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]]> By: Frank Haywood http://www.frankhaywood.com/how-to-get-affiliates-to-promote/#comment-9767 Frank Haywood Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:03:16 +0000 http://www.frankhaywood.com/2007/12/04/how-to-get-affiliates-to-promote/#comment-9767 Andrew: Yes it's a little thing really to do multiple videos. Once you've done the one, it's easy to repeat them for different people, and well worth it for the wow factor. You could even get a bit clever, and use the first 10 seconds to say hello to them personally, and then cut to a screen shot of something you want them to see, before cutting back to the main one of you talking. That way you only need to do the screen shot and the last bit once, and just splice in the different intros. It's easy with Camtasia to do that. Sally: For some reason your post ended up in the spam! Lol. It's a good job I check before deleting them. ;-) It *is* a great quote isn't it? It certainly keeps me going. Steve: Bang on target! And the more people you help, the more they'll help you. Joe: I completely agree. You should always be pleased with whatever response you get from anyone. Disappointment leads to despondency, which will ultimately kill your business as you lose interest. It's a mind set thing. Be pleased with what you get and you'll be happy. The happier you are, the more enthusiastic you'll be, and the more you'll work on your business. ;-) Cheers, Frank. Andrew:

Yes it's a little thing really to do multiple videos. Once you've done the one, it's easy to repeat them for different people, and well worth it for the wow factor.

You could even get a bit clever, and use the first 10 seconds to say hello to them personally, and then cut to a screen shot of something you want them to see, before cutting back to the main one of you talking.

That way you only need to do the screen shot and the last bit once, and just splice in the different intros. It's easy with Camtasia to do that.

Sally:

For some reason your post ended up in the spam! Lol. It's a good job I check before deleting them. ;-)

It *is* a great quote isn't it? It certainly keeps me going.

Steve:

Bang on target! And the more people you help, the more they'll help you.

Joe:

I completely agree. You should always be pleased with whatever response you get from anyone. Disappointment leads to despondency, which will ultimately kill your business as you lose interest.

It's a mind set thing. Be pleased with what you get and you'll be happy. The happier you are, the more enthusiastic you'll be, and the more you'll work on your business. ;-)

Cheers,

Frank.

]]> By: Joe http://www.frankhaywood.com/how-to-get-affiliates-to-promote/#comment-9766 Joe Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:43:02 +0000 http://www.frankhaywood.com/2007/12/04/how-to-get-affiliates-to-promote/#comment-9766 Excellent advice Frank. And I particularly took up on the 'personal video' message and also creating a personal affiliate page for each Joint Venturer. This might be useful to some people thinking of JV'ing - and it adds to your point about not approaching the 'BIG' list holders: approach at least 100 websites in your relevant niche, perhaps even more if you have the time, and be as pleased to attract people with a list of 200 as you are people with a list of 2,000 or 20,000. We all have to start somewhere with our lists. Excellent advice Frank. And I particularly took up on the 'personal video' message and also creating a personal affiliate page for each Joint Venturer.
This might be useful to some people thinking of JV'ing – and it adds to your point about not approaching the 'BIG' list holders: approach at least 100 websites in your relevant niche, perhaps even more if you have the time, and be as pleased to attract people with a list of 200 as you are people with a list of 2,000 or 20,000. We all have to start somewhere with our lists.

]]> By: Steve Roberts http://www.frankhaywood.com/how-to-get-affiliates-to-promote/#comment-9705 Steve Roberts Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:18:09 +0000 http://www.frankhaywood.com/2007/12/04/how-to-get-affiliates-to-promote/#comment-9705 Hi Frank, A bit ahead of where I am practically at, however a great post to use as a simple checklist in the near future when I am looking for partners. As I only have a small list I like the advice about matching up with where you are at. I would imagine that while I might need to approach more people with small lists to get the numbers up, the list owners are possibly more approachable as they would be looking for as many opportunities as they can to grow their own list. Thanks Again Steve Roberts Hi Frank,
A bit ahead of where I am practically at, however a great post to use as a simple checklist in the near future when I am looking for partners.
As I only have a small list I like the advice about matching up with where you are at. I would imagine that while I might need to approach more people with small lists to get the numbers up, the list owners are possibly more approachable as they would be looking for as many opportunities as they can to grow their own list.
Thanks Again
Steve Roberts

]]> By: Sally http://www.frankhaywood.com/how-to-get-affiliates-to-promote/#comment-9701 Sally Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:45:23 +0000 http://www.frankhaywood.com/2007/12/04/how-to-get-affiliates-to-promote/#comment-9701 Great tips Frank, I have definately added this blog post to my favourites! I love the final quote: “Some will. Some won’t. So what? Next!” Brilliant! Sally :) Great tips Frank, I have definately added this blog post to my favourites!

I love the final quote:

“Some will. Some won’t. So what? Next!”

