WordPress-Enabled Affiliates and Avantlink

Pete Prestipino — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 04:30:00 GMT

Affiliate network Avantlink has released a WordPress plugin that might be worth a look. As it stands now, the plugin has been download just over 100 times. So WM asks you - how do you monetize your WordPress site? Do you need a direct from network plugin?

AvantLink affiliates that download the plugin have access to tools and functionality including the ability to integrate text/banner/video ads, the ability to use AvantLink's affiliate link encoder, create custom links, and create product ad widgets. But is it enough?

"For some time now we have recognized the power and scalability of the Wordpress CMS as it relates to our industry," says Gary Marcoccia, AvantLink CMO. "More and more affiliates are using Wordpress to manage their content, so it was a no-brainer to develop a plugin that not only covers the basic installation of banners or ad widgets, but also allows users to integrate significantly more complicated ad techology like our ProductSearch API."

To use the plugin, affiliates will need to have an active and valid account at Avantlink.

So affiliates, how do you monetize your WordPress site?

Monitor Affiliate Revenue With AffMeter

Pete Prestipino — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:59:00 GMT

There are far too few tools developed exclusively for affiliate marketers. When you find one (and a good one at that) it's essential you at least try it out for yourself. One such offering I have recently come across is AffMeter, a software solution which offers statistics, analytics and reporting exclusively for affiliate marketers to see this important data from all of the major affiliate networks they participate in. With a 60-day money back guarantee - it's worth a closer look.

One of the challenges of being an affiliate is the actual management of your campaigns as most marketers use multiple affiliate networks. With AffMeter, you can view your earnings from these affiliate networks and their merchants in one place, set up accounts for multiple networks in different channels, find top revenue generating (and losing) merchants, view EPC's and make comparisons between different time periods regarding your revenue generation, and a lot more.

Many of the major affiliate networks are supported currently, including Amazon, AvantLink, Buy.at, CPA Empire, Canadian Sponsors, ClickBank, ClixGalore, CJ, Google Adsense, LinkShare, PepperJam, Performics, and a whole host of others. LinkConnector, Shareasale and Incetaclick will apparently be added in the future.

Another interesting feature is that AffMeter users can also check their Google Adwords PPC campaign costs automatically. As margins become increasingly slim for affiliates using PPC, good tools will be how you ensure profitability.

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WordPress-Enabled Affiliates and Avantlink

Monitor Affiliate Revenue With AffMeter