Are you Thinking About Joining Someone Else's "Pay Per Sale" Affiliate Program?

Here's 16 Questions You need to Ask Yourself Before Deciding

Affiliate programs are a great way to break into an Internet based info-product business. It allows you to test and build your marketing and sales skill without having a product of your own. Generally you could find these throughout the net, with clickbank.com being the biggest location for finding affliate programs. Are you thinking about joining an Affiliate Program? Then here are a few questions you need to ask yourself as you make your decision which one to join.

1. Does the affiliate program offer you a free way to join without buying the product or service?

2. Contact other affiliates already in the program to see if they have had any problems.

3. Is the product or service related to your target audience?

4. Can they notify you by e-mail when a sale is made?

5. Do they offer backend products so you can get repeat sales from the same person?

6. How often will you receive a commission check?

7. Do you get credited for a sale if people come back in month and then make a purchase.

8. Can you get around-the-clock help online or offline?

9. Do you get a large percentage of each sale as commission?

10. Do they provide you with proven sales material? (links, banners, classified ads, sales letters etc)

11. Will they give you the leeway to create promotional ads?

12. Do they offer you access to an online sales stats page?

13. Do they use a reputable system to track your sales?

14. Does the affiliate program pay commission for sales of people who sign up under you?

15. Can they offer customers a lot of different ordering options, so in return you won't lose sales?

16. Will they keep in contact with you on a regular basis by e-mail?

Any good and reliable affiliate program owner/manager will be happy to answer these and show you how to use them effectively, as they know they don't make money unless you do. So do your research, find a program or two that you love, then go forth and multiply.

Mahalo.


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Ingenious Ways To Persuade Your Site Visitors To Give You Their Email Address

We have all heard the mantra that "The Money's In he List". So all you have to do is go to your collection of email addresses and email your list with your announcements and watch your business grow. Ah but what can you do if you don't have a list? How can you build one? Well here are some ingenious ways to help you build your list and your business.

1. Ask visitors to subscribe to your e-zine. It's a good idea to also give them a freebie when they
subscribe.

2. Have them sign-up to get access to download a free ebook. The subject of the ebook should
be related to your target audience.

3. Give your visitors a free membership inside your member's only web site. Have them sign-up
to receive a user name and password.

4. Hold a free contest or sweepstakes at your web site. Ask them to give you their contact
information to enter.

5. Offer your visitors free consulting via e-mail. Have them fill out a web form to e-mail you with
their questions.

6. Hold an interactive poll on your web site. Ask your visitors to e-mail you their vote or opinion.

7. Ask your visitors to sign-up for a chance to get a web site award. Have them e-mail you their
contact and web site information.

8. Have visitors fill out a survey on your web site. Give them a free gift as an incentive to complete
the form.

9. Offer a free online service from your web site. Have visitors fill out their contact information to
sign-up to the free service.

10. Ask visitors to sign your guest book. Tell them they will get a free gift in return.

11. Offer a free affiliate program for your visitors. They will have to sign-up in order to receive
marketing materials and commissions.

12. Allow visitors to submit a free classified ad on your web site. Require them to give a valid
e-mail address in order to post an ad.

13. Give people who visit your web site a free course sent via autoresponder. Just ask them to
fill out their contact information to receive the free course.

14. Offer your visitors free software to download. Have them sign-up to get an access code to unlock
the software.

I hope these tips have been helpful, come back next week for more tips. Just remember keep working it and it will happen.

Mahalo.

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Turbosize Your Traffic And Sales With These Seldom Used Freebies

Again the need to increase traffic which will lead to more sales is the perplexing problem all web business' need to solve.

1. Checklists-Create a list of things to check for a particular process related to your business's topic.
Ex: a checklist for creating a web site.

2. Templates-Design a template that will make a certain action easier for your target audience. Ex:
a template for writing a resume.

3. Text Workbook-Publish a text format ebook so your audience can learn and practice a certain skill.
Ex: a text workbook for writing ad headlines.

4. Transcripts-Create an ebook of text transcripts of a related live event. It can be a seminar, speech,
class, interview, etc.

5. Dictionary Of Terms-Publish a web directory or ebook dictionary of terms relating to your specific
business industry or subject.

6. Advice Service-Offer a live chat room were you or your employees can give your visitors and
customers advice on your business topic.

7. Human Research-Offer a free service were you will search for sites or information your visitors or
customers can't seem to find online.

8. Plans-Create ready-made plans for a particular project your target audience wants to accomplish.
It could be marketing plans, landscape plans, etc.

9. Forms-Offer printable, ready-made forms your visitors or customers would use regularly. It could
be legal forms, organizational forms, etc.

10. E-mail Reports-Publish quarterly e-mail reports that contains new research discoveries, surveys,
and statistics about your related industry.

Remember traffic is the key and once they find you, they will buy from you. But of course they won't buy unless they find you first. So give them a reason to find you.

Mahalo

Just a few more tips from "The Inquisitive Explorer's Internet Marketing Quick Guide" available as an ebook from ww.renspubhouse.com.

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