If you’re marketing your own product on the Internet, you
can dramatically increase your sales with an affiliate program.
An Affiliate program will enable you to recruit an unlimited
number of individuals to sell your products. The key to
obtaining affiliates is to offer a nice commission for each sale.
The higher the commissions, the more affiliates you’ll recruit.There are thousands of affiliate programs on the Internet. In
order to be successful you must sell your affiliate program
just like your product. In other words, your affiliate letter
should be written like a sales letter. You must persuade your
visitors to join your affiliate program by packing your affiliate
sales letter with benefits. Tell them exactly what your affiliate
program will do for them, how much commission they will
receive and make the sign-up process simple.
One Tier Verses Two Tier
One tier affiliate programs pay commissions on one level. For
each sale an affiliate makes, they will receive a commission.
For example, if you offer your affiliates 30% commission and
your product sells for $39.99, for every sale your affiliate
makes, they will receive a $12 commission.
Two tier affiliate programs pay commissions on two levels.
Affiliates will receive a commission for each sale they make
and for each sale their recruits make. Two tier affiliate
programs usually divide the commissions over the two levels.
For example, if you want to give your affiliates a total of 30%
commission for each sale, you would offer 20% commission on
their first level sales and an extra 10% commission for second
level sales. If your affiliate makes a $39.99 sale, they would
receive a $8 commission. If one of their recruits makes a sale,
they would receive an additional $4 commission.
Increasing Affiliate Sales
Nobody knows more about your product than you do. Provide
your affiliates with banners, sample ads, articles or anything
that will assist them in making sales.
To further increase sales, create an ebook that is directed
towards your target audience and allow it to be freely
distributed. This ebook should be packed with valuable
information and, at the same time, used as a sales tool for
your product. Customize a copy of your ebook for each of
your affiliates and allow them to freely distribute it. You can
customize the ebooks yourself or purchase an ebook compiler
that enables your affiliates to customize your ebook
themselves. Not all compilers will allow customizations. I highly
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To keep your affiliates motivated, set up an opt-in list to
enable them to subscribe and receive new promotional
methods, sales letters and articles to assist them in making
more sales. This will not only increase their sales, but it will
also enable you to keep in contact with your affiliates and
introduce new products.
Setting Up Your Affiliate Program
When you’re ready to set up your affiliate program, there are
basically two options. The first option is to purchase an
affiliate software program. Affiliate software will track your
affiliate sales and enable your affiliates to view their stats.
This option requires that you run your affiliate program and
you are responsible for accepting payment and sending out
commission checks.
The second option is to use a third party affiliate tracking
company to run your affiliate program for you. These
companies will track your affiliate sales, enable your affiliates
to check their stats and send out commission checks for you.
Affiliate Tracking Software
AssocTRAC- A great affiliate tracking software that features
real time tracking of stats. It tracks both visitors and sales
for each associate to determine not only the quality of
visitors, but also if your sales copy is turning visitors into
buyers. It includes an easy sign up process that instantly
creates accounts for associates so they can be up and
running within five minutes. An autoresponse email message
is instantly sent out with linking instructions and other detailed
information. This powerful software tracks through the use of
cookies and CGI scripts.
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Pro-TRACK - A great affiliate tracking software that will enable
you to keep track of sales and which affiliate the sale
originated. Although the standard version won’t compute any
sales data (owners manually keep track of sales), it is an
excellent way to track and compensate your affiliate sales.
The Pro version will not only track where your sales originate,
but also provide you with the statistics you’ll need to track
how well your affiliate program is doing.
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Affiliate Tracking Companies
ClickBank - This Company will not only enable you to accept
credit cards, but they will also run your affiliate program. Over
60,000 affiliates can choose to sell your products for you.
ClickBank enables any web seller to automatically pay sales
commissions to affiliates. They will bill your customers, pay
you, and pay your affiliates a commission. They charge a
one-time $49.95 activation fee, and a $1 + 7.5% fee per sale.
There are no monthly fees.
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Click Trade - Lets you create your own affiliate program to
allow others to send paying customers to you. Your business
can reach new customers by being featured on thousands of
affiliate sites. They have over 120,000 affiliates already
interested in participating with your affiliate program.
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Take your time and select the best affiliate option for your
business. If you’re just starting out, you may want to use one
of the third party affiliate companies, as this is the easiest
route. You won’t have to worry about anything, as everything
is taken care of for you. This will enable you to concentrate
on making more sales and developing new products.
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