5 Ways Businesses Benefit from Affiliate Marketing

By year 2020, online marketing experts predict that affiliate marketing sales figures are expected to reach $7 billion with around 85% of online publishers using affiliate marketing. Now, that is really huge! These numbers are helped by the fact that marketers now recognize as a big benefit, their ability to make money from affiliate marketing even while asleep. The real reason many more people are getting involved either directly or through companies. Here are some great ways companies benefit from affiliate marketing.


 
01. Easy Tracking of Sales and Profits
 
Just like other forms of digital and online marketing, in Affiliate marketing, it is very easy to track profits by means of very unique and peculiar codes. Most merchants have dashboards or central places where they can directly track affiliate sales and commissions. In some others, there may be summaries of important performance metrics such as click-through rates and related page views. Tracking these metrics is easy and very important for both merchants and publishers because both parties easily see which links are building up engagement and which are not. This vital information allows marketers to be abreast with links performance and to keep up with trends with a view to modifying their strategies and or tactics as needed, when needed.

02. Greater Online Exposure

Every business benefits from exposure. The more the exposure, the better for the business! By having affiliates, a company’s product or service gains exposure for the online world to see. Added to that, some affiliates are people who run websites or blogs that reflect a passion of theirs. They may run informational niche sites because they want to help their readers achieve a goal or learn more about a subject. Others may have a small business that they are trying to promote, and know that linking to big companies can be a beneficial part of marketing.  Using affiliate links helps them spread the word. The motivation to make sales and to generate blog traffic from the merchant’s end is also a huge benefit. Building a brand is by far easier and better when the exposure is huge for the company.

03. Building Valuable Partnerships 

While merchants may reap the rewards of the higher revenue overall, affiliates are also able to enjoy some of the financial rewards for simply sharing links in the first place. This structure can save merchants some money on what otherwise may be spent on traditional marketing making it a win-win situation for both parties. That mutual benefit helps to build and nurture valuable and lasting partnerships.

04. Relevant Site Content 


We always hear experienced marketers say, content is king. The more relevant the content, the better the traffic it attracts. These days, with many companies offering affiliate programs, bloggers and site owners who have specific purposes or cover specific topics have more options about the content they produce. That enables merchants to have a wide variety of advertising outlets available due to the number of bloggers and website administrators who are willing to promote affiliate content in many and diverse ways. All what Merchants need do is to make sure that their links are sponsored on sites that attract their target market. Smart affiliates key into that by choosing merchants with products that appeal to their site followers or blog readers. That helps the synergy for mutual benefits.

05. Affiliate Marketing is Cost-Effective
 
Cutting down costs and saving up here and there ultimately helps bottomline profits. Many smart marketers know this and also recognize that marketing is centered around growing ROI. The real reason marketers crave cost-effective marketing strategies at all times. Affiliate marketing costs is mostly performance based and can be measured accurately and directly based on agreed terms. The beauty of that is that performance-based marketing reduces the risk of having a bad return on investment. This is one very smart way to project costs and to adhere to them helping to drive real cost effectiveness in the marketing activities.


 

Awakening Sleeping Affiliates in SFI

Inactive PSAs can be a real source of concern and frustration for SFI sponsors. But the solution could be as easy as a simple reassignment–specifically, a reassignment to one of your active Affiliates from the same country or who speaks the same language.

Why? Because, as SFI continues to spread around the world, language difficulties and cultural differences could become more of an issue among SFI Affiliates in growing downlines. These communication barriers may discourage new PSAs from non-English speaking countries and result in their giving up on SFI.

Why not take advantage of the growing diversity in your downline by pairing up these inactive PSAs with appropriate leaders in your team? This easy, no-brainer solution could reawaken their interest in SFI and get them building their own businesses...not to mention giving your team the added benefit of motivating your existing leaders to continue spreading the word about SFI in their own countries and in their own languages!

To reassign PSAs just follow these simple steps:

1. Go to your Genealogy.

2. Choose the Reassign tab. All affiliates who are eligible to be reassigned (i.e. see restrictions below) will be designated by a checkbox.

3. Check a box for someone whom you want to reassign.

4. Enter the SFI ID number of the person to whom you want the reassignment(s) into the popup’s field and click OK. Make sure you have the right ID number!

5. Go down your list and check other boxes for any other affiliates you wish to reassign, entering the appropriate SFI ID numbers in the reassignment popup field.

