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Affiliate Training 1
"The Affiliate Resource Center"
This is the first of five trainings we've
put together to help you be successful with the
Visual Link Spanish Affiliate Program. In this
training we will cover the Affiliate Resource
Center and placement of links on your site.
In The Affiliate Resource Center
you will find customized text, banner and email
links, real-time tracking and comprehensive
reports of all your traffic and sales, your
personal information/address.
My
Profile (See top Menu Bar after logging
in)
Your personal information is located under
"Account Profile." The address found
here will be the address to where we will be
sending your commission check at the first of
the month. Make sure this is the address where
you want your check delivered and that it is
correct. If you prefer to be paid by PayPal,
you may also select this payment option here.
We strongly suggest PayPal payment for all
international affiliates. The other part of
this section is your login information. If you
want to change your username and password to
one easier for you to remember, make the change
here.
Custom Reports
Reports of sales and clicks can be found under
"Custom Reports." First thing you will do to
create a sales report is chose a custom report
from the drop down menu. The report which will
be most useful is titled "Commision Summary." After you have
selected this report choose the dates for which
you want to check your traffi and click Create Report. This report
will give you the total number of impressions,
clicks, leads and sales from each distinct link
or banner from your site. It will also list the
commissions you earned during this period from
each given link. If you are using the a custom
affiliate module, the clicks from the module
will be under Standard Affiliate Link and will
only reflect visitors who have left the module
and gone to the Online Store. If you'd like to just get a snap shot of the last month you can click on "Summary Report" to generate a quick report.
Glossary (for above):
Impressions – measures the number of
times the banner is displayed
Clicks – number of times a banner is
click and visitor is sent to
learnspanishtoday.com
Leads – number of visitors who have
signed up for a service on our website, either
the free newsletter of the free membership.
Links and Tools
Banners, links and unique content are found
under "Links and Tools ." On this page
choose from Ads (text links), Banners and Email
and click the option you want. When choosing
what link to add on your site, keep your
visitors in mind. Look through the different
options, think of what has worked on your site
in the past and pick the best fitting option.
We have found the 125x125 banners get clicked
the most and have created two options that
should work for any site. Look at these first,
but don't be afraid to try out any of the
different links. Sometimes testing is the only
way to find out what will work the best on your
site.
Link
Placement
To earn the greatest amount of commissions, we
recommend that you take some thought as to the
placement of the link(s) on your site - where
it will get the greatest amount of traffic. A
few ideas are: placing it with other affiliate
links on your homepage and in your navigation
menu; place a link in the spot where your
visitors go for other products and/or services,
and having a text link saying “Free
Spanish Lessons” in your list of services
all work very well.
Should you have any questions about which links
to use, where to place them or how any of the
features in The Affiliate Resource Center work
please let me know. I will gladly discuss and
brainstorm ideas with you to discover the best
and most effective combination for your
site.
Sneak peek for next training (Substantiated
research about the effectiveness of our
Customized Affiliate Module.)
Take care,
Jay
Jay Banner - Affiliate Manager
jay@learnspanishtoday.com
Visual Link Spanish
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