
From Zero to Hero: Full Affiliate Setup with Strategy, SEO & Writers
When a new affiliate team reached out to iGamingTextLab, they had everything: a budget, developers, and ambitious plans for expansion. All except content.
They had never worked with writers. Never built content funnels. Never ranked a single article.
And yet, they were planning to launch across 6 European and 3 Asian markets simultaneously.
The Situation: Ambitious Team, Zero Content Infrastructure
The client wanted to scale fast but had no idea where to start.
They didn’t have:
- a content strategy
- keyword maps
- writers or editors
- task briefs
- localization workflows
What they did have: a smart team that knew what they didn’t know, and they were willing to trust us.
IGTL Solution: From Strategy to Execution
iGamingTextLab didn’t just write articles. We built the entire content infrastructure from the ground up.
Step 1: Content Strategy for 9 Markets
- Defined content goals and traffic priorities based on market maturity and competition
- Developed separate topic clusters for each language (e.g., slots, bonuses, responsible gambling, and crypto payments)
- Balanced evergreen articles with high-conversion intent pages
Step 2: Keyword Research & Mapping
- Used Surfer SEO to collect seed keywords, analyze SERP structures, and extract NLP-based keyword suggestions for each market
- Clustered keywords into topic groups using manual review + Surfer’s SERP similarity scores
- Identified local search trends via Google Trends, native search queries, and competitor analysis
- Built multilingual keyword maps with search intent labels, prioritizing mid- and long-tail queries for faster indexing
Step 3: Briefing System & TOV Setup
- Created custom briefing templates for each language and market, including structure, target queries, internal links, and call-to-action logic
- Set tone-of-voice guidelines that were adapted to each market
- Integrated SEO tips, FAQs, and feature blocks into each brief to speed up production and improve quality
Step 4: Content Production at Scale
- Assembled a team of native writers, editors, and proofreaders for all 9 languages
- Produced evergreen gambling content: guides, game overviews, bonus explainers, and legal pages
- Delivered batches weekly with QA and formatting included
The Result: Rankings That Speak for Themselves
From the first batch of 60 articles:
- 38 ranked in Google’s Top 5 within 8 weeks of publishing
- In 4 markets, we captured Featured Snippets on high-CPC queries
- Traffic to newly launched pages exceeded projections by +46% in the first month
Traffic performance (Month 1):
- Combined organic sessions across new pages: +11,400
- Avg. CTR: 7.3% (vs. industry avg. ~3.5–4%)
- Bounce rate: under 36% on informational pages
- Avg. time on page: 2 min. 42 sec.
By Month 3:
- Overall traffic to content sections grew by +129%
- New articles generated over 130 goal completions (registrations / CTAs depending on the site)
Building a New Affiliate Site?
If your team is strong on product and traffic, but weak on content, don’t guess.
iGamingTextLab has helped teams like yours go from 0 to indexed without the trial-and-error pain.
Let’s connect and build it right!