Feedback Form
Home Features Mastermind Forums About Advertise Blog Network Contact Be An Author

4 Ways to Grow Your Affiliate Business

4 Ways to Grow Your Affiliate Business

It's no secret that if a merchant wants to grow their business they set up an affiliate program, but what about the affiliates? If affiliate marketing is your first business how do you plant the seeds of growth? How do you increase your commissions? And how you do it without working twice as hard? Below are four ways you can grow you affiliate business.

1.Multilevel programs

Always consider multilevel programs as opposed to programs where you are a lone warrior. Multilevel marketing allows you to gain your own affiliates. When someone joins the program under your link and then makes a sale you get a commission on that sale. This provides you with a way to increase your revenue without having to work as hard. True, you will have to work to recruit the affiliates but a good pitch can do that, and once you have them you'll have your own army in the battlefield and you won't be lone solider.

2.Ad persuasion

You will need to promote this has already been established after all, you're a marketer. But you want to avoid hard selling, or even advertising at all. This can be done by "socializing" in chat rooms, forums, blogs, and social networks like myspace or facebook. These networks are not for advertising but rather, to connect with people in your niche, those who offer products that you can sell and those looking for products that you sell. It's all about communicating; once you've established yourself it's easier to persuade people to buy your products. You'll already be a trusted member of the community. The best part is social networking is hardly work.

3.Get published

Free ebooks are not only a great resource for customers; they're also a great way for you to enhance your sales. Write an ebook related to your niche about something that you know. The trick is to demonstrate your knowledge, setting yourself as an expert in your field. In your e-book, include links to your affiliate programs that relate to your book. Let your readers know that the links are an extension of your book, a way for them to expand their knowledge and gain more help on the topic you've written about. By allowing your reader to pass on the e-book you increase your exposure and your sales.

4.Become a video star

You don't have to go Hollywood to do this. Simply create a video about one of your affiliate programs. Avoid selling the product or sounding like an advertisement. Instead, teach your viewer something that you learned in the book. For example, if you are promoting a book about advertising tips you can share one of the tips and then tell your viewer that they can learn more by buying your product. There are many places you can host your video, youtube, myspace, even ebay.

These are just a few examples you can use to help create greater commissions for yourself. As an affiliate marketer you'll need to be creative if you are serious about growing your business. Each day you are faced with more competition and more wary customers. Stay on top of what other affiliates are doing and you'll soon find yourself growing your business.





4 Ways to Grow Your Affiliate Business - To learn more about this author, visit Jeff Casmer's Website.

Like this article? Share it with your friends

Article Feedback
 Article Feedback No article feedback found.
  Leave Your Feedback
article feedback

Article Feedback
Cheryl Matthynssens

Cheryl is a life skills coach, licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor and a 20 year entrepreneur.  Cheryl's dedication to achieving a life of balance led to her expanding her teaching from the simple managing of life's daily challenges to adding financial well being as well.  A direct marketer with DrinkACT, she is gaining ground in the online community with her concepts of making sure business owners, entreprenuers and employees have well rounded life styles.  She opened up a small affiliate site - The Balance Guide-  to help others find resources for mental and emotional well being.  Visit Cheryl's blog to see more of the diversity beyond business she has began offering online at www.thebalanceguide.blogspot.com

- Visit Cheryl Matthynssens's Website

Kim Castle
With nearly two decades in the advertising and design business, with clients like Domino's Pizza, General Motors, Direct TV, Pedigree, Wolfgang Puck, Higher Octave Music, Hollywood Celebrity Products, Disney, and Paramount, as well as thousands of entrepreneurs around the world define, structure, communicate, and position their business for greater profits, BrandU(R) co-creators Kim Castle and W. Vito Montone discovered that entrepreneurs could experience the same power that big brands command for a fraction of the cost with the world's only process-based results-drive Integral approach to business creation. BrandU(R) is helping entrepreneurs grow with the power of extreme clarity from idea...to brand...to market(TM) and helping one million entrepreneurs become successful and whole so that they can make a difference in the world. Are you one of them? If you want to experience clarity all the way to the bank(TM), get started now at http://www.brandu.com. - Visit Kim Castle's Website

