| Affiliate marketing has been around in the current | | | | their products well enough. If this happens, I can |
| internet marketing world known as the day job killer. | | | | confidently say that you also will not have any |
| For your information, affiliate marketing has always | | | | success promoting their products. |
| been the top rated choice to easily build your own | | | | So even if i do encounter a poor marketer offering me |
| online business with. Reason for this popular choice is | | | | upwards of 75 percent commissions, I will rather step |
| due to the fact that you do not have to deal with the | | | | back unless they actually allow me to assist them with |
| hassle of creating your own products, monitoring your | | | | their poor sales presentation from the start. |
| inventory, or even customer service setups. So what | | | | Finally, we have come to the commission thief. My |
| is the thing that you have to do then? Well simply you | | | | sincere advice is, just do not deal along with them. So |
| just need to market someone else's product. Period. | | | | how do you actually identify this commision thieves? |
| Do you actually know that there are a lot of marketing | | | | The beginning step is, to suspect anyone coupled with |
| programs which are out to scam people if you are not | | | | their own private affiliate program (example not |
| really cautious? | | | | Clickbank, Commission Junction, Linkshare, etc.) a |
| What I have done for you here is to actually classify | | | | potential affiliate thief. If you have to sign up through a |
| these devious programs into three different groups. | | | | private program where the company is going to write |
| And the three infamous catogories are the | | | | you the check personally (or send you the paypal |
| cheapskate, poor marketer and the commision thief | | | | commission), then there is a cause to worry. |
| programs. | | | | Well I have had my share of pretty bad experiences. |
| Let us kick off with the cheapskate programs first and | | | | Do not get me wrong though. You can still sign up with |
| foremost, shall we? These are the kind of programs | | | | other people's private affiliate programs. The most |
| which will pay you very little commisions for your | | | | crucial thing is to make sure that they have a good |
| efforts. For example, what do you think of a program | | | | reputation amongst their affiliates. |
| that will pay you 5 percent in commisions for a 100 | | | | One good way to tell if the program is really |
| dollar sale you personally closed? Wow, shouldnt | | | | trustworthy is to actually find out how long they have |
| everyone be taking advantage of this opportunity to | | | | been established. Do they have any outstanding |
| earn that extra five bucks? Well, I do not think so. In | | | | references? By nature, any good company will not |
| fact, the word pathetic is an understatement for this. | | | | mind us checking with a top affiliate and see if they |
| My best advice for you is to keep your day job at this | | | | wouldn't mind being a reference. Hey, you have every |
| point. | | | | right to make sure you are going to get paid. |
| Then, what pertaining to the poor marketer, you ask? | | | | So remember, if you are searching for a Day Job |
| Pardon me, but I do not mean poor in the financial | | | | Killer, affiliate marketing has an endless potential. |
| judgement (although more than likely, their pockets are | | | | Expressly make sure to follow these tips and keep |
| not deep enough). What I truly meant was someone | | | | away from nasty programs to promote including the |
| who cannot even serve food to a hungry crowd. | | | | cheapskate programs, the poor marketer, and the |
| There is no way that these people are able to present | | | | commission thief as mentioned earlier. |