Monday, June 18, 2012

Don't be an affiliate pest.

An "affiliate pest" is a newbie Internet marketer who thinks she can convince a bigger Internet marketer to promote her product as an affiliate by constantly calling, e-mailing, and otherwise pestering him to get a commitment.

It's OK to query and to follow-up in a reasonable manner. But not every day. Even more important: don't write a huffy e-mail complaining "I haven't heard from you" to the person you're trying to recruit as an affiliate.

Yes, all the big and even the medium-size (like me) Internet marketers today are inundated with requests from people who want us to promote their products to our lists.

But that means we're busy. We have many other projects going. So we can't respond to requests for joint ventures as quickly as we like.

Acknowledge this, and you have a chance. Pressure us, and we'll avoid you like the plague.

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