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Four Questions to Ask Before you
   Look for Affiliate Programs
Before I get to the four questions you should ask before
you enbark on your affiliate program, I am going to review
 two concepts that I use often here on Affiliateblog. The
    first is what I call the macro view of your Internet
                           presence:
Incoming visitors -> Internet Presence < - Sales or Actions
You are really running two campaigns with your Internet
 presence -- the first campaign is concerned with getting
  visitors to the site, and the campaign is ongoing. The
second campaign is to get those visitors to do something.
 That something may be just to spend more time at your
    site, or it may be to sign up for something or buy
                         something.
The other represents the process of Internet advertising:
Impression -> Click -> Action
1. Do you know enough about your visitors?
There are literally thousands of affiliate programs out
     there. While some affiliate marketing hubs are
 experimenting with context-sensitive serving of affiliate
banners and banner rotation on affiliate sites, YOU will be
the one to decide what kind of products and services you
want to offer your visitors. This seems like a minor detail,
         but it is a major factor in your success.
Do you have textlinks or other advertising on other sites?
Do you know the demographics of the visitors from those
   sites? Have you spoken to the webmaster, owner or
 manager of the sites on which you advertise and asked
     him or her about their visitors? Do you know the
websites? Have you visited the sites that advertise on the
   same sites as you? When you investigate all of these
things a profile of the visitors to your site should begin to
                           emerge.
You should pay particular attention to the domains of your
 visitors. If you have a lot of AOL traffic for example, you
should consider that the profile of the average AOL user is
            35 or older (77%) and married (62%).
If you have trouble with textual representation vs.
   graphical representation (as I do), there is a terrific
 product called VisitorVille that takes your web logs and
    animates them. The text is represented as pictures
(buildings, people, buses for the search engines, etc). You
  can see it here. Disclaimer: I am a VisitorVille affiliate.
After all this you should be able to sit down and come up
 with the profile of a typical visitor. This profile should
  hopefully include estimates of age, country of origin,
                   education and income.
2. Is your site perfect?
Speaking of validators, you should check your links often.
             W3.org also has a link validator.
Placement of any ads is a huge part of getting them
               noticed or clicked.
A lot of people (including me) believe that text ads should
   be placed at natural breaks and be close to the same in
text size and color as the text. You need to surf around and
   look at where people place their ads, and you need to
 figure out where you think they would work on your site.
Try to come up with the four, five, six or fifty ways to slice
this all up, by type of action, by type of sale or lead, or any
other way you can come up with. Then you can go out and
find the different offers that might appeal to your visitors.
  When it comes time to place the ads, try to put different
ads in similar spaces on the same pages, and see how they
                              do.
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Four Questions to Ask Before you Look for Affiliate Programs

  • 1. Four Questions to Ask Before you Look for Affiliate Programs
  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4.
  • 5. Before I get to the four questions you should ask before you enbark on your affiliate program, I am going to review two concepts that I use often here on Affiliateblog. The first is what I call the macro view of your Internet presence:
  • 6. Incoming visitors -> Internet Presence < - Sales or Actions
  • 7. You are really running two campaigns with your Internet presence -- the first campaign is concerned with getting visitors to the site, and the campaign is ongoing. The second campaign is to get those visitors to do something. That something may be just to spend more time at your site, or it may be to sign up for something or buy something.
  • 8. The other represents the process of Internet advertising:
  • 10.
  • 11. 1. Do you know enough about your visitors?
  • 12. There are literally thousands of affiliate programs out there. While some affiliate marketing hubs are experimenting with context-sensitive serving of affiliate banners and banner rotation on affiliate sites, YOU will be the one to decide what kind of products and services you want to offer your visitors. This seems like a minor detail, but it is a major factor in your success.
  • 13.
  • 14. Do you have textlinks or other advertising on other sites? Do you know the demographics of the visitors from those sites? Have you spoken to the webmaster, owner or manager of the sites on which you advertise and asked him or her about their visitors? Do you know the websites? Have you visited the sites that advertise on the same sites as you? When you investigate all of these things a profile of the visitors to your site should begin to emerge.
  • 15.
  • 16. You should pay particular attention to the domains of your visitors. If you have a lot of AOL traffic for example, you should consider that the profile of the average AOL user is 35 or older (77%) and married (62%).
  • 17. If you have trouble with textual representation vs. graphical representation (as I do), there is a terrific product called VisitorVille that takes your web logs and animates them. The text is represented as pictures (buildings, people, buses for the search engines, etc). You can see it here. Disclaimer: I am a VisitorVille affiliate.
  • 18. After all this you should be able to sit down and come up with the profile of a typical visitor. This profile should hopefully include estimates of age, country of origin, education and income.
  • 19.
  • 20. 2. Is your site perfect?
  • 21.
  • 22.
  • 23. Speaking of validators, you should check your links often. W3.org also has a link validator.
  • 24.
  • 25.
  • 26.
  • 27.
  • 28. Placement of any ads is a huge part of getting them noticed or clicked.
  • 29. A lot of people (including me) believe that text ads should be placed at natural breaks and be close to the same in text size and color as the text. You need to surf around and look at where people place their ads, and you need to figure out where you think they would work on your site.
  • 30.
  • 31.
  • 32.
  • 33.
  • 34. Try to come up with the four, five, six or fifty ways to slice this all up, by type of action, by type of sale or lead, or any other way you can come up with. Then you can go out and find the different offers that might appeal to your visitors. When it comes time to place the ads, try to put different ads in similar spaces on the same pages, and see how they do.
  • 35.