I don’t care what business you are in or what the owners of the company tell you or what the ads say, you are going to have to advertise your affiliate program to be successful. There is a reason why 95% of the people working programs do not make money and the reason is because they do not advertise. If you were to establish rules, then rule number 1 would be to advertise and rule number 2 would be if you have any questions about what to do to succeed, then see rule number 1.

There is a saying that goes like this:

He who has a thing to sell,

And goes and wishes in a well.

Is not as apt to get the dollar,

As he who climbs a hill and hollers.

Think about all the advertising the large companies do. Wrigley’s gum, Budweiser, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, HP, Dell Computer, AT&T, Holiday Inn, Southwest Airlines. All of these companies are household names, yet they continue to advertise and market their names and their products and services. They do this because if they did not, even as large as they are, they would quickly lose market share. Lost market share results in lost revenue and lost revenue results in going out of business.

I want to repeat what I said earlier. If you are not going to advertise your affiliate program, you are not going to make money. Okay, so you are ready to advertise your opportunity: Where do you go? What do you do? Who do you trust? How much do you spend? What type of advertising works best? I am going to explain some of these issues in this book, but keep in mind that entire books have been written about advertising. If you have additional questions, please see my bio for my contact information. I am more than willing to answer any additional questions you might have.

I have spent thousands of dollars in the last 3 years with every type of advertising vehicle you can imagine. Guaranteed hits, search engine submissions, email campaigns, solo ads, sponsor ads, articles,

Press Releases, classified ads—free and paid, Safelists, FFA’s, Banner and pop-up ads, Radio, newspaper, reciprocal links, Copy writers, telemarketing, direct mail, teleconferences, and the list goes on.

For the Internet and for my money, the best advertising opportunity available is solo ads in reputable ezines. Hands down, nothing comes close to the results I get from these ads. I will cover these in more detail later, but first I am going to give you an overview of some advertising options in general.

Warning 1 - Do not expect sales with guaranteed hits: All you are going to get are hits. Hits do not generate sales, qualified customers generate sales. Too many people on the Internet are still under the assumption that if your website is getting a lot of hits, then it must be good. This is far from the truth. I would rather have 100 people come to ISORegister.com and have 9 join, then get 10,000 hits and 2 or 3 join. This is the same rationale as you working with 5 affiliate partners. You will have a lot more time to work with 5 people and give them quality time, then work with hundreds of people and multiple programs.

We would rather devote our resources and time to work with those people who are sincerely interested in making a positive change in their life and income as opposed to dealing with people who cannot or will not make a decision regarding their financial future.

Warning 2 - Be very careful where you spend your advertising dollars: There are a lot of scams on the Internet. Many companies will promise you the world and you will only get dirt. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Read the testimonials on sites and if there are none available, ask for references. Be cautious of sites that do not provide contact information such as phone numbers or physical addresses. Send an email request and see how long it takes to get a response.

Now, it is not always possible for an Internet owner to respond to every request instantly, however same day responses must become the rule not the exception. You as the buyer of advertising must dictate this to people you do business with. I just bought an ad blast of 300,000. I was told the ad would run on one day, but it did not run until 5 days later. I tested this 300,000 blast vs. a solo ad to 5,100. Cost for the blast was $75, the cost for the solo ad was $15. I used identical subject lines and ads for this test. The blast received 49 hits and 0 sales. The solo ad received 45 hits and 5 sales. The blast was a complete waste of money and most likely a scam. There is no way the discrepancy can be this great between 2 campaigns.

Final Warning - Be very careful of FREE sites: You are going to come across a lot of sites that tell you that you can make money online with no investment or advertise for free. These are all hyped up ways to either get your email address and bombard you with ads, or get you into a program only to get you to upgrade your free membership to a paying status. Be careful when reviewing Free offers.

All sites use the word FREE and most use it correctly in that you will get a FREE e-book for buying their product or service or they will give you a FREE upgrade when you buy their basic service or product.

However anyone who tells you that you can make money online for FREE is telling you an outright lie. If you can make money for Free, or by only working a few minutes a week, then everyone online would be

millionaires. Nice to dream, but it just does not work like that. These people prey on lazy people who don't want to put forth any effort and want the world handed to them on a silver platter. The reality is, the money has to come from someone and that someone will be the people who think they are getting the program for free.

