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By Corey Rudl
Let's face it: Not everyone wants to develop, design, and
manufacture their own products. You may be more interested
in finding great products that already exist and then using
your online marketing know-how to build a successful business.
But what if you DON'T want the hassles of things like tracking
your inventory, setting up warehouse space, and maintaining a
confusing shipping/receiving infrastructure? Wouldn't it be
great if there was a way to set up a business online WITHOUT
having to deal with all these issues?
Well, there IS a way to avoid these headaches: a technique
known as "drop shipping." This model lets you...
SELL QUALITY, BRAND-NAME PRODUCTS ON YOUR WEB SITE
FOR A HEFTY PROFIT
... and the drop shipper takes care of fulfilling the order.
They warehouse the stock, pack the orders, and ship them out
to your customers.
But be warned: There are both advantages and disadvantages to
this model. Keep reading, and I'll tell you how to STEER CLEAR
OF THE SCAM ARTISTS and identify great partners who will ship
brand-name products for you... on your behalf... all while
generating solid profits for you!
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HOW DROP SHIPPING WORKS:
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"Drop shipping" is simply an arrangement between you and the
manufacturer or distributor of the product you sell whereby
the manufacturer or distributor -- NOT YOU -- ships the
product to your customers.
Here's an example: Let's say Mary wants to set up a site that
sells skin care products. Instead of filling her basement
with cases and cases of stock, and then going downstairs each
time an order comes in, Mary puts together a drop shipping
arrangement with a manufacturer who ships the products to
her customers directly.
And the best part is that the manufacturer will happily ship
the products using shipping labels with Mary's company name,
address, and logo instead of their own. The product arrives
at the customer's house a few days later, and they never know
that the product wasn't shipped directly from Mary's warehouse!
Let's say Mary has a product called the "Total Skin Care
Package," priced at $97. A customer visits her site, places
an order, and is billed $97 plus $11 for shipping and handling.
Mary then sends the manufacturer an e-mail with her customer's
order and shipping information. The manufacturer packs up the
customer's order, puts Mary's shipping label on the package,
and mails it out via UPS or FedEx, usually within 48 hours.
The manufacturer then bills Mary for the WHOLESALE price of the
"Total Skin Care Package" -- in this case $64 plus $11 for
shipping and handling. Since Mary has passed the shipping and
handling fee on to her customer, she has just netted a profit
of $33. AND ALL SHE HAD TO DO WAS SEND HER MANUFACTURER
AN E-MAIL!
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DROP SHIPPING ADVANTAGES:
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There are a few huge advantages to this model. First, it
SAVES YOU THE COST of building your own inventory. If you're
like most people starting a small business, you don't have a
ton of extra money lying around. The last thing you want to
do is tie up your cash in inventory that you may or may not
be able to sell.
No inventory also means no leftovers. If the product you sell
suddenly becomes outdated, obsolete, or just plain un-trendy,
you aren't the one with a house full of stock that nobody will
buy. Many online retailers find themselves having to offer deep
discounts -- and taking huge losses -- on old products just to
get them out of their homes to make room for more inventory!
You'll also be able to SKIP THE HASSLES of shipping your products.Unless you've already set up a shipping account with someone
like FedEx or UPS, you'll be heading down to the post office every day to buy stamps and mail out your products.
And you'll be able to ADD NEW PRODUCTS ALMOST INSTANTLY.
Since you don't have to worry about ordering inventory, you can add
products to your web site within a few hours. If you find that
your customers are eager to buy a certain product, you can have
that item up on your site in almost no time.
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CHOOSING THE PRODUCT:
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Have you ever noticed that there are literally hundreds -- if
not thousands -- of sites selling huge mish-mash selections of
inexpensive gift items... things like plastic gnomes and
porcelain figurines?
That's because there are a few HUGE drop shipping companies
that import these items and then recruit web sites to sell
them on their behalf. These companies have massive product
inventories and make it very easy for people to get started
selling their products for them.
