How to Drive Incremental Sales for Your Business with Affiliate Marketing Answers

Outline the role of AI in affiliate marketing

• AI tools can be leveraged to find new partners and networks
• The use of AI is temporary so it is best not to use it
• Guidelines need to be established on how to best use AI
• It can aid automation but cannot replace relationships

Which of the below statements ring truer when launching your affiliate program?

• You will add new partners all the time as your program grows
• Your program will look the same from start to finish
• Launching your affiliate program is a complex endeavour
• It is better if you do all aspects of affiliate management yourself

Keeping affiliates engaged will help build the longevity of your program. What are three ways you can build better affiliate engagement?

• Once an affiliate leaves don’t approach them again
• Loyalty and holiday incentives for increased exposure
• Changing commissions during peak events
• Reactivation campaigns for idle affiliates

When crafting your sales pitch, what should you have in mind and portray to your potential affiliate partner?

• Being authentic
• Alienate and conquer
• Create a connection
• Refuse to answer questions

“Finding affiliate partners is a long, tiresome process”. What tactics can be implemented to reverse this way of thinking?

• Go to industry events to network and meet potential partners
• Use search engines to find suitable partners
• Sign up to an affiliate tool like Semrush to help your search
• After a few months you can move on to another program

Choose the statement that is true.

• The metrics to use are obvious from the start
• Rewards are immediate upon launch
• Affiliate programs take off from the onset
• It will take time for a program to ‘bed in’ and grow