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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Super Affiliate Publishing with WordPress, Part II
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Affiliate Summit West 2014 – Las Vegas - January 2014
September 2013
Presented By: Ben Metcalfe
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Product Feed Integration
Speed Optimization
Link Tracking
Analytics &
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10. Option 1: Republish bulk listings
www.datafeedr.com
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11. Unique!
Option 2: Build an editorialized, content-heavy store
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12. Option 2: Build an editorialized, content-heavy store
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Presented By: Ben Metcalfe
13. Option 2: Build an editorialized, content-heavy store
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Presented By: Ben Metcalfe
14. Using WooCommerce For Affiliate Sites
• 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 ($$)
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Presented By: Ben Metcalfe
18. Speed Optimization
Caching Plugin
Arguably the single biggest speed
optimization you can make on nonmanaged WP hosts
Search “W3 Total Cache” in WP
Repository
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Presented By: Ben Metcalfe
19. Speed Optimization
Other options:
• Test your host (webpagetest.org)
• Content Delivery Network
• Install fewer plugins
See also http://bit.ly/asw13optwp
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Presented By: Ben Metcalfe
21. Link Tracking
Affiliate Link Cloaking + Statistics
• http://affiliatenetwork/dietdvd/track/3357384189 to
http://yourdomain.com/dietdvd
• Compare your statistics with the affiliate network’s
own reporting
• Pretty Links Lite (free) or ThirstyAffiliate + Stats ($)
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Presented By: Ben Metcalfe
22. Analytics & Link Tracking
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24. 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
September 2013
Presented By: Ben Metcalfe