Unfortunately, this is NOT the way to go if you are getting
started with drop shipping. There are already a ton of these
giant gift sites out there -- and way too much competition for
you to reasonably expect to be successful at it.
Instead, spend some time researching different kinds of products
that you might want to sell. The products you choose should be
in demand but not widely available online. As usual, I highly
recommend targeting a niche market rather than trying to find a
product that EVERYONE wants to buy.
Once you've found a product that you think may be the right
one for your business, you'll need to do a little "competitive
analysis." This simply means finding out what potential
competitors are charging for the products you want to sell and
calculating how much of a profit you'll be able to make.
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CHOOSING YOUR DROP SHIPPER:
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So how do you go about finding a reputable drop shipper for
your business? Well, here's where doing your homework will
pay off. Whenever possible, you'll want to set up drop
shipping arrangements directly with the manufacturers of
the products you want to sell. The fewer middlemen you have
to go through, THE BIGGER YOUR PROFITS WILL BE!
Let's say you want to sell wooden toys on your web site. After
spending some time combing through the search results for "wood
toys," you'll have come up with a list of manufacturers of
wooden toys that you might want to carry. From there, you'll
want to contact the manufacturers directly and ask them if they
drop ship their products.
Some will let you know right away that they are set up to drop
ship for you. Others will tell you that they simply don't offer
drop shipping. Smaller manufacturers may never have heard of the
concept!
If the manufacturer of the product agrees to drop ship for
you -- GREAT! You can be fairly confident that you'll be
getting the best price possible. However, if they don't
offer drop shipping, you'll have to keep looking for another
alternative. This usually means tracking down a distributor.
(A distributor is simply a company that maintains a large
inventory of another company's products and distributes
those products to smaller companies.)
The best way to locate a distributor is to simply ask the
manufacturer of the product to recommend one. Most manufacturers
have established relationships with at least a couple of
distributors, and they should be happy to put you in touch with
one of them.
Another great way to find a distributor for the type of product
you wish to sell is by looking through related trade magazines.
You'll often be able to find listings of manufacturers and
distributors advertising in the back of these publications. To
find listings of trade magazines, try:
http://www.smallbusiness101.com/trade_ctr/trademagazine_ctr.htm
... or do a search at Yahoo! for "trade magazines."
In addition, Drop-Shipping-News.com sells a "Consumer Products
Source Directory" that claims to provide listings of dozens of
trade magazines at http://www.drop-shipping-news.com
You may also be able to find distributors and manufacturers
using the Thomas Register at http://www.thomasregister.com
They provide listings for thousands of companies broken down
by product, brand name, and company name. It takes some time
to get used to navigating through this site, but it can be a
great resource.
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WHAT TO EXPECT FROM YOUR DROP SHIPPER:
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Once you've tracked down a few manufacturers and distributors,
you'll need to get on the phone and contact them directly.
Before you start dialing, though, you'll need to have a few
things in order, including your official business name and
your Tax ID or Resale number.
-- NOTE: Your Business Name and Tax ID Number --
Take the time to set up your business as a legal entity
before you get started. The U.S. Government's Small Business
Administration maintains a web site that has all the
information you need to get your company up and running
and explains how to apply for a Tax ID or Resale number
in every state. You can search for the requirements in
your state at http://www.sba.gov/regions/map/#region10
The process of setting up your business legally is
actually a LOT easier than most people think. In
many states, you can get all the paperwork done in
about a day, and it shouldn't cost you much more
than a few hundred dollars if you do everything
yourself.
Of course, there's no shortage of lawyers and
accountants to help you incorporate your business if
you'd rather not deal with the paperwork.
Some companies will also ask for a credit reference... but
don't panic! A manufacturer will probably only require a credit
reference from you if they will be billing you monthly. Since
most manufacturers will bill you at the time of purchase, this
shouldn't be a problem. If they do require credit references,
though, you can usually just provide them with the name and
telephone number of your bank.
