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Eleven years of Service
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March 19, 2011 volume
11-issue 4
Your editor: Jan Tallent, rimdigest@usa.net
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Today's Issue Contains:
Publisher's Spot
Featured Article: Only Promote Products You Believe In
Positive Quote
Fun Tip or Site
Publisher's Goodbye and
Legal Stuff
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Yep, this is Missouri! BBQ'd
brats on my front porch
with my electric grill on
Thursday before it hit the high
of 81 degrees for the day -
woke up Friday to almost
freezing weather again - we
were lucky to hit 40
yesterday and it was a damp,
blah chill.
Next week it will officially
be SPRING here and believe me,
your editor is READY! I am
in no hurry for summer's heat
and humidity but I sure
would like to thaw out and stay
thawed, lol.
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Featured Article
Only Promote Products You
Believe In
When it comes to an
affiliate program, one of the most common
mistakes program
participants make is choosing to sell a
product that they do not
believe in or fully stand behind 100%.
Although you may be making
money, you may also be creating
a bad name for yourself.
That is why it is important that
you only promote or sell
products that you believe in.
When it comes to promoting a
product that you believe in, one of
the most commonly asked
questions is “how?” The best way to
promote a product that you
believe in is to actually try out the
product. For instance, if
you are promoting an e-book, you may
want to think about reading
the e-book in question. In fact, if
you ask, you may be given
the e-book to review for free or for a
discounted price. If you are
interested in joining an affiliate
program set up by a
retailer, you will earn commission for all
sales, not just a particular
product. To test the waters, you
may want to think about
placing an order, even just a small one.
This will give you a first
hand look at the affiliate program
that you will be promoting
on your own site.
One of the greatest reasons
why you should test out a product
is because if you don’t like
it, there is a good chance that
your customers won’t like it
either. In a way, you can look at
it as providing a service to
the general internet public.
By not agreeing to sell a
poor quality product, you will be
saving other consumers money
and potential dissapointment.
In fact, you should be proud
of yourself for refusing to do
business with an affiliate
program that doesn’t live up to par.
Another reason why you
should avoid doing business with an
affiliate program that sells
a poor quality product is because
of your reputation. Although
you are only directing customers
to the site where they can
buy the product in question, you may
still be remembered for your
part in the sale. Do you really
want to be remembered as the
person who recommended a
product that wasn’t even
worth the money spent?
Although you may be making
money, this will probably not last forever.
In fact, you may soon find
your sales decreasing. You need to
remember that customers
talk. If a customer was not satisfied
with the product that he
purchased, he will likely talk to
friends, family members, and
coworkers. He may even write
negative reviews
online. These negative reviews may
cause
other consumers to avoid
purchasing the product that you are
selling, as well as make
people avoid your whole website in general.
The money that you can make
right away may seem nice at the
time, but you need to
remember to think long-term. Do you know
what you want to do in the
future, either now or in a few years?
What if you want to create
your own products to sell online?
As it was mentioned above,
what you do online now can come back
to haunt you. That is why it
is important that you think about
your future, in the business
sense, and what it may entail.
If your dream is to one day
start your own online business,
you will want to refrain
from bad publicity. Bad publicity
really may come in the form
of a poorly run affiliate program.
Although it was advised that
you actually test out the products
that you will be promoting,
testing isn’t your only option.
You can also research a
product online. Reading customer reviews,
both good and bad, may give
you insight into the product you
may be interested in
selling. Better yet, it may help you decide
whether or not it is a
product that you want to be associated with.
P.S. Promoting affiliate
products that you believe in will
not only make you feel
better about yourself, but it may also
help to increase your sales!
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Positive Quote
It is better to say,
"This one thing I do" than to say,
"These forty things I
dabble in."
-- Washington Gladden
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Fun Tip or Sites
I never get enough of these
babies - there are several other
wonderful categories but
these are my pick:
http://www.flowgo.com/category/10762_baby-cartoons
I especially love the babies
"singing" to popular oldies
with changes made to fit the
story the babies are telling.
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