Affiliate programs, do you offer them?

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Permalink Reply by Nadine Brown on December 4, 2011 at 10:24pm

I am interested as well as to understanding the affillitate proccess.  Before this post, I had not realized it was even a possibility.

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Permalink Reply by Tieast Smith on December 9, 2011 at 12:56pm

Still hoping that someone can add some helpful information to this post. 

Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Tieast Smith on January 24, 2012 at 10:14pm

Hi Everyone, I posted this topic right before the holidays with no response.  I'm hoping now that the holidays are over, some one will share a little info on the subject.  Inquiring minds want to know.

Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Anne-Marie on January 31, 2012 at 12:36pm

We don't have an affiliate program but hearing from others that do (we researched it a while back) was extremely helpful. The businesses I spoke with suggested having standards. To be an affiliate, you will XYZ. In this case, it would be to post the button in a visible place on their website. They also had suggestions on how to promote, such as through blog posts, Twitter, and Facebook, always using the link that clearly marked their sales (so they could get credit).

You could do a contest for all your affiliates - whoever drives the most sales gets a basket of goodies? Gets double their affiliate dollars?

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Permalink Reply by Tieast Smith on January 31, 2012 at 12:49pm

Hi Anne-Marie,

Now that's a fab idea.  I want to offer my affiliates more that just a banner for them to put on their site.  I want to offer them incentives to promote the banner and bring in the sales, but wasn't sure how to do that.  Hosting a contest for the affiliates is a great motivator.  Also, I guess giving them tips on how to promote the affiliate link without them being really sales-y about it would be good too.

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