Bullet Points of an Affiliate

            It doesn’t take a genius to realize why someone would become an affiliate.  It pays real money to post other people’s stuff where your stuff is.  That’s how simple it is.  So, what do you do if you want to be an affiliate, but nobody is asking you to be one?  Well, these points should help you become a commodity to other businesses.  Once you’re one of those, they’ll be begging you to be an affiliate.  Just don’t set your prices too high.  We’re all in this together.

·         An affiliate needs to work well with the company that they hinged to.  You wouldn’t want to be partnered with a cigarette company if you sold children’s asthma medicine.  I mean, maybe your product does go along with the other, but it wouldn’t do anything great for your public image.  You want to be bolstered up by the company you are affiliating for.  They want the same.  You should be good for each other.  That is the number one point of affiliate marketing.

·         Don’t be afraid to call up a business and tell them why you would make a great affiliate.  There are affiliate marketers out there that get paid to find companies willing to be an affiliate.  They don’t get too many people coming to them.  So, don’t be afraid to make their day.  Tell them why you would work well together.  Explain your product.  The better you make yourself out to be, the more likely they will want to have their name associated with you.

·         When you are trying to convince a company to work with you, you will need to have done your homework.  You need to really understand their product.  Spend a lot of time getting to know what they make and what they stand for.  The more you can quote from their mission statement the better.  I’m not saying that you will get access to their mission statement.  I’m saying that you should be able to write them a new one because you know their business so well.

·         After you put this much work into trying to become an affiliate company, rejection can be rough.  Don’t let it phase you too much.  There are plenty of companies out there.  Your research won’t have been in vain.  Go out there and find a company like the one you just researched.  You can use that research to help you get in good graces with this company.  Don’t stop until you’ve found someone who will bite.  It will come as long as you are willing to work for it.

            There is a lot of money to be had in affiliate marketing.  Still, a company will not just accept you as an affiliate without doing their own research.  You should know what they are going to find when they start looking you up.  Don’t worry, as long as you study up on these points, you should be fine throughout the process.  You should find affiliate marketing to be a very rewarding vocation.