An option I've noticed on a new affiliate program I've joined. What is it, and is there any training here on how it works?
It's what I thought...mainly for e-commerce sites. I was just wondering if there was a way of ensuring the products I have affiliate links to are in stock with the merchant. Probably overthinking it!
Hi, there are some good pointers on the link below Trying to import product feed into my website?
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An option I've noticed on a new affiliate program I've joined. What is it, and is there any training here on how it works?
A product feed is a comprehensive list of the items offered for sale on a merchant's site. Usually it includes a product description, image, price, options (size, color, etc.). Sometimes it will also show when something is on sale. It also includes your affiliate link for each item, so it's super easy to use that link
Often it comes on an excel spreadsheet and you can use a variety of tools to convert that to all sorts of different things. You can usually filter it by product type, category and countless other choices to fit your individual article or your entire site.
Some publishers turn it into a store on their site. Some publishers will use it simply for the images or descriptions.
The vast majority of merchants offer product feeds. It's smart to take advantage of them for sure.
It's what I thought...mainly for e-commerce sites. I was just wondering if there was a way of ensuring the products I have affiliate links to are in stock with the merchant. Probably overthinking it!
Hi, there are some good pointers on the link below Trying to import product feed into my website?
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I've just joined a new affiliate program and noticed this as an option. Just wondering what it is and whether I should use it.
Deeplinking enables you to create a link which points directly to a single page on a merchant's site.
So, for example, if you are talking about a specific boot on a merchant site which sells hundreds of different models of boots, you can make sure that the consumer goes straight to the page on that boot. It's much better than just pointing the consumer to the home page and making them try to find that specific boot on the site. It converts much better than just pointing to the merchant home page.
Most merchants permit this, a few don't (usually financial merchants).
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What is deeplinking on an affiliate program?
I've just joined a new affiliate program and noticed this as an option. Just wondering what it is and whether I should use it.
Deeplinking enables you to create a link which points directly to a single page on a merchant's site.
So, for example, if you are talking about a specific boot on a merchant site which sells hundreds of different models of boots, you can make sure that the consumer goes straight to the page on that boot. It's much better than just pointing the consumer to the home page and making them try to find that specific boot on the site. It converts much better than just pointing to the merchant home page.
Most merchants permit this, a few don't (usually financial merchants).
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Hi,
I've had a question from a reader via email on my WA hosted website email. I'm trying to place links to ebay pages on the response but can't find a way of doing it witho
Thanks Lex.
It was a problem with the size of the link I was getting from Ebay, But the Smartshare extensions is really easy. You just go to whatever Ebay page you want to link, then click the smartshare icon and you get a neat little link with your affiliate code in it.
Hey Adrian,
Here is a major benefit for understanding basic HTML. You will need to add your text link manually. Your link will look similar to what I displayed in the screen print below...
Hope you find this helpful.
Hi Trish, thanks for your reply, that's very helpful.
I discovered that the "Smartshare" extension provided by Ebay wasn't properly activated, hence the problem.
It's actually a really helpful tool for anyone whos's an Ebay partner. I'll create some training once I work out how I did it!
Thanks again
Adrian.
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How do I place affiliate links in my hosted email site?
Hi,
I've had a question from a reader via email on my WA hosted website email. I'm trying to place links to ebay pages on the response but can't find a way of doing it witho
Thanks Lex.
It was a problem with the size of the link I was getting from Ebay, But the Smartshare extensions is really easy. You just go to whatever Ebay page you want to link, then click the smartshare icon and you get a neat little link with your affiliate code in it.
Hey Adrian,
Here is a major benefit for understanding basic HTML. You will need to add your text link manually. Your link will look similar to what I displayed in the screen print below...
Hope you find this helpful.
Hi Trish, thanks for your reply, that's very helpful.
I discovered that the "Smartshare" extension provided by Ebay wasn't properly activated, hence the problem.
It's actually a really helpful tool for anyone whos's an Ebay partner. I'll create some training once I work out how I did it!
Thanks again
Adrian.
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Another website wants to share my articles, with full credit and backlinks. They've asked if I can send them as a document. Any ideas folks?
I use Site Content and then
Hey Adrian,
First, do your due diligence and make sure they are legitimate.
Personally I would NEVER copy the content that has already published and offer it to ANYONE, as that is could be considered as duplicate content. Some people argue this but that is the way I would conduct myself... and, you are asking for opinions.
However, you could create a unique guest post in, let's say, Word (sending as an attachment to email) for them that is relevant to their niche, and request a link be offered back to your website in an author textbox to be added to the bottom of your published guest post.
