Banking Even More Affiliate Cash
These series of articles are all about you making more money as an affiliate.
In this section, you’ll find out what the super affiliates know about banking bigger checks…
Click Here To Read 101 Affiliate Marketing Tips- Part One
Click Here To Read 101 Affiliate Marketing Tips- Part Two
Click Here To Read 101 Affiliate Marketing Tips- Part Three
Click Here To Read 101 Affiliate Marketing Tips- Part Four
Click Here To Read 101 Affiliate Marketing Tips- Part Five
Tip #46: Read the affiliate agreement.
That’s right, before you start promoting a new affiliate product, be sure to read the affiliate agreement and terms of service on the vendor’s site.
Doing so will eliminate nasty surprises, such as “no affiliate payouts until you reach $1500 in commissions or until Haley’s comet swings by Earth again.”
Note: OK, I made that one up – but you’d be surprised at what type of profit-draining clauses you’ll find inside some of these agreements!
Tip #47: Ask the product vendor for bigger commissions.
Once you earn a reputation as a super affiliate in your niche, OR once you’ve proven your sales record to a specific vendor, you can approach that vendor and ask for a bigger commission rate.
Many vendors already have a rate that they offer to special partners. You can simply ask, “do you have a higher super affiliate commission rate?”
If not, then ask the vendor to provide you with a higher commission rate. If you’re making a lot of money for the marketer, he probably won’t refuse.
Tip #48: Ask the vendor for a unique landing page.
One way to increase sales is by personalizing sales material as much as possible.
And while you can’t greet your subscribers personally by name on a vendor’s sales page, you CAN ask the vendor for a unique landing page that offers something a little different than the standard page.
Example: Your custom landing page might greet your subscribers like this, “Special Offer for [Your Name]’s Subscribers and Friends.”
In addition, your custom landing page can include some of the features you’ll learn about in tips #49 and #50.
Extra Tip: As usual, it helps if you’ve already demonstrated to a particular vendor that you can produce sales.
Once you’ve done that, the vendor will be more accommodating to your requests. This applies to the next two tips as well.
Tip #49: Secure exclusive discounts for your customers.
As mentioned before, your prospects like to get a good deal. And one way to get them a good deal while making you look like a hero is to secure an exclusive (perhaps limited-time) discount through the vendor.
If you haven’t yet made any sales for this particular vendor (and you don’t have a reputation in the niche), then you may suggest a commission split.
Example: The vendor can create a special link on a $100 product that gives you a $25 commission and gives your customers a $25 discount.
This is no hardship on the vendor, since he still gets his 50% commission. (However, some vendors don’t want to sell the product below a certain price, so they may refuse.)
Tip #50: Ask the vendor for exclusive bonuses for your customers.
Earlier you found out that you can beat your competitors by “adding value” to an offer.
However, once you’ve proven that you can produce sales for a vendor, he or she might be willing to add an exclusive bonus package for anyone who orders through your affiliate link.
Let’s suppose you’re selling a copywriting ebook. Your vendor may be willing to offer access to a private copywriting forum to anyone ordering through your link.
Tip #51: Disguise your affiliate link.
Sometimes customers are afraid to click on affiliate links, perhaps because they think they can get a better deal using a direct link, or perhaps because they just don’t like the idea of someone making money off their purchase.
So when they see a link like vendorspage.com/affiliatelink.html, they’ll cut off the last part of the URL to bypass your affiliate link.
End result: Lost commission.
If you’re working in a market such as the “online marketing” field, then you’ll have savvy marketers who’d rather pocket the commissions themselves rather than let you have it.
So when they see an affiliate link, they just insert their affiliate ID instead and swipe your commission.
There are plenty of ways for you to disguise your link (such as modifying your .htaccess file or doing a javascript or PHP redirect).
The easiest way, however, is to do a simple HTML redirect. This is where you redirect a domain or a page on a domain – such as yourdomain.com/recommends – to your affiliate link.
Tip #52: Write your own sales page.
Sometimes you’ll encounter a great product but the sales page doesn’t convert. And even you’re pre-selling strategy can’t quite overcome a really horrendous sales page.
The solution? Write your own high-response sales page.
Now, there are two ways to do this. First, if you’re promoting a vendor who’s willing to work with you, then you may be able to ask him to upload the new sales page on your unique landing page.
The other way to do it – which gives you more control – is to write your own sales page and then link directly to the vendor’s order form (ask for permission first).
You can’t do this with all payment processors. However, if you’re able to do it, then use this method because it allows you to track, test and tweak your sales copy.
Extra Tip: However, take note – if your sales page converts well, the vendor is likely to ask you if he can use the copy. Be prepared for this request.
You may consider charging him for the copy. Or you may deny him the request so that you can reuse the copy on a similar product. Your copy, your choice.
Tip #53: Automate as much as you can.
Tools aren’t magic bullets that turn a slumping affiliate business into a cash cow. But once you have the basics in place, a few good automation tools can free up your time so you can focus on other income-generating tasks.
To that end, you should automate as much as you can.
Examples:
• Instead of delivering bonuses manually, set up an automatic system (even an autoresponder). Or ask the vendor to create a unique landing page and download page which include your bonuses.
• You can create a yearlong (52 message) autoresponder series (evergreen) to automate your newsletter. That way you don’t have to write newsletters. Instead, you can focus on building the list.
Tip #54: Develop large networks.
Social media sites are all the rage right now, so you should take advantage of them. But don’t just limit yourself to finding prospects on these sites.
Indeed, your time may be better spent finding JV partners and cultivating relationships with them.
If you haven’t yet started networking, you can get started on Twitter.com, Facebook.com, MySpace.com, and LinkedIn.com.
Be sure to also look for niche specific groups on Ning.com (or start your own).
Tip #55: Seek out two-tier affiliate programs.
This report has mainly focused on tips and tricks to boost your affiliate income by making more sales and getting bigger commissions.
But you can also boost your income – without making any extra sales – simply by joining two-tier affiliate programs.
Here’s how it works: You refer another affiliate to the program. Every time your referred affiliate makes a sale, you get a small commission too.
Extra Tip: Choose two-tier programs with relatively small second level commissions. That way, affiliates focus on selling products (rather than recruiting one another).
Tip #56: Become a JV / affiliate broker.
If you know a few other affiliates in your niche, then you can use two-tier programs to pick up a little extra coin.
But if you’ve developed relationships with numerous marketers in your niche, then you may consider becoming a JV or affiliate broker.
Here’s how it works…
A marketer (often one who’s relatively new to the niche) is about to launch a new product and needs new affiliates or JV partners. Since he doesn’t yet know many marketers, he has a hard time building his sales team.
That’s where you come in as a broker. You introduce the new marketer to the niche’s top affiliates. In exchange, you get a small cut of the profits that these affiliates make.
It essentially works like a two-tier affiliate program… except that you’re the ONLY affiliate sitting at the top!
Quick Recap
You just found out how to use unique landing pages, exclusive bonuses and other tricks to boost your affiliate income.
Read on to find out which simple procedure can give you an almost instant pay raise…
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