Your Affiliate Business Online, Issue 10
Sunday, Sept. 3, 2006
You can make real money online with them because we're talking about real products that people buy. Many of the products are promoted constantly on Television and people are scrambling to find a good place to buy it from online. Why not make it YOUR website? Amazingly, these affiliate programs are FREE to join and most are very easy to implement. So why not join us in this very lucrative field
. . . . . June
Affiliate Marketing!
Where do I start?
by
June McHardy
Affiliate programs are for real. You can make real money online with them because we're talking about real products that people buy! As well, remember that your role as an affiliate is to PROMOTE the products for various companies. You don't have to handle the product. You don't have to mail or ship them. You don't have to deal with returns. All you need to do is collect your commissions!
There are a number of steps to get yourself started on the way to earning good money as an affiliate marketer.
First things first. Start small and work your way up. There are lots of Affiliate Networks where you can join several different programs, but only have to deal with one login. All of your links, graphics and reports are in one place. For example: CPA Warehouse, Linkshare Commission Junction, Shareasale and others.
Or - you could join individual affiliate programs by clicking the links in our Affiliate Directory
So -
#1. Join some affiliate programs
#2. Collect the welcome emails and put them safely in a separate file. I also save the logon information on Adwizard. You can get this software program FREE for 2 months, then it's a one-time small nominal fee.
#3. Create a webpage or several pages for each program. If you create more than one, keep the content different for each. There are lots of different FREE HTML Editors to create your pages with.
#4. Create your meta tags. Any software you use for your pages will guide you into adding your metatags. There are lots of online resources to help you create them
#5. Optimize your page. A Great FREE resource is the free version of Web CEO. You also can take advantage of excellent FREE Training. A MUST!
#6. Promote your Pages. First, to the Search Engines, then to classifieds, etc. Be sure you read the guidelines for the Search engines. If you spam them or break their rules, you won't get listed.
#7. Be Patient. It can be quite a few months before you get listed high in the search engines but your hard work WILL pay off.
Have Fun!
To join some rop-rated Affiliate Programs, visit our Affiliate Program Directory at http://www.affiliate-zone.net . You'll also find lots of Affiliate Resources, Affiliate training, Promotional Software and lots more
Use an
'Affiliate Network' to Boost
Your Commissions
By David McKenzie
Most 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 affiliates
signed up
under you and earn
commissions on the sales
that those
affiliates make.
A common commission
structure might be 25% for
direct sales and 10% for
indirect sales.
As an affiliate you can earn
25% on any sales you make.
Building an affiliate
network means you can earn
10% on each sale that each
affiliate makes. If you have
100 affiliates in your
affiliate network then you
can see that a few 10%
commissions can quickly
surpass the 25% direct
commission.
If you have an affiliate
network of 100 then you will
probably only have 5 to 10
of those affiliates making
money for you. The others
will make nothing.
However those 5 to 10
affiliates can earn you much
higher
commissions than you alone
can make with direct sales.
It is just like having your
own sales force!
Only difference is it’s not
your product or service.
Becoming successful with
affiliate programs need not
be all that difficult. One
way to make it easier is to
build an
affiliate network for each
of your affiliate programs.
It will
certainly boost your
affiliate commissions.
David
McKenzie is offering a Free
Email Course
“5 Tips to Being Successful
with Affiliate Programs”
http://www.1sthomebasedbusiness.com
Click now for your FREE
course!
See you soon!
Norm and June McHardy
http://www.affiliate-zone.net