Hope you find this helpful.
Hi Trish,
Great advice thank you. I think at this early stage I might be letting myself get too impressed that someone is interested enough in my content.
I'll tread very carefully with this. Unless they have real authority I can't see the point of spending time writing articles for them when I struggle to get enough content on my own site.
I really appreciate you taking the time to answer my question, thank you.
What I've been doing lately is adding anyone who emails me as "hey there" or similar, to my Junk or Spam list and ignoring them.
If they haven't got the decency to at least address me by name, then I have not got the time to read their offers. LOL... works for me. :-)
Have received a few offers who did address me by name, and when I responded, no one replied back. Just goes to show you that there is a lot of fishing going on in the big pond called the internet.
I've had a few like that. I've been in contact directly with the person who runs the other site though. It's a pretty good site to be honest with an authority rank of 96 on Moz.com. Mine's 4!
But if I spend time writing articles for them I'll never get enough content on my own to get the authority.....all sorts of issues with it I think.
I might just put it down to a distraction!
Hi - is this a legitimate high authority site? It seems an odd thing to do, to actually copy your article in full. It will be seen as duplicate content.
You need to have the information on to a text document so you need to copy it and then paste it
Thanks Catherine, as always. I thought that might be the answer. I think I just need to find a document type that doesn't change the format of the post.
It will change the format of the post. However why don't you offer them a guest post if they do have a legitimate readership. How do you know that there is value in doing this. It may appeal to your ego but as Diane says if they are not an authority site it's not worth doing
I agree Catherine, I think I was getting a bit carried away.
As Diane suggests, I'll do more due dilligence before I waste any time on this.
Thanks again for taking the time to answer.
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How do I share my articles with another site?
Another website wants to share my articles, with full credit and backlinks. They've asked if I can send them as a document. Any ideas folks?
I use Site Content and then
Hey Adrian,
First, do your due diligence and make sure they are legitimate.
Personally I would NEVER copy the content that has already published and offer it to ANYONE, as that is could be considered as duplicate content. Some people argue this but that is the way I would conduct myself... and, you are asking for opinions.
However, you could create a unique guest post in, let's say, Word (sending as an attachment to email) for them that is relevant to their niche, and request a link be offered back to your website in an author textbox to be added to the bottom of your published guest post.
Hope you find this helpful.
Hi Trish,
Great advice thank you. I think at this early stage I might be letting myself get too impressed that someone is interested enough in my content.
I'll tread very carefully with this. Unless they have real authority I can't see the point of spending time writing articles for them when I struggle to get enough content on my own site.
I really appreciate you taking the time to answer my question, thank you.
What I've been doing lately is adding anyone who emails me as "hey there" or similar, to my Junk or Spam list and ignoring them.
If they haven't got the decency to at least address me by name, then I have not got the time to read their offers. LOL... works for me. :-)
Have received a few offers who did address me by name, and when I responded, no one replied back. Just goes to show you that there is a lot of fishing going on in the big pond called the internet.
I've had a few like that. I've been in contact directly with the person who runs the other site though. It's a pretty good site to be honest with an authority rank of 96 on Moz.com. Mine's 4!
But if I spend time writing articles for them I'll never get enough content on my own to get the authority.....all sorts of issues with it I think.
I might just put it down to a distraction!
Hi - is this a legitimate high authority site? It seems an odd thing to do, to actually copy your article in full. It will be seen as duplicate content.
You need to have the information on to a text document so you need to copy it and then paste it
Thanks Catherine, as always. I thought that might be the answer. I think I just need to find a document type that doesn't change the format of the post.
It will change the format of the post. However why don't you offer them a guest post if they do have a legitimate readership. How do you know that there is value in doing this. It may appeal to your ego but as Diane says if they are not an authority site it's not worth doing
I agree Catherine, I think I was getting a bit carried away.
As Diane suggests, I'll do more due dilligence before I waste any time on this.
Thanks again for taking the time to answer.
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I've been asked to work with a new website offering products in my niche, kitesurfing.
I'd welcome any advice on strategies.
I'm thinking guest blogs on their site
Sounds like you have many options. As long as the other website uses WordPress you can migrate it to the WA eco system.
You can share affiliate links between yours and the other kite surfing website as you were thinking. When it comes to monetizing, you will have to make sure your customers are not confused with two similar and connected websites.
On way around this issue is to agree with your business associate to focus on complimentary niches in the Kite surfing category. In that way you could both feed of each other and share the same customers. I feel that Kite Surfing has a broad enough product and services offering to make this possible.