Solo mailings and Paid Safelists:

Solo mailings work very well, but be careful with free Safelists as they rarely do anything more than fill up your mailbox. There are some good paid Safelists available but be careful when you join these groups as

you will receive a lot of offers from other Safelists members. The benefit of a paid Safelist is when people pay for something they tend to be more responsive to reviewing your offer. You can get very high quality

solo ads for less than $40, and even if you only get one new affiliate partner, you will more than recoup your cost. One affiliate selling for you can be worth over $2,000 per month in revenue if you work with that

person and help them succeed with you, and not for you. The other huge benefit of solo ads vs. mass emails is that you can subscribe to the ezine you are placing the ad with and make sure it is sent the day

and time requested and looks the way you wrote it.

These can be a great source to test the waters of an ezine before you spend money on paid ads. This assumes you are tracking your hits and sales using an ad-tracking program. The problem is it takes a lot of time to find and pay and write these small ads and place in a variety of ezines. You can use an ad blasting service such as My Wizard Ads, but you will not be able to track each ad in each ezine. However

using a service such as this is a good way to get a lot of advertising out for a little money. Don’t expect too much of a return as these are classified ads and are not read by a lot of people. It is a good source of

branding for a program, just getting your name out in the marketplace so people will know you are a legitimate program.

These ads are usually given away in most ezines to maintain and increase their subscriber count. The better ezines will place classified ads throughout the ezine and not just at the bottom. This gives your ad a better chance of being read. Similar to paid ads, these can be a good source to test the waters for future paid advertising. These are time consuming, but if you are tracking your ads, you might find a good

resource for paid advertising.

As an example, I ran a free ad in one ezine in early March 2003. I was considering running a solo ad in the same ezine in April 2003, but when I researched the hits of the classified ad, I found it had zero hits. If

the classified ad had even received one or two hits, I would have bought the solo ad, but with zero hits, it became too much of a gamble.

These ads are located in the top, middle or bottom of well-known ezines, and are good if you choose an ezine that fits the criteria of your target market. It is also a good idea to get your sponsor ads in an issue

with a compelling article. If the ezine has a good readership, then these ads make an excellent tool, as they will be placed right before or after the articles. They are more affordable then solo ads and you will

get a better response rate then classified ads.

Prior to placing an ad in any ezine, you should subscribe to the ezine and read it for a few weeks to make sure it is well written and informative and not full of links and free ads. This will also help you to verify that

your ad was sent on the day and time promised. Also, you want to make sure the ezine is not sending several ads per day every day of the week.

Research your advertising very carefully. Cheap is not always better. In October 2002, we ran an ad in one ezine that boasted they had over 300,000 readers. The cost of the ad was $90 and they were

supposed to run it twice. We got a total of 9 hits from both ads and 0 sales. In another instance, we ran an ad that went to 5,500 people at a cost of $20. We received 2 sales from this one ad and more importantly

each of the new members joined the affiliate program and has made several sales each.

Target your mailings regardless of the median you use. It does you no good to send 100,000 ads, if the people receiving the ads have no interest in your offer. It is much better to send smaller number of ads to

very a focused group of people. Your response will be better and your cost will be less.

These are similar to free Safelists, you are going to get a mailbox full of ads, but little more. FFA’s were great when they first came out, but just like most free ad opportunities, they were quickly inundated and

became a lost cause. One thing to also remember is that a lot of companies that will tell you they will send

your ads to millions of people are simply posting it at FFA pages. They are doing what they say, but they

are not doing justice to you. The upside of FFA paid sites is you get a lot of email addresses that you can

then send you private ad to without worrying about Spam.

This is another area you will want to be extremely careful when using. You have probably seen the companies that promise to send your email to hundreds of thousands of people for a very low fee. Most of

these are scams and should be avoided. There are some very reputable email companies on the Internet, however it has been our experience that even with the reputable companies, you will not get a very good

response and the costs are a lot more than solo ads in the best ezines.

The short answer is as much as you can. If you invest $100 in advertising and you get $200 in business, then you would be wise the take $150 and reinvest it back into advertising. Continue this cycle until you have built up a solid line of affiliates and then show your affiliates this method of advertising. Remember, free advertising is a long-term process. Paid advertising will get you quicker results and that is your goal. There is no reason to wait 4 – 6 months to get a return on your advertising just because it is free. Your smart competitors are going to use paid advertising and they will be eating at your market share while you

are waiting for the free ads to work.

A rule of thumb is to spend a minimum of 40% of your gross receipts on advertising. If you make $1,000 a month, then spend at least $400 on additional advertising. Test different ads and different ad opportunities. Track your ads and reinvest in those places where you see a solid return.

