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 Okay, so you have been looking at
affiliate programs for a while now. Your inbox is filling
up with all these advertisements and you just don’t know
how to pick the right program.
How do you know which program is going to bring the best
profit?
Well, I personally believe that a lot of the income is
created from the effort an affiliate marketer puts into a
program. But I do have a few pointers as to picking the
best one.
1. Commission. You need a
program that will pay you a good commission rate. It
should pay you at least 20% of each sale. A good rate is
50% and anything above that is ideal. You should also look
for how often they pay. Some programs pay you twice a
month and some only once a month. Most programs also only
pay you when you have earned a base amount.
2. Attraction. Is the website
attractive? Or will your customers leave your site without
even reading. The site needs to easy to read, but not
boring. Also you don’t want to pick a site that is full
of garbage, advertising an array of different subjects.
Your site needs to filled with common ground. Also make
sure the sight doesn’t seem to be screaming for
attention (lots of large, bold lettering).
3. Support. What is the
support for your program like? Do they have a good list of
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), a contact email address
with a quick response (24 - 72 hours is good)? Any more
than 3 days for a response is too long. Some programs even
offer live chat. Now that is good!
4. Your Statistics. The
program should offer an automated and immediate reaction
to your statistics. They should automatically contact you
when you receive a client, prospect, lead, customer or
when you make a sale, it should also be ready to view in
your downline as soon as you have the knowledge of the
sale etc.
5. Incentives. Does the
program offer free gifts, tools and advertising content
(banners, pop-ups, email letters, articles etc.) It is
important to have marketing tools to keep track of
business and change things that may not work for you.
Advertising is also important your traffic won’t come
from no where, And gifts are a good bonus for your
customers as well as learning from the gifts yourself.
Usually the gifts are products to help you with your
business.
6. Monthly Reports. Every
good program will have news and training updates sent to
your inbox so you can learn what works best for the
program and what the top affiliates of the program are
doing. You should also be able to read this on their
website.
 7. Reviews. Sometimes you
will find that the program you are looking at has reviews
in the search engines. All you have to do is enter the
name of the program in the search engine form followed by
“reviews”. For example if you want to read about
Strong Future International (SFI) you would type “Strong
Future International Reviews” and click ‘search’.
Select any item that describes what you are looking for,
and read what people think.
It is important to do your homework before you dive into
anything. Learn as much as you and make sure you feel
comfortable with your decision before going ahead.
Remember that you will not make money
overnight……..Some of the best affiliates spent 3 years
or more promoting before they got where they are today.
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