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Affiliate Programs To Look Out For Promoting.

I get a lot of funny questions like “What is wrong with Affiliate Marketing”, so I respond with a series of posts starting with the basics of Affiliate Marketing.

But I tell you upfront that is nothing wrong with AM, it is just a flood of newbies which is generated by a sluggish economy, the competition increases considerable, and the gurus in general don’t offer real solution for beginners.

Why I personally participate in an Affiliate program:

• It allows me to work part-time
• It gives me the opportunity to build a generous residual income
• It helps me start a small business

Did you ask yourself why some affiliate programs have already created millionaires and others have destroyed hopes?
So a real problem is – How do you choose a good affiliate program to promote?

I am not going to tell you that you have to work hard, this is a pathetic cliche. I strive to give you 1o tips which will guide you to the right path of choosing the right product to promote:

1. Look after a product you are interested in and purchase the product. In this case, chances are, there are many others who are also interested in the same product. But this is not enough…
2. Use the product yourself and this way
   1. You can objectively conclude that it is a product of high quality or not
   2. You can produce a review of the product as a specialist
3. Join in programs which offer real and viable products, to determine this:
   1. Look to the gravity of the product.  By the way, this month we have had in Clickbank two products with gravity higher then 1000. This is very rare, and is supper, but also means a lot of competition.
   2. Search the testimonials, and see if they are coming from the serious marketers or strangers
   3. Make inquiries in forums, entice discussions and you will get reliable feedback
   4. Create surveys for that niche
4. Research to see if the product is part of a growing target market to ensure more and continuous demands for your referrals. If it is part of a saturated market, it is still possible but it is hard for you the be better then all the competition. I will say, especially for beginners, stay away from saturated markets.
5. Choose a product with a compensation plan that pays out  50% to 75%, and/or a residual income. Do not waste your time with programs that do not reward substantially for your efforts
6. Find out if exists pre-requisites before you get your commissions and see if you are comfortable with them. With other words, if the product is not from Clickbank which offers the best proven quality management for affiliates, look to get instant pay with Paypal
7. Select a product that has plenty of tools, resources that can help you grow the business in the shortest possible time, and provides continuous help and upgrades
8. Check out if the affiliate program has a proven system that  allows you to check on-line your compensation at anytime
9. If you chose a recurring affiliate program – as a membership – verify if the program is offering strong incentives for members to renew their membership each time.
10. Find out the things that members are not happy about a program.

In summary: Have a thorough and intensive knowledge about the affiliate program and network you will be promoting on. Using the product and knowing the kind of product you are getting yourself into will make you anticipate and prevent any future problems, rejections, and luck of success.
In affiliate marketing, there are many ways in which you can increase your earnings but everything started with choosing the right product to promote.

As a good read I recommend:

Affiliate Marketing Resources

http://promotedprofits.com/affiliate-marketing-programs

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Resell rights means you bought a given good or service, and you are able to resell it at a profit.

Resell Rights essentials

There are a few basic things to must know about the different types of resell rights, and how they work.
Under the generic name of “Resell Rights” you will find 4 types:

• Resell Rights
• Master Resell Rights
• Private Resell Rights
• Rebranding

Type 1: Basic Resell Rights have to do with being able to buy a product and sell it. Generally speaking, there are restrictions on how you can brand the product, as well as a suggestion about the amount you can charge for the product, but is just a suggestion, the last word is yours.

Type 2: Master Resell Rights have all the privileges of basic resell rights, but also create the right for your customers to resell the product as well.

Type 3: Private Label Resell Rights means that the name of the original author is intact, and the product is still recognizable as being an original, a private label  arrangement allows you to customize the product.

Type 4: Rebranding is  the most popular form of resell rights, you acquire an existing product and repackage it under your own brand name.

Note: When you see an ad about Resell Rights, read carefully the license, each author creates his own list of DO and DON’T rules for his Resell Rights license.

You can find Resell Rights Products or you can create your own. You can fail at the first try or you can create a recurring income that can vary between a couple of hundreds and 5 digits amount per month.

The real advantages of being successful selling Digital Products vs physical products are:

• No inventory, space to deposit the products
• The entire process can be 100% automated
• Create a recurring source of income, which will continue to produce money when you sleep, go in vacation, take a break for your family needs

How to Find Resell Rights Products

You probably heard that a good salesperson can sell anything, this is partially true. Usually has to be some degree of love affair between the seller and the product in order to be successful. Find the right products to market, you cannot do a perfect job to advertise a product you hate or you know nothing about it.
The following steps are the key of your success:

• Go after what you know, pursue a hobby, a skill
• Look for something that is not already done to death
• Search the balance between the popularity and the competition
• Don’t jump and commit in a hurry, research first, commit later
• Go to your favorite search engine and type in “your topic” + “resell rights”. You’ll end up with a list of sites selling rights to products related to your subject
• I suggest ClickBank as a major source of Digital Products, and I suggest to buy and use the product, this way you know enough about it and is easy to be enthusiastic about the product

How to Create Your Own Resell Rights Products

You may be able to create your own product and then engage a number of affiliates (resellers) to handle the marketing and sales efforts for you. 

Things to consider for your own resell rights product:

• Keep it simple, the more focused the product, the better your chances of success
• Make the resell strategy as simple as possible, create the terms of the right to resell that are clear and will not be subject to interpretation
• Consider a variety of digital products as the core of your product line: software, ebooks, videos, eCourses, interviews, webinars, audios, reviews, resources and so on
• Include a complete package with materials for your customers to be able to resell your product: landing page, graphics, resell rights license, emails, signatures,  post on blog, articles, and the product itself

If you are a beginner Affiliate Marketer it is up to you to educate yourself or just try “trial and error”.

For a true beginner I recommend an eCourse about selling Digital Products with Resell Rights, that will clarify the necessary details of entire process and will save you hours and days of hard work:

http://www.mc-ebay-resources.com/recommends/RReCourse

When I started I use “trial and error” and it was hard, time consuming, and even frustrating.  

As always, you are welcome to leave your comments here on the blog.

Untill next time, all the best

Michaela

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