This varies by vehicle. I have purchased email campaigns for $250 that got nothing and I have spent $15 on solo ads that gave me a 1,500% return on investment. Stay away from the super-cheap advertising

opportunities. I have seen guaranteed hits of less than $10 for a million hits. I don’t think much of guaranteed hits anyway, but this was just a pure scam.

Again, the best rule of thumb is to plan on spending 40% of your income on advertising. However, do not spend money just to spend. Use your money wisely. Ask other people what works for them, think about

what works best for you when you are reviewing a product or service. What catches your eye? What ezines do you read? What don’t you like? What makes sense to you will most likely make sense to other

people.

Be consistent with your advertising and your advertising will be consistent with you. Do not run an ad one week and then wait 3 or 4 weeks to run more ads. You are much better off running ads each day or every other day then running a bunch of ads for a week and then stopping for a couple of weeks.

This is one of the most important things you can do when advertising. If you are not tracking your ads, you are simply wasting money. When I first started advertising online, I used Excel, MS Word and Outlook to

track my ads. I was also creating a new sales page for each campaign. This took hours to track my ads. It did save me money in advertising, but cost me money in time and lost productivity. Ad-Tracking programs allow you to create special links that you can insert in your ad copy and these links will direct people to your sales page. The beauty of them is they will keep track of your hits and some will even track your sales. You will know exactly what ad or ad copy, place of ad or search engine is bringing you the results you desire.

Even if you only use free advertising, it is imperative that you track your ads as even free ads take time to create. If you have ads running in 10 places, but 9 of them are not producing, then dump those 9 and

concentrate more energy and resources on the one place that is working.

At Ad-Alyzer.com you can easily and affordably track, manage and analyze all your ads, web links and ad campaigns. Save money and time regardless of the number of ads and links you need to track.

Well there you have it, managing and selling your affiliate programs is not a magic pill and it is not rocket science. It is pure business 101. Working affiliate programs puts you in control of your own destiny. It can

and will be extremely rewarding to generate your own income and build your own little empire. It can and will be something you will be very proud of, as it is an accomplishment that not many people achieve.

Do not believe the hype, but instead believe your heart. If something seems too good to be true, it probably is. The unfortunate reality of the Internet is that there are many people who only want to take

advantage of you and your money. They only care about themselves and they do not care what happens to you once they have your money.

Research any affiliate program before you commit any money, even if a friend recommends it highly, you should be skeptical. Good companies have nothing to hide and are willing to share whatever information

you need to make a decision. Do not join any program where email is the only contact option. If a company will not talk with you or provide a physical address, then they are most likely not a real company, but a computer in someone’s basement or garage.

Advertise your affiliate program aggressively but be smart about where you spend your dollars. Work with your affiliate partners and make them successful and you will be successful. Be honest and upfront with

new affiliates and do not tell them what they want to hear, but tell them what they need to hear. You might lose a few sales upfront, but you will have better affiliate partners in the long run and the long run is what

you are after.

There are no instant millionaires on the Internet. You can make money, but it is going to take time and patience and resources. If you are unemployed, do not attempt to start an affiliate program. There are no

sure things in affiliate marketing and there is no way to guarantee your income.

If you have additional questions regarding affiliate management or marketing, I am more than willing to share my successes and failures with you and give you whatever guidance I can to help you succeed. You can contact me using my contact information on my bio page, but remember, I am not going to be a rahrah for you and hype you up with visions of million dollar paychecks. I will tell you what I have done and

what has worked the best for me, and that is all anyone can do for you. Your ultimate success relies on your own desire and creativity, and tenacity.

The following 5 Affiliates were asked the same 13 questions. They were chosen because each became profitable within a few weeks of joining ISORegister.com, and they continue to make sales and produce

revenue for themselves and their affiliate partners. In addition, they are successful in other programs and are willing to offer their knowledge to you. The answers they give to each question are their own with no

coaching from anyone.

These people were not paid for taking their time to answer the questions. They are all willing to offer their advice and knowledge because they remember what is was like starting off and trying to get help. As you review these Super Affiliates, please note how similar their advice and answers are. None of the five know each other nor did they have any contact with each other.

They give the facts and what is working for them. Follow their advice and their strategies and you too can

be successful.

