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The weekly newsletter that’s more effective than the TikTok ban……

In this edition:

Let’s get started.....

Don’t trust my opinion as I am biased…….

But If you want a few opinions:

This TikTok post sums it up better than I could:

Montana tried to ban TikTok and failed. If a state failed, what are the options for a country wide ban….. especially with elections looming?

It’s too early to make any predictions….. but we have a year to address it.

It’s going to be a wild ride 🚀

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Don’t sleep on TikTok Shop affiliates!

This pic shows the sales generated from affiliates and when we look at specific affiliates:

We sent 2 samples and got $932.88 in sales 👊.

Over the past few weeks we have sent over 30K messages to affiliates….. we have a 2% success rate (meaning 2% of the affiliates we contact create content).

Whilst this is pretty poor….. we will increase the odds of success by paying them upfront in addition to their commission and/or increase the affiliate commission (the average is 20% and would recommend 40-50%).

The success rate used to be around 10-20% a few months ago….

Another sign that Affiliates are going the same route as Amazon Ads (penny clicks are a distant dream 😞).

Right now affiliates are free to contact and it just takes one video to go viral and change your whole business……

TikTok Shop affiliates get tons of spam/junk collab requests…..

This is important to note as these affiliates get so many messages, you need to make your messaging stand out:

Also, if you message these affiliates with a great message and they don’t reply then it’s you….. your product is boring 🥱.

You may love your brand…. but affiliates may not and if they are not replying, that’s a sign.

In summary:

GREAT PRODUCT + WELL CRAFTED OUTREACH MESSAGE = 💲💲💲

A few days ago we published this article.

It’s the exact strategy we use to obtain tons of content in exchange for a sample and it’s getting a lot of traction.

Instead of spending hundreds on an influencer post….. use an affiliate post.

Check it out before the masses do

That's it for this week 👊

But I need to ask a favour...

Thanks for reading.

- Paul

PS.... Message me if you are interested in TikTok and TikTok Shop