Success Tip #2: Affiliate Programs

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by Falling Down, Dec 20, 2008.

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    Now we all know that there's Commission Junction, a popular site that lets you place product links on your site and earn whenever someone ever buys a product. But, what are the best ones to use, what will bring you more referrals? Well, first off, you need to think about your niche?

    Here's a list of suggestions to get you started:

    • News & Current Affairs - Subscriptions to popular magazines such as Time and Newsweek, local newspapers like the New York Times and Dallas Morning News
    • Celebrity & Gossip - People are always wanting to have the latest trends in Hollywood, so it's great to have ads for Juicy Couture, Dooney & Bourke, Forever 21, and Wet Seal. I don't recommend Prada and Louis Vuitton because what you're really trying to do is have them look around and purchase a shirt/purse/necklace/or whatever and anything more than $200 is usually a "Oh, I don't really have that kind of money at the moment" or "that's way beyond my limit."
    • Money & Investing - Credit card offers, PayPal Merchant Services. Try and stay away from the stock market sites, there's only five good ons, and by the time people have visited your site, they've already invested into one of them anyway.
    Two of the best affiliate programs you can use are those for hosting and domain registration. In my experience, I have gotten at least five leads in three months using it on a very small site. Each time, I would get a good percentage and it would add to my payment balance, and not having to pay for your hosting every month is always a good thing! There's always people looking for hosting, and there are domains registered every hour of the day, so you end up winning either way!

    Another thing to note is the placement of these ads. Be sure to limit yourself to two of them per page. Try putting a banner at the top and a rectangle in the middle of your article/post for the best result, This way, your visitor is seeing it the moment they load your site and while they're reading your content. In this day and age, popups no longer are a good means of advertising because of the implements coded into our browsers that stop us from seeing them. Don't rely on javascript heavily as everyone's mobile these days and surfing the internet using their iPhones and Blackberry devices, so for the most part, none of that even works for them. If you can, install a plugin into your CMS system that alternates ad systems depending on the type of browser you're using. This not only eliminates common errors, but it helps to increase profitability.
     
    Falling Down, Dec 20, 2008 IP
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  2. asholar

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    thanks for this info... the latest hot affiliate ad is vimax ( penis enlargement ). I think those who are affiliated to this will earn a lot. lol
     
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  3. Falling Down

    Falling Down Banned

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    I never understood why people go through all the trouble to buy that stuff, not to mention even advertise it! I mean, no matter what, you're not going to get a nice looking bird in bed unless you're pretty nice looking too!
     
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    I would add Clickbank to Your list. They have good affiliate commisions!
     
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    I v heard that commission junction is best...what is second beside clickbank...
     
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    That's what I heard to
     
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    Thanks for sharing. This is useful info.
     
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    Thanks for the share.
     
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    Thanks for the Internet Marketing Tips
     
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    web hosting and domain registration are 2 great affiliate programs. Adult, Poker, Casino, and Bingo are great affiliate programs to build passive income for the long term.
     
    kush86, Dec 21, 2008 IP