Swipe or Email copy in the Ads Section

[eftcolumbus]

In all of the programs for whom I am an affiliate, when I log in to their affiliate management system, I can get access to 1-3 suggested emails or “swipe” copy for any given program they are running that the product owner has created for me. It has my affiliate code embedded for me in the email in various places. Then I swipe (copy) it and paste it into an email going to my list. Currently I only see an option for banners/ad/creatives. Is there somewhere where I am missing? I have searched this forum and only kind of found reference it to in a post titled Affiliate Tools but no resolution was posted.

[admin]

You use the “Creatives” section to do this (this section covers everything that is not a text or banner link). Simply write the email as a creative and your affiliates will be able to copy it (from the Ads -> Creatives section) and use it in their campaign.

[eftcolumbus]

Oh, okay. When I looked there the bottom said html code so I thought it was meant for something fancier than just emails, plus I’ve never heard it referred to as a creative.

Is there a way to rename it? Because everyone in the internet space I’m in (self-improvement) calls it swipe or copy or email and differentiates it from ads, so if I signed up as an affiliate for someone with this plugin, I would think the emails weren’t being provided and that only ads and banners were. And even if I did look under ads, I wouldn’t think it would be under creatives.

I want to make it as intuitive as possible for them. The people I am an affiliate for are using 1shoppingcart and infusionsoft, so that is what other affiliates are used to looking for.

[Peter]

Hi,

You should be able to change the “Creatives” string and other text via the language file using the instructions here:

https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forums/topic/how-to-customize-various-textmessages-displayed-by-the-plugin

[stevenkessler]

I completely agree with the user above. This should be called ad copy or swipe copy, but not Creatives.

Also, the text of the copy should be available without HTML. Most people now paste it into an email, so providing it riddled with HTML just makes their job harder.

[wzp]

“Creative” is the proper term:

[https://whatis.techtarget.com/reference/advertising-terminology-on-the-Internet]

Terminology Trivia: Dentists call them “caries,” but us commoners call them “cavities.”

[admin]

ummm… you can’t just paste simple text in email and expect the affiliate links to work. Thats not how it works generally. Also, you can’t use an image or text as an anchor without using HTML. So maybe we are talking about two separate things.

Affiliates who want to paste simple links in an email can easily generate simple links using the following feature of the plugin:

https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-affiliate/use-affiliate-link-generation-tool-1013

[stevenkessler]

To wzp —

I can understand that, if you are not involved in affiliate marketing these days, you would not have first hand knowledge of this and would refer to a website for guidance. However, the guide you chose is not a good one. He refers to internet marketing done on a website, but seems to omit that done via email, which is where the action is for a product launch. He does not even list ‘swipe copy’ in his glossary.

Further, you misread his entry on ‘Creatives’. In it, he refers to creatives as ‘ad banners’. He does not mention text at all.

For a more relevant reference, see mattmcwilliams.com/use-swipe-copy-affiliate/

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