Dan Farrell

Build An eBusiness On A Shoestring

http://build-an-ebusiness-on-a-shoestring.com

http://www.mhg-consulting.com

http://www.residualmonthlymoney.com

http://www.4maximumhealth.com

http://www.prepaid-phonecard.biz

After a successful career in sales, primarily selling and managing hospital equipment and supplies, Dan turned to the Internet to create a profitable business. His motto is 'building a successful business by helping others build theirs'. With many years in the net trenches Dan has been through all the ups and downs, failures and successes and finally has been able to use his experience and knowledge to be a full time net marketer.

Solid, honest management, with a desirable product and effective sales page. It goes without saying that they pay on time and consistently. Support is very important, at least responding to emails and/or phone calls. 

2) What are some of the marketing methods you personally use to promote your programs?

I try to keep advertising expenses to a minimum. By that I mean use barter as much as possible with ezine ad swaps to my ezine of 24,000 subscribers, write articles and submit to targeted ezines, write ebooks and create a viral effect with affiliate links in them. I do buy leads, opt in and upload them to the ISO Autoresponder for an e-course or report. I have tried safelists with little success (it is very tedious to work all the email ads and admin ads) and did do FFA's in the past but they don't work anymore. I post on forums/discussion boards occasionally, I would like to do more but don't find the time. I am working on doing Joint Ventures but haven't done much with them yet. 

Build an opt list of subscribers to a free report, ecourse or ebook. Use a good autoresponder, like ISO Responder :o) to automate your email marketing. Track all your ads and links with Ad Analyzer. If you don't track, you will have no idea whether you are wasting money and time. Both of which are very valuable!

4) What are the typical response rates for new campaigns as well as seasoned campaigns?

I look for a response rate of 1-3%. It depends on the media. If it is an ezine ad, and is a solo ad, I would expect it to be in the higher range or 2-3%. I'm talking about clickthrough rate and conversion rate. How many actually clicked on the link in the ad versus how many bought or subscribed. I have used Google Adwords with limited success, meaning there is a learning curve and finding the right 'niche market'. 

5) Ad Budget--Do you establish a budget for new programs? If so, is it always the same or does it vary depending on the program, the programs potential or your financial situation?

I am sorry to say I don't have an ad budget except to keep it as low as possible and as I said earlier, use bartering as much as possible. If you have an newsletter with 25,000 subscribers you can offer some real value. But if you don't you need to look at your skills. Say you are good at writing you could offer an ezine publisher a unique article written especially for his audience. Or if you are good with word processing offer a website owner your services for an ad. There are tremendous opportunities for bartering as everyone would like to exchange services for free.

6) How much time do you spend working your programs each week? Each Program? What are the criteria for determining how much time you spend?

I do this full time which equals about 30-40 hours. I try not to work on Sundays for religious and health reasons. You need to watch out for burnout in this business as it does require a lot of work until you know what you doing and how to automate as much as possible. 

Depends on the type of affiliate program. There are two types basically. One is 2 tier like ISO Register and the other is multi-tiered or MLM. With 2 tier the program is almost always free and should be as you are asking the affiliate for their time and money to promote your program. 

Free MLM programs use a strategy of free and send you a lot of emails to entice you to upgrade, so it's not really free. You won't make any money until you do upgrade so it proves the adage of, "nothing in this world is free". I see so many join programs only because they are free, do very little promotion or none at all, and when they don't make any money after a month to two, say "that program sucks" and join the next free one. 

The only thing that works is pick a few good programs based on the products, sales page and reputation of the company and promote it. If they need help the company has to have the support and training or its not a good program. ISO Register has some of the best support and training of any I have seen online.

If you are required to pay to be a member of an affiliate program it is most likely an mlm. That is ok if you know what is being returned in compensation and products. 

Pick your programs carefully. Take your time and don't just sign up because its free. Spend time looking over the products, services and company. How much are they paying? I use that as one of the top reasons for joining after quality products. A good barometer is 50%+ for a digital informational product (ebook, software...), 10-30% for a hard/tangible product (computers, tv's, cellphones...).

10) In your opinion what is the single most important thing a new affiliate needs to know or understand to make them successful?

Success doesn't happen overnight and it never happens to those who don't work and have goals.

Jump from one affiliate program to another.

If just starting out, take it slow. Pick one good program and work it till you see positive results. Then and only then start to look for others. When you are ready look at what those who are very successful are doing, like James Martell, and follow their advice. Don't try to re-create the wheel when its not necessary, just duplicate what successful people are doing. 

13) Anything else you want to add: Your thoughts, opinions, comments, suggestions, etc. regarding any aspect of affiliate programs.

