One of the best ways to promote your products as a product creator is to get affiliates on board. Affiliates are like little worker bees spreading the news of your products far and wide. They drive traffic to your products so you don’t have to.
In exchange, you pay them a commission on every sale they generate. This works out for them because it gives them the incentive they need to drive traffic to your product. Without that incentive, your little worker bees won’t be willing to work.
So that means you need to figure out how to pay them and how to pay them reliably. There are many different options when it comes to paying your affiliates. You get to choose exactly how they will receive their money and when they will receive their money. There are a few things I want you to consider in particular.
Sending people physical products and perks through the mail is one of the best ways to get people’s attention. Snail mail is a dead art form in some ways. How often is it that you get things through the mail? Usually, it’s just junk mail or bills —certainly nothing fun. You don’t usually get things that you really want through the mail. Wouldn’t it be great if someone surprised you with something?
If you can generate leads for local businesses, then you’ve got it made. You can consider lead generation to be your personal ATM machine. Seriously– businesses will pay hand-over-fist for lead generation. Why? Because it’s the lifeblood of all business.
I thought this short look inside the beginning and evolution of Snapchat would be of interest. From a very simple idea, 3 college students with complementary talents created an app that Facebook offered $3 billion for (and was rejected). Perhaps you can do the same with a simple idea of your own.
LinkedIn is a fantastic social media site, especially for those who are in the business-to-business markets.