Promotion of Affiliate Program?

[shirsc2]

How do you go about promoting your affiliate program. In the debt field, there is so much competition out there, how do I actually find affiliates. I have gone searching on the search engines for affiliates and emailed all the ones that seem good. What are other ways to find affiliates?

My company is not looking for lots and lots of affiliates, just a small amount who can produce quality leads. Any one have any suggestions on how to find these affiliates?

[Linda Buquet]

Hi shirsc2,

Yes your space is tough and very crowded. All I can give you is the same advice I always give.

I do affiliate program PR for a living so here are some ideas. Some affiliate forums allow free or paid program announcements you just need to find the ones that do. Search for "affiliate forums" on Google. Some allow a new program announcement and others don't. I mod several affiliate forums and a couple do allow blatant new program ads. Read the rules, some you have to have a certain # of posts, one you have to pay for some don't allow even a sig, it just depends on the forum. My own 5 Star Affiliate forum is one that allows affiliate program announcements.

Submit to #2-10 of the affiliate directories here:
http://www.google.com/Top/Computers/...ectories/?il=1
(#1 is not a directory, # 7 is me and my directory is only open to my clients.)

Recruiting is the hardest part. Wish there was a magic bullet - I'd be selling it!

[shirsc2]

Thank you for your help. I really appreciate it.

[my2cents]

as linda has stated you are in a very crowded space...

having joined most of the programs that have come along in the space at one time or another... and made no money doing it... I do have a few programs in this space that work for me...

here is my take.. you need to get active in affiliate marketing forums... especially the really big ones... do a search in g and you'll find them several have more then 10,000 members... you needto build credibility... most programs have no credibility... and the most successful affiliates are a very sinical group...

post free and paid anouncements depending on the rules of the forum... be prepared to answer a lot of questions usually the same ones over and over again.... create a file of faq answers to save you time and adjust these as needed to personalize then as you go forward....

best of success...

Joe

[d0m1n10n]

I would post via a mailing list since many people out on the internet are looking to find a way to make money online. Just make up a good article and sugar coat it and send it out to your mailing list. If you dont already have a mailing list check my sig and you can have a huge amount of people to send it to. This is also great for testing your advertisments and fine tuning them.

[my2cents]

dont do what was suggested by d0m1n10n ... you will be flamed... or worse...

at the very least you will have wasted your hard earned money... the only list that are worth yor time are list you build and cultivate... over time... all other lists are worthless to you...

any list that is "rented" is over exposed and over used...

I never share my lists with anyone... only i send to them... my readers trust me... and I would never do anything to violate that trust...

JOe

[hititbig1]

I have a list of about 700 and I very rarely even email them. Maybe once or twice a month. That's really all it takes. They get sick of hearing crap in autoresponders and such. If you abuse your list, you won't have a list! I get opt ins from several sources, Cherish Your Personal Unique List!

[permarketingdotcom]

Going to affiliate marketing events is always good. Let people on the forums know you are going in advance and arrange to meet up with them

[Eminem]

I haven't started any thing in the affiliate market yet...However, if I would start, I would usually goto webmaster forums and post about the stuff I am selling in the relevant section (Helps ALOT) and also some sites like PostYourAdForFree.Com where you can post ads for free

[permarketingdotcom]

Thanks, I am not that keen on sites like that.