Our outsourced affiliate management team can not only manage your affiliate program but provide results. We are actively involved in the industry and utilize competitive tools and creative business development to unlock the potential of your online business.

What make’s us different than other Affiliate Program Management Firms?

• Experience in Affiliate Marketing Industry since 1999 as affiliate and outsourced affiliate program manager.
• Affiliate Summit Board of Advisors member
• Gold Member in Performance Marketing Association (industry association)
• E-commerce web development – we understand how to design web sites and how performance marketing relates to your overall advertising strategy.
• Graphic Design – banners and landing pages that convert.
• Manage PPC (paid advertising campaigns), SEO (search Engine Optimization) & SEM (Search Engine Marketing)
• Internet marketing consultants helping clients with maximizing traffic through search engines, social media, blog’s and more.
• Professional corporate backgrounds in management, sales, marketing, purchasing & strategic analysis.
• Competitive fee structure that delivers a Return on Investment with performance in mind.

Client Profiles:

• SimpleFloors.com (Linkshare) Leading online supplier of high style, ready to install floors! Offers hardwood floors, bamboo, cork, laminate & exotics Pre-packed for quick and easy U.S/Canada nationwide delivery. Free samples to site visitors and inventory over $10 million of floors in east and west coast warehouses. This means lower product and shipping prices which we all know means higher online conversion rates. Without solicitation, SimpleFloors styles are routinely sought out by designers for use in improvement shows on networks like HGTV, TLC and The DIY Network. Simple Floors

• GroomingLounge.com (Google Affiliate Network) The Grooming Lounge is the premiere destination for quality men’s grooming products, advice and services. Whether a man is looking for a new shaving regimen, hair product, skin care solution, gift or a way to deal with an embarrassing problem the Grooming Lounge can help. They have 2 store locations, booming catalog sales and are rapidly growing!  As seen on TV – Good Morning America, CNN, CNBC, Fox News. Magazines – GQ, People, US, Playboy, Style, Business Week, Golf Digest, Trump, Cargo, Men’s Journal and Cigar Aficionado. Grooming Lounge for Men

• NetDepot.com (ShareASale) Full service datacenter providing fast, energy efficient dedicated server hosting, Cloud Servers and Storage, Private Backup Servers. Backup Storage Solutions, Virtual Private Servers & Data Centers. With $100 CPA, the affiliate program is managed by Vastplanet Affiliate Management. NetDepot.com – Cloud Hosting Solutions

Why Consider a Blog?

• Key component to your social media strategy.
• Extremely search engine friendly.
• Allows you to connect your business with your customers.
• Easy to post photos, links, videos, Twitter feeds & connect with Facebook.
• You can create posts on your own with built in content management.
• Blogs are expandable with thousands of plugins, widgets and themes.

It's our job to make your business look good, see some of our recent work below.

Grooming Lounge

E-Commerce Store
World class online store that compliments the Washington, DC retailer's instore experience for mens grooming products.

Elizabeth Charles

E-Commerce Store
Modern, minimalist design that mirrors the experience of walking into their NYC or SF Australian designer boutiques.

Urth Child

E-Commerce Store
Custom solution showcasing organic, natural, and eco-friendly products for children.

Grooming Lounge Emails

Email Campaigns
Monthly newsletters that capture the online and offline store brand feel within an email.

Swiss Watch Customs

E-Commerce Store
Create modern online store solution for a high end Swiss watch parts while accenting style.

Mike's Pies

E-Commerce Store
Online store for Mike's award-winning pies for local Tampa and nationwide customers.

Red Cypress Outfitters

E-commerce Store
Hunting and outdoor supplies retailer needed a fresh approach to merchandising and design.

Shop Jinny

E-Commerce Store
Create a visually pleasing online store for a Fashion Boutique with eclectic style and leading brands.

Tony Little

E-Commerce Store
Redesign the Tony Little online store to be better merchandised, user friendly and easy to manage. Tony is a well known celebrity on Home Shopping Network.

Aleratec

E-Commerce Store
Online solution for a leading manufacturer of DVD & Media duplication products.

Project Gadget

Blog Design
Custom Wordpress blog for gadget reviews with video, social media and customization.

Trampoline USA

E-commerce Store
Develop web site for leading retailer of trampolines and trampoline parts.

We take social media seriously and understand the potential for communicating a consistent message across multiple channels.  With broad communication comes brand awareness, inbound traffic to your web site and potential revenue.

Social Media moves rapidly and the faster you embrace the trends the better. With dedicated management we can aid your company with:

• Facebook Page Management
• Twitter Management
• YouTube Management
• Blog Management
• Contest Management
• Alternative strategies for; FourSquare, Facebook Local, Google Buzz & more.

