There’s a price you pay for becoming a successful affiliate marketer. Everybody wants you to promote THEIR product. Then what do you do? You can’t promote them all. So how do you decide on which one to put your hard work into? It’s not an easy decision. Well, in this article, I’m going to share with you how I go about deciding what products I’m going to promote as an affiliate. You may or may not want to incorporate these suggestions into your selection strategy.

First thing I look at is how much I’m going to make from each sale. I know that sounds mercenary, but I’m not going to put my hard work into something that is only going to pay a few dollars. When I promote a product as an affiliate, I go above and beyond what most people do. So if I’m going to put in that much time and effort, the product has to pay a decent commission. The more it pays, the more effort I put in. This is just good business sense.

Next thing I look at is the product itself. Does it fit in with the things that I normally promote? The reason this is important is simple. One of the things I do as an affiliate marketer is offer bonuses if prospects purchase from my affiliate link. Now obviously, I have a better chance of selling the product if the bonuses are a direct match or at least a good fit. For example, I recently sold an article writing product and offered my own article writing product as a bonus. I did over $1,300 in sales from that promotion because of this. The product has to be a good fit.

Finally, I look at the reputation of the person who created the product. I am not going to promote a product made by somebody who has a bad reputation. The reason, again, is simple. If I am associated with this person, there is a good chance that it is going hurt my reputation in the process. And I don’t care how much money you make from the product. Ruining your reputation just isn’t worth it.

So there you have it. I look at the commission, I look to see if the product is the right fit and I look at the reputation of the person who created the product. These three things are the reasons why all my affiliate promotions are very successful.

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim

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