The Right Way to Join Affiliate Programs & Why
Why would webmasters want to join an affiliate program? The
first idea is for money. Many affiliate programs offer a
percentage of the profits (rather a commission) for each sale or
lead generated. Other reasons webmasters join these programs is
to offer their userbase more quality products and options to
improve their life or business. Even if you run the best website
or have the best content, there are many other quality products
you could offer your users.
But which of the affiliate programs are good? I have tested many
of them on hundreds of websites. The answer? They are all good!
But it depends on a few factors. The first is how much or how
invasive you wish to make advertising on your website. I could
load up a website with many banners, ads and popups. Do you
think the user will return? Most likely not. Do you think they
will recommend the site to their friend? No. So you have to take
a combination of what you want and what the average user will
accept. Besides this, the worst thing you can do is offer too
many choices. Think about it. Say you were a user going to your
site looking for information. Now look at what you have going on
at your website. Popups? Banners? Flashing banners? Music? Exit
Popups? Active X?? Would you like to visit your own site as a
user? See what I am getting at. Most webmasters have one big
mistake. I suffered from this for years. Webmasters think like
webmasters, not users. My golden rule as a Webmaster is: I must
think like a user. Underline that and say it aloud.
Once you understand what users want, focus on applying to
several affiliate programs. Azoogleads is an affiliate program
offering hundreds of different kinds of offers. The key I have
found is to really sit and thin k
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before you put any ad on your
site. Say the golden rule: I must think like a user. What do
users want to see? Users are looking for information and
especially fresh information. So are search engines (covered in
another article). Give them their content but while they are at
it.. why not show them a few other complimentary
items/ads/offers. Do not make it overwhelming. Make is simple.
One banner. One text ad. If you cannot stick to one ad, then
please use a banner/ad rotator! I use these on my sites very
effectively.
Another company is CJ.com . Many top level companies advertise
through CJ.com so the offers are lucrative and quality.
Google has one of the best ad systems on the Internet today. It
is called AdSense and it is very simple to use
but very well designed. Adsense uses Google technology to show
highly relevant ads on your site to your users. This is very
important as you do not want dog biscuit ads shown on your
lawnmower website. The targeted Adsense ads will allow you to
see ads (almost always) specific to your site. The code you
place on your webpage reads what is on your page and shows the
most relevant ads possible. It is truly a great system and
profitable too!
Some of the better affiliate programs I have used can be found
on http://affiliateprogramhelp101.com/programs.php
About the author:
Rhoda Lott is a seasoned webmaster who has gone through the
ups and downs of running several hundred websites. More
information can be found at http://affiliateprogramhelp101.com.
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