Hi all, I have a service (with an affiliate program) helping small businesses in the US get the most of text marketing services at http://niche-edition.com I was thinking of attracting affiliates that will promote the service with their neighbors and their real life acquintances to promote it. Can anyone suggest other means to spread the word about it and get people promoting it?
What is the affiliate program you are using? Commission Junction is a good way to promote your affiliate program.
You can use various online affiliate sites as well as you can promote your site offline too if your budget permits you, e.g. running ads on tv, radio etc, plus you can also use flyers, posters etc to promote your site and affiliate program.
Outsource! Pay someone to put up fliers or hand them out. There are people that will advertise for you.
you can submit your affiliate program to affiliate directories. this will allow affiliates to see it and even join your program. also you can add your product to clickbank. clickbank has hundreds of different affiliates.
If you have an affiliate program just put it on a large affiliate network, submit press release about your service or products, submit articles and many other.
Well all the suggestions and ideas depends on what kind of affiliate program you do ? There are various ways to promote your offline program by internet, for example if you have a facebook account yourself, then just get your friends to talk about your program and give reviews for the same. When they write something on facebook for your program, their friends will also see it and might be interested to contact you. Find some good high authority sites or blogs who are in your niche and ask them to write something about your affiliate program. It will be better to find these sites or people locally in the US, where you are currently carrying it out