**** 7 Tips for Building a Successful Downline By Tricia A. Gibson ****************************************************

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Have you ever joined a program that seems to be working for everyone else but you?

Is your drop-out rate just as fast as your sign-up rate?

Do you wonder why is it that you are not doing as

well as others? Well Your problem stems from one of

two things or a combination of both.

1. You do not have backbone support of your upline. 2. You do not provide a backbone support for YOUR downline.

Affiliate Marketing is not about who can get

most persons in their downline - it is who can get

most productive, goal-oriented persons in their downline.

Having been through rigours of starting an internet home business myself, I came to realise

that I was not being properly motivated. I had to do my own research and experiments to get to where I am today.

Yes, I did get messages from my upline, but those

were generic messages set by system. These

people had no creativity. Do you really think they were interested in making money??

I certainly don't. But I am also guilty of this. That's what I did when I started my first couple programs. Needless to say, I failed! That's why I am qualified today to tell you what

will work when you are starting a home business in which

a downline is required.

Here are some tips to help you keep and expand your downline.

1. Send a personal welcome to each of your downline members. Let them know where to find training tools and make yourself available to help them get started on right path.

2. Make sure each individual understands

program that they've signed up for. You can't effectively sell what you don't know about. Explain what they are uncertain about.

3. Remember that you are dealing with humans - you each have same goals - to make money. Show them benefits of being a part of your team. Give

You know basics of Affiliate Marketing. Create a web site, choose affiliate programs to compliment your site, and then promote.

If you start your affiliate marketing business like this, you are missing an essential step in process. You must know who you are creating this web site for - other than yourself.

The two most important things you need to remember when creating an affiliate marketing web site are 1) target your audience and 2) choose correct keywords.

When creating content for your web site, write it for person that is most likely to be interested in it. Keep in mind specific interests and lifestyle of that person. That is what is meant by being targeted.

How do you know who to target? Research. Visit other sites that are similar to your topic. See if you can determine who their target visitor is. Study methods used to qualify that visitor. When you start writing your own web site's content, you will base it on your research - but - don't copy it!

This is where keywords come into play. Choose your keywords before you write your topic's content. You will need to research your keywords as well.