Dave Kurlan
Dave Kurlan is the founder and CEO of Objective Management Group, Inc., the industry leader in sales assessments and sales force evaluations, and the CEO of David Kurlan & Associates, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in sales force development. Dave has been a top rated speaker at Inc. Magazine's Conference on Growing the Company, the Sales & Marketing Management Conference and the Gazelles Sales & Marketing Summit. He has been featured on radio and TV, including World Business Review with General Norman Schwarzkopf, in Inc. Magazine, Selling Power Magazine, Sales & Marketing Management Magazine and Incentive Magazine. He is the author of Mindless Selling and Baseline Selling – How to Become a Sales Superstar by Using What You Already Know about the Game of Baseball. He created and wrote STAR, a proprietary recruiting process for hiring great salespeople, and he writes Understanding the Sales Force, a popular business Blog and is a contributing author to The Death of 20th Century Selling and 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life, Volume 2. - Visit Dave Kurlan's Website

David Barr
David Barr is the President of Venture Opportunities, Inc. David has been a professional business broker/intermediary since 1980 focusing on General Business Brokerage and Mergers and Acquisitions representing client transaction value from $400,000 to $20,000,000. Mr. Barr has handled the sale of over four hundred and fifty companies. David earned a university degree from the State University of New York majoring in economics and business. David holds the Mergers and Acquisition Master Intermediary and the Certified Business Intermediary designations from the International Business Brokers Association. He is also a Senior Business Analyst and a Texas licensed Real Estate Agent. For more information about David and Venture Opportunities, visit www.bizdealmaker.com. - Visit David Barr's Website

Anne Barr
Anne Barr has over 26 years experience in sales and marketing, six years as a franchisee. She has assisted over 367 business owners and purchasers to achieve their goals in career change, transition and exit strategy. She holds the designation of Certified Franchise Executive from the International Franchise Association, Certified Business Intermediary from the International Business Brokers Association and Board Certified Broker from the Texas Association of Business Brokers. Anne is active in professional organizations, networking groups and volunteers for non-profit entities. As owner/operator of four successful businesses, Anne has proven people skills and enjoys helping clients find the right "fit" in business ownership. Visit www.FranchiseOpportunitySpecialist.com for more information about me and my company. - Visit Anne Barr's Website

Casey Gollan
Casey Gollan, Business Coaching & Mentoring Programs. Add $1 Million to $10 Million in the next 1 to 3 years. Since 1996 Casey has to added hundreds of millions of dollars to businesses. Watch a free video see client results Business Coaching website. - Visit Casey Gollan's Website

Jeff Foster
WebBizIdeas.com is a Minneapolis website design company founded to help people start an internet business by providing them with website, business, and internet resources that help foster the growth of successful online businesses and develop innovative Internet business ideas.  We specialize in internet consulting & internet marketing
- Visit Jeff Foster's Website

David Acheson
David Acheson is the founder of DCJA Consultancy. DCJA Consultancy is a management consultancy business specialising in B2B sales consultancy. They offer bespoke and packaged sales consultancy including Sales Optimisation Review, Interim Sales Management, Sales & Marketing Review, 1:1 Sales & Management Staff Analysis, Management Training, Solution Sales Training, Creation of New Pay Plan, KPI's, run Customer Feedback Campaigns, assist with Recruitment, Coaching, Appraisals and set up Strategic Marketing Campaigns.  David spent his early career in accountancy and then moved into sales in 1982, working in Office Equipment, IT, Advertising, Training, Outsourcing and Consultancy. He has held many Senior Positions in SMBs and Global Organisations including Head of Sales Operations & Head of Business Development. His knowledge, skills and great experience of the Sales Industry has led to David making keynote speeches and running educational sessions to key businesses through organisations including The Chamber of Commerce and Business Link. - Visit David Acheson's Website


To learn more about the Evan Elite Author Program please contact us.

About The Author


Jeff Casmer
(Visit Jeff's Website) Jeff Casmer is an work at home expert and work from home business owner. His "Top Ranked" Earn Money at Home Directory gives you all the information you need to find, start, maintain, and prosper with your very own legitimate Work at Home Job or Business in the 21st century.

