Choosing The Right Affilaite Program.

Written by Y. Ailan of DollarSpiders.com


Choosingrepparttar right affiliate program. Written by Y. Ailan of DollarSpiders.com

The importance of choosingrepparttar 102315 appropriate program(s) for your website has been in my opinion one ofrepparttar 102316 most overlooked aspect when taking into consideration which program(s) to join. In response to this phenomenon that seem's to plague most webmasters these days, I have decided to compile this article on how to chooserepparttar 102317 right affiliate program(s) for your website.

I am writing this article because I had to find outrepparttar 102318 difficult way how to choose a program(s). From my experiences, here are several ofrepparttar 102319 top factors you should take into consideration while deciding which program(s):

Sustainability and Stability

Asrepparttar 102320 saying goes: "you can skin a sheep many times, but once you kill it its dead" (Or something like that). Your probably thinking, is this guy insane? (I am still trying to figure that out), but that saying is relevant to this section because it tells you that once a program discontinues its side ofrepparttar 102321 bargain, its inrepparttar 102322 gutter. What I'm getting at is that you need to find stability inrepparttar 102323 program your joining because if you join a program that was made recently , how do you know they haverepparttar 102324 proper amount of clients or money to pay allrepparttar 102325 participants what they deserve. A rule for those who haven't figured it out yet and those who have forgotten: If it has been around for a while then it has credibility,a reputation to live up, chances are they have enough money saved away to pay when their business is in a bad position and they have developed their program.

Now that you have decided thatrepparttar 102326 program you want is financially stable we can move on torepparttar 102327 next part.

On Time:

Do they pay you in a reasonable timeframe? is a question we should all ask before joining any programs because eventually you will start to wonder why you haven't seen a paycheck, even after you have sent them hundreds or thousands of referrals. Only to find out that your paycheck will come in six months.(I might be exaggerating just a little but it's because I'm trying to prove a point).

Time is important, it is intangible and is priceless, so don't waste your time on programs who wont put inrepparttar 102328 time to takerepparttar 102329 time to send you a cheque on time. (I spent allot of time on this one)


Affiliate Programs Worthless for 80% of Affiliate Marketers

Written by Mike Banks Valentine


No doubt you’ve heard ofrepparttar 80/20 rule – which states that 20 percent of affiliates generate 80% of affiliate income, and conversely, remaining 80 percent of affiliates generate only 20 percent of all income for most affiliate programs.

There are ten basics that will put your affiliate marketing inrepparttar 102314 top 20 percent of affiliate earnings. Ten suggestions that will transform your affiliate income from a trickling creek that barely covers your hosting fees, to a roaring river of extra disposable income.

TOP AFFILIATE MARKETERS DO MOST OF THESE TEN ITEMS

1.Top affiliate marketers cloak web site links

Cloaking affiliate links should not be necessary, but is. Oddly many site visitors refuse to visit your links if they see an affiliate code appended torepparttar 102315 URL when they hover their mouse over a link on your web page. Sometimes they will typerepparttar 102316 affiliate domain directly torepparttar 102317 browser address bar while removing your affiliate ID fromrepparttar 102318 URL. To short circuit this odd behavior, simply cloakrepparttar 102319 URL. How? Visit this Link Tool: http://WebpositionAdvisor.com/tools/link_cloaker.php

2.Top affiliate marketers write & distribute articles

Writing articles about your market niche is essential to gain reputation as an expert in your field. Butrepparttar 102320 biggest benefit comes not just from writing those articles, but from having those articles published by other web site owners and ezine publishers. Your article gains you both reputation and links from other web sites fromrepparttar 102321 resource box appended torepparttar 102322 end of each article. Here are major article distribution sites. http://yahoogroups.com/group/free-content/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aabusiness/ http://www.goarticles.com http://www.ideamarketers.com

3.Top affiliate marketers focus on a market niche

Filling a web site with content reflecting a narrowly focused product or service niche is a well known method of gaining web traffic in your area of specialty. An excellent resource that can help you determine relevant and focused areas to fill your site with is called NicheBot. They offer innovative tools to research and pinpoint market niches for your web site based onrepparttar 102323 WordTracker Database and Google. http://www.nichebot.com

4.Top affiliate marketers use autoresponder series

Autoresponders are incredibly valuable tools that allow you to send a timed series of email messages to those that sign up for them. Most often those autoresponders are sent through a third party provider. Some ofrepparttar 102324 top providers are Sendfree.com and aweber.com, for a tutorial covering autoresponder basics, visit: http://website101.com/email_e-mail/email_autoresponder_basics.html

5.Top affiliate marketers create web pages to pre-sell

Creating either testimonial pages or review pages that discuss and pre-sellrepparttar 102325 product or service you are affiliated with isrepparttar 102326 best method of getting increased orders for your chosen affiliate programs. Many programs actually provide either an article or recommended text to sell their products for you and allow reproduction of those articles with your links embedded.

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