Making wheel marketing calendar planning fun with Will Gaines

Annual planning doesn’t have to be boring—trust me! This week on Affiliate Nerd Out, I’m joined by the incredible Will Gaines, an affiliate marketing veteran with over 15 years of experience. From being an analyst to a global director of partnership marketing, Will has done it all and now consults for tech and supplement companies.We’re sharing tips on mapping out your entire year, the value of reviewing past performance, and why clean data is your best friend. Plus, we talk about thinking outside the box, like creating new holidays to fill sales gaps. If you’re ready to make annual planning productive (and surprisingly fun), this episode is packed with insights and creative strategies to level up your affiliate marketing game.Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more nerdy tips and tricks. See you in the Nerditorium!Find Will Gaines: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will--gaines/🔗Here are the links we talked about in this episode of Affiliate Nerd Out.💌Thank you to our sponsor Inflektionhttps://inflektion.ai/⭐ Dustin's picks for best affiliate management tools:https://blog.performancemarketingmana...Affistash: https://dustinhowes.com/affistashRespona: https://dustinhowes.com/resPublisher Discovery: https://dustinhowes.com/pubdis☄️ Want to join Dustin to nerd out on affiliate marketing? Sign up here: https://dustinhowes.com/nerd The hottest affiliate recruitment tool of 2026 is Alfie. There is a 7-day free trial and a no-risk 30-day money-back gauranteeGo to Dustinhowes.com/trial to sign up Have you heard about Inflektion yet? They are changing the game in Affiliate marketing.The only platform with personalized funnels to scale partnership marketing for brands, agencies, influencers, and affiliates. Catering to the health and wellness space, this tracking soluition is helping build landing pages for partners in a manner of minutes instaead of weeks. They have social listening to capture all the content your brand is creating so that you can find more partners talking about yFor more tips on how to scale your affiliate program, check out https://performancemarketingmanager.com