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AFFILIATE PROGRAMS
If you'd like others to do your marketing for
you, consider setting up an affiliate program where
you pay commission on sales of your products and
services. You can either use an affiliate tracking software
package or use the services of a management company.
Affiliate Tracking Software
My Affiliate
Program Software (MyAP) from Kowabunga Technologies is generally acknowledged as the benchmark
for affiliate software, and with over 1800 merchants worldwide is easily the most used.
The MyAP affiliate software works with virtually every ecommerce/billing system
through a variety of integration methods that allow you to track both online
and offline sales.
Features include:
- The ability to customize and brand the look and feel of your entire affiliate
program.
- The ability to pay who you want, what you want, when you want.
- The ability to offer your affiliates unlimited marketing material like
banners, text links, HTML ads, Flash animations, and more.
- Simplified Management - eg easy to find an affiliate, approve
a pending transaction, run a special promotion or update anything
- Reliable methods to track affiliate-referred clicks, leads, sales or
any other activity visitors may complete at your site.
- Complete Reporting to help you break down, calculate and analyze
program performance stats
For more information about My Affiliate Program please visit:
www.myaffiliateprogram.com
Click here to receive the KowaBunga! Affiliate Marketing Plan EBook for FREE
to help you take the right steps before launching your program!
For downloadable products eg ebooks, software etc.
several payment processors will provide affiliate services as part of the package.
Long established and recommended is Clickbank.
ClickBank sells thousands of the web's most popular products every day. Becoming a publisher allows you
to list your products for sale in their high-traffic marketplace, and take advantage of their reputation
and over 100,000 affiliates who know how to promote digital products.
ClickBank offers customers a safe, efficient shopping experience. Their simple checkout offers
customers a wide variety of payment options; a welcome convenience that increases sales. And their
friendly customer service guarantees satisfaction even after the sale. The no strings guarantee ofered
on all products means your customers can always buy with confidence.
As a ClickBank publisher, you decide how much commission you are willing to offer affiliates who actively market
and promote your product. Acting as a trusted partner, ClickBank's sophisticated affiliate
tracking systems will accurately award commissions and pay affiliates on your behalf. And the best part is,
after the initial set-up fee of under $50, you only pay if there is a sale. Find out more from Clickbank
AffiliateAnnouncement offers a comprehensive range of services for both new and established affiliate programs.
Services include:
- Press Release services
- Affiliate Directory Submissions (to one of the largest range of directories available)
- Exclusive entry to our own affiliate directories
- Affiliate Advertising and program announcements
- Exclusive rates to AffiliateFuture (for qualifying sites)
Full details available from AffiliateAnnouncement
Affiliate Networks
Commission Junction not only set up your
program for you, but they'll manage it, administer
it and even promote it for you. For payout
purposes, all Commission Junction programs are
administered together so anyone who signs up as an
affiliate with you doesn't need to reach a minimum
payout with you before getting paid, they need only
reach that figure from all the programs they
operate combined.
If your products or services appeal exclusively
to the UK there are now several UK affiliate
agencies, operating in a similar way to Commission
Junction but the fees are considerably lower. Take a look at the following:
Trade
Doubler - In addition to a UK agency, Tradedoubler have country
specific packages for 14 other European countries. Useful for multilingual sites.
Affiliate Window
Affiliate Future
Clixgalore - UK, US and Australian agencies. 5 levels of service, with no set
up fees - and no monthly management fees on basic packages.
UK Affiliates
To keep up to date on all the latest news
on affiliate programs, visit
http://www.wilsonweb.com/research/associate.htm
If you've tried affiliate programs and
find that too many of your affiliates simply aren't
producing any results take a look at "Internet
Success Spider" which shows you how to find the
"super affiliates" who generate thousands of sales
for others, ask them for a promotion (using the
rules in the "Irresistible Formula"), create an
individual webpage for them to link to, and wait
for the sales to roll in! You'll find more details,
including their no-strings money back guarantee at
Internet
Success Spider
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