Create an Affiliate Program That Is Easy For Your Affiliates
Entrepreneurs – if you want your affiliates to do a good job for you, you want to make it as easy for them as possible. I am an affiliate for many people whose products and services I love and I really appreciate those who make it easy. Many send me pre-written tweets, email blasts, and other content that is properly embedded with my affiliate code so all I have to do is tweak it to be in my voice, copy, paste and drop it in.
In contrast, there are people for whom I’ve become an affiliate (because I love what they’re doing) but they don’t make it that easy for me. I have to go digging through their back end, hunting for their banners, and seeing what I can dig up about their copy to do it. Realistically, few people will invest that time. Regardless if they love what you do, they’re busy and if it’s not easy, or even worse if it’s confusing, chances are they won’t do it.
So this means that you, as the entrepreneur, have to spend the time creating the content for your affiliates. The beauty of having an ongoing service or product is once you’ve set this up you can create autoresponders (automated emails) to go out on a predetermined schedule.
When you sit down to write to the person who has signed up to be your affiliate think about how you, the entrepreneur, can serve them. Ask yourself, “How can I give this person every tool I can so they can do the best job for me and so I can pay them the most amount of money?” This will help your copy to flow.
I’m so appreciative to all of my affiliates. They do a great job for me and I love having them in my circle of giving and receiving. Please click here to learn more about the Metromom Affiliate Program.
FYI – If you’d like to set-up your own affiliate program and you want ALL the steps check out the upcoming Get It Done Challenge at www.TheGetItDoneChallenge.com. This is the perfect opportunity for entrepreneurs to get an affiliate program – or any important project – done before the New Year.
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