Well, I personally believe that a lot of the income
is created from the effort an affiliate marketer puts
into a program. But I do have a few pointers as to picking
the best one.
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Commission. You need a program that
will pay you a good commission rate. It should pay
you at least 20% of each sale. A good rate is 50%
and anything above that is ideal. You should also
look for how often they pay. Some programs pay you
twice a month and some only once a month. Most programs
also only pay you when you have earned a base amount.
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Attraction. Is the website attractive? Or will
your customers leave your site without even reading.
The site needs to easy to read, but not boring.
Also you don’t want to pick a site that is
full of garbage, advertising an array of different
subjects. Your site needs to filled with common
ground. Also make sure the sight doesn’t seem
to be screaming for attention (lots of large, bold
lettering).
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Support. What is the support for your program
like? Do they have a good list of Frequently Asked
Questions (FAQ), a contact email address with a
quick response (24 - 72 hours is good)? Any more
than 3 days for a response is too long. Some programs
even offer live chat. Now that is good!
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Your Statistics. The program should offer an
automated and immediate reaction to your statistics.
They should automatically contact you when you receive
a client, prospect, lead, customer or when you make
a sale, it should also be ready to view in your
downline as soon as you have the knowledge of the
sale etc.
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Incentives. Does the program offer free gifts,
tools and advertising content (banners, pop-ups,
email letters, articles etc.) It is important to
have marketing tools to keep track of business and
change things that may not work for you. Advertising
is also important your traffic won’t come
from no where, And gifts are a good bonus for your
customers as well as learning from the gifts yourself.
Usually the gifts are products to help you with
your business.
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Monthly Reports. Every good program will have
news and training updates sent to your inbox so
you can learn what works best for the program and
what the top affiliates of the program are doing.
You should also be able to read this on their website.
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Reviews. Sometimes you will find that the program
you are looking at has reviews in the search engines.
All you have to do is enter the name of the program
in the search engine form followed by “reviews”.
For example if you want to read about Strong Future
International (SFI) you would type “Strong
Future International Reviews” and click ‘search’.
Select any item that describes what you are looking
for, and read what people think.
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It is important to do your homework before you dive into
anything. Learn as much as you and make sure you feel
comfortable with your decision before going ahead. Remember
that you will not make money overnight……..Some
of the best affiliates spent 3 years or more promoting
before they got where they are today. 
