Share marketing media with affiliates

Watch the steps

1. 1Affiliate
2. 2Add New Media
3. 3Type
4. 4Title
5. 5URL
6. 6Submit

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On the Marketing page, you give your affiliates what they need to promote you. The Marketing Assets tab holds banners and links to your own marketing kit. The Email Broadcast tab sends email announcements.

Add a banner or resource link

Media you add shows in each affiliate’s Marketing Media page, where they can download images and copy links.

1. In the sidebar, go to Affiliate → Marketing.

2. On the Marketing Assets tab, click Add New Media.

   

3. Leave Active on so affiliates can see it.

4. Choose the Type:

   • Image for a banner or promotional picture. Under Image, click Select Media to choose or upload it.
   • Link for an outside resource, such as a Google Drive or Dropbox folder. Paste it into URL.

5. Fill in the Title affiliates see, and a short Description (up to 100 characters).

   

6. Optional, for images: under Form Link (Optional), choose a Form Type and Select Form. Leave it empty to use the affiliate’s general link.

7. Click Submit.

Affiliates see each item on their Marketing Media page and click View Details to open it. For an image, Download Image shows when they point at the picture. Below it, the HTML Code box holds code to paste the banner on their own website. The code already links through their affiliate link. The box has a Copy Code button. A link has an Open Link button.

To hide an item and keep it, turn off Active in the list.

Send an announcement to your affiliates

Announcements go by email to the affiliates you choose:

1. On Affiliate → Marketing, open the Email Broadcast tab and click Create New Broadcast.

   

2. Open Filter Recipients to choose who gets it. By default it goes to active affiliates. You can also filter by Min Earnings (RM), Joined From and Joined To. Or turn on Only affiliates with at least 1 referral. The heading shows how many affiliates will receive it.

   

3. Under Email Content, fill in the Subject and Message. BCL replaces placeholders such as {affiliate_name} and {merchant_name} for each affiliate.

4. Optional: type your own address in Test Email and click Send to check how it looks.

5. Click Send Announcement. BCL sends the emails in the background.

The broadcast appears in the list. Its Status shows Sending until BCL tries every email. Then it shows Sent with the Sent At time.

Sent does not mean every email arrived. When the broadcast finishes, the bell shows a Broadcast Sent notification. It says how many went out, for example “Sent 5 of 5 announcement email(s)”. The number on View Recipients counts the emails that went out. The list inside shows the affiliates that BCL sent it to.

Tips

A few habits make your media more useful to affiliates:

• Link each banner to the form it promotes. A linked banner sends buyers straight to the form. So the affiliate earns on the sale.
• Keep a shared folder as a Link. Put photos, captions and prices in one Google Drive folder. It is easier to update than many single images.
• Send yourself a test first. Placeholders show real names only in the sent email. So check the layout with Test Email.

Common issues

How do I give my affiliates product photos and captions to post?

Go to Affiliate → Marketing and click Add New Media. Upload a banner as an Image, or share a Google Drive or Dropbox folder as a Link. Affiliates see active media in their own panel.

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Can a banner link straight to one of my forms?

Yes. When you add an Image, choose the form under Form Link (Optional). Affiliates then get HTML code with the banner linked to that form through their own affiliate link. So BCL credits the sales to them.

Can I email all my affiliates at once about a new promotion?

Yes. On Affiliate → Marketing, open Email Broadcast and click Create New Broadcast. Choose who receives it, write the message and click Send Announcement.

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