Short answer: commission boosts represent a golden opportunity for you to increase your earnings as a Squirrly Affiliate.
Commission Boosts give you an exclusive chance to receive higher commission rates for sales you generate within a determined time-frame (60 Days).
You will be awarded higher commission rates for sales you generate by completing a series of Goals to collect points.
These Commission Boosts are designed to motivate you to grow and be more successful as an affiliate marketer. Think of them as a force for progress.
They are also a way for us to acknowledge all your hard work and achievements with special perks.
🥈Silver Commission Boost
earn 35% recurring commissions for all sales generated using your affiliate links*
Points Needed to Unlock: 110
🥇Gold Commission Boost
earn 40% recurring commissions for all sales generated using your affiliate links*
Points Needed to Unlock: 190
🏆Platinum Commission Boost
earn 50% recurring commissions for all sales generated using your affiliate links*
Points Needed to Unlock: 270
By collecting points and unlocking Commission Boosts, you also get Special Perks like: access to exclusive offers you can promote, top-drawer marketing training, keyword research credits, awesome opportunities to team up with Squirrly for joint events, and more.
📢 What’s more, you’ll get to keep these Special Perks for as long as you continue to be a Squirrly Affiliate!
You earn points by completing Goals (here is where you’ll find all the active Goals that you can complete to score points right now).
You choose which Goals you want to complete from the list.
Therefore, you have a lot of flexibility to pick the goals that work best for your audience and your marketing style.
Each Goal has an associated point value.
You will manually sum up (use an excel file or a Google Spreadsheet) the points you think you made. Once you’re confident you’ve successfully completed the goals and you think you’ve reached enough points for any of the Commission Boost levels – reach out to us!
Our team will have a look and tell you if you can start claiming the Commission Boost, based on each item you show us. Read more below in Step 2)
📢 You can complete the same goals multiple times. The points add up.
Once you’ve reached the number of points necessary to unlock a certain commission boost (Silver, Gold, or Platinum) and want to ACTIVATE your boost, reach out to us.
Let us know you’ve acquired the number of points via the Claim Commission Boost button that can be accessed within your Affiliate Dashboard.
✅To be granted the points, you’ll have to check every item on the list of requirements stated for each Goal. We verify that you’ve complied with those requirements in order to validate your goals as Completed.
📢 You choose WHEN you redeem your boost. You can save your commission boosts for periods when you know you’ll intensify your promotion efforts.
✅Once we validate your Goals as completed and verify the fact that you’ve managed to collect the necessary number of points to activate the boost, we’ll increase your commission rate (based on the type of boost that you managed to unlock), and let you know when your 60 Days begin.
Important Note!
You can only redeem ONE commission boost at a time.
For example, even if you manage to gain a cumulated value of points that would allow you to unlock both the Silver Commission Boost and the Platinum Commission boost, you CAN’T activate both at the same time.
As mentioned above, you get to choose when to claim your Commission Boost.
After you’ve claimed the boost and we verified the fact that you indeed managed to gain the necessary number of points, we’ll activate your commission boost.
Once we do this, your commission rate will be adjusted based on the Commission Boost that you managed to unlock.
For example:
If you manage to accumulate the necessary number of points to unlock the Platinum Commission Boost, your commission will go up to 50%. (20% more than the standard commission we offer, which is 30%).
This commission level will be active for 60 Days since activating your boost.
This means: you’ll earn 50% of ALL sales you generate within this time-frame. (excluding exceptions)
Important!
You get to set your objectives. For example, you can choose to redeem the Silver Bonus when you acquire the necessary number of points.
OR you can keep working towards collecting points to unlock the higher levels: Gold Commission Boost or even the Platinum Commission Boost.
After the 60 Days come to an end, your commission rate will be back to 30%.
That is the commission rate you will receive on all sales you generate (excluding exceptions) UNTIL you manage to unlock a new Commission Boost.
🥳 You do get to KEEP all the Special Perks, though.
There is NO LIMIT to how many times you can get these commission boosts. As long as you keep working to collect points, you can keep earning those sweet, sweet boosts.
