{"id":237,"date":"2022-02-14T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stephenfbrown.com\/?p=237"},"modified":"2022-02-14T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T13:00:00","slug":"do-you-need-affiliates-for-your-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/14\/do-you-need-affiliates-for-your-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Need Affiliates For Your Launch?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Recruiting Affiliates\u00a0For Your Launch<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>When you sell products online, a great way to get the word out about your offerings is to have an army of people behind you. These people will represent your brand, refer your brand, and encourage people to buy your brand. You can end up with loyal customers, who will eventually do that for free. But, if you want to hurry it along incentivizing people by recruiting affiliates who will make a percentage of sales to help you promote is the best way to accomplish that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/stephenfbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/coming-soon-3406977_1280-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-674 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenfbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/coming-soon-3406977_1280-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-674 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/coming-soon-3406977_1280-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/coming-soon-3406977_1280-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/coming-soon-3406977_1280-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/coming-soon-3406977_1280-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>What Are Affiliates?<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>An affiliate is someone who is a sales person for you. The great thing about an affiliate is that you do not have to pay them unless they make a sale. The way it works is that by using specialized software, that keeps track of sales for each individual affiliate, the affiliate posts links to your sales pages, and when a sale is made via their link they get the percentage promised for that individual sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, if you\u2019re selling a 250-dollar product such as an information product, the seller (affiliate) will make commissions, which you\u2019ve set up in your affiliate software to pay. Percentages range from 5 percent to even 100 percent depending on the goals of the campaign and the type of product you\u2019re selling. If you are selling something that causes you to use personal time, you may want to lower the percentage. If you\u2019re selling something that is a digital product that has already used time, you can give a larger percentage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So in short, an affiliate is a salesperson who earns a percentage of the price from every single sale that they make using their special link.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why You Need Affiliates<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The best way to make a profit on anything is to sell a lot of it and being that you\u2019re only one person you can only tell so many people about your offerings. But, imagine if you could double, triple, or quadruple yourself by getting other people to spread the word about your offerings? Wouldn\u2019t you do it? The cost of having an affiliate program is minimal. It\u2019s also less expensive than other types of marketing such as placing ads, and what\u2019s most important, if you plan it right, it really works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Increase Your Reach<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 If you know there are other audience members out there who have not heard of your products and services finding affiliates to help promote your products to their audience will definitely increase your reach and enable you to help more people.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Make More Money with Less Effort<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 While it may seem expensive to pay for a sale when you\u2019re dealing with digital products, remember that your costs do not go up with each additional sale, as they do with physical products. You can give a larger percentage of the price and still end up making more money, with less effort on your part.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/stephenfbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-new-beginning-4729282_1280-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-675 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenfbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-new-beginning-4729282_1280-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-675 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-new-beginning-4729282_1280-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-new-beginning-4729282_1280-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-new-beginning-4729282_1280-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-new-beginning-4729282_1280-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-new-beginning-4729282_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Grow Your List<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Encouraging affiliates to promote you not only increases sales but once someone buys from you, they\u2019re now part of your audience and are on your list. Now that they\u2019re on your list, you can market directly to them the rest of the items in your funnel.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Build Relationships<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Once your affiliate program gets momentum you\u2019re going to notice some true movers and shakers. These people make the most sales and the most noise about your products. When you notice that, reach out to that affiliate and offer them a special deal such doing a joint webinar, or offering them a larger percentage of sales to encourage them to do even better. You can become quite close to your affiliate people and even get ideas for new products from them if you\u2019re open to it.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Grow Bigger Than You<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 You\u2019re only one person, working from your home office, or your kitchen table. But with affiliates, you can grow a literal army of sales people to promote your products and services making your job one of management and creation rather than just sales. Eventually, you can grow a business that earns multiple six figures for yourself and others.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These reasons are great reasons to find affiliates to promote your products. The main point to take away is that you can sell more products with other people doing the work for you than you can sell on your own. While giving out a percentage of profits might seem painful at first, it\u2019s really one of the least expensive options to improve sales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recruiting Affiliates\u00a0For Your Launch When you sell products online, a great way to get the word out about your offerings is to have an army of people behind you. These people will represent your brand, refer your brand, and encourage people to buy your brand. 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