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Don’t Have an ‘Affiliates’ Page? You’re Missing Out!

Diane — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:56:08 +0000

So I’m on Google the other day looking for a local place to rent a mailbox (I just moved to Fort Worth, Texas and have no clue what’s around here) and an ad at the top of the sponsor ads on the side catches my eye. EarthClassMail.com. The catchy name sparked my curiosity so I just had to check it out. And being an affiliate, I immediately start looking for a link to their affiliate page but didn’t see one.

So I go back to what I was doing and hours later I’m at ShareASale and guess what site I see listed there? Now… it was just shear luck that I happened to see their ad on SAS but if I hadn’t, I would have never known EarthClassMail has an affiliate program.

The moral of the story: Don’t risk letting one hungry affiliate slip by. Put an ‘Affiliates’ page on your site that has all the info affiliates want on it.

And if you use PayDotCom, don’t just count on the page they give you. That page is about as inviting as a rectal exam. Make affiliates want to work with you by having a great ‘Affiliates’ page on your site.

To learn how to build the kind of ‘Affiliates’ page that affiliates want you to have, click here and go through that page and the next one.

Want a Flood of Affiliates Fast?

Diane — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:15:52 +0000

Since every site that’s targeted toward affiliates (affiliate directories, forums, blogs, resource sites, etc.) sells advertising space, why not change the message on one of your current graphic ads so it’ll attract affiliates to your affiliate program?

One big banner ad across the top of one affiliate forum will get seen by thousands of affiliates in a day and that could mean a tidal wave of sales for you. And it would pay for itself fast.

You could place short vertical banners on the sides of resource sites and affiliate program directories, full banner ads on forums and in newsletters/ezines…

What sizes would be best?

468×60,
120×240,
120×90, and
125×125

When you go to the sites, their “Advertiser” info will tell you what sizes they accept.

What should your message say? Well, what’s in it for affiliates? Money, easy commissions,… You get the idea.

To find places to place your ads, or to get ideas for the right message to put on them, use Google, or your favorite search engine, to search for:

affiliate + directory
affiliate + forum OR discussion
affiliate + newsletter OR ezine

…and look at the websites at the top of the list. Focus on getting your ad on those sites first, and work your way down the list later to get even more affiliates and more sales.

Does your affiliate program have 2-tiers? That’s even better! Create ads that affiliates can use to send you new affiliates! Place these on the sites you find above as well as on your affiliate page.

Is Your Site SEO’d for Affiliates?

Diane — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:43:19 +0000

Since not every seller uses the same affiliate networks (ClickBank, ShareASale, etc.) that I do, as an affiliate, I often turn to search engines to try to find new products to work with.

If I was looking for an ebook on a certain topic, for example, I’d enter

– [topic] + ebook + affiliate

…into Google to see what products come up that have an affiliate program. The sellers who use those specific words on their site are the lucky ones since they’re the ones who will appear in the results, and the ones who use “associate,” “referral,” or “partner” instead of “affiliate” won’t.

Don’t just SEO your site for potential customers; SEO it for affiliates, too. Think of the words affiliates would use to find what you offer online and use those keywords and keyword phrases on your index and ‘Affiliate’ pages and in your META tags.

If you want to see the exact keywords and phrases affiliates are using in search engines, try entering:

– [your niche] affiliate

…into a keyword tool, like SEObook.

Make it easy for affiliates to find you. Spend a few minutes SEO-ing your site(s) today.