You don't need your own product or even your own website to make money online. All you need are desire, consistency and a 'never give up' attitude and you will succeed online or offline. 

TeamSuccess #1 For All Your Marketing Needs

http://www.MichaelHooker.com

http://www.DebtReallyStinks.com

Email: Michael@MichaelHooker.com

After working for over 25 years in sales I realized that if I wanted to make serious money I needed to build a residual income so I would also be paid tomorrow for what I was paid for today. With the 2 programs I

am working and the 5 year goal I have set I will one day be able to leave my J.O.B.

VALUE: Being in sales for over 25 years I've learned that people will "buy your service or product" if they can see a true value that will fill a need they have.

TRUTH: Truth in advertising is a must as hidden costs or misleading statements is not acceptable.

LEADS: I purchase opt-in leads from a couple of reliable firms with no complaints of Spam. I then "get to know these people" through 'welcome' and 'offer-to-help' emails. 

SAFELISTS: I send these same emails to 8 (currently) lists. 

FFA SITES: Occasionally I will submit my URL to these sites. I do not own an FFA site myself.

I WILL NOT PURCHASE 'GUARANTEED HITS TO WEBSITE'. When I was young in this business I did purchase for $30 300 guaranteed hits and the company did deliver. However, these people were paid to

hit these sites and had no intention of using my product or service.

PAID ADVERTISING: This is a so-so way to advertise however, it can be expensive. I paid $50 to advertise my site on a weekly ezine to about 3,000 subscribers. I made 2 sales. REMEMBER, from a list of 3,000 subscribers only about 30 to 90 subscribers will actually read the ezine.

Try various types of advertising and track your results. I am not really good at this. I use a shotgun approach and need to get better at tracking.

4) What are the typical response rates for new campaigns as well as seasoned campaigns?

I'm not sure what you mean by campaign. If you mean email campaign then changing the subject line and contents is very important. I can see from tracking the click results on my emails to my opt-in lists that not

changing these items will result in a dead mailing. I've emailed over 20,000 to my list and have had zero clicks.

In the 2 years I have been online I have only worked 3 programs. I have several advertising programs however, for a real money making program I want to keep my focus fairly narrow. I am currently only working ISO and SFI. I have a very limited budget, as making 2 house payments for the time being is very restrictive. I honestly believe that the newcomer to online marketing can be successful, with the right companies, and keep their expenses between $50 and $150 per month.

I believe the time a person spends in their business will determine their success. If they want to make a few dollars each month then a few hours each month will work. If they want to build a company that will

replace their J.O.B. then they must invest 5 to 10 hours each week.

I have found very few free affiliate programs that are actually free. SFI is definitely free and gives one the opportunity to sell many products and services and make a serious income.

Paid affiliate programs are OK as long as much of the fee is returned to the affiliate as ISORegister is structured.

Study the opportunity you are looking into. Talk with others who have been with the company and get their opinion. AVOID HYPE!

10) In your opinion what is the single most important thing a new affiliate needs to know or understand to make them successful?

A new affiliate must have a desire to make money. A new affiliate must remember that building an organization takes time and effort. There are NO get rich quick schemes that work.

Be consistent with your efforts. Work, work and work will determine your success.

12) How many programs should a person be involved with? Starting out as well as once they get seasoned.

As mentioned earlier, I can only focus on just a couple of opportunities. I need to be sold out to what I am offering. NO hype, just real, honest and sincere dedication is hard to spread wide among several

programs.

13) Anything else you want to add: Your thoughts, opinions, comments, suggestions, etc. regarding any aspect of affiliate programs.

Don't wait to learn how to do everything before you get started. In other words, jump in with both feet and realize it's OK to make mistakes then, learn from them.

http://www.haileyscometweekly.com/

I was a outside machinist for 16 years until I got hurt and had to find another way to support my family, I started BeyondTraffic Pro Safelist to give clients a safe way to advertise their service or program, I started

my own newsletter after 8 months of research and found that having a list of clients made it easier to start my downline in my affiliate programs, I believe in ISOR and it will turn out to be one of the best marketing

programs to ever hit the internet! If you follow what I am doing you will succeed with the ISOR program, That is guaranteed!

I look for the tools that come with the program and the payout, if the program has better tools then the payout that is what I go for. The reason is because the more advertising tools you have the better the

response there will be for the affiliate program

I can't stress this one enough! Ezine Advertising (Solo ads, Top sponsor ads) Ezines are still the best advertising there is for the buck, Pay-Per-Click search engines is another great resource for advertising

that works! And of course links, Link exchange is a growing business for getting your affiliate program out

in front of a targeted group.

