FIVE FANTASTIC WAYS TO PROMOTE YOUR AFFILIATE PROGRAM

If you belong to any affiliate program, you know that beingsuccessful at the affiliate game hinges on one simple concept:getting as many people to join as you possibly can.There are a lot of different programs out there and even moreways promote them, so I've narrowed things down to what I believeare the five absolute best ways to get the word out about YOURaffiliate program. So, without further ado, here they are:1) ON EVERY PAGE OF YOUR WEB SITEThat's right... every page. After looking through your site andseeing that link on every page, they're just bound to click on atleast one of them. Promoting your program on every page will notonly utilize the proven marketing method of repetition, but willalso display your enthusiasm, which is also a great tool.2) IN YOUR NEWSLETTERSince most of your core customers are already looking at it, yournewsletter is a terrific place to promote your affiliate program.Position an ad with a link right at the top of your newsletter,again somewhere in the middle, and also at the bottom.3) EZINE ADSEzines like DEMC and AIM have huge numbers of subscribers, andboth cater mostly to an audience of online businesspeople andopportunity seekers. Therefore, ads placed in these newsletterscan reach literally tens of thousands of the right kind ofpeople. Reaching a targeted audience like this is key if youwant a good return on your investment.4) PRESS RELEASESIf your affiliate program is new, unique, or especiallyprofitable, a press release sent to the right audience can reallygive you a boost. A well-written press release just placed onyour web site can give your program a "newsy" feel that mightreally impress people.5) WORD OF MOUTHI can't say enough about word-of-mouth advertising. If you'reexcited about your affiliate program, talk about it. Tell yourfriends, your family, your co-workers, and people on the bus allabout how you're making money. People who know you are morelikely to take you on your word, and if they tell their friendsand family... you get the picture.Promoting your affiliate program really isn't very hard, and itcan make the difference between success and failure. Use thesemethods, and you're likely to go far.
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Keller Flynn offers the full spectrum of tools, ideas and actionsteps needed to create and run a successful affiliate program.Reach him at mailto:keller@affiliatedirector.com or 801-328-9006.Get his Extra Money Newsletter FREE athttp://www.AffiliateDirector.com to learn more about how YOU canprofit from the affiliate boom.
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Five Things to Look For to Join Any Affiliate Program!

Here's a really simple way... to find out which affiliate program provides all the 7 packages to join an affiliateprogram.When I wanted to start to join an affiliate program it took me awhile to pick the best one. My inbox was filled up with all these advertisements and I just didn't know how to pick the right program.Now how would you know which program is going to bring the best profit? I personally believe that a lot of the income is created from the effort an affiliate marketer puts into a program. I have 7 tips for you before you pick the best one.1. Look for the best commission. You need a program that will pay you a good commission rate. It should pay you at least 20% of each sale. A good rate is 50% and anything above that is ideal. You should also look for how often they pay. Some programs pay you twice a month and sometimes every week. Most programs also only pay youwhen you have earned a base amount.2. Look for a good Back Office Support.What is the support for your program like? Do they have a good list of Frequently Asked Questions "AKA", a contact email address with a quick response? Any more than 3 days for a response is too long. Programs that offer live chat is even better.3. Statistics for you to see.The program should offer an automated and immediate reaction to your statistics. They should automatically contact you when you receive a client, prospect, lead, customer or when you make a sale. It should also be ready to view in your downline as soon as you have the knowledge of the sale etc.4. The program must have Incentives.It is important to have marketing tools to keep track of business and weekly training from successful people that is making it. If it has marketing letters or articles that is a plus.5. Find out if you will get monthly reports or updates.Every good program will have news and training updates sent to your inbox so you can learn what works best for theprogram and what the top affiliates of the program are doing. You should also be able to read this on their website.------------------------------------------------------------Before you dive into anything, it is important to do your business. Learn as much as you can and make sure you feel comfortable with your decision before going ahead. If you look for these 5 Tips when you start looking for the best affiliate program, I guarantee you that you won't bedisappointed when you join that company. This will save you time and money. When I joined a program, I was pretty glad I joined a company with all the 5 packages.After reading this article, I believe you will be an expert once you see an affiliate program. It will take time to know a legitimate program.------------------------------------------------------------Do you want to find out if an affiliate program is legitimate? Visit http://tinyurl.com/d2pa6 and subscribe to our free newsletter and we will send you advantages and benefits of what's a good affiliate program.------------------------------------------------------------
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John Navata is a 24 year old entrepreneur that has started internet marketing for 5 years. Now showing people what to look for before joining any affiliate programs.
