
Affiliated: ClickBank‘s Official Affiliate Marketing Podcast
ClickBank all-stars Thomas McMahon and Kyle Kostechka dive deep into high-level affiliate marketing strategies to grow and scale your online business using affiliates. Get insider information from the ClickBank experts themselves.
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Apr 20, 2022 • 31min
054: Use the Reverse Pyramid of Affiliate Acquisition To Grow a 7-Figure Affiliate Program
If you find yourself in a position to build out an affiliate program, you may be wondering how to go about finding the right affiliates for your brand, not just any affiliate. In today's episode, Ryan Coisson outlines a more efficient and easy way to recruit, retain, and train affiliates. He calls it the "reverse pyramid of affiliate acquisition."
Now, what does that even mean? Tune in to learn how, among other things, he initially focuses less on the highest grossing affiliates, and more so on their up-and-coming counterparts.
If you'd like to learn more, Coisson prepared a visualization of the process, which can be downloaded at: perfectbiz.com/clickbank
Grow Your Own Scalable Affiliate Program TODAY - https://www.clickbank.com/scalable-affiliate-program/?el=podcast
Become a ClickBank Media Buyer with Our FREE Course! - https://www.clickbank.com/media-buyer-agency/?el=podcast
Current Top Offers on ClickBank - https://www.clickbank.com/blog/clickbank-top-offers/?el=podcast

Mar 23, 2022 • 38min
053: The Best Affiliate Events in 2022 – Book Your Tickets to These Events Now
Top-level affiliate marketing is all about relationships, because at the end of the day when the conversions are counted and commissions are calculated, people do business with people. In this episode, we discuss the best events to meet affiliates and build your network.
The events Thomas and Kyle discussed:
Traffic & Conversion: https://trafficandconversionsummit.com/
Affiliate Summit West: https://www.affiliatesummit.com/
Affiliate World: https://affiliateworldconferences.com/
Leadscon: https://www.leadscon.com/
FinCon: https://finconexpo.com/
Funnel Hacking Live: https://funnelhackinglive.com/order-fhl-2022-1
Platinum Summit: https://www.clickbank.com/clickbank-advantage/
Flight Club: https://flightclubmastermind.com/
Mimosa Mastermind: https://www.facebook.com/mimosamastermind/
War Room: https://www.warroommastermind.com/
Grow Your Own Scalable Affiliate Program TODAY - https://www.clickbank.com/scalable-affiliate-program/?el=podcast
Become a ClickBank Media Buyer with Our FREE Course! - https://www.clickbank.com/media-buyer-agency/?el=podcast
Current Top Offers on ClickBank - https://www.clickbank.com/blog/clickbank-top-offers/?el=podcast

Mar 16, 2022 • 32min
052: 3 Proven Ways to Get Affiliates Promoting Your Offer
Today, we're discussing a common question the ClickBank business development team receives: how do I get the right affiliates to promote my offer? Well, in this episode, we'll share three tips to help you become more successful on ClickBank, but first you must understand that the phrase, "If you build it, they will come" does NOT always apply to affiliate marketing. Offer owners that want to proactively attract affiliates can and should be doing a few things in particular to build relationships with affiliates that could push offers at scale.
Grow Your Own Scalable Affiliate Program TODAY - https://www.clickbank.com/scalable-affiliate-program/?el=podcast
Become a ClickBank Media Buyer with Our FREE Course! - https://www.clickbank.com/media-buyer-agency/?el=podcast
Current Top Offers on ClickBank - https://www.clickbank.com/blog/clickbank-top-offers/?el=podcast

Mar 9, 2022 • 29min
051: Rev Share vs. CPA – Which is The More Profitable Business Model?
Is CPA riskier with refunds? Does Rev Share give away too much of your AOV? We answer which commission structure is best for your business and how to stay profitable. You might be surprised which model works for you...
We'll also break down the general pros and cons of CPA vs RevShare for both affiliates and product owners – and more specifically, some proven strategies for using each one effectively on ClickBank.
Grow Your Own Scalable Affiliate Program TODAY - https://www.clickbank.com/scalable-affiliate-program/?el=podcast
Become a ClickBank Media Buyer with Our FREE Course! - https://www.clickbank.com/media-buyer-agency/?el=podcast
Current Top Offers on ClickBank - https://www.clickbank.com/blog/clickbank-top-offers/?el=podcast

Mar 2, 2022 • 46min
050: The Facebook Advertising “Belt-Method” ft. Curt Maly
We interviewed Curt Maly, a Facebook Advertising Expert at Black Box Social Media, at Traffic and Conversion Summit about the rising cost of Facebook ads, testing campaigns, and a whole host of hot-button issues when it comes to marketing on Facebook.
Grow Your Own Scalable Affiliate Program TODAY - https://www.clickbank.com/scalable-affiliate-program/?el=podcast
Become a ClickBank Media Buyer with Our FREE Course! - https://www.clickbank.com/media-buyer-agency/?el=podcast
Current Top Offers on ClickBank - https://www.clickbank.com/blog/clickbank-top-offers/?el=podcast

