Super Affiliate Publishing with WordPress

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This presentation is from Affiliate Summit West 2014 (January 12-14, 2014 in Las Vegas, NV). Session description: Learn how super affiliates use WordPress to easily publish large amounts of content. Product-feeds, site cloning and other WP strategies can help you scale your business and increase your bottom-line.

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September 2013 Presented By: Ben Metcalfe

vSuper Affiliate Publishing with WordPress, Part II

Affiliate Summit West 2014 – Las Vegas - January 2014

September 2013 Presented By: Ben Metcalfe

Topics I’ll Cover:

• Product Feed Integration

• Speed Optimization• Link Tracking• Analytics &

September 2013 Presented By: Ben Metcalfe

Product Feed Integration

September 2013 Presented By: Ben Metcalfe

Option 1: Republish bulk listings

September 2013 Presented By: Ben Metcalfe

Option 2: Build an editorialized, content-heavy store

September 2013 Presented By: Ben Metcalfe

Option 1: Republish bulk listings

September 2013 Presented By: Ben Metcalfe

Option 1: Republish bulk listings

September 2013 Presented By: Ben Metcalfe

Option 1: Republish bulk listings

September 2013 Presented By: Ben Metcalfe

Option 1: Republish bulk listings

September 2013 Presented By: Ben Metcalfe

Option 1: Republish bulk listings

www.datafeedr.com

September 2013 Presented By: Ben Metcalfe

Option 2: Build an editorialized, content-heavy store

Uniq

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September 2013 Presented By: Ben Metcalfe

Option 2: Build an editorialized, content-heavy store

September 2013 Presented By: Ben Metcalfe

Option 2: Build an editorialized, content-heavy store

September 2013 Presented By: Ben Metcalfe

• Choice of shopping cart or product showcase experience

• Blogs, reviews, editorial sections, forums, etc

• Most popular e-commerce WP plugin

• Supports some bulk-upload from CSV + XML via 3rd party add-ons ($$)

Using WooCommerce For Affiliate Sites

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Speed Optimization

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C.R.E.A.M

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CacheRulesEverythingAroundMe

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Speed Optimization

Caching Plugin

Arguably the single biggest speed optimization you can make on non-managed WP hosts

Search “W3 Total Cache” in WP Repository

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Other options:

• Test your host (webpagetest.org)

• Content Delivery Network

• Install fewer plugins

See also http://bit.ly/asw13optwp

Speed Optimization

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Link Tracking

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Link Tracking

Affiliate Link Cloaking + Statistics

• http://affiliatenetwork/dietdvd/track/3357384189 tohttp://yourdomain.com/dietdvd

• Compare your statistics with the affiliate network’s own reporting

• Pretty Links Lite (free) or ThirstyAffiliate + Stats ($)

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Analytics & Link Tracking

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Analytics

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Analytics

Google Analytics:

• Check if your theme has GA tracking support built in= one less plugin ;)

• Add tracking snippet manually into HTML

• New(ish) Google Analytics Asynchronous Tracking Code can go in <head> just fine

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