Should affiliate links be allowed in the referers forum?

lazza_w

I know that site rules forbid the use of affiliate links and in general I am in agreement - it stops spammers abusing the site to their own end. I do however wonder if the referrals board should be made a special exception as long as the poster clearly declares their own interest in the affiliate link.

I am a regular poster on the Gambling Introductory Offers Board, which has helped me to make a significant sum of money. Referrals are a good way of increasing the profit, both to the referrer and referee.

Many sites also have affiliate programs that can pay out. They vary in the way in which they do it. Some only pay out on net profit (ie if the new signup loses money overall - if you understand how to exploit these offers you will also understand that this is still profitable) and others pay out a fixed rate per signup (eg £20 per new account)

I am certain that bookmakers are not the only type of business that offers this type of payment.

I would therefore propose that it would be mutually beneficial to all users if affiliate links were allowed on the referrers forum as long as it is clearly declared what financial benefit would be give to the affiliate link provider and whether they are going to share that money with people using the link (ie exactly the same rules that apply to referrals).

Thoughts?

xavierforex

Hi,
Building an affiliate business is one of the easiest ways to start a business online. You don't need your own products, you don't have to provide customer service, and in fact, you don't even need a website. If you want to earn real profits from an affiliate business though, then you need real strategies for getting traffic and earning profits.

Now, if you're already a member of an affiliate program, the next thing you need to do is work on earning more commissions. If you really want to earn more commissions, here are three strategies that will help you begin to earn, or earn more from affiliate programs:

1. Know which affiliate programs are the best to promote. Selecting the right product or products to promote is crucial to your success.

To select the best products to promote, there are several factors you should consider. These include finding programs that have a generous commission structure. If you're having to sell a lot of a product to generate small commissions, you'll have to work a whole lot harder.

Make sure you know who your target market is and go where that target market is to promote. You also want to make sure that the programs you choose have a solid track record for paying affiliates, as well as having a solid track record for sales. Some sites, like Clickbank, can tell you how well different products are selling.

With thousands of affiliate programs available for you to sell, you can afford to be picky about what products you promote. Although as an affiliate, your reputation is less at stake than the merchant's, you want to be careful about what programs you promote. If you've built a list, as well as a relationship with your readers, your reputation is still at stake, and you want to make sure that you offer your readers good products.

An easy way for you to promote affiliate programs is through free ebooks and reports. These can be reports offered by the merchant, or a short report you've written about the product you're promoting. This can help you distinguish yourself from other affiliates, especially when you write the report yourself because you are giving the reader new information other affiliates are not offering.

Offer tips in the report about how to use the product. Give readers more information about the product. Put yourself in the reader's shoes. What questions can you answer in your report that may not be answered in the sales letter?

2. Give away your free report to those who subscribe to your list. This is really easy to do because all you need is a lead capture page and an autoresponder to do this. Once you set up the lead capture page and autoresponder, all you have to do is drive traffic to the page.

You can also offer follow up messages on the product to give readers more information. By offering followups to your initial contact, you are building a relationship with the subscriber, and you are more likely to convert the subscriber to a customer.

Once you get the subscriber to sign up for your list and download the report, then you can send the subscriber to the merchant's website.

You can also publish an online newsletter or ezine for your list. Not only will you have a chance to promote your initial offering repeatedly, but you can also promote other offers. Let me caution you though, you want to make sure that you offer plenty of good information in your ezine.

An additional advantage of publishing an ezine is that you can also use this content for your website by creating an archive of your ezines. This also gives you an opportunity to promote to your new visitors.

3. If you want to get traffic fast, then try pay per click advertising. You can test your ads first by using some of the lesser known pay per click search engines that offer free credits. By testing your ads first, you'll find out what works best for promoting your affiliate products.

Build your list, offer your potential customers more value than your fellow affiliates, and test your promotions, and you can easily increase your commissions.
Regards

Edinburghlass_2

Always best to read the rules of whatever forum you are posting on

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