Same as above!

Response rate is very high with the ezines. It is targeted to Marketing & Advertising, Lead programs is a must when it comes to affiliate programs.

I try to start out with a small ad budget, Test, Test and Test some more before you get into spending big money on your advertising, Free advertising works but paid advertising is the best, It takes a little to make more, Ad Tracking is a must here! Stay with the small spending when testing, then when you find an ezine that you are getting 5% or better on the response then go back to that source and hit it again! It works!!

I like to spend 6 to 8 hours a day 5 days a week on my programs, I have found that if you keep at it you will succeed. If you think you are going to make the big money by just sitting back and waiting then you’re

in the wrong business! It is just like working on the outside of the net, You go to work for 8 to 10 hours a day so why not spend that same time on your own business!

THEY DONT WORK!! and that is the truth! Show me an affiliate program that is free that you are making the big buck off of and I will join!!

They are the real deal! You can't make anything from nothing!

Keep testing your ads, Use the Ad Tracking to track your ads to see what places work best, Again Solo ads in Ezines are the best bang for the buck.

10) In your opinion what is the single most important thing a new affiliate needs to know or understand to make them successful?

Same as above never give up! The Internet is the biggest moneymaker in the word today!

Never give up! If you keep at it, good things will come, Remember it is your new home business and no one can take it from you.

12) How many programs should a person be involved with? Starting out as well as once they get seasoned.

Pick ONE good one like ISOR, Support is important and if you can't get support you are spinning your wheels. It is ok to belong to more then one until you find the one that works for you, Also position is important, Get in at the top!

13) Anything else you want to add: Your thoughts, opinions, comments, suggestions, etc. regarding any aspect of affiliate programs.

I have found that owning my own in-house list is the best way to get started. Start a Safelist or a newsletter. Get your own list of clients. This way you get a good downline started before you have to

advertise to the public!

powerq@worldnet.att.net

http://www.isoregister.com/9810354341/cjlarke/

I am retired from the medical field and have been for about 6 years...I just turned 60 and look and feel line 40... Genes I guess, but attitude does help… LOL... I got stated in Internet marketing as a way to occupy

my spare time about 12 years ago. My experience has been both eye opening and frustrating at times. I've made all the mistakes. Joined all the wrong programs, and eventually made a success out of it. I’ve

learned a lot in the process and am willing to share what I've learned with anyone who can show me that they are, honest, determined, and willing to do what it takes to succeed....I don't want to work for a living

and am not interested in skeptics or negative people. Either you want my help or you do not.... It’s up to you...I reserve the right to be selective because I know what I have to offer. God has been very generous and kind to my family and me....

Realistic and lucrative pay plan, flexibility, gut feeling,

Bring in existing contacts and affiliates from my existing networks, Paid, tested advertising to both independent sources and ezines, word of mouth.

K.I.S.S. and never make a false claim or one you cannot support.

Test your ads in FFA and safelists before spending money on large advertising venues. But most important of all= ATTITUDE. It comes through in your ads and conversations. Nothing is more powerful than a positive attitude.

It's all in the numbers.... everyone knows that and if you don't you probably shouldn't consider Internet marketing as a source of income.

5) Ad Budget--Do you establish a budget for new programs? If so, is it always the same or does it vary depending on the program, the programs potential or your financial situation?

Varies, financial situation is important but not as important as getting results. Good results will remedy your financial situation.

6) How much time do you spend working your programs each week? Each Program? What are the criteria for determining how much time you spend?

It's your business. You have to work at it no matter what it is. I put as much time into it as I can, usually about 1 to 2 hours/day/ program...Sometimes I will group my efforts and save some time there...promoting 2 or 3 at a time...I would recommend that you don't get involved with too many programs. They tend to dilute your efforts...One primary and perhaps 1 or two secondary ones is manageable.

If it's free, where will the money come from to pay you???

Paid is ok, but I never get involved with programs that require minimum purchases. They will tell you that you have to be a user to be a believer...I'm not here to be a test dummy. I'm here to do what I do best and that is to get people into programs where they can earn a living....

9) What advice would you give to new affiliates? This can be anything you feel these people need to know.

Don't get involved unless you are willing to do the time and effort necessary to succeed and clear your mind of any negative thoughts or ideas. They only get in the way...I know a lot of capable people who fail

because they are injustice collectors or have a negative attitude.... It’s ok to be rich. Really it is...

