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When we begin our first discussions with a new client, our preferred modus operandi is to set up a program that allows us to talk to their customers who will give us a comprehensive view of our client's business. If we can't talk to customers right away and find out why they selected our client and what the experience has been, we must rely on the information our client provides us.


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If you know how and why you got most of your business, you'll have solid clues about how to get more. Another Davis, Kingsley & Company client had been spending considerable amounts of money and energy courting bankers. We assumed those relationships were of benefit to them so we commented to their president Cheap Air Jordan 1 High OG , ?Bankers must be a reliable source of new business for your firm.? His reply was, ?The greatest percentage of our business comes from referrals from lawyers.? His reply showed me they were not directing their time toward a market that offered the value they need. They were more comfortable building relationships with bankers than with lawyers but it was costing them money and time. Those are misdirected energies. It seemed obvious to us ? from our perspective as outside advisors - but it was a blind spot for them.


Many companies know exactly where they get their business and who brings it in. And they know that this information may change over time. They have programs and processes to help them focus on those sources to continually audit their business development trails. If you have responsibilities for the growth of the company, do you know specifically where Cheap Air Jordan 1 Mid , how and through whom your company derives every bit of its business?


1. How to build a good site that converts


2. SEO - you need TONS of traffic since only maybe 1 out of 200 will buy and your commission per sale may only be around $10. SEO help your site get top ranking in the search engines so more people can find you. There may be over 1 million pages competing for a search term relating to a product you are trying to sell so you have to be really good. Thousands of people already know how to do this, so you have lots of catch up to do.


3. Then there is lots of trial and error in picking the right merchants and learning the best ways to promote them.


I'm not trying to be negative, just realistic. Too many people think affiliate marketing is a ?get rich quick?. They throw up a couple banners and wonder why they never make a single sale.


How long? Depends partly on how much money you need to make. My best guess (trying to be realistic not pessimistic) is that if you were EXTREMLY fast at learning this and EXTRMELY good and EXTREMLY lucky you may hit 2000 in 2 years. That's based on the fact that you are starting at 0 and based on the fact that if you have another full time job you won't be able to devote much time to working on affiliate marketing.


If you decide to try - the biggest challenge will be the 1st few months - checking your stats and seeing 0 or $5 here and $5 there and wondering if all the work was worth it. But once you get some sales rolling Cheap Air Jordan 1 Low , if you stay committed and work hard the commissions should very gradually continue to grow.


One of the biggest deciding factors in affiliate marketing is going to be the traffic through your site. Many of the posts so far are great advice, and are part of the affiliate marketing mix, but without having TARGETED visitors to your pages Cheap Air Jordan 1 Mens , you will not have pre-qualified visitors that will click on your affiliate programs.


The key to this part of the affiliate mix is knowing your visitors, and then being able to determine what affiliate programs you can offer that will meet their needs. Beyond that is the concept of pre-sell, which is the ability to put your visitors into the required open and receptive mind set required for them to click on your programs.