Affiliate Marketing For Indie Authors Part 1
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Thursday, May 3, 2018 12:38 pm - 3:38 pm

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Affiliate marketing is a big industry, and there are so many strategies that you could choose depending on what your technological capabilities are. Keep the product and the target audience in mind as well. Affiliate marketing and spam are two very different things. A strategy must be developed beforehand.

These networks effectively act as the middle man between multiple merchants and publishers. So a publisher could sign up and get access to any merchants that network is working with, and vice versa. Working in this way ultimately makes life easier for the merchant, but it does mean they give up a certain amount of control over where their products are advertised. These are the guys that include affiliate links to retailers on their sites and promote the products of said retailers in the hope that people will click the links and buy something when they get to the other side. If business and money is being made… the rest of the world and the FTC will surely find out about it.affiliate marketing software

It took less than 10 years for LinkShare to created then acquired for $425 million — which was the largest affiliate acquisition at this time. This deal also made the CJ acquisition for $58 million look like quite a steal! With more focus on affiliate marketing and money pouring into the industry from every outlet possible, the idea of compensation based marketing was more legitimate than ever before.

Steep Learning Curve. While the reporting capabilities are great, they're also quite difficult for beginners to get to grips with. You'll need to spend time in the dashboard before you're comfortable navigating the reporting suite and can then start to take full advantage of the tools on offer. Rakuten LinkShare is considered to be one of the oldest affiliate partner networks, it is now a fair amount smaller than some of the bigger players in the affiliate industry.

There is a lot to be said for independent and home grown affiliate marketing programs that are trustworthy and pay well. You may find that news will spread quickly about your program and attract hungry affiliate marketers who appreciate the high payouts and less red-tape”. If you think about how much you spend on advertising, you may find that giving bigger percentages to your affiliates is equivalent to how much you spend on advertising. Additionally, my sources forget that affiliates are not only bringing you sales, they are bringing you new customers.