Welcome to the Eat Capture Share Affiliate Program
I’m so glad you are here!
Hi friend!
We're so honoured you're interested in sharing the Eat Capture Share food photography online courses with your community!
To thank you, we have created an affiliate program so you get a commission from each new student you bring to the EAT CAPTURE SHARE online school. The new student will also get a discount on the course fee!
Here you’ll find all the tools you need to make the program work best for you:
· FAQs about how the program works
· A short video on how to navigate your affiliate account (please note the current video focuses on the Foundation course but is still useful. We are working on an updated version!!)
· Resources and tailor made templates so you can create content that will attract new students in no time!
Have more questions? We’ll cover them below:
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An affiliate link is a special link that our affiliates (that’s you!) use to direct their audience to the EAT CAPTURE SHARE courses. These links are generated when we set you up as a member of our program, and you can access/copy them through the Thinkific platform (more about how to do this can be found in the instructional video below). Please always use these links when talking about the courses, so the system knows the new student came from you.
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The commission rate is currently 20% of the price paid by the new student/referral.
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The discount may vary, but it is currently 15% off the full price of the courses (for both payments in full and in instalments). We will of course inform you if it changes. Once you are set up as an affiliate, we will provide you with a code to share with your audience. When they sign up for the course they MUST remember to use this code at checkout to claim their discount.
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We’ll make payment approximately 30 days after your referral completes their payment (whether in full or in instalments). Please add the email address linked to your PayPal account to the relevant field in your Thinkific account so we can send through your affiliate commission (see instructional video for details). For those of you based in the UK, if you prefer a bank transfer that can be arranged too, please let us know via email.
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Referrals are tracked by the course hosting platform, so you don't have to worry about it at all. If you do not have one already, we will set up an account for you and you will receive an email with log-in information. The log in process is super simple, please see the below video for more details. If you already have an account, access it here.
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Refunds can be requested within 14 days of signing up. In such cases, affiliates do not receive the commission.
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You can mention the course as much or as little as you like. We won’t be checking in or keeping score :) Please do what feels right for you and for your audience.
Having said that, for the best chances of someone making use of your affiliate link, we’d recommend you mention the course (or courses) you are promoting at least 2-3 times during any active launch periods. You can also create an Instagram highlight or a blog post talking about your experience as a student on the course, your before and after images or anything you feel would generate interest. That way the content is evergreen and always there for people to see and click on your link!
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Anywhere you want, the more you talk about it the more chances of sales. Here's what we found works best for our affiliates
• on your blog (in a dedicated blog post or even an ad on your sidebar),
• in an Instagram post
• on Instagram stories (and saved as a highlight)
• in your bio or on Linktree etc,
• on Facebook, on Pinterest,
• anywhere you have an audience!
instructional video
Want to know more about the technical side of things? See our video with instructions on how to access and navigate your Thinkific affiliate account.
(Please note we are currently updating this video. You can still watch it to see how to access your account, but you will now find more links in the product list. You can use either the “home page” link which will take your audience to the course menu, or a selected link for a specific course if you only want to promote that.)
More details on how things work for affiliates on Thinkific can be found in this useful resource on their platform.
This looks good. I’m in! What now?
If you are already an affiliate you don’t need to do anything, your account is still active and your link and discount code is the same. See below resources for ideas on how to make this program work best for you.
If you are new to the program please fill in your details in the form below. We will get back to you with log in information and you’ll be all set to follow the information on this page.
resources
You are free to create content in whichever way you prefer, but if you are stuck for ideas we have you covered!
suggested format/content for a blog post (FOR PROMOTING BOTH THE FOUNDATION AND REELS COURSES)
A blog post is one of the best ways to ensure your personalised link is ALWAYS available for potential students to access, thus allowing you to earn your commission from a new sale. Here are some ideas of what you could include in your post in order to attract the interest of your readers:
Before and after images or Reels
A few words about your personal experience as a student:
- how did the course make you feel? Inspired, emboldened, excited, curious?
- how did you find the learning process? Easy to follow, kept you interested and eager for the next lesson?
- which were the measurable outcomes for you? Able to post more regularly on Instagram, attracted your dream/first/major client, felt confident to pitch a client?
and of course your personal link and discount code for your audience!
See here an example of how you can create a blog post about an online course!
FOUNDATION COURSE RESOURCES
Suggested Copy for Instagram or Facebook posts
We have created some suggested copy here to make the process as easy as possible for you. You can of course adjust, personalise (see purple text) or write completely different posts, whatever suits you and your audience best.
Suggested Stories for promoting the foundation course
Please find some customizable graphics for Stories here1, here2, here3 and this new one here4! We recommend sharing a handful of before and after photos per story as they are SO powerful! You can also invite people to DM you questions they might have or to ask a question in the question box. Whatever works for you!
You'll need to sign in to CANVA to use and edit the story templates. Here is a quick video to help you with the images. If you don't have Canva, please email me and I can send the PNG files over to you, no problem.
Reel IDEAS for promoting the foundation course
- Here’s a little Reel tutorial, if you prefer using these rather than still images on your grid.
Song and tutorial HERE and HERE
Use 3 BEFORE images and 4 AFTER to show how you've grown in your food photography, styling and composition.
TEXT on Reel: How I went from this ... To this... (more in my caption)
Then use suggested caption as noted above.
- Here and here are two Reels in action, promoting the FOUNDATION course! Feeling inspired to create your own?
FOOD REELS COURSE RESOURCES
Suggested Story for promoting the Reels course
Please find a customisable Story template here! It includes examples of your Reels before the course, your Reels after the course, your personal link and the discount code for your audience. It also includes a question box so people can get in touch if they are interested in more info! The more they hear about how the course helped you, the more they will consider joining!
SUGGESTED COPY FOR INSTAGRAM OR FACEBOOK POSTS
To make this as easy and quick as possible, we have created some suggested copy which you can find here. You can customise it by changing the purple text or feel free to write something of your own, whatever is best for you and your audience! Make sure to add your affiliate link and the discount code for your audience!
All set! Good luck with your sales!
If you still have questions please feel free to email me. Thank you once again!