Comments on: Dealing with Affiliates

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:00:07 +0000

Hello

This is an awesome blog. I love to come here and read quite often. I have had my blog for about a year now. But have not done consistent posting on it like I could have. I have a couple of affiliates that have started earning me money. It all has to do with traffic, when you start seeing traffic you begin seeing money from your affiliates.

Have a wonderful day.

Susan
http://susanvlz.blogspot.com

By: zool to all

zool to all — Wed, 16 May 2007 14:53:10 +0000

I am new on blog..
wanna to ask how u create oppotunity to get traffic and get customer for ur affiliate product…..
I think I will visit this blog to improve my blog skills ( but not my English skills ..He he he)

By: Friday’s Finds — 04/06/2007 » derrich.com - crude, yet refined

Friday’s Finds — 04/06/2007 » derrich.com - crude, yet refined — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:04:25 +0000

[...] Problogger, Darren Rowse, answers a reader email regarding a growing affiliate relationship…at a point where change may be necessary. Darren talks about how to cultivate an existing relationship and how to supplement any time (money) lost. [...]

By: Matthew Bredel

Matthew Bredel — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:53:18 +0000

I have found from my experience that vendors who are usually willing to work with you just so happen to have the best products (that convert the best as well). Still, you need to prove yourself as an affiliate. If you can get someone from your link onto their page, it is their job to convert from that point. Develop a relationship with your vendor and try to figure out why it is not converting together. If they know what they are doing, they are not going to throw away the traffic you are sending them…cheers…matt

By: Roger

Roger — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:09:23 +0000

Why would you “ask for more money” from your affiliates, wouldn’t that stop them from marketing for you ? It seems like you don’t understand the terminology. You = affiliate, the companies with ads on your site = affiliate programs.

Also, hosting is dirt cheap. If your uptime isn’t of critical importance, just get a $9.99 account on webair and host as many domains as you’d like.

By: Gayla McCord

Gayla McCord — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 12:38:19 +0000

Great question! Several months ago I found myself in much the same situation. I went to the affiliate and worked out a deal with them that ended in me earning 100% of the commission my site brings in. I simply had to give them a few keyword anchor links on my highest traffic pages and the rest were my affiliate links.

It’s been my biggest earner since.

You’d be surprised at what you can get when you’re willing to negotiate.

By: Matt Jones

Matt Jones — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 12:18:30 +0000

It just goes to show how the quality of traffic can be just as important as the quality. Digg traffic tends to be good because many diggers then go and write about the post with a linkback which is good for SEO, but they themselves make very few purchases.

By: Rhys

Rhys — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 09:16:52 +0000

Thanks for answering that question for me Darren! You’re right about the traffic source (large amounts are repeat visitors who become ad blind), and it doesn’t help my blog largely being of a personal nature. One thing I do mean to do (and looked into in a huge amount of detail) was to write reviews on the affiliate schemes, so I’ll look into that further :)

Thanks again!

By: medotblog

medotblog — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 04:33:38 +0000

One of the reason might be ads themselve are that of low quaility.

By: Natasha - MyDreadlocks.com

Natasha - MyDreadlocks.com — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 02:32:00 +0000

(First post, long-time lurker)

The terminology used was confusing. Your reader participates in affiliate programs?

If so, the first tip may not help because of the type of traffic the reader’s currently generating. He can have a “traffic flood” but still get the same low – or lower – conversions.

Focusing on where the visitors are coming from makes a lot of sense so thank you for suggesting that to him.

Another tip for the reader to try is changing ad placements and perhaps the formats (i.e. graphic vs. text).

Thanks for everything, Darren! Err, while my blog may not show it right now, I’ve learned a lot here since December.

By: BeachBum

BeachBum — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 01:41:45 +0000

I wonder if there is any method to capture contact info. Or in the least poll the new visitors and find out what they want.

Even if they don’t buy now, maybe they will become loyal eraders and return again.

Michael

By: Ahmad Uzair

Ahmad Uzair — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:47:26 +0000

in some cases, the source of the visitors isn’t meet the quality needed.you are right about the “digg”. the visitors from digg is bad.

By: James

James — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:53:39 +0000

An interesting problem to have. Maybe it is the ads themselves that are not very effective?

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:02:21 +0000

This is a great question as I’m currently looking at the affiliate model for a new paid product we will be launching soon. I’m a little confused though…what causes the drastic cost increase…bandwidth charges? It would have to be A LOT of traffic to throw your revenue/cost model out of whack I would think…and that volume of traffic I would think you would be able to handily monetize in the ways suggested in the ProBlogger response.