Online Business Brain Dump - Create An Affiliate Program

If you are smart about it, your referrals can produce a substantial amount of income for your business. An affiliate is a person who sells your product by referring people to your website or product.

Affiliate programs are plentiful. Try to make your affiliate program unique. In other words, be a SUPER salesperson!

There is a key to making your affiliate program successful. Instead of making direct links to your products and services, which would generate sales and referral money for your affiliates, create links to your newsletter subscription or a free downloadable report.

Your goal is to increase the traffic to your site. Then you can follow up with your customers by email and newsletters. Your affiliates will make a commission on any future sale from a customer that they directed your way. You will make sales in the near future by regularly following up with those opt-in subscribers.

You will be more successful at increasing your traffic flow by having your affiliates refer people to your website for a free gift or promotional offer. This is better than a referral to your site to BUY SOMETHING. Many more folks will be enticed to check out your site if they get a freebie! This will increase the traffic to your site, which is your goal. You are building your list of happy subscribers.

If you were surfing the Internet, which of the following sites would attract your attention and make you want to visit?

"Find all of your cell phone accessories at ROCK BOTTOM PRICES!

We accept MC/VISA/AMEX/Discover for your convenience. Hundreds of the latest movies to choose from! HUGE savings! Free shipping on $35 minimum purchase. Click here!"

or...

"Looking for affordable and unique gift ideas? Download our FREE Guide to 'Finding the Right Gift for Any Occasion - Even if You are on a Tight Budget.' You'll SAVE big bucks and your special someone will be thrilled! You'll find yourself referring to it again and again!"

Make sense? The subject of affiliate programs could fill up an entire book, but I hope you understand the gist of what I'm sharing with you. Do your homework, learn what affiliate programs are. There's PLENTY of information out there.

The way that I've described using affiliates may be the best, but there is still great value in having affiliates send customers directly to your products. You can find more about how that works by reading the affiliate information page in my ebook "Life Without Debt."

Check it out: http://www.seriousgetoutofdebt.com/xdebt/affiliates_start.asp

You can also find out all about affiliates (and everything else that matters in online business) with my online business brain dump product:

http://www.onlinebusinessbraindump.com

(Note: this article is part of a mini-course with twenty lessons. You can find that entire free mini-course here: http://brentriggsblog.com/minicourses.asp )

G. Brent Riggs, author of "Life Without Debt", "Desperation Station" and SeriousFaith.com has over 20 years experience as an business owner, teacher, personal growth coach and mentor. You can contact him from his main website: http://www.gbrentriggs.com