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR NON-U.S. BUSINESSES
Drop shippers based in the U.S. are generally NOT willing to
drop ship internationally. There are simply too many hassles
with customs -- especially since September 11th. Also,
companies like FedEx and UPS charge a fortune to ship
internationally. The cost of the shipping can often be
more than the cost of the product!
If your target market is in Australia, for example, you'll want
to locate manufacturers or distributors based in Australia so
that you can avoid the hassles of international shipping.
You -- and your customers -- will end up with a LOT fewer
headaches this way!
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QUESTIONS YOU'LL NEED TO ASK:
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Most companies that you contact will be more than happy to
speak with you -- after all, you are going to be selling
their products for them. When you call, simply ask to speak
with someone about becoming a vendor for their products.
Once the switchboard puts you through to the right person,
you'll want to ask all of the following questions:
1) WHAT IS THE WHOLESALE PRICE THEY CAN OFFER YOU ON THEIR PRODUCTS?
You need to make sure that their wholesale prices are
reasonably lower than the prices you'll be able to sell
the products for -- to ensure that you're left with a
fair profit margin.
2) DO THEY CHARGE A HANDLING FEE FOR DROP SHIPPING?
If so, how much? Most companies who drop ship will simply
add the cost of UPS or FedEx shipping onto your wholesale
price, but some will also charge you a handling fee
(generally between $1 and $5). This is to offset their
cost of picking, packing, and processing the order for you.
3) DO THEY HAVE A MONTHLY MINIMUM OR MAXIMUM OF PRODUCTS THEY WILL DROP SHIP?
Some companies will require that you sell a minimum dollar
amount of their products each month (usually around $100).
A few also have a monthly maximum of units they will ship
for you. If you think that you will be selling more than
this number each month, they'll refer you to one of their
distributors.
4) HOW DO THEY SHIP THEIR PRODUCTS?
Almost every company that drop ships products will use a major
nationwide delivery service like UPS or FedEx. Ask them to
include tracking numbers with the order confirmations they
send. This will save you many potential problems when
customers ask, "Where is my order?"
5) HOW DO THEY BILL YOU?
Most drop shippers will bill your credit card the wholesale
price of the product plus shipping and handling as soon as
they receive an order from you. With others, you may be
able to set up a monthly billing cycle where you submit
payment for all orders at the end of each month.
6) HOW DO THEY DEAL WITH PRODUCT RETURNS?
Be sure to find out what their policy is regarding returns.
Most reputable companies will offer some kind of guarantee
or warranty on their products and will deal with returns
for you. This way, if a customer contacts you with a return,
you can simply tell them that the manufacturer will be happy
to speak with them directly.
If your manufacturer doesn't accept returns, look out! You
will be the one stuck replacing defective merchandise for
your customers.
You'll also need the manufacturer to send you descriptions and
images of the products you'll be selling for your web site.
Many companies will simply tell you to take the images directly
from their own site. Others will e-mail you a link to their
product information. Companies with large inventories may want
to mail you a CD-ROM of their product images and descriptions.
When setting up an account with a distributor, ask lots of
questions about shipping and order fulfillment, as these are
the two areas that can potentially cause you the most problems.
Make sure that they are able to confirm your orders quickly,
and that they will provide tracking numbers. You need to be
confident that your customers' orders will be delivered
promptly.
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AVOID THESE COMMON DROP SHIPPING SCAMS:
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Wow, all of this sounds great, doesn't it? And the truth is,
there ARE lots of people making tons of money using the drop
shipping model. But there is also no shortage of crooks and
scam artists just waiting to take your money in exchange for
the promise of "Instant Drop Shipping Riches" or "Ready-Made
Online Drop Shipping Stores."
Here are a few things to watch out for when you're researching
drop shipping:
- COMPANIES OFFERING TO SELL YOU LISTS OF DROP SHIPPERS FOR $3, $4,
$7. The old saying "You get what you pay for" applies here. Spend $4 on a drop shipping list, and you'll
get an e-mail listing 200 company names, addresses, and maybe
phone numbers. A few calls to out-of-service numbers and
you'll realize that the list is years old and basically
useless.
