"An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied."Arnold H. Glasow
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How to recruit affiliates!
It might have been Vince Lombardi or some other famous coach who said, "There is no "I" in team!" (I was too lazy to look up the source of the quote) I think that this is as true in business as it is in sports. Especially in a business like ours, where we ...
The Secret Shady Practices of Affiliate Marketing
You've probably heard it a hundred times...affiliate marketing is a great way to make money online.What if I told you affiliate marketing was basically unethical or that the field is dominated by shady practices?You disagree?Well let's explore affiliate ...
Affiliate Goals - Successful Goal Setting for Affiliates
When I first started out with Affiliate Marketing a few years ago, my primary goal was a very simple one. I just wanted enough money to pay for my hosting, which at the time was an ungodly $40 per month for a small website. Of course, these days you can ...
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“Marketing A Single Affiliate Program is the First Key to Success!”
There are a lot of affiliate marketing programs out there that claim to make you more money than you could possible spend; when in true reality, you’ve just sign up to be another person that the company can send you emails to buy their products!
Have you fallen for that kind of bait?
I have before! Hook, line, and sinker!!
Well the FIRST KEY to really making an affiliate program work for you is just by sticking with the one program you’ve signed up for. It gets quite easy to keep signing up for program after program in hopes that you will finally hit pay-dirt. What has happened is that now you are spread so thin in your ability to market a single program effectively.
Marketing A Single Affiliate Program is the First Key to Success because:
It would be in your best interest to really market only one program until you have made a successful amount of residual income from it before you go out and start marketing other programs. You should learn all there is to know about what kind of program you have joined first and see how others in that program are doing it. Learn what they do to become successful. Many programs offer coaches, partners, or loads of success oriented eBooks for you to read. Tackle all that stuff first until you get a grasp of what a successful affiliate marketer must do to make it to financial freedom.
Marketing A Single Affiliate Program is the First Key to Success because:
Like with most affiliate programs, the program will provide you with a viable URL (website) address in which you can send prospects and get them to go check out what you are offering. Your goal is to send tons of traffic to that site URL and then in turn change those visitors into paying customers; further, your goal is to turn those customers or visitors into a down-line group that will help you build an extra layer of residual income on top of your regular commissions.
Marketing A Single Affiliate Program is the First Key to Success because:
If you have signed up for multiple programs, then which program can you really promote like an expert? How can you be an expert when you have not mastered the first program you signed up for? For example, when I first got into affiliate marketing, I already had a ecommerce website and was looking for a way to ad some viable content to place in my website; and, I thought affiliating with a proven Internet Marketer would help; however, it seemed to get me farther away from my goals as possible. I was spending more time trying to learn what they were doing than in promoting my own website. I wasted time trying to get people to visit the affiliate’s website than in getting them to purchase from my website. My thinking was that if they would not buy from me then I would just get them over to the affiliate and make huge money like they promised I would make.
What a Mistake that was!!!!
Marketing a Single Affiliate Program is the First Key to Success because:
Step by step, a good affiliate program will lead you through to the mistakes and get you to market things in the right way. If you have your own website, then definitely you should spend 80% of your time marketing that site. Remember, you are the master of that site, so act like it. Promote it more than anything in the world. Look at yourself like you are the #1 affiliate in your own program. Do all the things necessary for that site’s success, and when you make a comfortable, dependable income from it, then go out and pursue a top-notch affiliate program to be associated with. Make sure the program is compatible with what you are selling. Don’t affiliate with a satellite website if you have a health website!! I tried it and the results were disastrous because I fell for the high payout from the affiliate and did not consider what type of customers I was attracting.
