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| 9 Questions You Should Ask Before You Affiliate With Anybody
9 Questions you should ask before affiliating with anybody
Becoming an affiliate with an established company is an
excellent way for a new Internet entrepreneur to learn about
online business and build an income for his own business. But do
not join just any company.
Perform what is termed “due diligence” first. Investigate each
company thoroughly by asking the following 9 questions:
1. How long has the company been established? A brand new
company, no matter how good it sounds, has not had time to prove
itself. Many new companies do not last a year on the Internet.
You want one that has been around for three to six years or more.
2. Is the company a one-person operation or a real company with
real employees, and real products? Some one-person companies are
highly successful, but rarely do they have successful affiliate
programs. You will be better off going with a large fully
established company.
3. What kind of products does the company offer for affiliates
to sell? Products should be easy to sell, known, high quality,
and reasonably priced. A diversity of products helps, too. The
company might have one terrific product, but once you sell this
product to someone, what will you use as a follow-up to that
same customer?
4. What amount of commission does the company offer? If the
commission is less than 30%, it’s not worth your time and
effort.
5. Does the company have a scheduled time when they pay
commissions or do they insist you must accumulate a certain
amount before they will pay? Watch out for this. Sometimes with
an accumulation policy you might not reach the required total
for quite a while. If you don’t keep in touch with the company,
they will assume you have dropped out and keep your hard earned
commission money.
6. Does the company charge a fee of some sort to become an
affiliate? Some companies charge you to sell their products. In
all cases where a company asks for a fee to join them, forget
it. There are too many legitimate “no fee to join” companies on
the Internet to bother with one that charges. And beware of
those who tell you they don’t charge you to join, but require
you to buy a ”sample kit” of their products before you can sell
anything.
7. What kind of training does the company offer? No training
program – drop them. A good training program should include all
the necessary information to guide you and instruct you how to
sell the available products. And the training should cost you
nothing. When a large company hires a salesman, do they charge
him to train him to sell their products?
8. Does the company provide a means for advancement? There are
lots of companies on the Internet with affiliate offers who pay
a decent commission, but that is as far as they go. What you
really should look for is a company with an affiliate program
that allows you to advance in the company and rewards you for
good work with bonuses or other forms of recognition.
9. Does the company provide its contact information onsite?
Reliable, successful companies have no qualms about showing all
their contact information, including email address, company
address, phone number, and the name of a person to contact.
You might think of a few other questions you want to ask a
company you are interested in joining, but the above are the
most important basic questions that should always be answered
before you decide to go with a particular company and affiliate
program.
About the author: Nancy Casseur is a Team Leader with Strong
Future International Marketing Group. SFI is considered to have
the largest and most successful affiliate company in the world.
You can contact Nancy at nceur@msn.com for more information
about SFI Marketing Group. She is also the Webmaster of New
Business Site Info at www.newsiteinfo.net, a site that teaches
new Internet businessmen or women how to get started.
About the author:
About the author: Nancy Casseur is a Team Leader with Strong
Future International Marketing Group. SFI is considered to have
the largest and most successful affiliate company in the world.
You can contact Nancy at nceur@msn.com for more information
about SFI Marketing Group. She is also the Webmaster of New
Business Site Info at www.newsiteinfo.net, a site that teaches
new Internet businessmen or women how to get started.
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