| There are several companies such as Syntryx, | | | | affiliates, and then the affiliates recruited have not |
| AMWSO, and Commission Junction, which now offer | | | | been selling well, it may be time to hire someone else |
| affiliate recruiting as well as affiliate management | | | | to do the recruiting. |
| services. Outsourced recruiting includes an analysis of | | | | If a vendor has signed many, many affiliates, but the |
| the relevant markets, searching for sites that contain | | | | other aspects of the business have been suffering |
| relevant material and high traffic areas in which to | | | | from the time spent recruiting, that may also be a sign |
| place your products. A recruiter will also contact | | | | that the recruiting should be outsourced. Even if a |
| potential affiliates about your product for you, providing | | | | vendor has had success in recruiting and already has |
| marketing materials to potential affiliates to interest | | | | an effective affiliate network, the vendor may simply |
| them in promoting the product. For interested affiliates, | | | | be curious as to how much better a professional |
| a recruiter will then enroll them into the network, making | | | | recruiter will be at finding high selling affiliates. |
| it easier for the affiliate and for the vendor. | | | | Having an effective network does not always mean |
| And, outsourcing your recruiting tasks no longer has to | | | | that there are super affiliates in it. But, finding these high |
| involve simply recruiting. Some affiliate recruiting | | | | sellers is the goal of most recruiting companies. If you |
| companies also take an authentic management role, | | | | are actively recruiting affiliates and still the product is |
| helping to analyze your affiliate network and determine | | | | simply not selling, a recruiting company may be the only |
| how to get more affiliates interested in selling your | | | | option to keeping the business afloat. |
| product. This may include adjusting the commission | | | | If the company budget does not allow outsourcing, or if |
| price that you are willing to pay affiliates, if the | | | | you are just more interested in trying to find super |
| research shows that your commission rate is | | | | affiliates for yourself, there are many tools available to |
| significantly lower than that of other similar companies. | | | | help you hunt them down. By using simple search |
| This may also include tweaking your marketing or your | | | | engines it is possible to discover where the super |
| website to better attract and keep affiliates. | | | | affiliates are hiding. To quickly find high-profile sites that |
| Outsourcing the recruiting is one way of finding super | | | | are related to your product, simply use Google to look |
| affiliates, as the higher the number of affiliates in the | | | | up similar product marketing. The first page ortwo of |
| network, the better chance there is of landing one or | | | | results are the ones ranked the most highly for the |
| more super affiliates. Also, many affiliate recruiting | | | | keywords that you searched. It may take a few |
| companies specialize in identifying the most effective | | | | searches of related keywords to find the top spots |
| affiliates. Syntryx, in addition to their recruiting services, | | | | for different words related to your product. The top |
| also offers tools for the vender to find super affiliates. | | | | results are sites that generally understand the search |
| These include ways to identify top affiliates in different | | | | engines and how to get the best placement. They are |
| markets, as well as providing the appropriate contact | | | | also the ones who will be getting the highest traffic, |
| information. There are even tools to identify affiliates | | | | and the chances are good that they are run by super |
| for competing products and to contact them to | | | | affiliates. |
| promote your product. | | | | After discovering the top sites, take a good look at |
| To decide whether outsourcing your recruiting is a | | | | them. Note the site's counters if they are available, |
| viable option for your business, keep a log of the time | | | | what the content looks like, and what products are |
| spent recruiting affiliates, and how many affiliates were | | | | being sold there. If a highly-ranked site looks relevant to |
| signed up during that time. It is also helpful to keep | | | | your product and seems like it would be effective at |
| records of how well the affiliates that you recruited | | | | marketing your product, it would be a good idea to |
| have been selling. Having effective affiliates to | | | | contact the webmaster and pitch your product and its |
| promote the product can make or break a company. If | | | | affiliate program. |
| a vendor spends most of their time looking for | | | | |