Tips for Becoming an Affiliate Magnet: Part 2
November 18th, 2008 | 
Author: Posted by: Ashley Adamson, ClickBank Senior Customer Service Representative
This is part two of a five-part, five-day series about how publishers can attract more affiliates.
To really succeed as a ClickBank publisher, you need to get as many affiliates as possible to promote your product. In this five-part series, I’ll show you some of the best techniques for becoming an affiliate magnet! Did you miss part one? Click to learn about how to take full advantage of the Marketplace.
Tip 2: Create an Affiliate Tools Page
Something that ClickBank doesn’t require, but that can make a huge difference in attracting affiliates, is setting up a Web page specifically to help affiliates promote your product.
The feedback we have received from affiliates indicates that they are more inclined to promote products that provide affiliates with assistance in their marketing campaigns. Some ideas for tools you could provide to affiliates include:
- Banner images
- Other product images
- Textual ads
- Keyword recommendations
- Cloaking scripts
- Ad content recommendations (such as features or benefits of your product)
- Customized email signature ads
- Suggestions of places where affiliates can advertise your product effectively
ClickBank also provides a method for you to recruit affiliates directly from your own Web site. This tool gives affiliates the ability to create an affiliate link for your product directly from your Web site, without having to visit the ClickBank Marketplace first. For more information on using this tool, please go to “Leveraging The Affiliate Network.”
If you decide to create a Web page for your affiliates, you should consider listing the Web address as part of your Marketplace description, for added affiliate attraction.
Check back tomorrow for the third tip on becoming an affiliate magnet – getting your site right the first time.
Posted in Become an Affiliate Magnet | 
Tags: advertising, Affiliate network, Affiliate Programs, internet marketing
Hi,
Personally, I think the most powerful affiliate tool missing is the ability for an affiliate to link to a specific product, and that needs to be worked from your end. You’ve done a lot recently (and at last) – please make this your next change.
Being able to create a link like http://AFFILIATE.PUBLISHER.hop.clickbank.net?1
or something, where 1 is the optional product ID would allow merchants to give their affiliates tools which directly promote a given product.
Without it, people like Jimmy D Brown, who I know does a lot of business through Clickbank, is forced to sign up for multiple merchant accounts simply so that affiliates can promote specific products. The result of this is that if I promote one of Jimmy’s products, and the customer buys that, then buys something else in Jimmy’s range, I only get the commission on the one sale.
Not very friendly for the affiliate, is it?
Regards,
Andy
Banners would be a real plus.
Thanks!
I asl absoloutely agree with that comment and the ability to link to a certain product. That would be helpful.
Regards,
Volker