The 4-Step Plan ( IV )

by Derrick Van Dyke
AffiliateChashSecrets.com

Step 4: Recruit Your Affiliate Team

The last step is to recruit a lot of affiliates who can each send you a little bit of
traffic. If you have 100 affiliates each sending 10 visitors per day, that’s 1,000
people coming to your site every single day!

Internet marketers often talk about “super affiliates” (people who already have a
big list and know how to promote) and how you should focus on the “big dogs” to
bring you traffic.

Well if you’re just starting out and selling a $10 report, it’s not very likely that
you’ll land a JV with a “top gun” Internet marketer. But if you get enough people
to send you a little bit of traffic, that adds up to a lot of people visiting your site
and going through your sales funnel.

It’s important to note that your general subscribers and customers can also be
your affiliates. And while “super affiliates” may send you more traffic initially, it’s
your dedicated affiliate team who will send you consistent traffic in the long run.

Hint: part of your follow-up system should include reminders to your subscribers
and customers that they can make money by promoting your site.

Finding Affiliates

The first thing you should do, is get on the lists of every top Internet marketer
who is selling products in your market. Just go to ClickBank and visit the sites of
the top 20 products in your market and sign up to their lists then go to Guru.com
and get on all their lists.

Once you’re on their lists, watch the products they promote, visit those sites and
sign up to the lists of those marketers too.

Once you’re on at least 50 lists, you’ll start to see the types of products they
promote, the types of campaigns they run and how many times they run them.
And like I said, marketers who promote affiliate products similar to yours will
make your best affiliates.

Hint: Being on all these lists is also a great way to build a “swipe file” of sample
ads and articles to use in your email promotions.

Another great way to find list owners is through ezine directories. Just sign up
with ezines in relevant categories, watch what they promote, and get on those
lists too.

Here are a few ezine directories to get you started:

http://www.ezinehub.com
http://www.directoryofezines.com
http://www.ezinelocater.com
http://www.bestezines.com
http://www.newsletteraccess.com
http://ezinesearch.com

There are literally thousands of ezines and general marketing lists that you can
sign up for – so you’ll have an endless supply of potential affiliates. And once
you’ve found the 50 or so people you want to work with, you can unsubscribe
from the other lists.

Contacting Potential Affiliates

Do you want the “Good News” or the “Bad News” first? (Let’s do the bad news
and get it out of the way.)

You need to accept the fact that, especially when you’re just starting out, more
people are going to say “No” than “Yes” when you approach them – especially if
you’re new or unknown. Don’t take it personally. If someone says no, just go to
the next person on the list.

The “Good News” is that you don’t need to have very many affiliates to be
successful. Remember, you just need that initial push to get the ball rolling and
start building a team of affiliates from the leads and customers that you acquire in
the process.

In fact, if you contact 500 people and only 10% agree to promote you,
prepare for a flurry of traffic and sales!