I build a nice affiliate system for my site, and have posted it prominently in a few places. However I have only gotten 2 or 3 signups for my affiliate marketing program. I was wondering, where is a good place to find affiliate marketers? Any advice would really be appreciated.
You can try craigslist and backpage. Backpage would be your best bet. This forum is a great place to promote it (once you are allowed to post a signature).
I do 10% recurring commission, I.E. If you refer a server signup for $200 a month you get $20 a month as long as they stay signed up. Is that a low ball payout? About brand awareness, I am working on building that. The affiliate marketing program is part of that.
It's a bit of a chicken and egg thing. I've looked at doing affiliate sales and have only wanted to promote firms I knew of and trusted. You get that reputation by having satisfied customers but you can't get the customers until you've sold your company to them in the first place. Good luck!
I have around 600 customers. However in the web hosting industry that is infinitesimal. Affiliate marketing seems like a better route then PPC. I suppose you are right about the chicken and the egg thing. I'm just looking for a way to break through that barrier. Thanks for the good advice sarahk
First of all this is 2013.. Technology is completely clear for people, they know what should be cost of quality service. Most of the customers are looking for features and quality service not low price tag, you should target this segment. If you have quality service you never have to worry about new customer & even affiliate partners, they have to come because you will become their need.
That is all well and good to say. But very 20th century ashrafkamal. Running an e-commerce business is not like a brick and mortar. Although in some ways it is. If you provide a good service or product and you are on the main road you will have customers. If you are back in the hills with no signage or advertising you wont get even one customer. That is why SEO, PPC and Affiliate Marketing are important in promoting an internet business. To get you a main road location as it were, regardless of product quality. Not to toot my own horn, but I have almost no unhappy customers. I'm just trying to get more happy customers. Anyway as this is now in the affiliate marketing forum I will link to my affiliate program: Bitronic Technologies Web Hosting Affiliate Program
@bitronictech Sorry I think you could not get my point. I can understand you did lots of research before start and know everything well. I did not say stop advertising, I said make a quality service, improve your brand awareness, cheaper system is very general & at this price you can not give better service service.
I'm not quite sure what you mean. I DO offer quality service already. Your point is that my prices are too low? Because I hear the opposite all the time.