What is publisher recruitment?

Publisher recruitment is the process of actively approaching relevant websites, platforms and creators to promote your affiliate programme.

By
DIKKE KASSA editors
European affiliate team
Topic
Glossary
Read time
2 min read

Why recruitment is active work

Listing a programme in a network is not enough: the best publishers rarely sign up spontaneously. They are approached by brands that fit their audience.

Recruitment is therefore a continuous process of researching, approaching, convincing and activating — repeated per market.

What does the process look like?

First you map the landscape per country: who creates content about your category, which comparison sites matter and which communities are active?

Then outreach follows with a personal pitch: why your product fits their audience, what the commission is and which assets you provide.

What makes outreach successful?

A personal approach in the language of the market works; a translated bulk email does not. Reference the publisher's actual content and explain why your audiences overlap.

Be concrete about the commercials: commission, cookie duration, average order value and conversion rate. Serious partners decide on numbers.

From recruitment to activation

A signed-up publisher who publishes nothing delivers nothing. Activation means fast onboarding, providing assets and realising a first publication or campaign within weeks.

DIKKE KASSA handles recruitment and activation per country as a fixed part of management, so the programme continuously adds fresh partners.

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