Multiply Your Sales Through Affiliate Marketing
By: David Hudson | Posted: 28th March 2006
What could be better than exceeding your personal
sales goals for a given month or year? How about
doubling, tripling, or quadrupling your sales goal for
the month? This is exactly what affiliates can do for
you. The amount of growth potential through affiliates
is unlimited. The more affiliates you have, the more
money you can make. Consider Sam Walton trying to run
every Wal-Mart store alone. He obviously wouldn't be
very successful. You must realize that maximum growth
you can't be done alone. Think of the success of
companies such as Avon or Home Interiors. Their
success is based on two things: great products and
excellent affiliate programs.
To attract affiliates to your company you should make
it worth their time. Offering one percent of sales is
not an attractive offer. The higher the commission you
are able to offer your affiliates, the more affiliates
will be tempted to join your team. You should also
provide your affiliates with the tools they will need
to successfully market all of your products, such as
banner ads, articles, and anything else that will help
them to better market the product. You should provide
the affiliates with updated product information
through newsletters, new promotional campaigns and
etcetera to motivate and inform the affiliates.
You can choose to run your affiliate program in two
different ways, both of which are beneficial to your
business. A one-tier affiliate program allows you to
generally offer a larger commission and pays on one
level. The affiliate will receive a predetermined
amount for each sale. The other, a two-tier affiliate
program, pays affiliates on two different levels. This
is done by allowing affiliates to recruit others to
sell under them. In this situation, the top level
affiliate would receive a slightly larger commission
than the recruit or second level affiliate. For
example, if your company pays out 20% on a particular
product, the 1st level would earn 15% and the second
5%.
Setting up the affiliate program can also be done two
different ways. One way is to do it yourself through
an affiliate tracking software. This software will
provide you with a way to track affiliate sales as
well as allow the affiliates to view their own
progress. The downside to this option is that you are
responsible for making payments. You can also choose
to hire an affiliate tracking company to do all the
work for you. These companies will allow the use of
credit cards and completely run the affiliate program
from billing customers, paying affiliates, and also
paying you. This is a great option for the busy
business owner or the beginning business owner. It is
also very affordable, as most affiliate tracking
companies only charge a small one time fee. However
you choose to run your affiliate program, it is sure
to increase profits for your business.
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