Give unadvertised bonuses.
Without telling them in advance, drop an “unadvertised” bonus to your affiliates.
Talk about goodwill!
Example 1: I heard of one marketer who sent one of his affiliates a $50.00 Barnes And Noble gift card. Do you think that got his attention? Not only that it made me want to market his products even more?
Example 2: Another affiliate marketer I know was sent a set of Omaha Steaks from another well-known affiliate manager ... He promptly started promoting one of his high-ticket items!
Example 3: My Internet Marketing friend (guru) had an experience where a big-time marketer found out it was his birthday and he sent him a $300.00 Amazon.com gift certificate. Shortly
thereafter, he promoted a product of his WITHOUT any affiliate link ... He just sent traffic straight to his site for no reason other than to do something nice back for him.
What’s the point? The point is, when you do something special for your affiliates just because they’re important to you and you want to build a solid relationship with them ... most of them will reciprocate.
You almost certainly will gain their respect and their loyalty.
And that, folks, is how you get affiliates actively promoting your products and services.
So, send out $10.00 to their Paypal account. Drop a gift card in the mail. Or, here’s something that costs you NOTHING: send them out a free copy of a PAID
product or service with no strings attached.
Unadvertised bonuses to your top affiliates.
Unadvertised bonuses to your inactive affiliates.
Unadvertised bonuses to all of your affiliates.
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A.C.T.I.V.E. Affiliates Key #5 – Vision.
There are many principles and practices for keeping affiliates active in your program. But, despite the fact that there are dozens of different strategies you can implement, they all stem from one universal foundation –
The real key to keeping affiliates active is keeping them satisfied.
Whether it’s making them money or inflating their egos or supporting them or any of the 30 practices we’re talking about in this section, it’s all about making affiliates happy.
So, one of the many hats that you’re gonna have to wear in order to do this is that of a “visionary”. You need to be able to see what makes affiliates happy – how to continually and progressively improve your affiliate program in such a way that it retains the activity and loyalty of your sales team.
Again, let’s talk about 5 ways to do this –