You can always complete goals and work to go past the 30% commission threshold and earn more as a Squirrly Affiliate!
Complete goals to collect points and unlock Silver, Gold, or Platinum Commission Boosts!
And don’t forget to include your affiliate links in the content you create to benefit from it twice!
Earn 10 Points by Completing any of these Goals
👍 The video will be reviewed by one of our content marketing specialists to ensure your video meets the requirement.
✅ Choose 20 different pre-made posts from the Social Media Promotion Tab available inside the Inspiration Hub and share them on your desired social media networks.
Earn 15 Points by Completing this Goal
✅ The video must be over 3 minutes long;
✅ Showcase real knowledge of how the mentioned products work.
👍 The video will be reviewed by one of our content marketing specialists to make sure you’ve managed to tick every box.
Earn 20 Points by Completing any of these Goals
✅ The post must be over 1,000 words long;
✅ Contain screenshots or images (minimum 1; find pre-made images inside Media Kit);
✅Showcase real knowledge of how Squirrly SEO works;
✅ Include at least 3 benefits of using Squirrly SEO;
✅ Highlight at least 3 features/characteristics of Squirrly SEO;
✅The post should be visible to Google.
🔍 The post will be reviewed by our in-house Web Content Quality Assurance Specialist (don’t worry, he’s friendly but fair, and wants you to succeed).
✅ The post must be over 500 words long;
✅ The post must reference at least 2 features from the following list of features: – Daily SEO Goals – Focus Pages – Track SEO Results – 14 Days Journey to Better Ranking – Bulk SEO Settings. (allocate at least 100 words when talking about each feature);
✅ The article should contain screenshots, images, or videos illustrating the mentioned features (available in Media Kit);
✅ Showcase real knowledge of how mentioned features work;
✅The post should be visible to Google.
🔍 The post will be reviewed by our in-house Web Content Quality Assurance Specialist (don’t worry, he’s friendly but fair, and wants you to succeed).
Earn 25 Points by Completing any of these Goals
✅ The post must be over 1,000 words long;
✅ Contain screenshots or images (minimum 1; product images are available inside Media Kit);
✅ Include at least 3 benefits of using the product;
✅ Highlight at least 3 features/characteristics of the product;
✅ Showcase real knowledge of how the mentioned product works;
✅The post should be visible to Google.
🔍 The post will be reviewed by our in-house Web Content Quality Assurance Specialist (don’t worry, he’s friendly but fair, and wants you to succeed).
✅ The post must be over 1,000 words long;
✅ Contain screenshots or images (minimum 1; pre-made images are available inside Media Kit);
✅ Include at least 3 benefits of using the product;
✅ Highlight at least 3 features/characteristics of Starbox PRO;
✅ Showcase real knowledge of how Starbox PRO works;
✅The post should be visible to Google.
🔍 The post will be reviewed by our in-house Web Content Quality Assurance Specialist (don’t worry, he’s friendly but fair, and wants you to succeed).
✅ The post must be over 1,000 words long;
✅ Contain screenshots, images, or videos showcasing the product (available inside Media Kit);
✅ Include at least 2 tips on using Squirrly Social;
✅ Highlight at least 3 features or characteristics of Squirrly Social;
✅ Showcase real knowledge of how Squirrly Social works;
✅ The post should be visible to Google.
🔍 The post will be reviewed by our in-house Web Content Quality Assurance Specialist (don’t worry, he’s friendly but fair, and wants you to succeed).
✅ The post must be over 1,000 words long;
✅ Contain screenshots or images featuring Education Cloud (minimum 1; images are available inside Media Kit);
✅ Include at least 3 benefits of using Education Cloud;
✅ Highlight at least 3 features/characteristics of Education Cloud;
✅ Feature at least one of the courses available inside Education Cloud (you can sign up for a free account here and get access to three free courses every month. This way, you can take some of the courses yourself and write a more informed post based on your experience).
✅ The post should be visible to Google.