6. When you’re done selecting the affiliates you wish to reassign, click the Reassign selected affiliates button.

The SFI system will automatically send an e-mail to the new sponsor, letting them know about their new, reassigned PSA and encouraging them to contact their new Affiliate right away.

How to Use SFI E-Cards

SFI E-Cards are fun, little digital "greeting cards" designed for sending to friends, family, and co-workers to tell them about SFI and TripleClicks. They are purposely "casual" in nature. Aggressive marketing is not something you want to do with friends and family, and we want you to be comfortable using our E-Cards.

TIP: Commit to "drip marketing." This means do NOT expect recipients of your cards to immediately join SFI. Rather, just "play it cool" and keep "dripping" on them once every 3-8 weeks or so. You don't want to mail to them so often that you become an annoyance, or your recipients will just start deleting your messages without even opening them. Instead, pique their interest slowly but surely by mailing them only occasionally--over a long period of time. Patience is the key. Remember that success in business requires long-term planning and thinking. Trying to get things to happen too fast will be counter-productive for you, so just relax and "drip, drip, drip." Of course, our contacts lists make it very easy to execute perfect drip marketing campaigns. Just create your list and then mail to that list every so many weeks. You can build as many lists as you like and they're very easy to create, maintain, and use.

How to use E-Cards for prospective affiliates:

1. Go to the Marketing Center at: https://www.sfimg.com/Resources/MarketingCenter

2. From the TYPE filter, choose "E-Card."

3. Click the Preview link for the card you want to use.

4. Click the "Send this E-card" link.

5. Choose your template from the available designs by clicking on the one you want to use. The template is the area of the e-mail that will appear around the card you chose in step #3. Note that when you select your template, the other designs will display as gray.

6. Choose the Gateway you want to have linked to from your E-Card. Note that our recommended Gateway is chosen for you by default, but you can choose any of the other gateways listed (if any). Any gateway you choose will contain your SFI ID number so that you are automatically credited with the sign-up (and you will receive a separate notification of this by e-mail). You can also choose "NONE" if you prefer not to have a gateway link for your recipients to use.

Important: There's usually no reason to provide a gateway URL in the message that you'll be composing later. You've already provided the link to use by selecting it here. Don't confuse your recipients by referring them to extra or different links!

7. Create or choose your contacts list and the persons to whom you wish to send this card.

8. Upon clicking the PREVIEW button, you will see a copy of what your recipient(s) will see. To help ensure your recipient(s) open your E-Card, your name will automatically appear in the subject line. To help even more, YOUR PHOTO will appear in the upper right side of the template (which should be visible in the preview panes of most e-mail browsers). 

IMPORTANT! For best results, make sure you've got a nice, clear, close-up photo in place for your account. If you need to change it or upload a different photo, you can do so.

9. Compose your message to accompany your selected E-Card. Enter your message in the box on the left side of the page. As you type, your message will appear over on the right side under your E-Card so that you can see exactly what the finished card will look like. 

TIP: Browse our sample messages (https://www.sfimg.com/PopUp/sampleMessages) and copy, paste, and edit to suit your own tastes. ALSO, you may want to compose your message offline using your word processor so that you can proof and spell check before sending.

10. After you've composed your message and you're satisfied with everything, click the SEND MESSAGE button.

Great to See SFI by the Numbers

Facts! Facts!! More facts about SFI affiliates business. These are milestones you can independently investigate and verify all by yourself. In SFI, things are getting more interesting, rewarding and profitable by the day. Just take a look at the exciting numbers:

19th successful year for SFI (32nd for SFI's parent company)

15,787 new Affiliates added last week

6.7 million TripleClicks members

91,206 commissionable products (787 new added last week)

662,759 S-Builder sign-ups generated to date

2,950 E-Commerce Associates

220,774 total TCards distributed

Millions - Commissions paid out to our affiliates (in US Dollars)

Things are definitely going to get better and being part of that growth and profits is the most exciting part.

How to Share TC products on Social Networks

Get the word out about a great new product, deal, closeout, or other item at TripleClicks.com quickly and easily. After logging into TripleClicks.com, simply click the Share & Win tab on a product's detail page; then cut and paste the resulting link on Facebook, Twitter, or e-mail...or post it wherever you want.

Your SFI Affiliate ID number is included in any referenced URLs you post, so you get credited with any subsequent sales. Referenced URLs from your referred members will also include your SFI Affiliate ID for crediting when they share via the Share & Win tab.

NOTE: By referring a friend to TripleClicks, you'll automatically qualify for a FREE WAVE3 Membership and enjoy all the benefits that go with it.