Jeff Casmer is a Platinum author on EvanCarmichael.com
About The Author

View Author Blog
View Author Blog

View Author Video
View Author Video

Free Downloads


Jeff Casmer's

Complete
List Of
Home-Based-Business
Articles

Name
Email
If you enjoyed this article, get Jeff Casmer's Complete List of Home-Based-Business Articles For FREE!

More Jeff Casmer
High Commissions for AffiliatesGood Marketing or Poor
Home Based Business 4 Blunders To Avoid That Make Your Home Based Business Fail
Three Cheap Tricks to Increase Efficiency
Earn Money Working Online Marketing with Podcasts
Home Based Business Offline Marketing Strategies
New Years Resolution for 2009 Start Earning Money at Home
Blog Your Way To Online Profits How To Expand Your Internet Home Business
Key Factors To Guarantee Your Success In Internet Market
Starting Your Home Based Business on a Shoestring Budget
7 Key Factors That Constitute The Best Home Business
Free Downloads


 
 
 


Evan Elite Authors
Staging Diva  
Kim Castle  
Joe Dager  
Evan Elite Authors

Become An Author
Have you written articles that would be of value to entrepreneurs? Become an expert on our site by publishing them! Expose yourself to a wide audience, drive more traffic to your website and get more sales! Click Here for details.
Become An Author

Evan's Latest Video
Modeling the Masters: Learn the true secrets behind Walt Disney's business success factors & grow your company! Video produced by Phanta Media
Evan's Latest Video

Business Opportunities
"Learn straight from Evan how you can Make a Full Time Income (And More) from a Website"

How to Start An Online Business

Click Here To Learn More
Business Opportunities



Evan's Newsletter
Get advice & tips from famous business owners, new articles by entrepreneur experts, my latest website updates, & special sneak peaks at what's to come!
Name:
Email:
Evan`s Newsletter

Free Downloads
Attract Desired Careers Icon Attract Desired Careers
FREE Realestate CSS Template Icon FREE Realestate CSS Template
Aromatic Networking Icon Aromatic Networking
10 Ways To Go International Icon 10 Ways To Go International
Why Business Owners Quit Icon Why Business Owners Quit
Free Downloads - Complete List

Entrepreneur Tools and Guides
Top 50 Geek Business Blogs
Top 50 Geek Business Blogs
Top 50 Geek Business Blogs
 
Top 50 Political Blogs
Top 50 Political Blogs
Top Political Blogs of 2009
 
Entrepreneur Tools and Guides

SEO For Africa
SEO For Africa
MERCY CHRISTIAN Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,
MERCY CHRISTIAN
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
SEO For Africa

If I Were A Startup...
Adam and Matthew Toren , $200k to $3.4 Mil in 3 Years
Adam and Matthew Toren
$200k to $3.4 Mil in 3 Years
Lisa Shepherd, $335k to $1.1 Mil in 2 years
Lisa Shepherd
$335k to $1.1 Mil in 2 years
If I Were A Startup... - Complete List

Famous Entrepreneurs
Ray Kroc, McDonald's
Ray Kroc
McDonald's
Chris De Wolfe Tom Anderson, MySpace
Famous Entrepreneurs - Complete List

Entrepreneur Advice
Jeffrey Gitomer, The Sales Bible
Jeffrey Gitomer
The Sales Bible
Keith Ferrazzi, Never Eat Alone
Keith Ferrazzi
Never Eat Alone
Entrepreneur Advice - Complete List

Popular Articles
(Premium Authors)

     ROI vs Return on Relationships syndrome
By Michel Amour
     Effective Coaching and YOU
By Michel Amour
     Rolling with the punches or rolling out?
By Michel Amour

Have A Suggestion?
Toronto Salsa Classes / Toronto Salsa Lessons Email us your ideas on how to make our website more valuable! Thank you Sharon from Toronto Salsa Lessons / Classes for your suggestions to make the newsletter look like the website and profile younger entrepreneurs like Jennifer Lopez and Sean Combs!
Have A Suggestion?

More Evan Carmichael
More Information