Hello and welcome to Rim Digest, the ezine for

 

"Responsible Internet Marketers".

 

Striving to be the BEST resource for Small Biz Owners...

 

May 28, 2009 volume 9-issue 21

 

Your editor: Jan Tallent, rimdigest@usa.net

Rim Digest ezine: http://www.rimdigest.com/

 

 

 

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Today's Issue Contains:

 

Publisher's Spot

Featured Article: 3 Ways To Boost Your Affiliate Commissions Overnight

Positive Quote

Freebie for my subs

Feedback

Recommended eZines

Publisher's Goodbye and Legal Stuff

 

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Well, proof again that IT NEVER ENDS, lol.

 

Paid my car off after almost losing it every month

for a year so of COURSE everything is going out, one

or two things at a time! Today the water pump AND fan

went out when I was about 1/4 of the way getting my

partner to the hospital for treatments for his back.

 

Luckily his best friend who lives in our town could

come and pick us up AND my local tow company could take

the car to the dealer where even more luckily, at least

the water pump is under my extended warranty. So, I am

carLESS but it will get fixed and hopefully soon.

Living in a tiny town with NO public transportation,

I am totally lost without a car although I often go

no further than my post offic and the local diner for

coffee or local grocery store.

 

On the happy front, my three year old grand-daughter,

Madison and now 6 week old new grand-son, Aiden, are

both doing well and she still loves being a big sister.

And my other grand-son, Brayden, turned ONE on the 23rd.

 

 

 

 

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Featured Article

 

 

3 Ways To Boost Your Affiliate Commissions Overnight

 

 

Affiliate marketing does not require having your own website,

dealing with customers, refunds, product development or

maintenance. This is one of the easiest ways of launching

into an online business and earning more profits.

 

Assuming you are already into an affiliate program, what would

be the next thing you would want to do? Double, or even triple,

your commissions, right? How do you do that?

 

Here are some powerful tips on how to boost

your affiliate program commissions overnight.

 

1. Know the best program and products to promote.

 

Obviously, you will want to promote a program

that will enable you to achieve the greatest

profits in the shortest possible time.

 

There are several factors to consider in selecting such

a program. Choose the ones that have a generous commission

structure. Have products that fit in with your target audience.

 

Concentrate on those that have a solid track record of paying

their affiliate easily and on time. If you cannot seem to

increase your investments, dump that program and keep looking

for better ones.

 

There are thousands of affiliate programs online so you can

afford to be picky. You may want to select the best to avoid

losing your advertising dollars.

 

Write free reports or short ebooks to distribute from your site.

 

There is a great possibility that you are competing with other

affiliates that are promoting the same program. If you start

writing short reports related to the product you are promoting,

you'll be able to distinguish yourself from other affiliates.

 

In the reports, provide some valuable information for free.

If possible, add some recommendations about the products.

With ebooks, you get credibility. Customers will see that

in you and they will be enticed to try out what you'r offering.

 

2. Collect and save the email addresses of those who download

your free ebooks. It is a known fact that people do not make

a purchase on the first solicitation. You may want to send out

your message more than six times to make a sale.

 

This is the reason why you should collect the contact

information of those who downloaded your reports and

ebooks. You can make follow-ups on these contacts to

remind them to make a purchase from you.

 

Get the contact information of a prospect before sending

them to the vendor’s website. Keep in mind that you are

providing free advertisement for the product owners.

You get paid only when you make a sale. If you send

prospects directly to the vendors, chances are they

will be lost to you forever.

 

But when you get their names, you can always send other

marketing messages to them to be able to earn an ongoing

commission instead of a one-time sale.

 

Publish an online newsletter or Ezine. It is always best

to recommend a product to someone you know than to sell

to a stranger. This is the purpose behind publishing

your own newsletter. This also allows you to develop

a relationship based on trust with your subscribers.

 

This strategy is a delicate balance between providing

useful information with a sales pitch. If you continue

to write informative editorials you will be able to

build a sense of reciprocity in your readers that may

lead them to support you by buying your products.

 

3. Ask for higher than normal commission from merchants.

If you are already successful with a particular promotion,

you should try to approach the merchant and negotiate

a percentage commission for your sales.

 

If the merchant is smart, he or she will likely grant

your request rather than lose a valuable asset in you.

Keep in mind that you are a zero-risk investment to

your merchant; so do not be shy about requesting an

additional commission. Try to be reasonable about it.

 

Write strong pay Per Click ads. PPC search engine

is the most effective means of advertising online.

As an affiliate, you can make a small income just

by managing PPC campaigns such as Google AdWords

and Overture. Then you should try to monitor them

to see which ads are more effective and which ones

to dispose of.

 

Try these strategies and see the difference they

can make to your commission checks in the shortest

amount of time.

 

 

 

 

Jan Tallent is the editor of Rim Digest ezine,

an Internet Marketing Mom & Grandma, and

a Virtual Assistant looking for editing jobs

http://www.tallentagency.com/

 

 

 

 

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Unswerving loyalty to duty, constant devotion to truth,

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-- Grover Cleveland

 

 

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