Same job, different experience. Here's what a typical week looks like managing an affiliate program in a dashboard vs. talking to Ezra in Slack.
Open Impact/Everflow/Tune. Navigate to performance tab. Set yesterday's date. Scan the table. Copy numbers into Slack or a spreadsheet if your boss asks.
~15 minutesEzra posts yesterday's clicks, conversions, revenue, and EPC at 8am. Anomalies are flagged. You read it in 2 minutes. If your boss asks, forward the message.
~2 minutesNavigate to applications. Open each profile. Check their website. Check social media. Look at other programs they're in. Decide approve/reject. Write a note. Click approve. Do this 10-20 times.
~30 minutesEzra scores each applicant against your ICP — audience fit, engagement quality, historical conversion rates. Shows the reasoning. You tap one button per applicant. The clear rejects are already flagged.
~3 minutesNavigate to conversions. Filter by "pending" or "flagged." Click into each one. Check the click path. Look at the partner's other conversions. Check for patterns. Approve or reject. Write a note. Move on to the next.
~20 minutes"2 conversions flagged from @FitnessMike — pattern matches coupon abuse: same IP, 3 orders in 2 minutes, all using the same discount code." You tap reject. Evidence is logged for the audit trail.
~1 minute"Where's my payout for April?" Open the dashboard. Navigate to their partner profile. Check payout history. Find the relevant cycle. Draft an email with the details. Send.
~10 minutesEzra pulls the partner's payout history, finds the April cycle, drafts: "Hi Mike, your April payout of $340 was processed on 5/2 to your Stripe account ending in 4829. Let me know if you have questions." You review, send with one click.
~30 secondsPull a CSV from the reports section. Open in Excel. Format. Add commentary ("EPC is up because..."). Save as PDF or paste into a Slack message. Do this every Monday.
~25 minutesConfigured once. Every Monday, Ezra posts a digest with top partners, revenue trends, notable changes, and action items. PDF attachment if you want one — "Ezra, send me a PDF too."
~0 minutes (automated)per week on operational affiliate work
per week — reviewing and approving what Ezra surfaces