If I had to start over one of the first things I would have done as an affiliate would be to get a Domain Name from Godaddy to use in my marketing instead of my affiliate link. They are available 24/7 to help the newbie get started and are very patient, which has been my experience. So many times I see new marketers advertising their affiliate links and they even have them on business cards, this I feel quickly distinguishes them as a newbie.
The next thing I would have done differently would have been to send my prospects to a 'Lead Capture Page' first before sending them directly to my affiliate site, this puts me in a position to follow up with them with a good autoresponder like Aweber or Getresponse. This also puts me in the position so that I have captured their name and can market similiar, helpful products to them. Many times I have seen new marketers spend many dollars on marketing only to have the Affiliate Program they are marketing for capture their names. Most people will not buy on the first exposure so it is critical that we put ourselves in a position where we can followup and build our list at the same time.
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