Did you know? The money saved in optimizing advertising strategies can easily pay for management services?

• Google Adwords, Yahoo & Bing campaign management.
• Facebook and other social media advertising.
• Evaluation of competitors bid rates, keywords and ads.
• Determination of highest converting keywords.
• Testing, testing, testing.
• Long tail strategy using large number of keywords.
• Optimization of bid rates, quality scores and ad types based on budgets.
• Landing Page Effectiveness

Facebook Ad Examples (from Facebook web site)

We develop full color email newsletters & matching text versions that can be mass emailed to your customer base using a secure online email system that is SPAM compliant and has a verification procedure to ensure delievery and acceptance to be on the email marketing list. This has proven to be highly effective for our clients to announce monthly events, seasonal sales, product launches & major holiday events. The service includes the integration of a custom email newsletter signup box on your site, uploading of email names, configuration of your email sending platform as well as consultation during the process. Perfect email marketing solution for ecommerce stores and traditional web sites with service or product announcements.

We can help shed the light on email marketing, what’s spam and why this is different and the power of tapping into your customers preferences. Don’t miss out, we have launched hundreds of campaigns and is an extremely cost effective way to reach your customers and capitalize on new revenue streams.

Email Marketing is a proven, cost effective strategy to reach customers while capitalizing on new revenue streams.  Each visit to your web site is an opportunity to encourage readers to signup for more information and an invitation to start marketing to them. Some popular newsletter ideas are; monthly updates, seasonal sales, holiday events, product launches and contests.

Whether you are new to email marketing or want to upgrade your strategy we can work with you on developing a custom campaign that reflects your brand.

You may have the following questions?

Popular Ecommerce Trends
Social Media Integration, Behavioral Analysis & Learning, Personalization for Each Customer, Customer Segmentation, Mobile Applications, Email Alerts, Automated Cross Sell & Upsell, Enhanced Navigation, Learning Search, Shopping Guides, Customer Care (Live Chat), Account Registration / Wishlists, Analytics and Conversion testing.

Ecommerce Trends | Conversion Strategy Presentation

The performance marketing industry is rapidly evolving beyond traditional affiliate marketing. Are you ready to take a new approach or refine your exisiting strategy? As an affiliate marketer and outsourced affiliate program manager since 1999, Vastplanet has a unique viewpoint that can add value to your business.

Our experience within the affiliate marketing community, includes various speaking engagements, corporate affiliate marketing training, blogging and overall social media advocacy. As an active member of the Affiliate Summit Advisory board we are ahead of the trends and can fine tune your strategy for maximum results.

Questions you may have:

• Can you come to my company and teach us about affiliate marketing?
• Will you be a speaker at an event on performance based marketing?
• Should I have an affiliate program?
• What advantages are one affiliate network over another?
• Should I manage the affiliate program in-house, at a network or with an OPM (outsourced program manager)?
• Can you help me form an affiliate management plan?
• Can you teach me about affiliate marketing so I can manage the program?
• What should I offer to affiliates?
• What terms and conditions do I need?
• Can you help me with affiliate banners and landing pages?

As an early adopter, our team is fully integrated with the latest trends in social media and can guide you on:

• Facebook “Like” strategy, Facebook management and contest management
• Twitter strategy and advertising
• Facebook & FourSquare local marketing
• LinkedIn conversation building
• Google Buzz, FriendFeed, YouTube

Example of a Recent Promotion on Facebook
The goal of the Facebook promotion was to incorporate a sweepstakes strategy to build a fan base. The sweepstakes provided the client not only brand awareness but potential customers. Vastplanet co-managed the Facebook account with the client and utilized social media to facilitate communications.

Google and Yahoo Analytics are powerful tools that can be integrated into your web site or online store. Our consulting services can install tracking & reports in addition to providing assistance with understanding the results.

• Intelligence Features
  Automatic monitoring of data to report on revenue, bounce rates or sudden data movements above or below normal activities.
• Advanced Segmentation
  Not all incoming traffic is the same and separate paid from organic.
• Advanced Tools
  Filter data with advanced tools to understand your visitors.
• Conversion Monitoring
  Geographic targeting, funnels, benchmarks & goals.
• Platform Tracking
  Traffic from email, ads, mobile phones, internal search, social media.
• Referral Tracking
  Understand which sites, affiliate partners & advertisers  are making the largest impact.
• Custom Reports & Dashboards
  Organize data for an executive, sales or web developer view on what’s happening on your web site and we arrange for regular if not daily reporting.
• Data Exports
  Sometime you want to work with excel, csv or pdf and can arrange for this customization on your behalf.

Yahoo Analytics Dashboard