|
Author: Ken Hill Article source: http://www.hotlib.com/. Used with author's permission.
1. View your affiliate program as a partnership between you and your affiliates, and make it your priority to develop good relationships between you and your affiliate sales force.
2. Answer any questions your visitors or affiliates have about your affiliate program in a fast and friendly manner.
Remember that nothing will turn your affiliates or visitors off of your affiliate program faster than an unanswered email. Your affiliates must know that you take them and the effort they make to promote your business seriously.
3. Track all of your affiliates' sales accurately and fairly.
Your affiliates should be able to earn commissions on their referrals even if their referral comes back months, or even a year later and makes a purchase.
4. Save time and money by making your affiliate program, like your business, as automated as possible.
Your affiliate program software should allow you to automatically notify your affiliates by email whenever they've made a sale, referred a new affiliate if your affiliate program is two-tier, as well as show your affiliates how many hits, sales, and commissions they've generated in real time.
5. Attract more affiliates by paying a high commission, offering a two-tier commission structure, paying commissions on repeat customers, or by giving your affiliates the opportunity to earn residual commissions if you provide a service that is paid for on a subscription basis.
6. Give your affiliates plenty of resources that they can use to promote your products.
This could include your own marketing courses that your affiliates can give away to their visitors or subscribers, ad copy that you've found has produced sales for you, ebooks that they can rebrand with their affiliate URL, or sample recommendations of your products.
7. Publish a newsletter for your affiliates that gives them tips on how to best promote your products, tells them of any sales or promotions you have running, and that reminds them of the resources you've provided for them to promote your products.
8. Increase your top affiliates productivity by paying them a higher commission for their referrals based on their performance, and by giving them special recognition on your site or in your affiliate newsletter.
Giving your affiliates special recognition in your newsletter can also serve to teach your newer affiliates how to successfully promote your products, as well as show them by example that the tools you've given them do work effectively.
9. If you write articles, let your affiliates publish them in their ezines or on their websites with their affiliate URL in your resource box.
This can be an excellent way for your affiliates to earn commissions promoting your products through your resource box while also further building up credibility for you and your business.
10. To increase the number of affiliates that consistently use your articles to promote your products, create a mailing list (in addition to your affiliate newsletter) that your affiliates can subscribe to that tells them when you've written new articles that they can use to promote your services. About The Author
Article © 2003 by writer, Ken Hill. Integrate your entire e-commerce web site using an amazing all-in-one solution. Includes affiliate program software, mailing list manager, unlimited autoresponders, newbie friendly shopping cart and much more! Discover total e-business automation now at: http://www.scstats.com/r.cfm?i=5029
kenh1201@aol.com
The Top 10 Ways to Market your Business or Professional Practice Without Advertising
Every business and professional practice MUST be in the public eye. You need customers! Folks need your goods and services -- it's a mutual alliance for mutual ...
Commercial Pet Food for Your Dog?
You may be slowly contributing to your dog's early death if you're feeding your dog a commercial petfood. Almost all commercial pet foods are overprocessed, an...
Network Marketing Tips
Network marking is the ordinary person's best opportunity to make extraordinary income. Well-known author, Robert Kiyosaki says ethical network marketing busine...
Website Traffics: 10 Sizzling Hot Secret Phrases To Ignite Your Website Traffics
For many months after I put up my new website,
my traffic was low and sales almost zero.
Steps to Financial Freedom
Financial freedom is the power to do what you will with your life without being forever bound by lack of money and over burdened by debt. This worthwhile goal ...
How To Exercise: Choosing the Right Type of Exercise for You
Do you need to start an exercise program but don't know where to start? Choosing the right exercise program can mean the difference between success and failure!
Order and Law
In this world, we are all familiar with Law and Order. It's what
keeps us out of trouble. When we break the law, we have to
pay the price to get order back in...
How To Improve Fertility
It is highly advised for the couples who are planning to have a healthy baby that they better undergo a simple life style change for improving fertility.
How To Create a Blog
So, you know that having a blog is a great way to generate customers. Or, maybe your not sure. Either way, creating a blog is not all that hard to do. In fac...
The Most Common Small Business Web Site Traffic Killers
Can your web site's design kill traffic? Read these common web design pit falls and learn how to make your web site's design work for you.
Small Business Secrets: Self-Confidence Can Be Arranged
You can arrange to have the self-confidence you need by arranging support structures and encouragement and designing situations that feed you the confidence you...
Protect Your Cat With Vaccinations
Just as with humans, shots are an unpleasant, but necessary part of growing up healthy.
How To Get Out Of Debt
If you have found yourself in a position where you are in serious debt and cannot think of a way out of the situation, then take a few minutes to read these few...
Midlife Madness
Midlife is a time of evaluation -- is it too late to pursue that dream or is there still time? Getting some perspective can help.
Universal Mind
"There is an infinitely worthier subject for philosophers (to study) than all these trees and stones, and even all those stars; there is the mind of ma...
Can One Person Increase Motivation in Another Person?
Discover the factors that reinforce the intrinsic motivators, and boost motivation in your loved ones.
Whats That In My Food!
If you drop a bomb, you kill not only your enemies but your friends as well. This is the effect food additives have on humans. Man has existed for thousands o...
Property for Sale in Piemonte Italy is Attracting British Interest
Property prices in Tuscany have now reached such a level that the British are now turning to the stunning region of Piemonte in Northern Italy
Mini Blinds: An Introduction
Mini-blinds have replaced the old-fashioned Venetian blinds as more convenient and attractive window treatments. Blinds are window coverings that can have eithe...
Getting Bad Credit Help
Getting the bad credit help that you need is quite hard. First of all, it is embarrassing and difficult to admit that you need help managing the debt and credi...
Cash In Your Blog - 4 Ways to Profit From The Hidden Revenue In Your Blog
If your blog has export capabilities, you can use any of these techniques to generate revenue from your blog and make both your newsletter and blog subscribers...
The Art of Selfishness
Mature selfishness is the cornerstone of effectively living with passion and purpose. A commitment to self- interest is practical and efficient since you are be...
How To Find A Proper Fitting Backpack
More important than buying the right backpack is finding a pack that fits correctly. An ill fitting pack will lead to a lifetime of back problems. Fortunately...
Fast Forwarding Your Business with Instant Messaging
Instant Messaging is rapidly becoming accepted in the business community as a viable communications tool and process - it's faster than e-mail, free on the clie...
|
Print this page