You’re totally welcome, Paul! Glad to hear you’ve found it helpful.

Hey, thanks Miles! Definitely glad to hear it’s been of some use to you and the very best of luck to you on the rest of Q4.

Our busy season has started right after labor day and will last for the next 3 months… Since I hadn’t been activating affiliates, this was a great way to re-connect with our inactive affiliates to get A TON of exposure to some of our big holiday promos.

New affiliates are stoked to be able to earn some quick $ with our program, too!

Thanks again for putting this post together!

I’ve been preaching this forever! Welcome emails are one of the most frequently overlooked activation opportunities.

“Recruiting an affiliate into your program is only half the job done. You need to motivate them to get [i]active[/i]. And one of the main places to call them to activation is the affiliate program’s approval email… In addition to the call to activation (the motivational piece), you want your approval email to contain useful/practical information about your affiliate program…. (1) Remind them of your program details… (2) Include an activation promo… (3) Include also a performance-based incentive… (4) Enclose precoded affiliate links… (5) In conclusion, assure them that you are there for them, and provide them with you detailed contact information… In addition to all of these… it is also a good idea to include brief demographic data in your email. It will help your affiliates focus their marketing campaigns in a way that effectively targets the right markets, yielding faster results.” [source: “Affiliate Program Management: An Hour a Day”, pp 187-188]