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be careful with this. Don't go offering $5000 at the end of the month to your top affiliate if you've never tested this before. What we don't want to happen is you having to pay 5k out to your top affiliate who was the only one to make any sales. Go about this in a smart way, and set a hard target on the number of sales or amount of earnings needed from an affiliate to earn the additional winnings. This way at least you know how much you'll be making with a particular amount of sales and won't make any big losses or any losses at all.

? Now I know this might seem a little bit of extra work, and depending on your affiliate software, it can indeed be a hassle, however, trust me when I say it's worth it. It's not the difference between making an extra sale here, it's the difference between getting affiliates promoting who otherwise wouldn't, or have stopped and moved on resulting in who knows how many sales. Five, ten, a hundred, thousands, even tens of thousands of dollars are at your disposal. Let's make sure we use this.

? Quick start bonuses also work real well. First it provides a viable option for your affiliates if your site has a low price (for example, a $27 membership site may offer 100% for the first one or two months in commissions before moving onto the regular two level 50/15 commissions). Who wouldn't join an affiliate program that offers 100% commissions? That's one heck of a powerful thing to be able to say about your affiliate program.
? Second, it actually gets people promoting. It's amazing sometimes how hard it is to get people to do things. You know how you try your best to get someone to do something or do a job well, and in the end you end up saying something like 'Ah I'll just do it myself'. Well this is the job of quick start bonuses on a deeper level. If you're attracting affiliates that generally don't promote very often or haven't promoted before, then this is another reason for them to choose you.

? The next tip. Send congratulatory e-mails. Your software should do this for you as standard and it's one heck of a motivator. Pack in quick and easy links to the affiliate system and your ads. It never gets old seeing 'You've got Cash!' or 'Congrats, you made a sale!' as a subject line.

? This is really important, so make sure you craft your congratulations e-mails and welcome emails well. Everything should be quick and easy for affiliates. Some just have lists that they want to blast your ads out to. Your job is to make that as smooth as possible. Send them a log in link in the welcome mail, tell them again how much they'll earn, give them some small stats and figures, "With just 10 sales, you'll earn $7000". Emphasize the second levels, no matter how small. This passive earning is really important to a lot of marketers.

? I remember about four years back I joined a membership site and was all ready to go off promoting for them as an affiliate, then when I saw the welcome mail, I was told to look forward to an e-mail soon that would entitle me to extra earnings promoting the product. Just that wording almost put me off. I later found out that it was actually bonuses and top affiliate rewards for the previous

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