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Before
I get into depth with this article I first want you to have a good understanding
of what a '2 Tier' affiliate program is and there advantages. Then from there
I'll go on to explain how you can start recruiting Sub-Affiliate's by simply locating
the Super-Affiliate's within your Niche market.
First... lets define what
a '2 Tier' affiliate program is.
A '2 Tier' affiliate program is simply
a program that is designed to work on a 2 tier payment structure. And what I mean
by that is that you'll get paid on both the 1st tier(you) and 2nd tier(your sub-affiliates)
of the program you choose to promote.
Now, with that said, let's go a little
deeper into what the advantages of a '2 Tier' affiliate program are so that you'll
be able to visualize in your head why these programs are being considered the
most Powerful programs on the Net and more importantly... how they can put Profits
in your hand, on Auto-Pilot, 24/7/365 with little effort on your part.
Lets
first talk about the advantages and for the purpose of this article I'm going
to give you three of the main ones:
1) - you get paid 'Higher' commissions
on your 1st tier (usually between 25% - 65% depending on the vendor)
2)
- you have the ability to 'Recruit' sub-affiliates(your 2nd tier) to promote the
program for you
3) - and you can form 'Joint Ventures' with other website
and/or list owners within your specified Niche market
Is the 'Light-Bulb'
starting to flicker inside your head?
Are you starting to see WHY these
programs are so Powerful and Versatile?
I certainly hope so.
Now
that you see the main advantages to these programs your probably asking yourself...
"well, where can I find a complete listing of these programs so I don't have to
spend alot of time looking for them on the web?"
Well... it just so happens
that I know of a few Top affiliate directories that have a complete searchable
database full of '2 Tier' affiliate programs in whatever category you are looking
for.
I will list two of the of Top affiliate directories for the purposes
of this article that I use to locate these programs:
- 2 Tier Affiliate
Directory
http://www.2-tier.com
- Associate Affiliate Directory
http://www.associateprograms.com
I
think these two directories alone will keep you busy.
There are many affiliate
directories out there on the WWW, but these two I find are the most popular and
have the best selection.
Now that you have an idea of what '2 Tier' affiliate
programs are, there advantages and where to locate these programs on the web lets
talk about 'How' you can start recruiting some Sub-Affiliate's within the next
24 hours by simply locating the Super-Affiliate's within your Niche market via
the search engines.
In order to do this exercise properly you're going
to need two Very important webmaster tools. These tools are Free so you don't
have to worry about paying anything up front or any monthly subscription fee's
for there use.
The 1st tool you need to get is the 'Google Toolbar'. This
toolbar is used to gauge a websites PR(Link Popularity) within the search engines.
Generally, a website with a PR of 5 or higher are the types of websites you want
to find and are where the Super-Affiliate's usually reside.
Click the link
I've provided below and install the toolbar.
- http://toolbar.google.com/
And
the 2nd tool you need to get is the 'Alexa Toolbar'. This toolbar is used to gauge
a websites overall Traffic Ranking. You'll want to find websites with a traffic
ranking of 50,000 or lower. This is where you'll find the Super-Affiliate's.
Click
the link I've provided below and install the toolbar.
- http://download.alexa.com/
Now
that you have those two tools installed on your computer you Now have the ability
to find Super-Affiliate's through gauging their websites overall 'Traffic Ranking'
and 'Link Popularity' which brings use to the next step... "Locating the Super-Affiliates".
A
'Super-Affiliate', just so you know, is simply a webmaster who has a high traffic
website and/or a large targeted mailing list and has the ability to sell more
in a day then you could in a month.
Generally, and this is just a guideline
I use when contacting these webmasters, I look for websites with at least a PR
of 5 and a Traffic Ranking of 50,000 or less. This way, if they don't have a large
mailing list they at least have a high traffic website or Visa-Versa.
This
next step is where the fun begins because we'll be using search engines to locate
the Super-Affiliate's and for this exercise lets go to the all famous 'Google'
search engine at -- http://www.google.com
Now... once the page loads simply
type in the Keyword or Keywords or Keyword Phrase that targets your particular
Niche market you are targeting within the search form Google provides.
For
the purpose of this exercise lets use the keywords 'internet marketing'.
By
now you should be looking at a page full of listings under the Keywords or Keyword
Phrase you targeted, which in this case was 'internet marketing'.
Now,
simply start clicking on the links that you think might make a good 'Sub-Affiliate'
to the program you are recruiting for.
By using the two toolbars you installed
earlier you'll now be able to identify if this website is a Super-Affiliate by
the websites overall 'Link Popularity' and 'Traffic Ranking' by using the guidelines
I stated earlier.
If you like the web stats you see and you think they
would make a suitable sub-affiliate to your program all you have to do from this
point is look for the webmasters contact details listed on their website and send
them a proposition to join your program.
If you can't find there contact
details on there website you can usually find them by using the 'Alexa' toolbar.
Just click on the 'Alexa' button in the upper left corner of your browser. This
will bring you to there main page. You'll usually find there contact details listed
mid-way down.
And if you're worried about being accused of 'Spamming',
well... you don't have too simply because your not sending them an Unsolicited
Advertisement, your sending them a Business Proposition.
There's a BIG
difference.
Now, with that said, lets move on to the Final segment of this
article... 'Joint Ventures'.
'Joint Ventures' are simply an collaboration
or partnership undertaken by two or more entities(webmasters) for a mutual gain,
usually profit sharing.
Who make the best JV partners and Why?
Ezine/Newsletter
owners make the best JV partners simply because they have already done all the
work and have built highly targeted mailing lists. Some have Large lists and some
have Small lists. Point being... they're highly targeted to whatever Niche market
you're targeting.
How do '2 Tier' affiliate programs work in this kind
of arrangement?
They work just the same as recruiting website owners, but
instead you're strictly contacting list owners with highly targeted lists and
propositioning them to join your program for a share of the profits.
Where
can you find these Ezine/Newsletter owners?
You can find thousands of them
on the WWW through Ezine/Newsletter directories, but I'll only list just a few
Top resources to save you the hassle.
- Ezine Universe
http://www.ezine-universe.com
-
Ezine Hub
http://www.ezinehub.com
- Go-Ezines
http://www.go-ezines.com
-
Netter Web
http://www.netterweb.com
- Ezine Search
http://www.ezinesearch.com
These
directories have large searchable databases full of thousands of Ezine/Newsletters
that target any category you are looking for to promote your program(s). And these
are only a few of whats available to you on the Net.
Well... there you
have it in a nut shell.
I just revealed to you some of the most Powerful
marketing technique's being used online today by many of the Top internet marketers
and how they are able to build there Sub-Affiliate army's and generate loads of
Free targeted traffic to there websites without spending a penny on advertising.
And...
the best part about this is... you can start doing the same within the Next 24
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