Jan 29 2008
How To Start An Affiliate Program
I’ve just read an excellent article written by Mark Russell from Existem AM which outlines all the information you might need as a starting point for launching an affiliate program. Mark outlines the main considerations as well as some great Do’s & Don’ts. I often get emails from merchants asking for advice and from now on this is going to be the starting point.
Launching a new and successful affiliate programme
Even if you have been running an affiliate program for years it’s well worth reading through this guide and taking the time to do a health check on your affiliate program.
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Feb 1st, 2008 at 1:15 am | #
Many thanks for your post on ‘How to Start an Affiliate Program’.
As a relatively new webmaster, this is a subject I’m just beginning to get into and this offered some useful insight into the economics – a factor that, remarkably, I seem to have overlooked!
My concern as a webmaster has not been so much about how to generate affiliate income, but rather, how to select adverts that will boost rather than detract from the content of the site. All too often I come across sites plastered with banners, all different subjects, all different colours – and the result is that the site looks busy and cheap.
As with search engine marketing, this strikes me as yet another area of web management requiring a skilled balancing act – and of course part of the solution is to operate different sites for different purposes.
Meanwhile, I have the info stored in my favourites for reference – thanks again!
Feb 1st, 2008 at 2:41 pm | #
Your post was good but i beaten you one step ahead i have idea affiliate marketing in to online business without small amount of capital to invest on it.
Feb 1st, 2008 at 11:35 pm | #
What do you think of the new affiliate program to have audio adds and get paid for every hit to your site or blog?
I am wondering what others think of it.
h t t p ://sellingppp.com/a.cgi?ppp=1210551888
Feb 2nd, 2008 at 4:08 pm | #
Nathan – I think the same as shoemoney
http://www.shoemoney.com/2008/01/24/payperplay-audio-ads-innovative-or-annoying/
And I don’t like you spamming my blog with your affiliate link so that’s now been edited.
Feb 2nd, 2008 at 7:33 pm | #
thanks for posting this link, think it is an excellent resource and i will be getting some of my new clients to read it.
Feb 3rd, 2008 at 5:31 pm | #
That was sure worth a read! The article had some great insights even to someone who has a bit more experience about aff marketing. Thanks for posting it!
Feb 5th, 2008 at 7:32 pm | #
Been searching the web for a decent explanation / look at affiliate program. Here it is.
Feb 14th, 2008 at 1:09 pm | #
Interesting and useful. Have been looking for an article like this as don’t know too much about the subject.
Feb 14th, 2008 at 1:11 pm | #
Apologies for repeating comment (thought the first one hadn’t gone through, and that it deserved a comment).
May 13th, 2008 at 3:50 am | #
Thanks for sharing this… he really summed it up nicely and the information is easy to follow…
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