Also wanted to answer Dan who asked what it takes to switch a super affiliate from promoting a competitors product to promoting yours.

Rather than suggesting a switch, I encourage differentiating and offering their target market options. No product is right for everyone. A well written review, article or post covering the benefits and drawbacks of each product honestly and clearly leaves the reader with two excellent choices. There may be a decrease in sales for the first product as readers begin to choose the other. But, over time, momentum for both will build provided they are both quality products that have the potential to help their targeted audience.

I liked the 5k backlinks product BTW, thanks!

I have seen programs like that, but I am honestly not sure. I have very little experience with the technical side of affiliate management…

You share some very valuable information and it is much appreciated.

I was wondering if you knew of a system or service that will allow for an affiliate to get lifetime commissions for any products sold now and in the future?

For example, Affiliate A sends a prospect to sign up to my list or purchase one of my products. Affiliate A gets a commission for the sale, but maybe the person who signed up for the list did not buy the product. Say I then release another product in the future and at that point the person who originally signed up for my list actually buys this time or the person who bought the first product buys again. I would love to be able to pay a commission to the affiliate who originally referred me any paying customers at any point.

I have talked to several affiliates who say they would love to promote somebody who did this such a thing. I know I would love that as an affiliate myself.

Is this possible with something like Infusionsoft?

Do you have any reccommendations?

Thanks!

Thank you. This post gave a lot of great ideas about promoting my affiliate program- much appreciated:)

Would your answer be different if the product were a continuity program and you were being approached as the first or only JV partner, giving you an opportunity to influence the content creation?

If so, at what stage of development do you think potential JV partners would consider becoming involved?

Thanks.

Sheryl

Sheryl

If the affiliates promotions are public, such as social media or a blog post, it’s probably fine. But if they are working under a pen name or doing pay-per-click promotions or anything else that would generally fly under the radar – I wouldn’t out them.

It’s best to go to your top affiliates and let them know your intentions and give them an opportunity to approve or reject.

“Name dropping” is a good strategy for recruiting new super affiliates in some niches, but you want to do it in good taste and with their permission so as not to lose some of your best affiliates.