Marketing a Single Affiliate Program is the First Key to Success because:
Staying in tune with your Program and its target market takes a lot of time, work, and commitment on your part. If you are dedicated to the Affiliate’s mission, making the mission your mission too, then it is easier to succeed because you too will have all the answers to the customer’s questions and will better server those down-line associates that you have managed to sign-up under you. By signing up people underneath you, you’ve taken on the responsibility to direct those associates to a path of success, just like the path you were shown and are trying to emulate. Many programs I have signed-up for gave me good first initial contact, but then dropped the communication down to a level of buying some type of product or eBook from them. It seems they are only interested in getting you to buy stuff rather than truly help you to the next level of affiliate success.
The Key is to Market Only One Program or website until you have ‘fruit on the tree’ so to speak. If you get one apple, why not go for another apple rather than go looking for an orange or a pear. Stick with the tree that gave you the apple, and go back for more until the apples are falling in your direction regularly. How’s that for an analogy of Affiliate Marketing. Always read every step, every word, and learn every tool the Program you have elected to promote to ensure that you do know what you are doing and don’t fall into the trap of ‘Jack of All Trades, Master of None!’
Stick with it, and here’s to your success!!
Eric Smith, On Line Associates, LLC
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 MO-Call Launches Affiliate and Reseller Programs (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Virtual International Mobile Network Operator, Morodo has announced the launch of an Affiliate and Reseller program, enabling everyone to share in the success of the popular MO-Call mobile international calling service.
RichNet Publishing, LLC Launches New Email Leads Business With Affiliate Program (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Email Leads that are targeted for use by home business and MLM professionals and network marketers are the focus of this new venture. An affiliate program that pays 150% more than most competitors has been more than two years in the planning. This is the fourth successful MLM Leads company started by RichNet Publishing, LLC.
MaxBounty Launches New API for Affiliate Marketers (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
MaxBounty, a CPA based affiliate network, launches a new SOAP protocol based API to allow affiliates to programmatically access their account information. This programmatic access give affiliates the ability to write their own custom utilities that integrate with their MaxBounty stats and campaign information.
Girls running programs to finish season with Wondergirl 5K (The Holland Sentinel)
The Girls on the Run/Girls on Track programs of Allegan and Ottawa counties will hold their Wondergirl 5K run Saturday, Nov. 22, at Holland West Middle School, 500 W. 24th St. The noon event culminates the programs’ fall season and the accomplishments of its participants. “We have more than 1,500 girls in over 70 schools sites throughout our two counties,” said Ashley Rea, the program ...
Friends of Turning Point now auxiliary to shelter (Friendswood Journal)
Friends of Bay Area Turning Point, an independent organization which has been dedicated for the past twelve years to promoting programs and fundraising goals of Bay Area Turning Point (BATP), a United Way affiliate, has now become an auxiliary organization within the agency, according to Myrna Baker, Friends Auxiliary chairperson for 2008 – 2009.
Beebe moves $500,000 to ASU affiliate center (NWAnews.com)
MOUNTAIN HOME — Gov. Mike Beebe released $500,000 in state funds to Arkansas State University at Mountain Home for the construction of an educational and cultural center on the north-central Arkansas campus, school officials said Wednesday. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition)
Amazing New Rates for Anastasia International's Affiliate Program (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Anastasia International, the leading International Introduction Company, has announced fantastic new terms for its affiliate program and invites webmasters and dating website owners to take part.
ExxonMobil to explore two deepwater blocks offshore Turkey (Energy Business Review)
Exxon Mobil has announced that its affiliate ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Turkey has signed an agreement with Turkish national oil company, Turkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortakligi, to explore in two large deepwater blocks offshore Turkey.
Turkey: Agreement signed with ExxonMobil (Mena Report)
Exxon Mobil Corporation has announced its affiliate, ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Turkey B.V., has signed an agreement with Turkish national oil company, Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortaklığı (TPAO), to explore in two large deepwater blocks offshore Turkey, marking ExxonMobil’s entry into Black Sea exploration.
Purdue Research Park Affiliate Company Launches Educational Software Program to Improve Students' Vocabulary, Spelling ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MERRILLVILLE, Ind.----Educators looking to improve vocabulary and spelling skills of their students can find assistance through a new educational software program that provides individualized instruction.
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