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Hello Shirsc2;

In my personal affiliate endeavors I have found that exposure is the most important element in getting sales. In a business such as yours where there really is so much competetion it becomes a matter of numbers in the end.

Of course your knowledge, professionalism and sales letters need to be at the foundation of your campaigns but the key is getting traffic to your url. The more unique traffic you have the more potential customers are there for you to influence into signing up with your service.


Here are just a few suggestions:

Forums and Message Boards - (as mentioned above be sure they are friendly to self promotion) Also be sure to always include your url in you profile and/or signature. Although be careful with the signature url this too can often be seen as spam. Get involved in the boards, there a lot of us out there with valuable information to share on a one on one basis!

A signature file on all of your e-mail addresses - this takes a second to set up in most e-mail clients and is a passive way to promote your services to people that otherwise might get annoyed with your attempts. I always say if you are involved in an endeavor you do not feel comfortable telling your friends and family about then perhaps you should trust those gut feelings about the the product/service you are promoting.

Google, Yahoo and other Groups - Excellent places to get some exposure although be very very careful. If you post even in once on the wrong board they will report you and shut you down. I always read very carefully the rules on the groups I subscribe to. Look at other posts to the board and see if yours will fit in. If you are still in doubt, just contact the moderator, that is what they are there for.

Traffic Exchange Programs - Yes there is a little effort to setting these up and getting them to work for you but the pay off in the end is worth the time investment. Try to located the top 10 through search engines on the internet and stick to these. Follow everything they tell you to do on their sites and you will have traffic.

A few more suggestions.

Viral Marketing - Works like a chain letter for your URL
Credit Based Safelist - More exposure than regular safelists.
Link Exchanges - Atrracts targeted traffic.
Free Websites - These Urls will show up and stand out in Search Engines
Informative Blog -Personal opinion of service and advantages.
Search Engine Optimization/Ranking Systems - Best source of quality traffic
Tool Bar Advertising (careful of spyware and adware) - Numbers game again.

Hope I was able to help!