In affiliate marketing as a process of expanding the creation of a product or service on the market, various parties participate receiving their benefits. Those benefits or better to say revenues depend on their contribution in the affiliating process. If you decide to start your affiliate programme you need to know how to attract affiliates. You need to know where to search and how to approach them.

Firstly you should know that affiliates are in fact publishers so you need to make your programme noticeable so that the interest for visiting it will increase. You also need to do a lot of searching for different websites, content that fits well with your product.  Offer them to get linked to your programme and get connected.

When creating a programme, prioritize some important facts to mention, like how much profit affiliates get of a product or how long cookies will be. Also will there be a list of priority regarding who called first for affiliating? Of course, do not forget to define when you pay them and how you do it. So you need to clarify certain points which affiliates might be interested in.

Speaking of money, carefully think about the amount you will offer. Low commission may turn off prospective affiliates. They say 25-30 is the ideal percentage. Obviously, this will not be possible if you do not offer an attractive product or service to your customers.

Try different advertising services like Google Adwords or Facebook ads where you can find new affiliates. Another way to catch up with prospective affiliates is joining affiliate marketing forums. You can meet people and discuss aspects of affiliate marketing and you can even promote your product in a roundabout way. You may offer a small discount to fellow members when it comes to commissions.

Be generous-make sure you come up with some good ideas of offering something extra to new affiliates or potential customers. This may be a good motivation prior they decide to join your programme or an incentive to continue affiliating if they receive the award at the end of job.

Stay in the affiliate network keep in touch by providing affiliates with information. It can be an article, a promo email or a banner. It shows that you take care to give additional details.

In some parts of the world affiliate events take place. See if there is one near where you live or look for a webinar. These are some good ways to meet important affiliates and to promote your program straight away.

Finally, you should not forget that none of the above will be valid and worthy unless you have an awesome product or service to offer. You must offer something that is unique in a way, something that stands out from the crowd and is catchy.

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