Affiliates struggling to earn $100 a month often find it hard to believe that other people could possibly earn as much as $10,000 or even $100,000 a month in commissions. Believe it. Big commissions do happen.
Archive for October, 2008
Make sure your affiliates are working for you
If you’re going to use affiliates as a money-making venture, then you’re going to not only have to increase the traffic to your site, but you’re going to have to make the affiliate something that a visitor is going to want to click on, and then make a purchase from. If you can do those two things, then you can make the affiliates work well for you.
Starting your own Affiliate Program
You too can create a product that can be a rear-door method to drive traffic to a site that might not necessarily be something that mainstream media would put their ads on. Call it affiliating yourself, in a way.
Affiliate Marketing – Guest Post
Marketing is so important in any field that you are in. I have to market myself, my sites, my blog, and my Clips4Sales site, but I do take the time to market as an affiliate too. I went about mine in a different way.
If you’re on Twitter…some valuable advice
Confidence isn’t being the arrogant authority on a subject. Admitting your faults and openly expressing your desire to learn and better yourself (in all the ways that is possible, from personal to business) is where REAL confidence comes in. Having the stones to admit that you’re not perfect but you’re open to suggestions is where real confidence comes in. And THAT’s sexy.
Affiliate marketing 101 – How they work
Make sure that the affiliate programs that you endorse and promote is in addition to what you’re selling. Let them be the cherry on the sundae…but make sure that you’re still the sundae.
Some learning for me, some learning for you
Some things seemed clever tools on other online stores in the past, but are probably not only unnecessary, but cause problems and frustrations for potential customers.
Customer Service Pt2 – more good vibes
I talked about how to use good customer service skills to entice customers through your online store. Today I’d like to continue talking about that, with some extra steps that are beneficial to maintaining customer loyalty.
Customer Service Pt 1 – The Good Vibe
Customer service is always going to be important, regardless of what type of business you’re in. It doesn’t matter if you’re selling widgets, a service, or viewable entertainment – you are always going to interact with customers in one way or another if you are looking to make a profit.
Surviving the downturn of the economy
Instead of dwelling on what might not be, or thinking about losses, try to plan for the worst case scenario in regards to your content and how it can be marketed.















