13 Killer Ways To Increase Your Affiliate Commissions


1. Start a private web site. Use it as a free bonus if peoplebuy the product you resell. You could also allow peopleto join for free and you could advertise the affiliateprogram you've joined.

2. Participate in chat rooms related to the productyou're reselling. Start a conversation with a person withouttrying to sell to them. Later on, while you are chatting,mention the product you're reselling.

3. Do not drive all your visitors directly to affiliate website,instead send your visitors to your opt-in page mechanismfirst before going to your main affiliate website.That way, you can make follow-up later on and build your own lists so that you can offer another related products orservices another day.

4. Start your own affiliate program directory. Join a largenumber of affiliate programs and list them all in a directoryformat on your web site. Then just advertise your freeaffiliate program directory.

5. Write your own affiliate program ads. If all the otheraffiliates use the same ads you do, that does not give you anedge over your competition. Use a different ad to give yourselfan advantage over all the other affiliates.

6. Use a personal endorsement ad. Only use one ifyou've actually bought the product or service for theaffiliate program. Tell people what kind of benefits andresults you've received using the product.

7. Advertise the product you're reselling in yoursignature file. Use an attention getting headlineand a good reason for them to visit your affiliate site.Make sure your sig file doesn't go over 5 lines.

8. Recruit lots of sub-affiliates and make it easy for yourthem to make sales. Give them proven ads to use, make it easyfor prospects to order, provide helpful affiliate statistics,notification of sales, lifetime income, residual income,add their commission by giving part of your commission to them,provide a good tracking system and professional training.

9. Join a web ring. It should attract the same typeof people that would be interested in buying the productyou're reselling. You could also trade links on your ownwith other related web sites.

10. Participate on web discussion boards. Post your comments,answer other people's questions, and ask your own questions.Include your affiliate text link under each message you post.

11. Create a free ezine. Use your ezine to advertisethe affiliate programs you've joined. Submit your ezineto online ezine directories and promote it on your web site.

12. Use referral strategies to get lots of order yourself or sub-affiliates order. Referral system can also be a good way to increase your affiliate commissions if you can give incentives to motivate people to refer and tap deep into people's network of friends, family, and associates. They don't just stop at the occasional, one-off referral.

13. Create a free e-book with the advertisement andlink of your affiliate web site. The subject of the freee-book should draw your target audience to down-load it. Also submit it to some e-book directories.The more exposure your free e-book gets, the moreyour ad will be seen.

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