🔍 The post will be reviewed by our in-house Web Content Quality Assurance Specialist (don’t worry, he’s friendly but fair, and wants you to succeed).
✅ The post must be over 1,000 words long;
✅ Include at least 3 main ways in which a Squirrly SPY report can help site owners outmatch their competitors;
✅ Contain screenshots or images (minimum 1; images are available inside Media Kit);
✅ Showcase real knowledge of what type of data can be accessed with a Squirrly Spy report;
✅The post should be visible to Google.
🔍 The post will be reviewed by our in-house Web Content Quality Assurance Specialist (don’t worry, he’s friendly but fair, and wants you to succeed).
✅ The post must be over 1,000 words long;
✅ Present at least 3 courses available inside Education Cloud – dedicate at least 100 words to describing each course and how that course would be useful to a small business owner.
^^ (you can sign up for a free Education Cloud account here and get access to three free courses every month. This way, you can take some of the courses yourself and write a more informed post based on your experience).
✅ Contain screenshots or images showcasing the Education Cloud platform or the courses available within (minimum 1; available inside Media Kit);
✅The post should be visible to Google.
🔍 The post will be reviewed by our in-house Web Content Quality Assurance Specialist (don’t worry, he’s friendly but fair, and wants you to succeed).
✅The post should be over 1,000 words long;
✅The post should contain screenshots, images, or videos showcasing the product (available inside Media Kit);
✅ Include at least 3 main pros of using Squirrly Social;
✅ Highlight at least 3 features or characteristics of Squirrly Social;
✅ Showcase real-knowledge of how Squirrly Social works;
✅ The post should be visible to Google.
🔍 The post will be reviewed by our in-house Web Content Quality Assurance Specialist (don’t worry, he’s friendly but fair, and wants you to succeed).
Earn 30 Points by Completing this Goal
✅ The post must be over 1,500 words long (dedicate at least 300 words to each Squirrly product that you mention);
✅ Contain screenshots or images (minimum 1 for each mentioned product; product images are available inside Media Kit);
✅Feature at least 3 of the products included in Squirrly’s Affiliate Program;
✅ Include at least one main benefit of using each product;
✅ Highlight at least one feature/characteristic of each product;
✅ Showcase real knowledge of how the mentioned products work;
✅The post should be visible to Google.
🔍 The post will be reviewed by our in-house Web Content Quality Assurance Specialist (don’t worry, he’s friendly but fair, and wants you to succeed).
Earn 40 Points by Completing this Goal
✅ The video must be over 10 minutes long;
✅ Showcase the features from Squirrly SEO in action (you can walk your audience through how to use certain features, show how different sections of the plugin look like, and so on);
✅ Include at least 3 benefits of using the product;
✅ Highlight at least 3 features/characteristics of the product;
✅ Showcase real knowledge of how Squirrly SEO works.
👍 The video will be reviewed by one of our content marketing specialists to make sure you’ve managed to tick every box.
Earn 50 Points by Completing this Goal
✅ The post must be over 2,000 words long;
✅ Include at least 3 benefits of using Squirrly SEO that are not available in Yoast;
✅Present at least 4 main features of Squirrly SEO;
✅ Contain screenshots, images, or videos presenting Squirrly SEO (minimum 3; available inside Media Kit);
✅ Showcase real knowledge of how Squirrly SEO works;
✅The post should be visible to Google.
🔍 The post will be reviewed by our in-house Web Content Quality Assurance Specialist (don’t worry, he’s friendly but fair, and wants you to succeed).
STEP 1: Create a Copy of our Content Calendar Template (view it here).
As shown below (go to File – Download – Microsoft Excel – then Add your copy in your desired Google Drive folder).
* Using the Content Calendar Template will help you easily plan your content and keep track of the goals you want to work on (including all the requirements you need to keep in mind).
STEP 2: Once you have your Copy, simply delete the Goals that you don’t want to work on right now.
⚠️ If you want to complete the same Goal multiple times, you can copy the associated row to duplicate it. (as shown below)
STEP 3: Use the spreadsheet to keep track of your progress.
