Question for you… Can I promote your affiliate program? If you own or manage an affiliate program, and: You pay your affiliates on time You never skim affiliate commissions And you always honor your agreement with affiliates …Then you qualify for inclusion in the Paid On Time Affiliate Program Directory.
Continue readingAffiliates are almost always at the mercy of affiliate programs and the people who run them. Why do I bring this up? Because many affiliate program managers are knowledgable, ethical, and honest. But I’ve discovered there are a few who are not. For example, I’ve discovered well-documented cases of affiliate skimming (where commissions are “skimmed” […]
Continue readingOne reason affiliates lose commissions is because they don’t cloak their affiliate links. Most affiliate links are long and ugly. If you’ve been online for very long, you can easily tell the difference between a regular link and an affiliate link. Anytime you use a blatant affiliate link, your potential buyers may feel resistance and […]
Continue readingI am a copywriter. More to the point, I am a freelance direct response copywriter who writes sales letters, manages product launches, and blogs about business growth. I make about 90% of my gross income from fees, commissions, and retainers for writing direct response sales copy for clients. But this year, I hope to change […]
Continue readingSince 2011 is right around the corner — and my 2010 business predictions have been more popular than I expected — I’ve decided to venture into the risky field of prognostication by making a few modest business predictions about the coming year. Business Prediction #1: Cloud Computing Goes Mainstream Michel Fortin’s prediction from a year […]
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