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1. Affiliate marketing companies in south africa
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I. Affiliate marketing guides
Understanding how affiliate marketing in South Africa works, got me to question the
credibility of it as an income generating industry . One particular issue I have with affiliate
marketing is that some advertisers are not compensating their affiliates (who work their butts off
to promote and market the advertisers products and services) what they are really worth.
Lets look at a typical scenario:
Advertiser A runs a CPA (cost per acquisition) campaign for product 1 (costs R95-00 monthly)
and pays commission of R30 per acquisition. Affiliate A on average sends 5 acquisitions a month
to Advertiser A. Turnover for the month is R475-00 and commission paid out is R120. The
average life span of an acquisition is 8 month and which gives you a total sum of R3 800-00. The
commission percentage received by Affiliate A is therefor 3,16%.
How many of us will actually work full time for 3,16% commission? Shocking if you really
think about it? And again I ask the question – Is affiliate marketing in South Africa more
beneficial for advertisers or affiliates?
Many seasoned affiliates will quickly to tell you that you need to look at conversion optimization
and also try and explain that you first need to build trust with your audience and that the real
money is in the list (that weekly newsletter we as affiliates send out to our email database). Some
advertisers have restrictions like no bidding on keywords and don’t even try and add a banner on
an email. Also please don’t write a review and feed it to your Facebook page – “we don’t like
your opinion and will suspend you from our affiliate program”! They only want organic leads
and sales – in other words – visitors can only click on their banners and complete the forms.
Some affiliates I have spoken to in recent weeks are turning their backs on affiliate marketing
networks in South Africa and moving back to Google Adsense’s CPC (cost per click) program to
make more money and get more value for their efforts. With a click to acquisition ration of 20
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2. clicks per acquisition, they earn double the money if Ad sense pays them on average R3-00 per
click.
As far as affiliate marketing and work form home online programs South Africa is far behind
the US, Europe and Australia and one of the major reasons are that it is financially not viable to
manage a “typical” affiliate website in South Africa. As long as advertisers keep offering these
ridiculous payouts, affiliate marketing in South Africa simply won’t be seen as a worthy industry
to consider to either earn an income from.
It surely is time that advertisers start seeing the value of running affiliate campaigns. Pay
affiliates more for occupying their time, money and property on their websites and blogs and
they will do more to promote your company’s products and services.
II. Affiliate marketingstrategies
Affiliate marketing is a low-cost
way for merchants to build
awareness and showcase their
products and services. The model
is simple; it works as a
commission-based referral
system. A partner or affiliate
markets a merchant's products
for a "piece of the pie."
Affiliate marketing experts often make an income that can tally over five figures
per month, however only 1 to 5% of thousands of marketers achieve this level.
When an affiliate reaches this elite level they are often referred to as a "super"
affiliate.
How does one become a super affiliate? Can anyone do it? Super affiliates have
common tactics that they embrace and put into place. Anyone can become a
super affiliate, but it will not come without blood, sweat, and a hefty time
commitment. The typical super affiliate possesses the following traits:
 Persistence
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3.  Patience
 Thirst for Knowledge
These three traits combined with the following strategy gives you the formula for
the makings of a "super" affiliate.
1. Find a Unique Niche
The mistake that many affiliate marketing hopefuls have in common is that they
try to offer everything under the sun rather than focusing on a specific niche
market. Do not scatter your efforts, focus on your niche, promote it, and sell it
well.
2. Search Engine Marketing
Once you've built your affiliate storehouse you will need to promote it. Many
affiliates use pay-per-click engines. I suggest that you learn how to achieve organic
search results or hire a search engine marketing company. This will save you from
spending all your profits on pay-per-click engines. Only use pay-per-click engines
if you know what you are doing, otherwise all your profits may end in the hands of
Google Adwords or Overture.
3. Know Your Product, Know Your Audience
Create a resource. By taking the time to learn about the products and/or services
that you are offering you can create information that builds your credibility. That
credibility builds trust. If your viewers do not have trust in you more than likely
they will not purchase from your storehouse. If you want more information on the
psychological process that an online buyer goes through I suggest that you read
my article on the Five Levels of Internet Marketing and the Sales Process. This will
help you in creating a web site that converts well, which in return will increase
your cash flow.
4. Don't Put All Your Eggs in One Basket
Promote products from different merchants. This way if you have a problem with
receiving payment from a merchant, or their products do not convert well the
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4. effects on your business will be minimal. Watch out for exclusivity agreements;
remember this is your business. Protect yourself and diversify so that you do not
feel the famine effect if something goes wrong. There is absolutely nothing wrong
with promoting niche products from different merchants.
5. Seek Knowledge and Embrace Change
If you are familiar with Internet marketing at all you know that what worked three
months ago may not work today. Stay on top of the trends. Seek knowledge, start
by learning something new about affiliate marketing daily. For example remember
those marketing tools called "banner" that use to drive sales at an astronomical
rate a few years ago? Well those banners developed a term called "banner
blindness." That means most online viewers will not click on banners even if they
do pertain to what they are looking for. To be a "super" affiliate you must always
spend time reading, learning, and embracing the changes in Internet marketing.
6. Don't Give Up
It's hard to do, and most of the time those dabbling in affiliate marketing give up
way too soon. Monitor your statistics, watch to see what is working and what is
not. Make changes when necessary. Do one thing daily to promote your storehouse
and be patient. Before you know it you will start getting payments.
Remember that it will not happen overnight. Encompass and develop the
persistence, patience, and knowledge. Then follow the tactics I've mentioned
above and you are on your way to becoming a "super" affiliate.
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