To ensure that your affiliate partners promote your brand with the most up-to-date ads, it is important to continually add and update your ad campaigns. To add discounts, promotions and coupon codes, see the Discounts Merchant User Guide.
CREATING AD CAMPAIGNS
AvantLink makes it easy to add text and banner ads to your program. From your AvantLink dashboard, navigate to Ad Tools > Ad Management.
To start, select Create Ad and follow the prompt:
Step 1 - Ad Type: AvantLink gives you the opportunity to create both Text and Banner Ads.
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Banner ads are an important visual representation of your brand and its promotions.
- Just drag and drop your files. Suggested Banner Ad Specifications
- Enter in your Ad Name which will help identify your ads when viewing internal reporting.
- Destination URL: Enter the landing page you want to take the consumer to when the ad is clicked.
- Text Ads are plain text (255 character limit per ad).
- Enter in your Ad Text. This is the text that is displayed on the affiliates website and should include your merchant/brand name and description of ad.
- Enter in your Ad Name which will help identify your ads when viewing internal reporting. Suggested Text Ad Specifications
- Destination URL: Enter the landing page you want to take the consumer to when the ad is clicked.
Step 2 - Ad Schedule
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Start Date: Schedule ad campaigns to start on the day of creation, or in the future. Scheduling ad campaigns ahead of time is especially helpful during busy seasons or during the holidays and you can schedule these ad campaigns as early as you would like.
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End Date: End a campaign on a specific date. Select ‘No end date’ to indefinitely keep ad active.
- Start Time/End Time: Get specific with when you would like your ad campaigns to begin and end. Times are in Mountain Time.
Step 3 - Affiliate Designation
- Affiliate Designation: Designate an ad to one affiliate or a tag group of affiliates. This will ensure that only those affiliates will be able to access the ad campaign. This is useful for cobranded banner ads for specific affiliates.
- You are done! But there is one last step…
TELL YOUR AFFILIATES!
Once your ad campaigns are live or edited, don’t forget to email your affiliates to keep them up to date!
HOW TO EDIT ADS
Ads can be edited individually or in bulk.
- To edit a single ad, select the vertical ellipsis icon
next to the ad to open the menu, click Edit Ad
to begin edit.
- To edit multiple ads at one time, select the check box next to all the ads you wish to edit, click Edit at the bottom of your screen.
HOW TO SCHEDULE DYNAMIC AD UPDATES
- To schedule a dynamic ad update, select the vertical ellipsis icon
to begin scheduling.
HOW TO EXPIRE ADS
Ads can be expired individually or in bulk.
- To expire one ad, select the vertical ellipsis icon
to immediately expire the chosen ad.
- To expire multiple ads at one time, select the check box next to all the ads you wish to expire, click Expire at the bottom of your screen.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
If you have questions on how to set up a text or banner ad campaign, please reach out to support@avantlink.com.