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How to Create a Lifetime Commissions Affiliate Program

Affiliate programs are a great way of marketing online.You pay only for the results you get - if someonereferred to your site makes a purchase.But if you want to make a really strong affiliate program,with adoring-sales-machines for affiliates, it must beVERY attractive to affiliates.The best way to do that is to offer lifetimecommissions. That means you pay commissions on EVERYpurchase a referred customer makes, not just on thefirst purchase.If you pay commissions for every purchase that yourreferred customers make, you offer your affiliates thechance to earn a lot more money than they otherwisewould.That will strongly motivate your smarter affiliates towork harder and be creative, and that is EXACTLY whatyou want them to do.There are lots of things that make an affiliate programgreat, but one of the most important is reliable tracking.==============================The magic ingredient: Tracking==============================If an affiliate sends you a customer, the affiliatemust earn a commission when that customer makes apurchase.You would not have that customer if the affiliate hadnot referred them, so the affiliate deserves to berewarded.To achieve this you must track all referrals reliably,both online and off.You should use cookies to store the referringaffiliate's ID number. You should set them with noexpiry date, but they will inevitably be lost wellwithin a few months, if not weeks, after they are set.Browsers have a limit to the number of cookies theycan store. A lot of web sites now use cookies. Thismeans that your cookies will often be overwritten bythose from other web sites.You must make sure that your cookies work with InternetExplorer 6, which will discard cookies not compliantwith P3P standards.Details:http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnpriv/html/ie6privacyfeature.aspTracking by IP address is not an accurate method oflong-term tracking, however it is an effective way totrack visitors during their FIRST visit to your site.It is a good idea to use IP tracking to catch anypeople who have cookies disabled.Every time your affiliates send someone to theiraffiliate URL, your server should send them to either adynamically generated or pre-generated page with theiraffiliate ID embedded in it. The affiliate's ID shouldalso be stored in the URL, so that if the customerbookmarks and returns, the affiliate is still creditedwith the sale.In your database of customer profiles, you should storethe ID of the affiliate who referred each customer.Whenever a customer "profile" makes a purchase (onlineor off) you should credit the appropriate affiliate(s)for the sale.Storing the affiliate's ID in the customer's profile isthe best, most reliable way to track in the long term,both offline and on.Some systems also allow you to track offline bysupplying the user with a fake phone extension. Thisextension is actually the referring affiliate's ID. Youcan also ask people faxing you to quote an order number- which includes the affiliate's ID.To catch any who "slip though the cracks", your orderprocessing software should scan your order history forany orders going to the same name, e-mail address orphone number of a customer, and pay the referringaffiliate their due commission.========================================Where to get affiliate tracking software========================================You have two options: build or buy.--------------------------------------------------Buying affiliate software--------------------------------------------------Buying affiliate tracking software is the way to go.It is so much cheaper than developing it yourself,and quality is guaranteed.There is only one merchant offering a system thatcan handle true lifetime commissions: My AffiliateProgram, with it's LifeTime Commissions module add-on.This is the only system custom-built for lifetimecommissions, and it's fresh off the production line(December 2001).There is one other good near-lifetime system - Ultimate Affiliate.It is not specifically designed for lifetime commissions,but it can handle residual commissions with ease.