Once your program goes live on the network, it’ll appear in listings for publishers to find and join your program. This includes a program description, which should provided an overview about your brand, and the benefits to a publisher signing up and promoting your program.
A good program description is key and should be informative, whilst also incentivising publishers to promote your brands over those of your competitors.
It’s also a good idea to provide additional information, which could aid your publishers in helping to promote and understand your brand. For example, if you’re a fashion advertiser you could provide a look book, blog posts and links to social media accounts. Many large enterprise clients provide publisher hubs, which surface information such as the best-selling products, new releases, promotional information and news and updates.
Some of the information that should be provided in a program description includes:
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Your brand’s marketing blurb
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Your USPs
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How the publisher will benefit from joining the program
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What they will be rewarded for. For example, a completed sale, newsletter sign ups, etc.
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The commission that will be rewarded
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The Average Order Value
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Details of any additional bonus schemes
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Details of any bespoke creative you can provide
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Cookie length (the amount of time after a referred click that you’ll reward the publisher for the sale)
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The criteria for being approved to the program
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How long it takes the brand to validate a sale and pay the publisher
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PPC Policy (i.e. Do you allow publishers to drive sales via PPC?)
Some examples of program descriptions can be found here.