If you are into affiliate programs, what is it about your business that can make you stand out from all other affiliates who are promoting exact same site?

With heavy competition around, promoting with a standard affiliate classified leading to a standard affiliate mirror site isn't going to cut it.

True, you could still get some sales this way, but if you're working toward building a sizeable residual income that can upgrade your lifestyle, 'some sales' isn't good enough.

You need to be more than just an affiliate, you need to be running your OWN business.

Here is THE KEY that can transform you from being just another affiliate, to a business owner.

YOUR OWN WEB SITE

Your own site:

*increases credibility, creates your own business *can be listed with search engines *offers grouping of programs *offers addition of personal recommendations or testimonials *allows for single URL promotion *offers a format for repeat contact *gives potential for multiple program purchases *creates structure for better downline support

Credibility

You've heard it before, having your own domain name makes your business more credible. It gives people a focal point to see who you are and what you are involved in. You can then offer a business name that people can remember, and a place they can return to for future reference.

Search Engines

Affiliate mirror sites cannot be listed with search engines, your own site can. Offering portals to your chosen programs on your own site gives you capability to list and promote your business through search engines.

Grouping Of Programs

On your own site, you can group your programs together and let your site visitors choose from what you have to offer. This gives visitors more options to find exactly what they are looking for, and you greater opportunity to make a sale.

Recommendations or Testimonials

You will see dreaded signs if you frequently visit your affiliates' sites. The banner or enthusiastic endorsement they once had on their opening page is now relegated to a link on second or third tier of their site. Something as simple as that can cut number of hits you get by a factor of ten or twenty.

Two things usually account for members giving you back burner treatment: Your product or service isn't selling as well as it once did for them. Or members are simply losing interest because newer, more exciting affiliate programs are grabbing their attention.

You can immediately solve both problems by offering a new or improved product or service. Spend time to make sure your new product is a big improvement over what has come before. The more you can insure your product is a big deal, more excited your affiliates will get.

Make your roll-out a big production. Give your new creation a whole new area with a fresh new look on your web site.

Two weeks before you unveil your new product, start sending announcements to your affiliates. Let them know something important is about to happen and they will be first to hear about it.