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Do you have a long-term
partner yet? |
by:
Chuck
McCullough |
By now most people
have realized that the Internet is not just about trying to make
a quick buck.
Most scams and get-rich-quick schemes have quickly faded and couldn't
produce results if their life depended on it.
So you are now left with coming up with strategies that will keep
your business around for the long-term.
If you are planning on having affiliate revenue be part, or all
of your income, you need to find programs that you can hope will
be around for a long time.
It can be quite painful when a company you've promoted for many
months decides to close their affiliate program, or they decrease
commissions so far down that it isn't worth your efforts to promote
anymore.
When this happens you are left with starting over trying to find
someone else that you can hope to earn a decent income from.
When searching for an affiliate program that you hope to make
your long-term partner, here are some things to look for:
High-quality products or services - You can quickly destroy your
reputation online by promoting shady companies with poor products.
ALWAYS try to associate with companies that have great products.
Companies that have YOUR interests in mind - Unfortunately there
are many companies out there that simply view their affiliate
programs as a cheap advertising and branding vehicle. Seek companies
that view their affiliates as partners. You can tell when you
have found one by looking at how the program is structured and
what they offer in the way of support for affiliates.
Programs paying commissions on multiple products - You will find
that sometimes your visitors will purchase items that you had
not recommended. Your income can build much faster when you get
paid a commission for those sales as well as sales of products
directly promoted by you.
Lifetime commission structure - It takes time, effort, and money
to send visitors that actually become customers of the affiliate
program. Lifetime commissions allow you to get rewarded for future
purchases of your customers. This model is great and you should
really consider promoting at least one program that offers it.
Some great programs that I highly recommend looking at, and ones
that fit most, if not all, of the above qualities:
Marlon Sander's affiliate program:
http://www.affmatch.com/marlon
(High commission structure on many different products that sell
EXTREMELY well.)
Ken Evoy's SiteSell affiliate program:
http://www.affmatch.com/sitesell
(One of the top affiliate programs offering great products that
over-deliver on their promise of value.)
Yanik Silver's affiliate program:
http://www.affmatch.com/instant
(Great products that sell well and offer high commissions.)
You can also do quite well promoting programs that offer recurring
revenue. This is where you promote services that require a monthly
fee.
With this type of program you get paid a percentage of those monthly
fees for as long as the customer remains with the company.
Some great companies with recurring commissions are:
Aweber Autoresponders:
http://www.affmatch.com/aweber
(Autoresponders have caught on like wildfire and are very easy
to sell.)
Hosting.com:
http://www.affmatch.com/hosting
(Selling website hosting is one of the top ways to make money
on the Internet, and most programs offer to pay you from each
month's payments from customers you send them.)
Match.com Personals:
http://www.affmatch.com/match
(Personals ranks up there on the top as well, offering you a percentage
of the fees paid by customers that want to meet others online.)
The most important thing to take from this article is that you
must start looking for long-term partners and not waste any time
trying to get rich over night.
About the author:
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"Affiliate Mistakes: Maximizing Your Profits From
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www.affiliatemistakes.com
chuck@affiliatematch.com
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