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10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 100% 150% 200% Use an Associates Program to Promote Your Business Associate Programs are very popular online and many companies have grown tremendously as a result of promoting their products or services in this manner. Installing appropriate software for this purpose is the biggest hurdle you'll encounter. Essentially, an Associate Program allows you to hire a huge sales force for your company. However, these sales people only get paid when they sell your product. Yes, you will have to give up a portion of your profits, however, when you realize the potential of having thousands of sales people selling your product for you, I think you'll agree it's well worth it. You will end up making much more money this way than you would if you tried to do it all yourself. Wannabe Associates can join online by simply filling out a form. Your software then assigns them a unique ID number and you provide them with the appropriate HTML code and banners to use in any links to your site. Some Associate Programs also provide a "cloned" site for the Associate that looks like their own. This allows them to easily integrate your product into theirs. Some Associate programs charge a fee to join. Whether or not you do, will most likely depend upon the product or service you are marketing and the price it sells for. My advice here is that you will probably do better not to charge a fee. Additionally, don't be stingy about paying your Associates a lucrative commission. This gives them that much more incentive to market your product. Many Associate Programs also allow their Associates to run their sales through the parent company's merchant account rather than putting this burden on the Associate. Many people who become excellent sales Associates do not have a merchant account or the means to acquire one. Your Associate Program software will have the capability to track the sales from each Associate and then you just cut them a check on a regular basis. The terms you use for your Associate program are entirely up to you but I highly recommend that you make it lucrative and as easy as possible for your Associates to make money. You will benefit in the long run. For a really good look at some of the Associate Programs currently being offered on the web, go to Associatesprograms.com. This is great site for comparing different programs and getting feedback on how they have or have not worked. You may be able to avoid mistakes by taking their advice. Who knows, you may end up being listed in their top programs!! Now, you're probably wondering how to get over the first hurdle I told you about -- the software necessary to start making lots of money with your own Associates Program. Well, if you're really good at CGI programming, you can write your own. However, we know what a hassle that can be. So, we've done the searching for you and found, what we think is the answer to overcome this hurdle. The software is offered at Affiliate Zone.com. You'll find a guided tour and screen shots of their programs. They've also created a program to integrate your Associates Program software with their secure servers. For a limited time, Affiliate Zone will also install the software for you. Check them out. It's well worth it!! Copyright © 2001 ThunderLink All Rights Reserved.