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Currently working for a company in Birmingham developing their sales strategy.
I’m considering routes to market for a fantastic software product that’s got some great clients already, but needs to find a larger-scale way of finding new customers.
It’s a software-as-a-service product which I think could work well for affiliate online marketing. But I’ve never used this approach myself before, does anyone have any tips for appointing affiliate marketers, any directories they can recommend, people they’ve used successfully before etc.?
As an affiliate manager I can tell you that there are many ways to find affiliates.
First of all you must target your research to affiliates that deal with the products you are trying to promote.
Once you have targeted your niche you can do:
1. Web intelligence: You can use several tools as whois.com or aboutus.com to find the owner of the affiliate site
2. Massive Recruitment: You can go to different forums and promote your affiliate program. (READ the rules of each forums they might ban you if you don’t follow them)
To recruit affiliates you need to have an organized system that will track, aid’s, orders, click’s and all the stats that you will need to clarify the affiliates status.
If your company has an online store they surely have a tracking system, you should ask.
Good Luck
4 Responses so far to "Where are the best places to look for online affiliate marketers?"
June 15th, 2010 at 5:37 am
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lets see,. you want to start affiliate marketing. let me tell you that this aint easy.
first of all i dont know what your software-as-a-service is,..in which catorgory does it belong?
keep in mind that you must give a % per sale to the site owner. and most of the good money making affiliate programs are full, unless your willing to give a good % . and you product must attract their users.
most affiliates are used in the online porn industry ,. with weight loss and manhood enlargers
i don’t know what your product is, but my gut-feeling tells me that you need a diffrent approach than affiliating
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June 15th, 2010 at 6:27 am
As an affiliate manager I can tell you that there are many ways to find affiliates.
First of all you must target your research to affiliates that deal with the products you are trying to promote.
Once you have targeted your niche you can do:
1. Web intelligence: You can use several tools as whois.com or aboutus.com to find the owner of the affiliate site
2. Massive Recruitment: You can go to different forums and promote your affiliate program. (READ the rules of each forums they might ban you if you don’t follow them)
To recruit affiliates you need to have an organized system that will track, aid’s, orders, click’s and all the stats that you will need to clarify the affiliates status.
If your company has an online store they surely have a tracking system, you should ask.
Good Luck
References :
June 15th, 2010 at 6:39 am
I will try to give a simple solution
The best affiliates i know are working with ClickBank and most of the are jointventure with each others.
If you have a digital product, it will be easy to post it with clickbank, this way you do not need to look for affiliate, they are already there and will promote your products.
after posting your products to clickbank, try to locate some forums that affiliate hang out like worrior forum and digital point and announce your new clickbank products and your commission, you can offer also a bonus for affiliates who generate more than 10 sales on the first month, this way you can increase your product popularity with clickbank
References :
http://www.arabian-affiliate.com
June 15th, 2010 at 7:12 am
The question you are asking is "Where are the best places to look for Affiliate Marketers" ? Affiliate marketers are on Affiliate forums such as the Warrior Forum at http://www.warriorforum.com/.
Also, when looking for potential affiliates, you should try Twitter, Facebook or Youtube, this is where most internet marketers & affiliates have marketing programs being advertised ot attract new affiliates.
References :
http://www.keitheverettonline.com