Are you participating in the Commission Junction affiliate program? CJ is the leader in affiliate marketing and offers thousands of products and services that you can promote on your website or blog. You are paid a commission when a customer buys something, signs up for something, or clicks on something. Each advertiser pays out differently. Here is a tip for how to maximize your earnings on CJ.
Summary:
1) Choose products and services that pay for leads rather than sales. It is much easier to send an advertiser a lead than to make a sale. Get paid for the referral, and let the advertiser do the work to get the sale.
2) Make sure the products and services you choose relate to the topic or content of your site.
3) $15-$50 may seem like a lot to be paid for sending an advertiser a lead. Remember that these big companies are looking for long term relationships with customers. For example, if you send Vonage a customer, they may pay you $20 per lead. But, if that customer stays with Vonage for 5 years paying $24.99 a month for the service, Vonage will receive almost $1,500 in revenue over the life of that customer’s relationship. The $20 that Vonage (and other large companies) pay you for access to this customer is just a drop in the bucket.
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Suzanne, I’m just starting to look at CJ for a new site I’m developing. This makes so much sense and is probably more profitable. Thank you for taking the time to share this.
I just applied for this. Thank you for the information!