10) In your opinion what is the single most important thing a new affiliate needs to know or understand to make them successful?

"ATTITUDE" followed closely by "DETERMINATION"

Know your program and be true to yourself.

12) How many programs should a person be involved with? Starting out as well as once they get seasoned.

I have addressed this question in a previous question...1 to 3.

There are a lot of programs out there. Some good, Some not so good...one rule of thumb is: Never get involved if the claims are too fantastic and be leery of those who seem too eager to count your money...No

one is going to make you a millionaire overnight or in the near future.....NO ONE.....ask to speak with

other affiliates and/or the founder of the plan.

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I started marketing online two years ago. I started with simple free programs and graduated to paid programs about six months down the line. I now have my own domain, 4 Safelists, and two ezine

newsletters. I am in one dynamite program, the first to ever pay me every single month. My newsletter has expanded from 200 subs to over 2400. I am about to start publishing the newsletter for my program at

ISORegister, which will make three newsletters that I publish. I get about 50 to 60 visitors to my domain daily and it was ranked in the thousands among the search engines. Which may not sound like much until you consider that there are millions of listings out there. I love to fish and was at one time a member of a bass club and came in fourth among 13 men in a state tournament. Quite an accomplishment I thought.

I choose programs that have the potential to build my residual income. I am interested in programs that are affordable so that other people will be willing to pay to join. These programs have to have a number of

web tools that I can use to promote their concept.

Solo ads are working right now for me. I also use Autoresponders that I developed to promote whatever program I am building at the time. Traffic Attractor Safelist mailer is one of the other ways I promote my

programs. Although, I try to work on one program at a time, I currently am subscribed to about 76 Safelists.

Ezine advertising is another promotional tool I use. To me ezine newsletters are the best marketing tools on the Internet. To start with, I only subscribed to the ones with Free ads. This was to test the waters so to speak. Then I graduated to solo ads. I only use solo ads that have a contest question with them. This makes the readers go to the website and most of the time read to find the answer to the question. You

have a much better chance for readers to turn into subscribers or members when they have to actually visit and read the material at the website.

New affiliates are usually hesitant to spend much money on marketing and advertising, so I recommend that they start out with the less expensive or Free advertising. This way they don't get discouraged and

drop off or jump to another program.

New campaigns usually go over much better than seasoned campaigns. The reason for this is that there are a lot of people out there who will jump on a new program as opposed to an older program. These

people are usually called pre-launch junkies. Also, people like to get in on the top when everything is new in order to build a huge downline. Which is easier to do when the program is new.

5) Ad Budget--Do you establish a budget for new programs? If so, is it always the same or does it vary depending on the program, the programs potential or your financial situation?

My ad budget is based on my finances. Each program is different. If the program is new, then you can get by with a low budget simply because people like new programs. When the program is older you may need to spend more money on advertising to get people to join. I also use Autoresponders and leads to do a lot of my advertising. I usually try to get 50-200 new leads a month.

6) How much time do you spend working your programs each week? Each Program? What are the criteria for determining how much time you spend?

I work all night every night on one program or another. I spend more time on the program that is working than on one that is just not producing like it should. Like I said I try to work on only one program at a time. Especially if the program is working, then I put a lot more energy into promoting it.

I use Free Affiliate Programs to promote the programs that are paying me money. If you wait for people to upgrade from a free affiliate I am afraid that you are wasting your time. Don't get me wrong I have a lot of

Free programs, but I use them for exposure and to promote my paying programs. Free programs just don't ever pan out. People I have found won't spend money when they don't have to.

Paid programs are much better. They offer more tools and better team members. If you pay for the program you are more likely to promote it to at least make your money back. I would recommend that you use your free programs to promote your paid programs. I have found that if you have to pay for the program, you will work a lot harder to make it profitable.

9) What advice would you give to new affiliates? This can be anything you feel these people need to know.

New affiliates need to be trained and given support until they are comfortable that they can go it alone. If they aren't then they will jump to a program that offers them the training and support they need. My advice to new affiliates is keep in touch with your Team leader and pick their brains for any information that will help you succeed. Don’t try to reinvent the wheel. In other words, use what is working. Why try something that you aren't sure will work when there are plenty of things out there that are working. If it works for someone else, chances are it will work for you, also. Don't be afraid to ask questions. The only dumb

question is the one that is never asked. Keep an open mind and follow the advice that your sponsor gives you. I am not saying don't be creative, but if it is not broken don't try and fix it.