Brilliant! Sally :)

]]> By: Andrew Lock http://www.frankhaywood.com/how-to-get-affiliates-to-promote/#comment-9696 Andrew Lock Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:16:31 +0000 http://www.frankhaywood.com/2007/12/04/how-to-get-affiliates-to-promote/#comment-9696 Frank, I love the tip about making a personal video for prospective JV partners. I'd definitely take notice if someone sent me a video, it'll cut through the emails for sure, and I'll use that idea when I approach others. Great post. Andrew www.andrewlock.com Frank,

I love the tip about making a personal video for prospective JV partners. I'd definitely take notice if someone sent me a video, it'll cut through the emails for sure, and I'll use that idea when I approach others.

Great post.

Andrew
http://www.andrewlock.com

]]> By: Frank Haywood http://www.frankhaywood.com/how-to-get-affiliates-to-promote/#comment-9693 Frank Haywood Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:07:14 +0000 http://www.frankhaywood.com/2007/12/04/how-to-get-affiliates-to-promote/#comment-9693 Dave: That's great advice to add here. In fact I carry that mindset around with me in the real world too. I look at stressed out people I need something from and see how I can make their day better. I know that a simple act of kindness with a few words makes my request from them go that much more smoothly. (Nice blog yourself BTW.) :-) Antonios: Yes, that's a way of thinking of it. If you get in the right mindset as Dave has said, it's so much easier to get a response, even if its not the one you want. Luckily for me, I've always had a lot of patience (mostly). Donna: You're just lovely! Grumpy: Stop writing? I don't want to hear that. I tell you what IS rude - spamming! ;-) But if you're approaching someone who already sells online, then they know the score. They're not going to be offended by what you might say to them. In fact, if what you have is within their niche and right up their alley, they'll probably thank you for contacting them! You don't *need* to go to seminars to be successful online, but there's no denying it helps. There are lots of people making lots of money online and have never been to a seminar. Forums. They're time suckers aren't they? I used to spend a lot of time in forums until I realised how unproductive it was. In fact I reckon the biggest posters are probably the ones making less money than anyone else. ;-) However, you can spend a little time in a forum and make useful contributions, especially in your field of expertise - it doesn't hurt. But I'll never be convinced it's the best way to spend your time. But don't stop writing! I tell you what. Send me one or all of your books (why did I say that?) and I'll see if I can't come up with a strategy for you. Cheers, Frank. Dave:

That's great advice to add here. In fact I carry that mindset around with me in the real world too.

I look at stressed out people I need something from and see how I can make their day better. I know that a simple act of kindness with a few words makes my request from them go that much more smoothly.

(Nice blog yourself BTW.) :-)

Antonios:

Yes, that's a way of thinking of it. If you get in the right mindset as Dave has said, it's so much easier to get a response, even if its not the one you want.

Luckily for me, I've always had a lot of patience (mostly).

Donna:

You're just lovely!

Grumpy:

Stop writing? I don't want to hear that.

I tell you what IS rude – spamming! ;-)

But if you're approaching someone who already sells online, then they know the score. They're not going to be offended by what you might say to them.

In fact, if what you have is within their niche and right up their alley, they'll probably thank you for contacting them!

You don't *need* to go to seminars to be successful online, but there's no denying it helps. There are lots of people making lots of money online and have never been to a seminar.

Forums. They're time suckers aren't they? I used to spend a lot of time in forums until I realised how unproductive it was. In fact I reckon the biggest posters are probably the ones making less money than anyone else. ;-)

However, you can spend a little time in a forum and make useful contributions, especially in your field of expertise – it doesn't hurt. But I'll never be convinced it's the best way to spend your time.

But don't stop writing! I tell you what. Send me one or all of your books (why did I say that?) and I'll see if I can't come up with a strategy for you.

Cheers,

Frank.

