Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Choosing an Affiliate Programs Pays with 4 Simple Checks

By MLMAbsolute

Many people find it very difficult to select the best affiliate program for them. These powerful affiliate marketing tips will enable you to clearly determine which affiliate program best suit your unique needs.

You'll need to consider the following when choosing the right affiliate program:

Check 1: Company & Product

In order to make sure that every of your affiliate program you embark on will give you maximum profits, you have to make sure that the company and its products are easily marketable to users. You also have to find out and know more about the company and products too.

- Check the stability of the company

Is it a new company?

Fly-by-night company?

- Is the product good?

What are they selling?

Are they selling an E-Book? Or a membership? Or are they selling a pysical product?

If information-based products, is the duplicated content?

It is simple to check on the company and its products. Just do a Google search of "the company's URL" and "reviews of the company". Forums are also a good source of information, where you can see reviews made by other affiliate marketers.

The best affiliate program will not work for you, unless you put in hard work and effort into marketing it.

Check 2: Compensation / Commission Plan

You also have to consider the kind of compensation /commission plan the affiliate program is offering. There are a few kinds:

- Direct Commission Based: This is the kind of affiliate program whereby you take a certain percentage commission for every sale you make (e.g. 70% commission for every sale). Commission can be a one time commission, or if the product requires customer to make monthly payment, commission may be recurring.

- 2 Tier Compensation Plan: more and more companies are adopting this new compensation plan. This plan gives you commission on every sale made through your link. And if your customer also becomes an affiliate of the company, you will receive another commission on his/her sale.

Use affiliate directories to find affiliate products. You can search affiliate directories such as ClickBank and Commisssion Junction for products.

Check 3: Support & Training

Another consideration you probably have to consider is the level of support and training the company gives. Some basic support and training you should look out for are;

- Emailing script

- Advertising Banners

- Affiliate tracking system to track your statistics

- Marketing Resource

- Backend system and customer service

- etc...

Having a good training and support system from the company is crucial for marketers to promote the affiliate product. It helps to increase the skils and ease of promoting.

Check 4: Payment Methods & Punctuality

The most important factor you need to consider when doing affiliate marketing is the payment. Payment system is the one thing that makes a credible affiliate program.

You have to find an affiliate marketing program that pays. There isn't really any point putting in the countless hours and great effort driving traffic to your websites and making sales, when in the end you don't get paid. Make sure you check out from existing affiliates of that affiliate marketing program on how they pay out their commissions (e.g. check, PayPal) and if they pay out punctuality.

Finding a program that offers you timely payments and provides the relevant training, tools and support to learn and do well should be a number one priority in your selection process. We wish you best of luck in your online marketing endeavor!

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