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Keep Track of your Client’s Affiliate Programs

michelle — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:55:44 +0000

As you sign up your clients to join more and more affiliate programs, you are going to want to find a way to keep all of their information organized. Having a centralized organization system will save you time when you want to add a link to their Web page or autoresponder or view their sales for the month.

Some information you will want to have handy is the program or company name, a link to the log-in page for that particular program, your user name and password for that log in page, and your affiliate links for that product.

If you are running any ads for that product, you will also want to keep track of where they are running, as well as the conversion rates. I simply use an Excel spreadsheet, to keep track of their information. Creating your own spreadsheet also gives you control of the fonts, colors, and column headings. Spreadsheet programs also allow you sort data and perform other functions.

Most affiliate programs that you are an affiliate for will have a section where you can log in and view the number of clicks you are receiving. You will want to keep track of this information, as it can help you determine what programs your client’s market is interested in and which ones they aren’t.

By keeping track of you client’s affiliate programs and ads, you will be able to see very clearly what is working and what isn’t. This will help you recommend how they should spend their time and money. While it may take a little extra time to track everything, it’s worth it and can be more profitable in the long run.

Here is a quick demo of how I track one of my client’s affiliate programs. This demo is about 2 minutes.

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Earn Some Extra Income Referring Products to your Clients

michelle — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:44:39 +0000

Sometimes it can take me a while to catch on to what everyone else is doing. I can’t believe I spent about 5 years signing my clients up with Web hosting and missed out on hundreds of dollars of free, passive income. If you are in a position to recommend products such as hosting to your client you need to take advantage of Affiliate Marketing. First I’ll explain what I am talking about then I will show you a demo of how to sign up for these extra sources of income.

What is Affiliate Marketing? In simple terms, affiliate marketing is where you refer visitors from your Website to a merchant’s Website. You earn commissions when the visitors you refer complete some type of action on a merchant’s Website. For example, you may earn a commission if the visitor you refer makes a purchase, completes a lead form, or downloads some software.

If your client needs Web hosting, for example, for a Web site you created you will most likely refer them to a host you have already used and like. And when you do this the way I will show you, you can earn around $50 just for the referral. Below is a demo for how to set this up. I will demonstrate with a company called Hostgator because they are my favorite Web hosting service.

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Do you Know What a Virtual Assistant Affiliate Manager Does for their Clients?

michelle — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:35:01 +0000

If you are new to the VA business you most likely have no clue as to what an “Affiliate Manager” is, but if you have any desire to advance your VA skills into the Internet Marketing arena and make more money per hour listen up. Your client will want an Affiliate Manager when they have decided that they are ready to create an information product and they would like to have other people who have a Website and a mailing list help them sell it. Basically, your client will offer a commission from 30-60 % of the selling price to these Web based “sales people” who will then e-mail the people on their mailing list and introduce them to your client’s product. An Affiliate Manager will locate and e-mail these “sales people” as well as set up the program to get them paid their commissions. They will also help to motivate them by sending them reminders and new tools to help them market. Right now I am taking an e-course with Angela Wills, a successful Affiliate Manager, who is teaching me the precise steps to become a Affiliate Program Manager. Her course has tips, lessons, advice, and fill in the blank resources that will help me run an great affiliate program that will make my client’s lots of extra money on their products. If you are interested in checking out her course go to Affiliate Commotion .

Here is a demo of what is in her first two lessons.

Enjoy!

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