Using AI to Apply for Affiliate Programs: An Advertiser’s Perspective
Published on April 18, 2024
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Just wanted to share something I’ve noticed recently.
I manage a large affiliate program which pays high commissions on the Awin.com affiliate network. When an affiliate applies to the program, they can include a note to tell me about their site. Lately quite a few of the affiliate applications are obviously written by AI – lots of words but tells me nothing! Quite flowery, poetic-sounding language that gives me no specifics about the methods this affiliate intends to use to promote my advertiser.
It's not hard to figure out the question they asked AI to answer. Unfortunately, the AI response has nothing to do with their personal site, so I’m getting lots of generic affiliate-related content. Blah, blah, blah.
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While my first inclination is to automatically decline them due to the use of AI, I do take the time to review their site to see if it might be acceptable. So far, I haven’t found any.
Some even have words cut off in mid-word due to the character limitations for the message, and the affiliate didn’t even notice! If they can’t pay attention to that kind of detail, they certainly won’t be accepted into my program.
The moral of this story is this: Don’t just ask AI to write something for you, then slap it into place and assume it’s fine. If you’ve been asked to be specific and the AI result isn’t, don’t use it!
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