10) In your opinion what is the single most important thing a new affiliate needs to know or understand to make them successful?

The single most important thing a new affiliate needs to know is how to set a goal and stick to it. One of your goals should be to learn all you can from your team leader. Then apply what you have learned to

your team. When your team members succeed then you will succeed! In other words, learn the ropes from your team leader then pass it on to your team. Cultivating your team will be the second most important

thing you will do as a team leader. Listen, Learn and Train are the 3 necessities in this business!

Newbies make this mistake all the time. That is joining too many programs at once. You want to try them all and end up getting burned. If I could get one message through to a new affiliate it would be stick with one program until you have mastered it and then move to another.

12) How many programs should a person be involved with? Starting out as well as once they get seasoned.

I wouldn't be involved in more than two to three programs at once. Two free programs that promote your paid program are ideal. This also goes for the seasoned marketer. When you divide yourself between

more programs than that, you start loosing track of what program you did what in. It's like when I am in school. I take two subjects only and do very well in both whereas if I took three or four I would only get

passing grades in each. That is if I am lucky. So concentrate on just one paid program and maybe one or two free programs.

13) Anything else you want to add: Your thoughts, opinions, comments, suggestions, etc. regarding any aspect of affiliate programs.

So, to sum up only do what you are capable of doing at one time. Set a goal and stick to it. Make sure that you don’t spread yourself too thin. Ask questions and learn all you can about your program. Then pass it

on! Keep on top of new developments. Be excited about your new program and it will spread to your team members. Don’t let setbacks get you down. The old saying is "When life throws you a lemon, make

lemonade!". Believe me there will be down times and there will be up times. It is up to you to cope with each and don't ever give up.

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I live now with my Son Matthew in Brooklyn Park Minnesota. My Wife of almost 17 years passed away March 6th of 2003. I am an Actor doing mostly Commercial work, both on and off Camera. Though this business has fallen on hard times for most in my area. I have tried my hand at writing Screenplays, having completed 6, with a 7th that has been not been finished. And no, I have not sold one... I started out online

marketing several years ago as a way to be home with my Wife and Son as she was a chronic pain sufferer. I spent too much money chasing dreams of the "Get Rich Quick Crowd" and learned my lesson. In the summer of 2002 I wrote and started marketing my own Free 10 Day Marketing Course called TGIF Marketing.

I have learned that there are no easy answers and No Secrets to making money online, other then time and work. I have also learned that Family is the Most Important Part of Your Life. Take care of them first

and the rest will follow.

The criteria I use now is a lot different then what I was using when I first started. Now the first thing I look

for is a product or service that I want or could use. If I don't want the product or the service offered, then I

don't join. I may join a program that offers something I already have if I can see a real need for it, for

others and it's priced right.

There was a time when I joined things because of someone else's hype. Or because I thought it would be simple to make money with whatever it was. That was the wrong reason to join. When I did that and the

money promised didn't start coming, I lost interest, and a lot of money.

If you like and want the product or service being offered, even if you don't make money right away, you will stick with the program because you want what they offer. The money is not the reason you joined.

But if you join because you Like and Want the Product or Service, you are going to tell people about it, you will be excited to and you will sell it naturally, honestly.

I have joined a lot of things over the years. I have dropped many of them and will no doubt drop some more that I joined for the wrong reasons.

So, I look for products and services that I want and need. Then I think about joining and promoting. If I like and use the product or service, the money to be made from marketing it will come with time. Join an affiliate program for the product or service and worry about making money later.

The best way to market, is to build a Mailing list first.

Have you ever wondered how all those Big Dogs make so much in almost any program they promote? It's because they have a mailing list. They have worked on that list for a long time. They have built relationships with the people on that list. They have built trust.

There are many ways to build a mailing list. Offering free products, like E-books and reports is one way. A lot of people have done that.

As for other methods I use for promotion. I write comments to Newsletters, which allow me to have my link in my signature. I write only my honest thoughts and opinions and through that I build my Websites

reputation and my own.

I have posted messages in MLM message boards. A lot of them let me have my site address in my signature also.

I have used Hit Exchanges and Start Page Exchanges. With Hit Exchanges, to get the best results, you need the right kind of page to send people to. A page that loads quickly and if possible, has a web form to request more information, linked to an autoresponder. People who click through with the exchanges don't have a lot of time to wait for something to load. And they may not be interested in looking around. After all, they are clicking to get hits to their own site. But if you give them just enough information on the page and a way of requesting more, you just might