Finding Affiliate Partners

Did you know you can always position your own product in third party distributer like ClickBank and PayDotCom.

They’re the most well-known markets for selling your products, or eve on download.com for free products, but you also want to secure joint ventures directly with marketers who promote your niche topic, not wait for them to find you or your item on ClickBank.

Start by listing loads of sites where there’s strong interest in your niche. That includes discussion forums, chat groups, membership sites, and of course Google groups. Don’t forget the social networking sites like Twitter, Squidoo, Facebook and Hub Pages just to name a few know sites.

Listen to the W2.0 comments going around. Ask a relevant questions in somethere like Yahoo questions and pay attention to the answers. Do you get comments and ideas or product recommendations for an information website with more details?

I bet you did... use that information, go to the suggested sites. These are potential marketing partners. Even if you don’t see any affiliate products on their sites, contact them and propose an affiliation. It may be that the site owner is so focused on his or her niche that product affiliation wasn’t even thought about.

Or they may not even know about affiliates and how we banefit business. You never know until you ask. When you discover another start-up site related to your niche, propose an affiliate JV opportunity.

They may not have much traffic in the start, but if the grow you’ll grow with them. You can also propose a shared email campaign - agree to recommend their site to your list if they do the same for you with their list.

Now, here’s one source that new marketers tend to avoid: highly successful sites. As soon as you see the big site with powerful affiliate partners, don’t think there’s no room for you. An established site has a large following and repeat visitors and the owner is always looking for ways to provide value and insight to his or her community. You can offer a special bonus or discount for the site owner.

You must have heard about"keeping your enemies close?" Same principle... Identify the top 5 most influential people in your niche (you top 5 competition) and study their websites. Look at their products and promotion methods. After a thorough analysis, contact them and propose your product as an affiliate, what have you got to lose?

Send your product for a review, in fact...send it to LOTS of places for review. Most new Internet marketers avoid the big guys thinking that people so well established in the niche wouldn’t bother with a newcomer. You will be surprised at the result of simply asking.

Some of the biggest names in Internet marketing like
Kyle and Carson founders of the Wealthy Affiliate University,
Travis of Bum Marketing,
Tiffany Dow of Build My Lens
Even PotPieGirl are great people who believe strongly in the “pay it forward” philosophy.


Don’t hype yourself, tell it as it is and ask for an opportunity and a chance.

When you get your foot in the door, you need to bring out the bling... present your best quality stuff with excellent customer service so they know your an operator with integrity and feel comfortable sending their traffic to your site.