Things are going pretty well, you’ve found the affiliate programs that work the best for your website. You’re getting some decent traffic. Your newsletter has a large following.
But, how do you take your website to the next level?
What can you add to your list of promotional ideas that has the potential to explode your website sales and traffic?
Your *own* affiliate program, of course!
Affiliate programs aren’t so popular just because they are an easy way for you to add products and services to your site to add additional revenue sources.
They’re also *very* powerful sales tools. Think about it, with your own affiliate program you will have people out there just like you and me promoting your website and your products.
You need multiple streams of income, right? This is one that has the potential to boost your bottom line significantly.
And affiliate programs aren’t just for those that have products to sell either. You can setup a pay-per-lead or pay-per-click program as well.
For a pay-per-lead program you can calculate how much a new subscriber to your newsletter is worth to you, or how much it is worth to you to have someone join your community.
For a pay-per-sale program you can pay an amount less than what you determine each visitor to your site is worth to you. For example if you find that each visitor to your site is worth 30 cents, then paying your affiliates 15 cents or less for each visitor is a bargain.
An affiliate program can also allow you to tap into an affiliate websites’ high traffic, or massive subscriber list.
If you are looking for a way to step up to the big leagues, you should really consider starting your own affiliate program today.
Some suggestions:
Commission Junction
http://www.affiliatematch.com/cj
– Pay a setup fee and a percentage of sales
MyAffiliateProgram
http://www.affiliatematch.com/myaff
– For smaller budgets this is an excellent solution
Chuck McCullough is the author of a new ebook titled: “Affiliate Mistakes: Maximizing Your Profits From Affiliate Programs!” Get your free Email Course at: http://www.affiliatemistakes.com
