Has this ever happened to you?<\/p>\n
You are starting or have already started an internet marketing
\nbusiness.<\/p>\n
And you have begun asking some of the other marketers in your
\nspace for information on how you can become an affiliate — so you
\ncan sell their products, for a commission, to your list.<\/p>\n
Much to your dismay, the bigger marketers … the ones whose
\nproducts you’d really love to sell … have little or no interest
\nin your offer — and many don’t even get back to you.<\/p>\n
With a start, you realize that they don’t really give a fig
\nwhether you become their affiliate or not!<\/p>\n
So are they stupid? Well, yes and no.<\/p>\n
Yes in the sense that it is just bad business and rude to ignore
\npeople or be nonresponsive to them, regardless of who you are and
\nwho they are.<\/p>\n
But no, in the sense that these big marketers have correctly
\nsurmised that the value to them of you promoting their products
\nis likely going to be zero … or close to it.<\/p>\n
The reason is the “99\/1 rule” of affiliate marketing.<\/p>\n
The 99\/1 rule says that 99% of your affiliates aren’t going to
\nsell hardly any product for you.<\/p>\n
And conversely, the top 1% of your affiliates — known as “super
\naffiliates” — will account for 99% of all your affiliate sales
\nrevenues.<\/p>\n
It may seem odd. But it’s virtually always true. And here’s why….<\/p>\n
There are countless well-meaning, ambitious internet marketing
\nnewbies — and maybe you are one of them — who figure a good way
\nto get started is to sell other people’s products.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, because most of these newbies have no list or
\ntraffic to speak of, they also have no means of generating a
\nsignificant volume of orders for any products, let whether theirs
\nor anyone else’s.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, there are the “big dogs” — the known major
\nplayers in their respective niches and markets.<\/p>\n
They make millions in sales … have huge lists … and get massive
\nweb traffic.<\/p>\n
So if you can convince these top dogs to become an affiliate of
\nyours, you stand to generate a lot of new sales, orders, and
\ncustomers from their efforts.<\/p>\n
The problem is that, because these super affiliates are such
\ndesirable joint venture partners, they are inundated with offers
\n— and very picky about whom they work with.<\/p>\n
Just getting their attention and on their radar is a major
\nchallenge.<\/p>\n
So, the problem becomes: how can you recruit some of the big
\nsuper affiliate players and get them to offer YOUR products to
\ntheir huge and highly profitable lists … when they won’t even
\nrespond to you?<\/p>\n
That’s a question we’ll take up in my next article. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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