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Sunday, November 30, 2008

Getting Started With Affiliate Business

Affiliate marketing like i have always say is a good if not the best way to make money online, as it does not require much to start up and you can start up even from scratch without breaking the bank or out of pocket money.
I have written some previous articles on this blog so if you still don't understand affiliate marketing then scroll down to read my previous explanatory posts on affiliate marketing.
Moving on from here we all know what affiliate marketing is all about and what types of affiliate programs or merchant is best for us to join and start earning good commissions, so now we are getting ready to start joining and getting all our tools ready to start promoting.

So now here are the next steps ...
=> After finding the write affiliate programs that meets the criteria discussed here then sign up with them for free and remember you are not required to pay to become an affiliate so join and complete your details and payment information.

=> After joining make sure to login and start getting familiar with all the features of your affiliate page like
Stats : This is where you see all your activity reports like commissions earned,no of clicks that came to the product site from you,payment history and some others
Marketing Tools : This is where you get all the promotion or marketing materials you can use to start promoting the product.
Forum : Some affiliate merchant or programs have forums where Affiliates can hang out and discuss about their experiences, success stories, problems and challenges and Affiliate to Affiliate support where affiliates gets helps on how to get started. so if you are a member of a network that has a forum then make it a duty to always check out the forum.

There are other features you will see on the page so the next thing to do is to plan Your marketing strategies, you will see available marketing materials on the page like banners,email links, Text ads, review ads, blog ads, Ezine ads, Forums and Email signature ads and some provide keywords you can use for your pay per click promotions, If you need additional helps you can contact the affiliate manager and request for more promotional materials.

All this done now its time to start sending traffic to the merchant Site so expect my next post which will be talking on how to start promoting your links and getting good targeted traffics that will earn you good incomes.

Delords.

Friday, November 21, 2008

What types of Affiliate Programs To Join

Affiliate Programs is a great way to earn an income online because its easy to Start and maintain, you are not required to own your own products or website or even a blog though they can help a lot, but there are some Affiliate programs that are not worth the time.

There are so many Affiliate programs one can join depending on Ones choosing niche market,but you need to know what benefits you will get from an Affiliate Network Or Programs before joining.So here are quick tips for you before joining an affiliate program.

=> Affiliate programs are completely free to join you should not pay to join any.
=> As an Affiliate you should earn a percentage of a sale you direct to the merchant if its a pay per sale programs Most affiliate programs pays between 5% to 100% per sale, i have been promoting a program i earn 100% of sales and that's really good.

=> You should concentrate on promoting Affiliate products that pays at least 25% to 100% per sale you refer cause anything less than that might make you fall short in getting returns on your advertising spending. But i recommend you join the ones that pays from 50% and above.

=> Before promoting a product make sure the product have a good conversion rate that is it has an effectively designed website and a attractive sales letter that can convince people to get the product or service so you don't lose out.

=> Its important that you make research and find people who are already promoting for the affiliate merchant and read what they think about it,if they are satisfied and if they are getting successful with it. You can do this by searching on Google or asking a question on forums about the merchant.

=> If you are getting satisfied about an Affiliate Merchant and joined it the first thing to do is to Check out the Marketing tools available for you.it is the duty of the merchant or network to provide marketing tools for its affiliates so make sure that's available for you.

=> Lastly make sure the merchant has a strong customer and affiliate support service.

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