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Originally Posted by Struggle4Bucks
I absolutely understand affiliates are in heavy weather... decline of traffic, etc... I feel their pain... literally  and i feel bad for them...
but what i don't understand is that some don't try harder to convert the traffic they still have. Like i said... old fhg's in auto/rotation update... that's not really doing the best you can to convert your traffic. It's not only their own money they are playing with... it's frustrating for me to see that some who made $1000+ a month a year ago now do $200/$300 a month... and i believe that often it's totally unneccessary... I think it's bad for them and bad for me... so bad for us... |
Try hitting them up and offer them a deal. A good deal. One they can't refuse.
But understand that affiliates often get offers from people trying to scam them. We tend to be cynical with program owners. I remember one program owner emailing me and telling me that his new animated flash banner (complete with his url in HUGE LETTERS - I mean all the way across the banner vertically and horizontally) would look great on one of my premium domains at the top and that I should use it instead of the other ones without the big url. Of course if I did it the surfers would just type it in instead of clicking the link or banner. He wasn't offering me a flat rate. Basically he thought I was stupid and he was trying to take advantage of me.
Maybe offer them a prepaid pay-per-click deal with some minimal conditions. Put in there that it renews month-by-month and you only need give 7 days notice to cancel it. If it doesn't work out, oh well, you tried and you only lost a month's worth, right?
Somehow sponsors need to sweeten the pot for affiliates. The bottom line is if the money isn't there the affiliate isn't going to be there eventually either. They are going to notice. Tricky promos with asterisks and scammy deals isn't going to do the trick. The thing is most sponsors don't want to do that. They LOVE the deal. The affiliate sends the traffic and a lot of it they aren't even getting credit for. Don't be like these guys.
And your biggest problem these days is affiliates like me who tend to believe it's difficult to convert natural affiliate traffic below 1:1000 with pay sites. You have to get their attention and make them believe in you again.