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exponential. It's slow at the start, and gets faster, depending on your joint ventures, list size and the number of affiliates you have. Every product, every single piece of software or information you release relating to your business should have this in mind.

Don't worry if when you first start building affiliates they don't quite make you as much as you hoped. This is totally normal. What you'll find is, in every twenty, thirty, fifty, or even 100 affiliates, there are a couple of real gems there that make you (and them) a whole lot of cash. Take it from me, take your affiliate building as seriously as everyone's been telling us to take our list building and direct sales recently, and you'll see some amazing results.

Summary

? Ok, we've had a look previously at some of the statistic based aspects of selecting percentages and commission levels for your affiliate system. You should already have a good idea of what works and what doesn't allowing you to select the right numbers for your business.

? Let's move on now from percentages and look at some important ways to get your affiliates promoting, and keep them promoting while touching on some of the biggest mistakes people make when setting up and managing their affiliates from the start. Lets finish creating a solid foundation for your business.

? First and foremost, something that also applies to list building, something that many marketers do for one reason or another, that's starting again, but this time instead of straight up deleting important resources, they're doing something even worse.

? Here's what you'll see from a lot of marketers out there. They create a product, gather their resources including affiliates, and when they're done and move on to their next product they don't take their affiliates with them.

? Why not? They worked hard to get them, they're just as important as any other resources, if not more important, yet they're throwing them away. Even if your affiliate system doesn't support multiple products and multiple domains, it's a simple case of exporting and importing, and firing out a special higher commission for people who have promoted for you before. There are no excuses for not utilizing this powerful tool, after all, we've already talked about how the hardest and most expensive part of marketing is getting new customers, new affiliates, and new subscribers. Don't throw them away when you begin to get them. You earned these resources, you deserve to keep them, and keep making money from them, as they make money from your products too.

? Next up, lets move onto a fundamental of business, not just for affiliate programs. That's give your customers a path to follow, and a call to action. I've seen sites that have great sales letters, or great products and at the end of it, when I come to order there's just a dead end. No order link, nothing, and I have on several occasions had to search for the order link, even from well known sites that reach millions every day. Who knows how many sales they're losing by cutting off the customer's path and their flow.

? To begin this flow of affiliates, you need to link to your affiliate program on every page of your site, and when this link is clicked, there should be a sales letter there, not just a signup form. Shorter than the product sales letter, it's still there to persuade people and sell yourself and your

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