The affiliate model is a “high reward/low risk” Web site monetization option… Commission Range: $150 – $250 per package

you don’t have to develop excellent products — it has already been done for you. You simply judge and pick the best available ones, from the best available merchants! you don’t have to spend large amounts to manufacture and store inventory no need to take and process a single order, or worry about getting paid (you don’t even need a merchant account!) — you simply send people to your affiliated merchants, then get paid when they buy you don’t have to handle or ship a product — your merchants do that you’ll never have to answer customer e-mail (inquiries and support are 24/7 issues that can easily eat up 50% of your day) they cost nothing to join (beware of the few that do) your affiliate business can be started part-time, on a shoestring. Here’s an example. Sounds great… and the “affiliate model” has mushroomed since Amazon.com first brought it into public prominence in 1997. Millions of affiliates send billions of visitors to tens of thousands of companies in return for a payment. Major research houses like Forrester Research project the affiliate model to grow exponentially over the next few years.

Who Is This Site For? The Top 3%, Average, Failures, or Newbies?

The Affiliate Credentials of SiteSell.com One of the top Internet companies on the Web, we are 100% affiliate-driven. Our “5 Pillar Affiliate Program” is widely regarded as the most rewarding and original program online.

So… if the affiliate model is so attractive, and so widely adopted, and growing so rapidly…

Why Do Most Affiliates Make Less Than $500 Per Month?

Why do the majority of affiliates never even make a single check?

Because… they are either doing it wrong, or not doing it at all.

Yes, it’s true that a small number of affiliates (“super-affiliates”) are making some very large incomes ($150,000+ per year). And a larger minority, roughly the top 2-3%, do earn lower-but-still-substantial amounts.

But the truth remains… the vast majority of affiliates fail to earn.

So What’s the Problem? Affiliates fail due to one or more of the following four problems. All four are avoidable/beatable, with the appropriate strategies and tools. Let’s review…

Problem #1 — Failure To Prepare By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Most people fail at anything because most people would rather go FIRE-READY-AIM. They jump the gun and FIRE, rather than invest some time to get READY and to AIM.

Yes, it feels “unproductive” to prepare and set up a system… But it’s how the successful succeed.

Part of your preparation should include going beyond the affiliate model. There are many ways to earn income without ever dealing with a customer. Use them ALL…

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The solution? Upfront thinking and planning…

Develop best site concept/theme Brainstorm most profitable topics Select best related affiliate programs. Problem #2 — Dependency on Merchants Ask not what your merchant can do for you… To paraphrase John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)

Not only is it easy to choose the wrong programs, it’s easy to fail with the right ones. Even great companies with terrific products often don’t have the time to train their affiliates…

No startup manual.

No creative new ideas in a weekly newsletter… “Here are our banners. Please put them up on your site.”

No tools to help you do your job.

No wonder people fail!

Another way to free yourself from this dependancy? Go beyond the affiliate model. There are many ways to earn income without ever dealing with a customer. Use them ALL…

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The solution? Successful affiliates select the best companies. They ignore those banners — they know how to go out and do it right, on their own! And then, they eliminate the dependency totally… they diversify into other, complementary monetization models.

Problem #3 — No Site or Poor Site The best place to succeed is where you are, with what you have. Charles M. Schwab

People who do not know HTML (HyperText Markup Language, the code of the Web) are largely shut out. After all, most folks can’t afford to hire Web site developers and graphic designers.

What about those who do know how to code a Web site? Well, almost everyone makes more than one of the following mistakes…

design an amateurish look and feel fail to build a list of topics that will be profitable (i.e., that are in-demand, without too much competition) create poor content that does not hold a visitor’s attention and respect build poor site structure and organization produce low value gateway or doorway pages host at a free Web hosting service (#1 credibility destroyer) fail to master the Search Engines. All of these kill affiliates. They never even figure out why!

The solution? Take what you know, what you love, and turn it into a Theme-Based Content Site. Attract highly targeted, interested “PREcustomers,” provide solid value through content, then refer them to your affiliate merchants.

Problem #4 — Little or No Traffic Build it and they will come. NOT. To paraphrase Field of Dreams (1989)

Now for a really big challenge… building traffic.

In the offline retail world, the old saying goes that “location, location, location” are the three most important factors for success. If you put your offline store on the right street corner, you’re 90% of the way home.

Why?

Passer-by traffic. But…

When was the last time you saw someone casually stroll past a Web site? Never, right?

Why?

Because people choose to go to Web sites. They click on links or type in URLs. They make the decision. They have the power.

And most affiliates never figure out how to work with that power to attract tens of thousands of interested, motivated visitors every day.

The solution? If you know how, you can put yourself into their click path. The “Top 3%” affiliates all…

make the content of their Web pages “attractive” to Search Engines track how each page performs on the major Search Engines, from submission, through spidering, indexing and finally to how each page ranks develop more than one way to drive traffic analyze Click IN and Click Through patterns meticulously, as if their businesses depended on it (because it does) follow key traffic stats from a good log file analyzer execute well, having assembled or created a wide variety of expensive tools. Do these solutions sound out of reach for you? They used to be, not any more…

Level the Playing Field Site Build It! (SBI!) is the only product that provides you with the process and all the tools necessary for “Top 3% Level” affiliate success.

How does it work? “It” does not work… you do. Let’s summarize…

Video By SBI! Owner (more) “I Love My SBI!” (A Music Video) SBI! takes what you know and love, and helps you turn that into your own unique content on your own unique Web site. You use the SBI! system of no-tech-skills-needed tools to execute the flawless step-by-step process to build a theme-based content site.

SBI! automates the tedious elements of site promotion and management so all your time is devoted to building your business… not fighting technology and complexity. A series of professional, integrated tools are further designed specifically to maximize your ROI. The site generates targeted visitors who quickly become warm, willing PREsold prospective clients for the merchants you recommend.

Get rich quick? No. You’ve come to the wrong place if you’re looking for that.

Easy as pie? NO. While SBI! does remove all the technical barriers (HTML, FTP, CGI, Search Engine mastery, etc.), please remember… you are, after all, building a business. So it is not “quick and easy” or “get rich quick” or “guaranteed to make you $1,000,000 in 6 months.” Sorry.

However… We do guarantee your SUCCESS.

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Are you motivated? Willing and ready to work to build your Affiliate Marketing business? If so, SBI! delivers. Actually it OVERdelivers success… we guarantee it. http://affiliatemarketing.sitesell.com/HICKS.html