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Performance review phrases comments/ free download examples Page 1 Dogcare manager In this file, you can ref free useful materials about dogcare manager and other materials for dogcare manager such as affiliate programs, affiliate tips… If you need free ebook: Top 21 affiliate marketing programs Top 12 secrets to be successful in affiliate marketing Top 8 free affiliate marketing ebooks for beginners pls visit: affiliatemarketingaz.com I. Affiliate marketing guides Among other good questions that Murray has for me, he asked if I have “five tips for affiliate management staff in networks”. I do, and not only for those that work “in networks”, but for all affiliate managers out there. They are: Tip #1: Understand your affiliates — Do not do anything without fully understanding who you’re working with (and, consequently, what their needs really are). Tip #2: Allow for transformation — Stay open to being transformed by your affiliates. Don’t assume that you know more than they do. There’s often a lot you can learn from them. Tip #3: Stay updated — Stay on top of the things that are happening in the industry (by following PMA, news resources, blogs, and podcasts) Tip #4: Participate yourself — Maintain your own blog, participate in affiliate marketing forums, and performance marketing conferences. Tip #5: Get known — Through conference presentations, articles, strive to get known in/by the industry. This will help you build the necessary relationships and your own personal brand. By the way, allow me to remind you that the second Affiliate Management Days conference is coming in just 7 weeks. If you’re an affiliate manager (or feel like you could benefit from an affiliate management conference), I do hope to see you in Southern Florida at our show! It’s also worth noting that if you register by September 7, 2012, you’ll still be able to grab that pass at an Early Bird Rate (saving $500). II. Affiliate marketingstrategies

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Performance review phrases comments/ free download examples Page 1

Dogcare manager

In this file, you can ref free useful materials about dogcare manager and other materials for dogcare

manager such as affiliate programs, affiliate tips…

If you need free ebook:

Top 21 affiliate marketing programs

Top 12 secrets to be successful in affiliate marketing

Top 8 free affiliate marketing ebooks for beginners

pls visit: affiliatemarketingaz.com

I. Affiliate marketing guides

Among other good questions that Murray has for me, he asked if I have “five tips for affiliate

management staff in networks”. I do, and not only for those that work “in networks”, but for all affiliate

managers out there. They are:

Tip #1: Understand your affiliates — Do not do anything without fully understanding who you’re working

with (and, consequently, what their needs really are).

Tip #2: Allow for transformation — Stay open to being transformed by your affiliates. Don’t assume that

you know more than they do. There’s often a lot you can learn from them.

Tip #3: Stay updated — Stay on top of the things that are happening in the industry (by following PMA,

news resources, blogs, and podcasts)

Tip #4: Participate yourself — Maintain your own blog, participate in affiliate marketing forums, and

performance marketing conferences.

Tip #5: Get known — Through conference presentations, articles, strive to get known in/by the industry.

This will help you build the necessary relationships and your own personal brand.

By the way, allow me to remind you that the second Affiliate Management Days conference is coming in

just 7 weeks. If you’re an affiliate manager (or feel like you could benefit from an affiliate management

conference), I do hope to see you in Southern Florida at our show! It’s also worth noting that if you

register by September 7, 2012, you’ll still be able to grab that pass at an Early Bird Rate (saving $500).

II. Affiliate marketingstrategies

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Affiliate marketing is a low-cost

way for merchants to build

awareness and showcase their

products and services. The model

is simple; it works as a

commission-based referral

system. A partner or affiliate

markets a merchant's products

for a "piece of the pie."

Affiliate marketing experts often make an income that can tally over five figures

per month, however only 1 to 5% of thousands of marketers achieve this level.

When an affiliate reaches this elite level they are often referred to as a "super"

affiliate.

How does one become a super affiliate? Can anyone do it? Super affiliates have

common tactics that they embrace and put into place. Anyone can become a

super affiliate, but it will not come without blood, sweat, and a hefty time

commitment. The typical super affiliate possesses the following traits:

Persistence

Patience

Thirst for Knowledge

These three traits combined with the following strategy gives you the formula for

the makings of a "super" affiliate.

1. Find a Unique Niche

The mistake that many affiliate marketing hopefuls have in common is that they

try to offer everything under the sun rather than focusing on a specific niche

market. Do not scatter your efforts, focus on your niche, promote it, and sell it

well.

2. Search Engine Marketing

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Once you've built your affiliate storehouse you will need to promote it. Many

affiliates use pay-per-click engines. I suggest that you learn how to achieve organic

search results or hire a search engine marketing company. This will save you from

spending all your profits on pay-per-click engines. Only use pay-per-click engines

if you know what you are doing, otherwise all your profits may end in the hands of

Google Adwords or Overture.

3. Know Your Product, Know Your Audience

Create a resource. By taking the time to learn about the products and/or services

that you are offering you can create information that builds your credibility. That

credibility builds trust. If your viewers do not have trust in you more than likely

they will not purchase from your storehouse. If you want more information on the

psychological process that an online buyer goes through I suggest that you read

my article on the Five Levels of Internet Marketing and the Sales Process. This will

help you in creating a web site that converts well, which in return will increase

your cash flow.

4. Don't Put All Your Eggs in One Basket

Promote products from different merchants. This way if you have a problem with

receiving payment from a merchant, or their products do not convert well the

effects on your business will be minimal. Watch out for exclusivity agreements;

remember this is your business. Protect yourself and diversify so that you do not

feel the famine effect if something goes wrong. There is absolutely nothing wrong

with promoting niche products from different merchants.

5. Seek Knowledge and Embrace Change

If you are familiar with Internet marketing at all you know that what worked three

months ago may not work today. Stay on top of the trends. Seek knowledge, start

by learning something new about affiliate marketing daily. For example remember

those marketing tools called "banner" that use to drive sales at an astronomical

rate a few years ago? Well those banners developed a term called "banner

blindness." That means most online viewers will not click on banners even if they

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do pertain to what they are looking for. To be a "super" affiliate you must always

spend time reading, learning, and embracing the changes in Internet marketing.

6. Don't Give Up

It's hard to do, and most of the time those dabbling in affiliate marketing give up

way too soon. Monitor your statistics, watch to see what is working and what is

not. Make changes when necessary. Do one thing daily to promote your storehouse

and be patient. Before you know it you will start getting payments.

Remember that it will not happen overnight. Encompass and develop the

persistence, patience, and knowledge. Then follow the tactics I've mentioned

above and you are on your way to becoming a "super" affiliate.