]]> By: Tamera http://www.frankhaywood.com/how-to-get-affiliates-to-promote/#comment-9692 Tamera Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:57:40 +0000 http://www.frankhaywood.com/2007/12/04/how-to-get-affiliates-to-promote/#comment-9692 Really well done Frank! We have some of the same sensitive spots, and some we vary on a bit. I promote for lots of companies. I just put up my website a little over a month ago, and I'm really surprised by the amount of traffic I've gotten. I put up another one several months ago, and don't have nearly the traffic. The one from six months ago has a little over 2K hits, and my current one I just put up has over 20k hits, so I'm thrilled. The difference is the type of things I promote I think, and also the second one is a niche, but has a broad audience. I can appreciate the big guys are busy, but I'll just bet you, me the little guy (gal) is a lot busier. I have no infrastructure and am doing everything they are trying to do, but alone and not with nearly the re$ource$ they have. So being thought of as time-sucking leech in number 7, just made me go back and look at #2, don't turn your affiliates off. If they "the big guys" think of us "the little guys" as time-sucking leeches, let them promote their own stuff, cause me, the litte guy, ain't got time for that mess (glances at point number 9). Makes me grin and think of how IBM thought Bill Gates was a waste of their time and passed on buying full rights on his designs for the operating system he was building cause he was charging more for it, instead they paid him a lesser amount, cause he was nobody and they were IBM, let him build it for their use, and he kept the IP rights, and voila Microsoft ;) You go Bill! But there definitely are some points you make that I wholeheartedly agree with. Point number one being a biggie. One of the affiliate networks I use have some companies that when they send me email for new banners and creative give me a link to click on that already has my affiliate ID inserted in. I click, I copy, paste, put it on my site, file their email and I'm done. Those who don't do it when I have the time to go and log into their sites to get their info and do the rest of the drill I will, but those who put it into my email and make it simple, get posted on the spot, cause then I've got it off my list of things to do as well. Point number one's sister, Point number 4, yes, yes, yes! If companies would provide banners in every size so that we can use the ones that fit our sites construction, instead of giving us a handful of sizes they seem to like and expecting us to redesign how we do our site layout to accomodate them, they would get a lot more banners put up instead of text links, while the banners go to the ones who just happened to send the right size. This is a great blog. Thanks for making it. It's a keeper. Prints it off and keeps it. Recruiting affiliates is next on my agenda. This is very timely for me. Really well done Frank! We have some of the same sensitive spots, and some we vary on a bit. I promote for lots of companies. I just put up my website a little over a month ago, and I'm really surprised by the amount of traffic I've gotten. I put up another one several months ago, and don't have nearly the traffic. The one from six months ago has a little over 2K hits, and my current one I just put up has over 20k hits, so I'm thrilled. The difference is the type of things I promote I think, and also the second one is a niche, but has a broad audience. I can appreciate the big guys are busy, but I'll just bet you, me the little guy (gal) is a lot busier. I have no infrastructure and am doing everything they are trying to do, but alone and not with nearly the re$ource$ they have. So being thought of as time-sucking leech in number 7, just made me go back and look at #2, don't turn your affiliates off. If they "the big guys" think of us "the little guys" as time-sucking leeches, let them promote their own stuff, cause me, the litte guy, ain't got time for that mess (glances at point number 9).

Makes me grin and think of how IBM thought Bill Gates was a waste of their time and passed on buying full rights on his designs for the operating system he was building cause he was charging more for it, instead they paid him a lesser amount, cause he was nobody and they were IBM, let him build it for their use, and he kept the IP rights, and voila Microsoft ;) You go Bill!

But there definitely are some points you make that I wholeheartedly agree with. Point number one being a biggie. One of the affiliate networks I use have some companies that when they send me email for new banners and creative give me a link to click on that already has my affiliate ID inserted in. I click, I copy, paste, put it on my site, file their email and I'm done. Those who don't do it when I have the time to go and log into their sites to get their info and do the rest of the drill I will, but those who put it into my email and make it simple, get posted on the spot, cause then I've got it off my list of things to do as well.

Point number one's sister, Point number 4, yes, yes, yes! If companies would provide banners in every size so that we can use the ones that fit our sites construction, instead of giving us a handful of sizes they seem to like and expecting us to redesign how we do our site layout to accomodate them, they would get a lot more banners put up instead of text links, while the banners go to the ones who just happened to send the right size.

This is a great blog. Thanks for making it. It's a keeper. Prints it off and keeps it. Recruiting affiliates is next on my agenda. This is very timely for me.

]]> By: The Grumpy Old Chef http://www.frankhaywood.com/how-to-get-affiliates-to-promote/#comment-9690 The Grumpy Old Chef Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:27:12 +0000 http://www.frankhaywood.com/2007/12/04/how-to-get-affiliates-to-promote/#comment-9690 Hi Frank, Very interesting and informative. Now I finally know why, no matter how good the books I write are, they never sell a single copy. I would never contact anybody and ask them for anything. That is totally rude. I'll also never attend a seminar. I don't even go to forums. LOL I guess I stop writing. Problem solved. Thanks for clearing up a lot of things for me. Grumpy Hi Frank,

Very interesting and informative.

Now I finally know why, no matter how good the books I write are, they never sell a single copy.

I would never contact anybody and ask them for anything. That is totally rude.

I'll also never attend a seminar.

I don't even go to forums. LOL

I guess I stop writing. Problem solved.

Thanks for clearing up a lot of things for me.

Grumpy

]]> By: Donna Maher http://www.frankhaywood.com/how-to-get-affiliates-to-promote/#comment-9689 Donna Maher Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:20:22 +0000 http://www.frankhaywood.com/2007/12/04/how-to-get-affiliates-to-promote/#comment-9689 Frank, as always, your advice is 'right-on' and filled with actual, useable tips... I agree with Dave... very nice looking blog, and aptly titled! You do help people to help themselves, which is part of why I actually visit and READ yours. Thanks again, as always, your time and energy are much appreciated. Donna Frank, as always, your advice is 'right-on' and filled with actual, useable tips…

I agree with Dave… very nice looking blog, and aptly titled! You do help people to help themselves, which is part of why I actually visit and READ yours.

Thanks again, as always, your time and energy are much appreciated.

Donna

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