Generate More Sales in ANY Affiliate Program – Part One

Written by Gillian Tarawhiti


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To know your product you need to USE IT, and know EVERYTHING there is to know about it. It’s like going to watch a movie that you really, really enjoyed, you get this scene of excitement to share your great experience with others, well … you need to get that same excitement about your product that only comes about by KNOWING YOUR PRODUCT.

Strategy Two

The Golden Question for all affiliates is ‘How can I create an advantage for me?’

The Answer: Incentive Marketing

If you have never heard of Incentive Marketing, you are sure to have been a victim of it in your every day life.

Think about it… have you ever Up sized your meal at McDonald’s, have you ever brought anything because ofrepparttar Free Gift or Discount.

Incentive Marketing, Incentive Marketing, Incentive Marketing…

It doesn’t matter that there are potentially thousands of other affiliates promotingrepparttar 102302 same program because from today onwards you are going to create an unfair advantage. Start thinking about what you could possibly use to create an unfair advantage and in PART TWO, I will give yourepparttar 102303 strategies you would need to become an SUPER INCENTIVE MARKETER.

To Your Online Success!

About the Author Gillian Tarawhiti, is Founder and CEO of Community Training Centre, an Australian-based Internet Marketing firm that works with individuals and organisations © 2004

Permission is granted to reprint this article in print or on your web site so long as the paragraph above is included and contact information is provided to http://www.millionairerippleeffect.com.


Creating an Affiliate Marketing Budget

Written by Jude Wright


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* Merchant Account. You probably won't need a Merchant Account, as such, unless you are selling digital products or products you'll be shipping to a customer. It is a good idea to set up an account with http://paypal.com because a lot of affiliate managers are using PayPal to make payments to affiliates. There is no charge for using PayPal.

* Software and Scripts. You will need, atrepparttar least, some kind of spreadsheet to track your expenses and income from your affiliate business. Eventually, you will need a more robust program like QuickBooks or Microsoft Money. If you don't have a spreadsheet software application, you can get one free from http://openoffice.org. This is a suite of tools that works like Microsoft Office. You may or may not need website scripts - depending on how elaborate you want your website to be. Examples would be article management or "tell a friend" scripts. Let's just set at cost at $50 just in case.

* Advertising. Forrepparttar 102301 first few weeks, you will not be spending money on advertising or promotion. But since we are working on an "Annual" budget, let's estimate it at $50 per month or $600. I know that sounds like a lot, but if you want to getrepparttar 102302 word out, you'll need to set money aside for pay-per-click search engines and ezine advertising.

* Education. Ongoing education is going to be extremely important to your affiliate marketing success. You will not have to purchase a lot of educational materials - if you don't want to. There are many free resources, such as newsletters, that you can study. For now, we'll set a zero budget, but allow a certain amount later for ebook or how-to videos.

What isrepparttar 102303 final total? Approximately $800.00. Does that seem extreme? Remember, this is for an entire year. Where else but onrepparttar 102304 Internet can you start a business for under $1,000? Keep it in perspective. If you intend to have a "real" business, you must treat it as a real business - which includes real expenses.

----------------------------------------------------- Jude Wright has been an Internet Marketer for three years. She has just created a product that will help other Internet Marketers keep all their marketing information in one database. Check it out at: http://i-marketingorganizer.com/organizer.htm


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