{"id":31789,"date":"2021-10-05T09:59:58","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T09:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/?p=31789"},"modified":"2021-10-05T10:02:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T10:02:20","slug":"marketing-automation-affiliate-marketing-grow-your-e-commerce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/marketing-automation-affiliate-marketing-grow-your-e-commerce\/","title":{"rendered":"Marketing Automation and Affiliate Marketing - Grow your e-commerce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a historical period in which the world economy has been tormented by numerous and unpleasant events known to all, companies find themselves having to face new daily challenges to be able to remain competitive, especially in a crowded and competitive sector such as the web.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If, on the one hand, it is true that the numerous and repeated lockdowns that characterized 2021 have favored the <\/span><b>trade on the internet<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it is equally true that it has become more difficult for the sites<\/span><b> e-commerce<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, convince potential customers to spend money on their platform, due to increased competition and a reduction in the budget available to users.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At this point the solutions (by us) proposed in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/news\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">previous articles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while remaining valid, they are no longer sufficient. Let&#039;s see how the companies are reacting to the situation, through the use of two tools linked together: the<\/span><b> marketing automation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the<\/span><b>affiliate marketing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>What is Marketing Automation?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the term <\/span><b>Marketing Automation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the technology that allows an e-commerce to automate and optimize the workflow is defined, with obvious advantages in terms of time and money, and also offers the possibility of monitoring the results obtained.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the term is often the subject of confusion and misunderstanding, as it is often confused with a plan <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Email_spam#Spamvertising\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">automatic spam<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you hate <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Email_marketing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">email marketing<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It therefore seems necessary to clarify precisely the meaning of this concept.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to <\/span><b>marketing automation <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">we refer to software that can be implemented on different channels, such as social media, but which is mostly used in<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">email marketing<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The implementation of a system of<\/span><b> marketing automation <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">guarantees a series of advantages. Let&#039;s see what they are:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">automate processes<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, such as sending <\/span><b>newsletters <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">weekly, programmable in advance, with a considerable saving of time;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">data collection<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, useful for understanding what works and what doesn&#039;t within the site, thus favoring the optimization of <\/span><b>Inbound strategies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">creation of a custom workflow <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for each user, based on the data collected;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">possibility of identifying and inserting i <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lead within the corporate CRM<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> automatically (more time saved<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">);<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">analyze the data of the campaigns in progress, with the possibility of modifying and optimizing them during construction.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Affiliate marketing, what it is and how it works<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About <\/span><b>online advertising campaigns<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, let&#039;s now see the second tool mentioned: the<\/span><b>affiliate marketing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This term indicates an evolution of the classical <\/span><b>online campaign<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is based on the collaboration between<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> e-commerce<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">publishers<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two parties in question, in fact, agree in such a way that each conversion obtained by the publisher on behalf of the e-commerce site yields to the former a percentage set in advance (generally around 5-6%).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, unlike a traditional campaign, this type of collaboration is not based on the visibility acquired by an advertised product within a site, but on the <\/span><b>passive income<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, that is the gains obtained that are not obtained through a direct intervention.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A strategy of <\/span><b>affiliate marketing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> guarantees some advantages:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">partnering with a well-known publisher is a quick and easy way to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">increase your online visibility and reputation<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an increase in visibility will consequently generate a probable<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> increase in site traffic and sales<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Publishers receive a percentage only on actual transactions, which must be paid out by e-commerce<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> only <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">if a user makes a purchase;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">generating profits only through conversions, publishers will be more <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">entice you to sponsor <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e-commerce products;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a strategy of <\/span><b>affiliate marketing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> effective it is therefore essential to carry out a scrupulous selection of publishers. Relying on the wrong partners can lead to very few returns, at best, or even the generation of<\/span><b> fake-leads<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in the worst cases.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Affiliate marketing automation<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Implementing these two strategies allows a company to remain \/ become competitive on the web, but, as mentioned at the beginning of the article, these two concepts are closely linked to each other.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There<\/span><b> marketing automation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in fact, it can (and must) also be applied to a<\/span><b> affiliate marketing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, especially if the latter involves collaboration with numerous publishers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When implementing a <\/span><b>affiliate marketing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Generally, it is expected to leverage as many advertisers as possible in order to maximize reach and potential return visibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The risk in such a situation is that the project managers only deal with the most important publishers, not having time to manage the large number of partners. The introduction of an automated system, on the other hand, allows publishers to provide all the information they need in a short time, without leaving anyone out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There <\/span><b>marketing automation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, it is able to monitor, evaluate and perform actions on any type of interaction, including: access to the affiliate panel, updates of contact details, increase \/ decrease in conversion traffic, use of obsolete features, etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Specialized professionals<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The implementation of a <\/span><b>affiliate marketing <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">well structured and automated, it represents one of the most effective advertising tools to date to increase the visibility and conversions of your e-commerce.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For this reason it is important to rely on a team of professionals in the sector, able to fully exploit the potential of these two new and innovative tools.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a free consultation on the growth potential of your business, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/contacts\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contact us<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In <\/span><b>Digife<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">we support activities and companies to digitize themselves, so that they can make the most of the new opportunities that arise every day on the Web. We offer a 360 \u00b0 consultancy service accompanying customers from the analysis of needs to the definition of a strategy, up to the measurement of the result.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a historical period in which the world economy has been tormented by numerous and unpleasant events known to all, companies find themselves having to face new daily challenges to ...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":31792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,820,129,59],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31789","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ecommerce","8":"category-grafica-e-marketing","9":"category-email-wwwsletter-pec","10":"category-notizie"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}