attract New Affiliates
March 30, 2017 • Greg Hoffman
Major affiliate networks such as ShareASale and CJ by Conversant have thousands of active affiliate programs. I tell merchants that every one of these programs is a competitor because affiliates ...
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Influencers & Affiliates
For Affiliate Marketing Success, Know Your Affiliates
March 2, 2017 • Greg Hoffman
Finding the right affiliates to build an affiliate-marketing program means understanding their traffic sources before they are approved. Affiliates come in all shapes and sizes. Once a manager can identify ...
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Influencers & Affiliates
Affiliate Marketing: Time to Adopt Attribution Rules?
February 1, 2017 • Greg Hoffman
Deciding who should receive affiliate-marketing commissions is increasingly important. Ecommerce merchants have watched as the affiliate channel evolved and coupon and loyalty sites quickly became the dominant publishers with little ...