------------------------------------My Affiliate Program------------------------------------This is a great affiliate tracking software suite,recently made even better by the addition of theLifeTime Commissions module.It is run by Kowabunga Technologies, and was honoredwith the "Editor's Choice" Award by Dr. Ralph Wilsonof Wilson Internet, who called it "the 'Cadillac'of its category."Wilson Web:http://wilsonweb.comIt is hosted on Kowabunga's secure servers, thougha version hosted on your own domain is possible. Over500 Merchants use MYAP.It tracks primarily by a cookie for the firstpurchase. CGI/ASP tracking is also available,and it can even track sales made over the phone.Affiliate management is also simple, with automatedsign-up and a clear interface.You can even reward your top earning affiliates withbonuses that can be easily and securely awarded.The LifeTime Commissions module itself works bygenerating a "LifeTime identifier" when your customersmake a purchase.This field can be anything you want, like thecustomer's surname plus the last 5 digits of theircredit card, their name and phone number,or any other combination you can think of.When a sale is made this field is compared with atable that contains a list of these fields and theaffiliate that referred them. If it finds a match,it awards the due commission.If it doesn't find a match, it then looks for an affiliateID in the cookie and makes a new entry to the lifetimeidentifier database.A simple, yet highly effective system. Database trackingis the most reliable way to track in the long term.I highly recommend MYAP with the LifeTime Commissionsmodule for lifetime tracking.My Affiliate Program Software:http://www.myaffiliateprogram.com------------------------------------Ultimate Affiliate------------------------------------Ultimate Affiliate is a good PERL software suite forUNIX servers. Ultimate Affiliate tracks by cookie, IPaddress, and can produce dynamic or static web pagesthat have the ID of the referring affiliate embedded inall internal URLs. All your affiliates' details arestored in a MySQL database.With a knowledge of PERL and HTML you can customizevirtually any page created by the software.This software can easily handle recurring commissions,and has graphical stats for both you and youraffiliates. It can handle up to twelve tiers ofcommissions.I recommend you do not pay out on more than two tiers.More than two tiers is multi-level marketing, whichgenerally has a bad image on the Internet because itattracts spammers. MLM products also tend to be over-priced to pay for the many tiers of commissionsUltimate Affiliate:http://www.groundbreak.com================================================Give your affiliates the right tools for the job================================================One thing that really makes some programs stand head-and-shoulders above the rest is real-time tracking thatshows affiliates the conversion rates for their variouslinks.That means affiliates can see which of their variouslinks are performing and get an idea why, and whatlinks aren't and how they could be improved.Affiliates should be able to see the number of click-throughs to each of their different links, the numberof sales that each link has made, and the conversionrate for each link should be calculated for them.This enables them to figure out how to improve theirlinks, and thus make more money for themselves, and foryou.They should also be able to set the landing page forthese links, so that they can link to specificproducts.Affiliates who link to and promote specific productsare a lot more successful than those who simply promoteyour site in general.The shorter and less your links look like referral URLsthe better. Some people recognize affiliate URLs, andare suspicious of them.Consider the following (imaginary) URLs:http://www.pottery-store.com?more-infohttp://www.pottery-store.com/cgi-bin/affiliate-referral.cgi?affiliate12341The first one (where "more-info" is the affiliate'susername) is much more likely to lure a click-through.A big advantage of short referral URLs is they areeasier to put into newsletters, which are a highlyeffective way to advertise online.=============================Help your affiliates help you=============================Ninety percent of affiliates won't make a lot of moneyfor you. They need encouragement, motivation, and help.Consider giving performance bonuses to the top earners.Run a monthly newsletter and praise your top affiliatesin it.Tell your other affiliates how the top earners did it,and about the performance bonus you gave them. Give youraffiliates ideas on how to promote your products best.Your top earners will appreciate the ego massage, andyour other affiliates will find out what's possible ifthey put their mind to it.For more details see:How to make your affiliates enthusiastically loyalhttp://www.associateprograms.com/search/affiliate-loyalty.shtmlRemember, when you help your affiliates get sales, youhelp yourself get sales.==============The end result==============Starting a lifetime affiliate program is not easy, butthe rewards are worth it.To make your affiliate program successful, you need tomake it attractive to affiliates, and the best way todo that is offer good rewards.If you pay lifetime commissions you offer affiliatesthe opportunity to earn more money than they normallywould. They will work harder for the better commissionsand in the end, it will pay off with a better, moreeffective affiliate program, that is more profitablefor you.