Look for Affiliate Contests for a Boost in ROI with Bonuses

Managing the many promotions for various affiliate products can be challenging. To streamline this process and maintain focus, developing a promotional calendar is essential. A well-organized promotional calendar allows you to pre-plan the products you intend to endorse and schedule them accordingly. This strategic approach ensures you remain aligned with your niche and audience interests, resisting the temptation of engaging in promotions solely based on their appeal or the allure of contests. By prioritizing what truly resonates with your audience’s needs and desires, you create a more targeted and effective promotional strategy.

Here are some tips on how to create your promotional calendar.

• Check Your Backoffice (Affiliate Dashboards) – Make it a habit to sign on to the back office of any affiliate products or person that you like to promote for your audience regularly so that you can see any announcements or upcoming product promotions.

• Make Sure You’re on the Affiliate Email List – When you become an affiliate, you usually get put on an email list only for affiliates.  That will often be how you’ll learn about promotions and contests. A good rule of thumb is to set up a special email address for programs you join so that you can easily file and check those emails.

• Email Your Creators – If you don’t see anything in the back office or in your groups and forums run by the product creators, go ahead and email them a request for a publication or promotional calendar. That might help you notice what is coming up sooner so you can make your plans. This also may help you create your own calendar if you really like promoting their products.

• Set Up an Alert – If you’re not sure yet which products you want to promote, you can also set up an alert via Google to get information about your niche which can lead to information about products. Also, if someone has had a contest in the past, they’re likely to do it again.

• Join Facebook Groups & Forums – Nowadays product creators who run affiliate programs often start groups and forums for their affiliates. This is likely the place you’ll find out about any contests and launches first.

• Get Ready in Advance – When you know that a launch is happening whether they’re having a contest or not, you should get ready in advance. Set up a checklist that helps you remember what you need to do. For example: add blog posts to your site, set up automatic blasts to your email, add some nurturing emails to your autoresponder, and so forth.

When you join contests, you benefit from the momentum happening at that moment. Your audience will likely see many people promoting what you’re promoting due to the contest. If they’re interested in the niche, they’re going to get information from you and others like you at the same time. Knowing about the contests in advance can give you time to set up bonus offers and promotions that get attention so that you can win the contest. Winning contests can add thousands to your bottom line every year.