16 Things To Check Before Joining Someone Else's

By Anders Eriksson - Owner and Webmaster of
Make Money with Google Adsense - Earn Extra Money with Google Adsense
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"Pay Per Sale" Affiliate Program

1. Does the affiliate program offer you a free way to join
without buying the product or service?

2. Contact other affiliates already in the program to see if
they have had any problems.

3. Is the product or service related to your target audience?

4. Can they notify you by e-mail when a sale is made?

5. Do they offer backend products so you can get repeat sales
from the same person?

6. How often will you receive a commission check?

7. Do you get credited for a sale if people come back in month
and then make a purchase.

8. Can you get around-the-clock help online or offline?

9. Do you get a large percentage of each sale as commission?

10. Do they provide you with proven sales material? (links,
banners, classified ads, sales letters etc)

11. Will they give you the leeway to create promotional ads.

12. Do they offer you access to an online sales stats page?

13. Do they use a reputable system to track your sales?

14. Does the affiliate program pay commission for sales of
people who sign up under you?

15. Can they offer customers a lot of different ordering
options, so in return you won't lose sales.

16. Will they keep in contact with you on a regular basis by
e-mail?

Earn Extra Money Online with these Tips:
By Anders Eriksson - Owner and Webmaster of
Money-Adsense.com - Earn Extra Money with Google Adsense
(Your are free to print these tips on your own website as long as you keep the byline above)

Remember your customers are always right, even
if they are not. They are the lifeblood of your
business. Resolve all conflicts quickly and painlessly.
There are many businesses which are solely profitable
from repeat business. You don't want to always have
to rely on converting prospects into customers.


Upsell to all your customers. You could sell add-
on products, deluxe products, extra parts, related
products, add-on services, etc. You could offer
them add-on products before or after they reach
your order page. Just make sure the upsell products
are compatible with the main product you're selling.


Create a free e-zine. Use your e-zine to advertise
the affiliate programs you've joined. Submit your
e-zine to online e-zine directories and promote it on
your web site. Trade e-zine ads with other publishers.
Announce your e-zine to e-zine announce lists.


You could offer your visitors a free, tangible gift
if they subscribe to your free e-zine. For example,
you could say, "Subscribe to our free e-zine and get
our new report by mail!" Another example,
"Subscribe to our free e-zine and get our new tips
booklet by mail!"


You could tell your visitors what a subscription
to your free e-zine is worth in dollars. For example,
you could say, "Subscribe to our free e-zine. We
used to charge $120 a year for a subscription."
Another example, "Subscribe to our free e-zine!
(Valued at $99!)”


Assume people are going to instantly subscribe to
your e-zine. For example, "Dear Healthy Subscriber".
They will want to subscribe in order to feel healthy.
Another example, "Dear Intelligent Subscriber".
They will want to subscribe in order to feel intelligent.


Use plenty of examples in your ad copy. This
will allow your whole target audience to understand
your sales pitch completely. If they don't understand
your product offer, how do you expect them to buy.
Have a few younger kids read it. If they understand
it, you’ll know an older person will definitely
understand it.


Test the prices of your product or service. You
may increase the perceived value by raising your
price while a lower price may decrease your sales.
One effective way to see which price to charge
would be to take one of your products and auction
it off at an online auction. This final bid would be
close to the price you need to sell it at.


Keep changing or adding freebies to your web
site. If people see the same freebie in your ads they
will say to themselves, "Been there, done that". For
example, you could introduce a new freebie every
month. People will revisit every month to get the
new freebie.