I wish you much success in your kite surfing business.
Cheers.
Edwin
Hi Edwin, Happy New Year!
And many thanks for coming back to me so quickly with such helpful advice.
The other website is actually more of an on-line shop than an info blog. The idea is that I create content to drive traffic to the site, so I'm considering whether to create the content on my own site or on theirs. Or maybe share content, but I'm not sure how this impacts on Google's duplicate content criteria.
Happy New Year to you too!
What kind of agreement do you have with this product website? For example, are you going to set up a system to track customers you send them so you earn a commission for their purchases?
If that is the case, I don't see any problem regarding monetization. You can write articles about the same product om both websites and not get penalized by the Search Engines if they are worded differently. There is nothing wrong in writing a post for the same product. This happens all the time.
I suggest that you use your blogs to provide in depth content to educate and give advice on the product to help the reader make a decision to go to whatever affiliate link you use. Or the link to the product website if that is where they need to go. You shouldn't restrict your business to only this product website. Give your visitors options. Just make sure than whatever place you recommend they go to make the purchase you have an affiliate link for that.
Sounds like a really fun affiliate business project with a twist.
Go for it!
Edwin
Thanks again Edwin,
It's very exploratory at the moment. He doesn't have any affiliate programs so I'm looking at helping him set one up. And I'll need to research systems for tracking purchases he gets from my posts.
And I totally agree on keeping my website independent so that my brand integrity isn't compromised.
A lot to think about and I really appreciate your advice.
Amazing what happens when you start speaking to people!
You're most welcome. It was your intriguing situation that encouraged me to respond. Your's was not the typical question that made it fun to engage.
All the best in your quest to make this work.
Edwin
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Working with other websites in the same niche?
I've been asked to work with a new website offering products in my niche, kitesurfing.
I'd welcome any advice on strategies.
I'm thinking guest blogs on their site
Sounds like you have many options. As long as the other website uses WordPress you can migrate it to the WA eco system.
You can share affiliate links between yours and the other kite surfing website as you were thinking. When it comes to monetizing, you will have to make sure your customers are not confused with two similar and connected websites.
On way around this issue is to agree with your business associate to focus on complimentary niches in the Kite surfing category. In that way you could both feed of each other and share the same customers. I feel that Kite Surfing has a broad enough product and services offering to make this possible.
I wish you much success in your kite surfing business.
Cheers.
Edwin
Hi Edwin, Happy New Year!
And many thanks for coming back to me so quickly with such helpful advice.
The other website is actually more of an on-line shop than an info blog. The idea is that I create content to drive traffic to the site, so I'm considering whether to create the content on my own site or on theirs. Or maybe share content, but I'm not sure how this impacts on Google's duplicate content criteria.
Happy New Year to you too!
What kind of agreement do you have with this product website? For example, are you going to set up a system to track customers you send them so you earn a commission for their purchases?
If that is the case, I don't see any problem regarding monetization. You can write articles about the same product om both websites and not get penalized by the Search Engines if they are worded differently. There is nothing wrong in writing a post for the same product. This happens all the time.
I suggest that you use your blogs to provide in depth content to educate and give advice on the product to help the reader make a decision to go to whatever affiliate link you use. Or the link to the product website if that is where they need to go. You shouldn't restrict your business to only this product website. Give your visitors options. Just make sure than whatever place you recommend they go to make the purchase you have an affiliate link for that.
Sounds like a really fun affiliate business project with a twist.
Go for it!
Edwin
Thanks again Edwin,
It's very exploratory at the moment. He doesn't have any affiliate programs so I'm looking at helping him set one up. And I'll need to research systems for tracking purchases he gets from my posts.
And I totally agree on keeping my website independent so that my brand integrity isn't compromised.
A lot to think about and I really appreciate your advice.
Amazing what happens when you start speaking to people!
You're most welcome. It was your intriguing situation that encouraged me to respond. Your's was not the typical question that made it fun to engage.
All the best in your quest to make this work.
Edwin
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A product feed is a comprehensive list of the items offered for sale on a merchant's site. Usually it includes a product description, image, price, options (size, color, etc.). Sometimes it will also show when something is on sale. It also includes your affiliate link for each item, so it's super easy to use that link
Often it comes on an excel spreadsheet and you can use a variety of tools to convert that to all sorts of different things. You can usually filter it by product type, category and countless other choices to fit your individual article or your entire site.
Some publishers turn it into a store on their site. Some publishers will use it simply for the images or descriptions.
The vast majority of merchants offer product feeds. It's smart to take advantage of them for sure.