-Christopher Pearcehttp://www.LifetimeCommissions.com-=====================Links in this article:=====================Problems with Internet Explorer 6 and cookies:http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnpriv/html/ie6privacyfeature.aspWilson Web:http://wilsonweb.comMy Affiliate Program tracking software:http://www.myaffiliateprogram.comGroundBreak (Ultimate Affiliate) tracking software:http://www.groundbreak.comeLance.com, somewhere to start looking for programmers:http://www.elance.com/How to make your affiliates enthusiastically loyalhttp://www.associateprograms.com/search/affiliate-loyalty.shtml
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Christopher Pearce runs LifetimeCommissions.com, whichreviews lifetime and residual affiliate programs.Keep up-to-date with the latest lifetime programs.Subscribe to his monthly newsletter - Send a blanke-mail to: mailto:lifetimecommissions-subscribe@topica.com
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Affiliate Programs-An Easy Start to Online Income

If you have been longing to start a business online you may be coming across terms you've never heard before. You may also have found the opportunities available are overwhelming. Where do you begin? AFFILIATE PROGRAMS - EASY START Affiliate programs may be the easiest online business to start running. Why? With any online business you must have a product or service to sell. First you must create this product or service and then you must be able to fill orders. Selling your own product or service also means creating a website, learning how to write ad copy, setting up a marketing plan, being able to accept payments online and obviously doing the work. If you're selling a physical product then you will need to make or buy the item, package it and pay for shipping costs. If you provide a service than you will likely have to start by doing free jobs to build your credibility and then when you are charging for your service you are still limited by how much work you can actually handle. THE MAGIC OF AFFILIATE PROGRAMS Affiliate programs are a great way to get started in an online business. In fact there are even some 'Super Affiliates' who are making fabulous incomes from affiliate programs. So, what ARE affiliate programs? Affiliate programs allow you to sell another company's service or product and make a commission on every sale or lead. You do not even need to build a website or handle the transaction. Your job is to drive traffic (customers) to your affiliate link. An affiliate link is a special URL code that will identify customers coming to the company's site from your advertising. It will likely be the website address with a code attached to the end. Some affiliate programs also have tiers. That means if someone who is interested in SELLING the product comes through your link and signs up you will also get a small percentage of THEIR earnings. HOW DO I CHOOSE A PROGRAM? You should research the popularity of some of your interests. Try to determine if people are buying that product or service online. There are many sources for finding that information including free ones such as the Overture keyword tool. When you have found an area that is popular then type the subject along with 'affiliate program' into your search engine and see which programs have services or products for that area. You can also use an affiliate program directory. When you have found a program that looks interesting you should read the terms of the program. Make sure that payouts are not based on a high commission earning or you may never see your money. Also try to choose programs with high commission rates. Often you will find ebooks and downloadable software has the highest rates as there is no physical product to make or ship. If you are satisfied with the terms then you need to sign up - usually a simple process. START MARKETING The reason affiliate programs are so great for beginners is that you only need to focus on marketing - not making - your product. Many affiliate programs have information on how to market and give you tools such as banners, product feeds and more. You can also look for other information on marketing including writing articles, creating pay-per-click campaigns, commenting in online forums etc. As you gain experience marketing you will make adjustments to your selling and start creating a wonderful income! Brennan Howe About the Author Brennan Howe is the owner of http://www.opportunity4all.net Intenet Opportunities for the Average Person. Sign up to receive a 10 part internet marketing course and free downloads.
