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Happy Birthday mate!

I wonder what you will look like if you grow mustach?

Keep up a great work!

Thanks & Regards,

Sam Odiaka
http://www.oraifite.com

First, I want to disagree with sending them to an optin page. If it's a good marketer, they are going to offer a bribe that has meaning and leads to sales. Plus they are going to follow up with those optins so that you close more sales in the long run.

However, I have to agree - many of the newer marketers don't understand the purpose of the optin page - they just see it as a way to build their list. The real purpose is to follow up with those who don't buy immediately. You can easily increase conversions 20-50% with great followup.

Second, I have to agree with Pawel - check them out before you promote. Unless you know the product owner personally and have experienced their sales process, don't jump too promote until you've personally experienced it. I, too, have found pages that "changed" the links midstream, especially at Clickbank - and probably more from ignorance than malice. Just be careful.

Finally, my favorite tip is Educate your Affiliates! So many people don't know how to market as an affiliate. When you take the time to teach them that - plus give them the tools to use - and THEN introduce them to your products one by one - you'll be amazed at the results!

Again, Robert, thanks for great information as always. Keep up the great work and keep those birthdays coming!

Jeanette

Tom "theToolman" here )

Happy Freakin Birthday Dude!

I don't know if you want me to create a new post per tip, but I thought what would be the use...

yes first of all I would remove all the affiliate leaks on the website such as my peel away ad, my lead capture box, and any other thing that would distract your affiliates prospect!

If you're going to have an affiliate product then having promotional materials are a must if you or your affiliate plan to survive online! Everyone of my affiliate products come with pre written spam busted emails for higher delivery rate to the inbox, banners, html ads, and a free cloaker to help my affiliates protect their commissions from being stolen!

Here's a few tips I use to boost affiliate productivity when I want a raise!

Tip #1
I would boost affiliate productivity by giving them a brandable report to giveaway to their prospects to draw traffic to their affiliate site... Everyone loves a free report!

Tip #2
I would also cookie their affiliate url for 10 years, this way they know they have time for me to close the sale for them if they don't buy their first visit... if they don't buy within 10 years they never will!

Tip #3
I would also reward them with a free copy of the product if they sold a designated amount of copies! Not only do they rake in the commissions but they get the software free too! (Win-Win)

Tip #4
I would give them 50%-75% off their own copy for referring 25-50 (or more) people to their affiliate site, nothing they wouldn't already do if you have a good product!

I love what I do, and I do what I love...

I LOVE helping people!

Have a Great Birthday!

"To Your Greater Success"

Tom "theToolman" CEO
Innovative Internet Marketing Tools!
http://thetoolman.net/
Toll Free 1-866-602-6411 or 248-232-0635

How about creating a "membership" that would deliver your new product at or near your "first crack" pricing. I seem to always miss the lowest price when you release new education opportunities.

I'd sign up!

Thanks

For my next product, I'll be offering a reward for every affiliate that refers a certain number of sales. I'm curious to see if this will have any effect...

Greetz!
Mieke

P.S.: Happy B-Day!

Here is an example...

I opted in to a popup box on the salespage for a product I was about to promote to my list yesterday, and guess what I found out? The vendor sends out an email with a link to a fake review on his personal website with his own affiliate link pointing back to the salespage for his product. Always check stuff like that before you promote anything.

My tip?

Be generous with your commissions.

All the sales you get from your affiliates are a bonus. These are sales that you wouldn't otherwise get. You're not having to do any promoting, press releases, article writing - anything!

So whether you make 50%, 40% or less - it's still more income for some one-off work creating the best affiliate tools you can.

Thanks for your great newsletter and continuing advice ...

Vic

You share it with my little brother, so that's A-OK by me.

Yeh, those damn squeeze pages, just to see a sales letter.

Like Donna, I use a throwaway email address and a fake name, just to get past them. Drive me crazy, they do.

You're 3 tactics are all on the money. Guess that's why you make $100K (+ taking massive action!) and most of us don't...

Keep up the good work Rob.

Eran