Comments on: Affiliate Marketing 101 (Q&A) – Part 1

By: Marketing Consultants

Marketing Consultants — Sat, 01 May 2010 07:01:57 +0000

I’ve looked into many affiliate marketing opportunities but the thing that frequently turned me off was the questionable practices of the various payment services associated with them. It seems like no matter which program you choose to affiliate yourself they offer a severely limited choice of companies to process payments and many of those which seem to be popular have lousy reputations for reliability (that is if you believe user testimonials found on complaint boards around the web). Do you have recommendations along these lines? As far as I know there is no consumer advocacy group to help out those who are ‘screwed’ by affiliates or their payment services.

By: Kane

Kane — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:35:46 +0000

Good point.
Waiting for the part 2.

By: Richard Huntly

Richard Huntly — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:53:03 +0000

Hi and thanks for listening,
I am about to join one of the affiliate programs, very interesting and if things are like I read I would like to participate but! one thing threw me off, and I need your help…In filling out the application I was ask to suply my SS# to get paid my commissions, the program are being sponsord from the UK and I am not sure of standard procedure or information. If someone have an answer Would you please respond. Eager to get working.

Thanks again,
Richard.

By: mario @ online car sales

mario @ online car sales — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:44:03 +0000

One way to know if there are affiliate programs for a certain keyword, is to type

“keyword phrase” + affiliate program in a google search bar and you will get the affiliate programs related to the keyword phrase in question.

And how to get keyword phrases to build content about?

Well http://commissionrituals.org reviews one of the best resources available in this area.

By: Dan Gabriel

Dan Gabriel — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:50:49 +0000

It’s nice to read a well documented article about the affiliate marketing.

It would be interesting to know how to establish a business relationship online vs offline?

I am asking this question because you closed the offline business for Only online.

Thanks.

By: Rahul

Rahul — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:04:19 +0000

I started a new astore and purchased some products from that store. But I was not paid any commission from the amazon. Why is that. Can anyone help me out

By: Joey

Joey — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:42:56 +0000

Japanese, what did you use to create your simple, yet effective site? Also, how do you build traffic in what I would think is a competitive area?

I’m thinking of starting my own affiliate program, but I haven’t learned enough about it yet.

By: Easy SEO Blog

Easy SEO Blog — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:55:19 +0000

That’s one thing I’ve almost completely never even considered.. other countries and languages in a marketing plan. Time to hire a translator?

By: Radio Controlled Boats

Radio Controlled Boats — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:45:49 +0000

Thanks – looking forward to Part 2

By: Estate

Estate — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:12:34 +0000

You wrote such a nice introduction on affiliate marketing. It is well explained and very simple to understand. People who try to learn and join affiliate marketing should read this article. I can’t wait to read part 2.

By: Japanese Language Training

Japanese Language Training — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:36:01 +0000

Japanese – Great! This series will definitely clue her in to what it is we do online. Good luck getting her to increase her likeness of the time you spend though. Still haven’t figured that one out completely myself.

Vera, I am very softly pushing her into creating her first own site. And when that is up and running, i tell her about the monetization

By: Internet Marketing

Internet Marketing — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:09:33 +0000

sorry forgot to subscribe to comments

By: Internet Marketing

Internet Marketing — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:08:58 +0000

@ Steve
Actually many affiliate programs can bypass cookie disabling and still credit the imprint of your links for however many days the affiliate program TOS allows.

@ Vera
Great write up, affiliate marketing makes me a full time income and allowed me to say goodbye to the drone of 9-5. Takes a lot of hard work, but it’s well worth it and I love it! As far as affiliate payments there is also Pay Per Click, such as with Google Adsense, one of the best affiliate programs on the web.

By: Vera Raposo

Vera Raposo — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:20:09 +0000

Kathy – Absolutely! Running your own affiliate program is great. You may be paying out more money, but you’re making money you might not have because of your affiliates.

Steve – Great question! Really? Over half? I wouldn’t think it was that high actually. Interesting. To answer your question: If someone has cookies disabled and visits a site through an affiliate link and leaves w/o buying and comes back later – in order for the affiliate to get the credit the customer must click through the affiliate’s link again when making their purchase. Hope that helps!

Microsoft – Absolutely – Can’t gets you nowhere! Best of luck to you too and thank you!

The Blogger Source – Although I wish I could tell you an exact date, I’m not sure as I’ve been spending a good amount of time in the hospital with my daughter lately. Be sure to come back again however as this is an entire series of articles with tons of information. Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you again.

By: Jobs For Writers- Make $100-$300 Daily

Jobs For Writers- Make $100-$300 Daily — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:15:38 +0000

That is good about the affiliate marketing thing. I just started as an affiliate marketer and it is very challening to say the least!I mean, all of the social networking, blogging..it can be exhausting..but I guess it cost to be the boss. Keep up the good work and nice blog

By: The Blogger Source

The Blogger Source — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:43:46 +0000

When will part 2 be posted?

By: Microsoft.NET development

Microsoft.NET development — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:35:50 +0000

Hey Vera,
Its an interesting article on affiliate marketing..
There is one thing of yours very similar to me, its that “I’ve never ever believed in the word can’t”.
I haven’t achieved the success yet, but yes I am on my way to achieve that.
Good Luck..

By: Steve, custom portable exhibits

Steve, custom portable exhibits — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:35:18 +0000

hi Vera,
Nice summary and explanation. But one question I’ve never seen dealt with is “cookies”…
No, not selling Girl Scout cookies , but what happens if people have cookies on their browser disabled.
When the potential sale clicks through to the product website, it is my understanding a cookie is set with the affiliate’s number. A cookie must be set if the person leaves and comes back later and you still want to credit the sale to the affiliate.
But I’ve read that over half of internet surfers have cookies disabled, so what happens there?
As I’ve said, I’ve never seen this discussed. ~ Steve, custom portable exhibits

By: Japanese Language Training

Japanese Language Training — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:30:07 +0000

Thanks for this summary of what affiliate marketing is. Now I have something I can give my girl to read and hopefully understand what I ‘waste’ my time on.
Any idea when you publish part 2?

By: Kathy | Virtual Impax

Kathy | Virtual Impax — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:32:57 +0000

Remember, there are two sides to affiliate marketing – you can be an affiliate and sell products for others – or you can create a product to sell and have others earn $$$ by selling your product.

For example, I’ve created a product and offer a 50% affiliate commission to my affiliates. I just send some NICE commission checks to people as a result!

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