#62 Affiliate & Influencer Marketing 101 with Kim Biddle

Influencer and affiliate marketing. Topics with a lot of opinions, a lot of success stories, and unfortunately a lot of wasted time and energy when executed poorly. Thankfully, we've got resident expert Kim Biddle, founder of Clutch Affiliate to walk us through what we need to know. At Clutch Affiliate, Kim focuses on consulting with emerging brands on how to build and scale profitable affiliate programs for their DTC business. I got to meet Kim in real life at Expo West this year and she is an absolute delight and a long-time member and supporter of Startup CPG, so it so exciting to have Kim on the show today. Listen in as Kim shares about how to define influencer and affiliate marketing and key differences between the terms, considerations for launching affiliate and influencers programs, common compensation structures and tool ideas, how to measure success of a program, how to find affiliates and influencers, best practices and common mistakes, and more.This episode was sponsored by Mondelēz International - applications for the 2023 SnackFutures CoLab program are open! Go to applycolab.comEpisode Links:Clutch Affiliate websiteKim's LinkedInKim's email: [email protected] mentions Dovetale which is now part of Shopify CollabsOther affiliate tools mentioned: UpPromote, ShareASale, RefersionBrands with strong affiliate programs mentioned: Our Place, Seed Probiotics, Athletic Greens, Wise CBD, Redmond Electrolyte & Dr. JamesTool mentioned for autosaving creator content: Archive Podcast episode #59 with Oat Haus mentioned their influencer program (link to Oat Haus affiliate program)Mondelēz International‘s SnackFutures CoLab program:Apply for the 2023 cohort here (open as of 9/20/22)Podcast episode #54 sharing the CoLab experience of alumni Pan's Mushroom Jerky and GoNanasPodcast episode with the Mondelēz International team about CoLabSnackFutures websiteMondelēz International websiteShow Links:Join the Startup CPG Slack community (8K+ members and growing!)Follow @startupcpgVisit host Jessi's Linkedin or websiteQuestions or comments about the episode? Email Jessi at [email protected]