Sunday, September 21, 2008

Hot Tips on Succeeding in Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate marketing has been around for a long time and is increasingly becoming the program of choice for most new comers to internet marketing. The popularity is linked to the fact that you can start an online business even though you might only have a limited capital.

The remuneration for affiliates, and depending on which program you enrol, could be very high and the trained affiliate marketer can make thousands of dollars each month. There are virtually thousands of affiliate programs that are offered to every prospective marketer, but you need to choose the programs that are right for you.

Be prepared to ask many questions about the programs and become fully familiar with all the conditions and requirements. Below are two tips that will help you in your initial assessment of the affiliate program on offer and should ensure you of success without the need of wasting too much effort and money.


1. What is the compensation level of the program?

It is essential that you know how much you can expect from each sale. It would be futile to spend more of your time and money endorsing a product and being not compensated well in return. There is also a distinct possibility that you could end up wasting more on promoting than you are about to do on sales. With this in mind, it is better to stick on endorsing the products with relatively high payments, unless you are well versed in the art of mass marketing. This is where you get smaller profits but can trade large numbers of product, and get significant payments.


2. Does the main product website get much traffic?

You must try and establish the quantity of traffic the business site is currently getting. If the site is placed on the top 75,000, the business is having a better amount of traffic, and there is a chance that it already has many affiliates. If it is placed under 400,000 it is either not good or it must have a good chance to earn money.

Ensure that you do constant research on a product if the site has a low traffic ranking. It would be a great idea to purchase a product yourself and experience it for yourself. In addition, you can make a quick Google search and see whether there are any unpleasant remarks about it online. A great idea is to use the word “scam” in your search as this will immediately bring up any controversies linked to the program or product.

The tips linked to this article will continue with the next blog post. In the meanwhile, please visit my site at www.onlinesuccess.thebestbizreview.com for a review of affiliate programs that really deliver.


Gerard.