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7 Tips to Choosing a Successful Affiliate Program
by David McKenzieWhen selecting an affiliate program to join you need to know how to choose a successful affiliate program. Look in the wrong place and you might find a dud but look in the right place and you might be on to a winner. Here are 7 tips to help you choose a successful affiliate program to join:1. Look at associateprograms.com This is the affiliate central' of affiliate programs. You can virtually guarantee to find a successful program here and you can choose from tons of subject...
7 Secrets to Affiliate Success
by David McKenzieBeing successful with affiliate programs requires the use of certain techniques. Yet it is surprising how few affiliates are using many of these methods. Here are 7 secrets to boosting your affiliate commissions each month:1. Use a variety of text links and personal recommendations. A personal recommendation of an affiliate product can increase your conversion ratios dramatically. 2. Use ezine ads to market your affiliate products. A well placed ezine ad in a popular ezine...
11 Tips for Joining Affiliate Programs
by David McKenzieHere are some things that I look for before joining an affiliate program. They are items I feel are imperative to being in a successful affiliate program.1. The affiliate program has a great payment structure. For me, a high commission that is also a high percentage of the purchase price is essential. Nothing under 25% commission.2. Make sure the affiliate program you are joining has a good looking site. You do not want to be sending visitors to a site that you do not like...
Are You Happy Being an Affiliate
Are You Happy Being an Affiliate? by David McKenzieThe success of affiliates has a lot to do with their happiness. Ask any affiliate that has made decent money with affiliate programs whether they enjoy what they are doing and they will all answer YES'. You need to enjoy what you are doing to do well at it. Sounds simple right?However many online entrepreneurs could think of nothing worse than re-selling someone else's product. That would be like working for a competitor! They want to...
Use an Affiliate Network to Boost Your Commissions
by David McKenzieMost affiliates concentrate exclusively on direct sales. For affiliates this means joining an affiliate program and marketing the product or service through their web site or via email. The affiliate earns a commission for every sale made. Very few affiliates appear to focus on the 2nd tier. Most good affiliate programs are 2 tier which means that as well as direct sales you can also build what I call an affiliate network'. An affiliate network is the ability to get...
How to Create Redirect Pages for your Affiliate Links
by David McKenzieAs an affiliate I use affiliate links at various places throughout my web site, in emails and in other online promotions. These affiliate links are usually long and have a number or word to define who the affiliate is. As well as using these direct affiliate links I have also used redirect pages (or what I might call indirect affiliate links) on my web site as well. These are blank web pages whose sole purpose is to redirect the visitor to the affiliate page. I recently...
Are You Spending 75 of Your Time Marketing Your Affiliate Programs
Are You Spending 75% of Your Time 'Marketing Your Affiliate Programs'? by David McKenzieHow important do you think it is to market your affiliate programs? Most would probably say its quite important. I would say it is the difference between success and failure for the affiliate. The more time you spend marketing your affiliate programs the more successful you will be. The Super Affiliates spend 75% of their time marketing their affiliate programs. This means they only spend 25% of their...
Take Dead Aim with Affiliate Programs
by David McKenzieOne of the key success secrets for those that are successful with affiliate programs is to focus. You must take dead aim. There are many thousands of affiliate programs you can join. Yet to succeed you must ignore 99% of them. You must select a subject area and stick to it. The days of taking the scattergun approach with affiliate programs are long gone. Once upon a time this was a good method for making money with affiliate programs but now the opportunities in this area are...
Affiliate Marketing Means Using Email Marketing
by David McKenzieAs an affiliate in an affiliate program you need to be good at affiliate marketing. One of the most important aspects of affiliate marketing is email marketing.Get it right and you will be a successful affiliate. Get it wrong and you will be just another affiliate statistic. (It is estimated that between 80% and 90% of affiliates make little or no money from affiliate programs)What email marketing methods work best to be a successful affiliate? Here are 3 methods that...
Resistance means Success for Affiliates
by David McKenzieI often receive emails in my inbox asking me to join new affiliate programs. In fact, I probably receive about 20 such emails every week. What should you do when you receive offers to join a new affiliate program?Usually the email goes something like Please join our new incredible affiliate program that pays 50% direct commissions and 20% commissions for the 2nd tier
Your mind immediately focuses on the 20% direct commission and 10% indirect commissions that you receive...
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