How do you attract an keep quality affiliates?

[senesh]

Hi Guys,

Next month I will be launching a new site and I hope to have affiliate marketing as one of my major marketing strategies.

If you need any background info the site is a marketplace and takes a commision on sales. I am happy to offer affiliates up to 90% of any commisions earnt but I would prefer to keep the commision payout as low as possible. However I realised great affiliates deserve great rewards.

So my question is how do I find great affiliates. Should I use an affiliate service such as CJ or clickbank??

As affiliates what do you look for how would you get recruited?

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[mjtcorp]

they should be paying you first before promoting them so that you know their are legitimate and honest:D

[sharondavis]

I look for companies that offer pay for action or pay for lead offers. The offers have to be specifically business opps. I look for programs that make it easy for me to grab html and text ads and allow me to use sub id's so I can track my marketing campaigns. BizOppNetwork has what I feel is the best system. Also, it's really important to me that I have accurate realtime statistics.

[karlyn]

I think if you join CJ or Pepperjam or any of the larger affiliate networks, you have more chance of getting your product out there quickly. As far as keeping affiliates, I can tell you from my own experience (in affiliate marketing since 1999) that I appreciate fresh content, whether that be in the form of new/updated links and graphics or articles. I tend to promote the advertisers who take time send out emails announcing their new offers, along with new codes I can use. Fresh is always best. :rolleyes:

[sharondavis]

I agree, Karlyn. You have to keep your offers fresh. They do have a shelf life :)