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How to join Affiliate Programs – Affiliate Marketing

The first thing you may be wondering before you join an affiliate program is how much is it going to cost you? Well most of them are free to join! Affiliate marketing can be a great way to earn a little bit of extra cash on the side and some people actually make a full-time living from it. And you have some guru’s in the affiliate marketing industry that will earn more then the average person in one year compared to their 20 years.The most popular affiliate centre around to date would have to be ClickBank. They have thousands of affiliate programs ready and waiting for you to promote them. ClickBank deals with digital products only eg. E-books and software.ClickBank will send you a check every 2 weeks for the commissions you have earned. You get to choose your limit of when you want them to send the check to you, the minimum amount starting at $25. You can join ClickBank for free here http://clickbank.com/overview.htmlI give a description of what I look for before promoting a website in my book “Affiliate Marketing – Quick Start Guide”. You can get my book for free at http://www.joesy.comYou can also find a variety of affiliate programs with other products you can promote as well at places such as:www.affiliateguide.comwww.associateprograms.comwww.affiliatematch.comwww.cj.comwww.earnfind.comJust to name a few…Of course these aren’t the only products you can promote through affiliate marketing. You might be surprised at what company’s have affiliate programs. Even big name’s like Ebay and Dell computers have an affiliate program.Usually the best way to promote a product is a personal recommendation and review from your self. So if you’ve bought a product recently that your extremely pleased with, check around and see if they have an affiliate program so you can earn money for promoting a product that you have hands on experience with and love!© Joanne King - http://www.joesy.com
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Communication Smoothes the Path of Change

Productivity almost always suffers in times of great change, because employee stress dramatically increases due to the universal fear of the unknown. In these times, communication becomes more important than ever. Often senior executives genuinely believe they are communicating with employees when it comes to matters that affect them. Unfortunately, they often underestimate the number of matters that includes, for the fact is that most high level decisions will affect employees in one way or another. (That's why a new law recently went into effect in Britain forcing employers to answer employees' questions on any changes or decisions that affect them.) So how do you know what is important to employees and what to tell them? Well, you need to put yourself in the position, the mind, the heart of employeesÑone employee at a time. If you were that person, what would you be worried about right now in the current situation? What would be important for you to know? What is the worst thing that could happen, and would you want to know about it in advance? How would you want to be told? Of course, you can't answer those questions yourself. You need input from the very people you are trying to understand. Depending on how much you can discuss or how much is already known, you might ask a few individuals what the grapevine is saying, and what people are worrying and wondering about. Now, armed with this information, draft the answers to the questions. Of course they must be truthful answers, for insincerity is easily recognized and will deal a death blow to your communication efforts. Then they must be couched in terms that are clear and uncompromising, but also considerate and compassionate. It's worth spending some time on this partÑlack of commitment to your message is also easily read and will automatically raise the cynicism level among employees. Next comes dissemination of the information. There is, as we all know, no shortage of communication technology in the business world. However, the way a person receives news can dramatically affect how he or she feels about it, so you need to choose the medium very carefully. E-mail can be perceived as cold and unfeeling in many cases, although it is useful for routine updates that don't have emotional overtones. Some messages are better spoken, either by managers to their groups or by the CEO to the whole organization. If the messengers don't have highly developed communication skills, it's worth engaging the services of professional speech writers or presentation coaches to help them, but be sure the message remains honest, clear and compassionate. And above all, follow through on your commitments and promises. Nothing turns employees off more than empty words, but sincere, caring, ongoing communication can form the basis for building employee engagement when the present time of turmoil ends. About the author:Helen Wilkie is a professional keynote speaker, workshop leader and author specializing in applied communication in the workplace. Read more articles on communication subjects on her website at http://www.mhwcomcomSubscribe to Helen's free monthly e-zine, "Communi-keys", and get your free 40-page e-book, "23 ideas you can use RIGHT NOW to communicate and succeed in your business career!" Circulated by Article Emporium
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How to start your own Affiliate Program – Internet Marketing

This is how most entrepreneurs become filthy stinking rich! EVEN Ebay has an affiliate program!The truth is its hard generating traffic on your own and if you want massive amounts of traffic this is the best way I know of. The great thing about creating your own affiliate program is you don’t have to pay a cent until one of your affiliates makes a sale.However in order to get affiliates to want to promote your product, you do need to make it enticing for them. If you’re selling a digital product where you make basically 100% of the profits then your affiliates will be expecting a decent cut of the profits. After all, advertising can be quite expensive. It needs to be worth “their” while.If your digital product sells for $97 ++ and you offer a 50% commission… your not going to have any troubles getting affiliates to sign on and promote your product (unless of course your salescopy isn’t up to scratch or your product has a bad reputation, I’ve seen that happen before).Writing up your affiliate page and making it easier for your affiliates to promote your product will be of great benefit to you as well. After all, writing up email promotions, ezines, banners etc… is going to be a whole lot easier for you then what it will be for your affiliate because NO-ONE knows YOUR products as well as you do!So how can you get an affiliate program?Well there are quite a few options… Probably the most popular affiliate program would be ClickBank’s. Once you make your first sale (and they also give you the option of making the sale yourself) then they will index your site in their affiliate programs to promote. This gives you a large audience to find eager and waiting affiliates.You can also get other affiliate programs that give you greater control and tracking, just do a search in Google for “Affiliate Software”© Joanne King - http://www.joesy.com
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