In this article, featured on the Martech Record, Founder and CEO of LT Partners discusses why running a partner program strictly on a last click basis is counterproductive to achieving the incremental results brands are looking for.
Lacie illustrates the problems with the model here:
“Let’s say you’re able to effectively get content produced. If it’s a good article, you’ll see a boatload of traffic from this partner. Still, you’re scratching your head about why it doesn’t drive more revenue. You might say ‘I guess content doesn’t convert.’ But that is simply not the case; it’s just that other partners, who have built their model to increase conversion, are getting the credit for all that gorgeous content.”
When this happens, more top of funnel content partners are not incentivized to continue to promote your brand.
“Content publications use tools like Trackonomics to understand the revenue driven by each featured brand and article. Publications want to maximize the value of their content. Making money from a featured brand is one way to indicate their audience is interested in that brand. Editors aren’t likely to continue featuring something that’s not sparking interest.”
| Period | Revenue Contribution from content partners | Affiliate % of total business | Coverage pieces during period | Domain authority of coverage |
| Pre (Last Click) | 13.2% | 6.49% | 27 | 81 |
| Post | 29% | 9.54% | 25 | 84 |
If you’d like to learn more about building long tail value with top of funnel partners (affiliates) who are introducing your brand to their audience, please reach out to workwith@lt.partners or connect with us here.