Feb 23, 2022 • 26min
049: The Pain Points of Scaling an Affiliate Program - And How To Avoid them
Whether you're an established company or a budding brand, starting an affiliate marketing program might come with some friction. The process of building out any marketing channel can be a challenge, especially if you aren't aware of the common roadblocks that can arise, so today we're discussing exactly that: the common pain points businesses have when starting and growing their affiliate marketing programs.
Grow Your Own Scalable Affiliate Program TODAY - https://www.clickbank.com/scalable-affiliate-program/?el=podcast
Become a ClickBank Media Buyer with Our FREE Course! - https://www.clickbank.com/media-buyer-agency/?el=podcast
Current Top Offers on ClickBank - https://www.clickbank.com/blog/clickbank-top-offers/?el=podcast

Feb 16, 2022 • 31min
048: Which Businesses are the Right Fit for Performance Affiliates?
Today we're going to discuss a question we often get: which businesses are the right fit for performance affiliates? Though there are many different types of affiliates, we'll be discussing three key components to gauge whether your business is ready to work with performance affiliates.
Those three components include:
The marketing! The copy! The creative! The offer! Do you have a good handle on these already?
High enough margins to pay affiliates an industry standard commission.
What do your operational efficiencies look like on the back end? Is your supply chain in order? Do you have the right people hired? The list goes on.
Check out a prior podcast we published about how to find, hunt, and recruit top-tier affiliates. In that episode, we also learn some of the pain points performance affiliates have when working with businesses that aren't experienced with affiliate marketing: https://affiliated.podbean.com/e/how-to-find-hunt-and-recruit-affiliates/
Grow Your Own Scalable Affiliate Program TODAY - https://www.clickbank.com/scalable-affiliate-program/?el=podcast
Become a ClickBank Media Buyer with Our FREE Course! - https://www.clickbank.com/media-buyer-agency/?el=podcast
Current Top Offers on ClickBank - https://www.clickbank.com/blog/clickbank-top-offers/?el=podcast

Feb 9, 2022 • 38min
047: Increase Revenue by Up to 10–30% by Building an Upsell Flow
Today, we discuss what happens after the shopping cart is full. How do we encourage customers to purchase more or something similar? It's possible to provide even more value to customers through the use of upsells and downsells. Here, we talk about the mistakes people commonly make when crafting these flows and what makes one truly successful.
Grow Your Own Scalable Affiliate Program TODAY - https://www.clickbank.com/scalable-affiliate-program/?el=podcast
Become a ClickBank Media Buyer with Our FREE Course! - https://www.clickbank.com/media-buyer-agency/?el=podcast
Current Top Offers on ClickBank - https://www.clickbank.com/blog/clickbank-top-offers/?el=podcast

Feb 2, 2022 • 31min
046: Split Testing Your Offer At Scale With Affiliates
You may think you know your perfect audience, but you might not have the full picture. Affiliates are willing to test different offers to their different lists, which can help you uncover HUGE new audiences that your business was never aware of.
Split testing with affiliates allows you to:
1. Be better at cold acquisition
2. Be more open to new channels
3. Find new audiences
4. Up-level your entire marketing suite with performance marketing tactics
Check out our podcast with Amber Spears and learn about the value, process, and reality of working with top-tier affiliate marketers: https://open.spotify.com/episode/55fdZjEaqZtjTKYYc5iXKy?si=9Z0ik0zDRLOxcydR56eQ5w
Grow Your Own Scalable Affiliate Program TODAY - https://www.clickbank.com/scalable-affiliate-program/?el=podcast
Become a ClickBank Media Buyer with Our FREE Course! - https://www.clickbank.com/media-buyer-agency/?el=podcast
Current Top Offers on ClickBank - https://www.clickbank.com/blog/clickbank-top-offers/?el=podcast

Jan 26, 2022 • 40min
045: 2022 Traffic Trends: Which Marketing Channels Are Thriving?
ClickBank surveyed hundreds of platform users and 7-figure business owners to identify 2022 marketing trends, including the top 3 marketing channels for businesses in the coming year. Tune in and find out.
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Read the full report here: https://bit.ly/347spPA
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ClickBank’s 2022 Traffic Trends report reveals key new spending insights from ClickBank’s 100 largest client companies to show:
- More than 70% of successful businesses in the study generated revenue from three or more marketing channels in 2021.
- Email was identified as the most important marketing channel by 28% of respondents, followed by Facebook Ads, affiliate/influencer, Google/YouTube, and native advertising.
- Half of all businesses identified ad spend as their single biggest investment, beating out software, product creation, and head count.
- The report also dives into specific trends for the three dominant channels, with insights from renowned subject matter experts in Facebook Ads, email marketing, and affiliate marketing.
Read the full report for more details: https://bit.ly/347spPA
Or see if ClickBank is a match for your business: https://bit.ly/3AuOYd7
Grow Your Own Scalable Affiliate Program TODAY - https://www.clickbank.com/scalable-affiliate-program/?el=podcast
Become a ClickBank Media Buyer with Our FREE Course! - https://www.clickbank.com/media-buyer-agency/?el=podcast
Current Top Offers on ClickBank - https://www.clickbank.com/blog/clickbank-top-offers/?el=podcast
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