- COMPANIES CHARGING YOU A "MONTHLY FEE" TO BE YOUR DROP
SHIPPER. Think about it: Why would a company charge you to
sell you things? Answer: Because their products are either
worthless junk or they're marked up WAY too high. In either
case, they know your online store won't be able to sell any
of them, so they need to make their cash from you through a
monthly fee.
- COMPANIES OFFERING YOU A TURN-KEY ONLINE
BUSINESS,
complete with web site, wonderful products (that can ONLY be
purchased from them), and a merchant account that allows you
to accept credit cards. The strategy here is to get you to
spend YOUR money advertising and selling products that they
are buying from REAL wholesalers, marking up, and selling to
you. These companies usually also charge a one-time and/or
monthly fee.
Here's the bottom line: No one is going to do your work for you.
If you want to set up a real online business, you're going to
need to do some legwork. Any company that seems to be making
your job easier by providing you with lists of products to sell
or setting up your site is just going to be eating into your
profits!
As always, ask yourself if their offer seems too good to be
true. If it does, you can be sure that they'll be taking
their cut!
Based on our research, I'm NOT going to recommend spending
money on any of the "drop shipping resources" that are for
sale online; anyone should be able to locate potential drop
shipping partners by doing a little research and making a
few phone calls.
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COMMON DROP SHIPPING PROBLEMS -- AND SIMPLE SOLUTIONS:
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Of course, no business model is without disadvantages -- and
drop shipping your products can lead to some serious problems
if you aren't careful. Below are a few of the most common
problems, along with some tried-and-true solutions to help you
save some time and money:
PROBLEM #1: SHIPPING DELAYS
Remember how I told you that the best thing about drop shipping
is that you don't have to worry about shipping your products?
Well, this can occasionally create issues.
Let's say you send an e-mail to your drop shipper asking them
to send an order to your customer, and it just so happens that
they are sold out of that item at the moment. The longer it
takes them to let you know that the item is unavailable, the
longer it will be before you can pass that information on to
your customer, and the worse you'll end up looking.
SOLUTION: Insist on prompt order confirmation from your drop
shipper. Ask them to send confirmation e-mails or faxes to you
when they've processed your order, letting you know that the
order has been shipped. If they're out of stock, make sure
they let you know IMMEDIATELY.
PROBLEM #2: TRACKING SHIPPING STATUS
Your customer calls you up a week after ordering a product and
asks what the status of their shipment is. Unfortunately, since
you didn't ship the product, you have no idea what to tell them.
And if your customer is demanding a refund for an order that has
already been shipped, YOU'LL be paying for it when your drop
shipper sends you the invoice!
SOLUTION: Most of the nationwide delivery services (like UPS or
FedEx) now offer online tracking services. If a customer calls
to check the status of their shipment, you can instantly tell
them where their package is by entering their tracking number at
the UPS or FedEx web site.
Better yet, include the tracking number in your confirmation
e-mails to your customers and let them track their orders
themselves. Just be sure to ask your drop shipper to provide
you with tracking numbers once your orders have been shipped!
PROBLEM #3: DROP SHIPPER BACKS OUT
Occasionally, a manufacturer or distributor will simply back out
of their drop shipping agreement with you. They may decide that
the work involved in packaging and shipping their products for
you simply isn't worth the trouble.
SOLUTION: Unfortunately, you'll never really know how reliable
your partners will be until you've placed a few orders with
them.
When speaking with potential drop shippers over the phone,
you should be able to get a good sense of how reliable they'll
be based on how prepared they are to answer your questions.
This is one of those areas of your business where you'll have
to follow your instincts!
PROBLEM #4: HIGH SHIPPING COSTS
Finally, you can run into problems with shipping costs if you
work with a number of different manufacturers and distributors.
For example, let's say a customer orders 6 products from your
web site, with each one being drop shipped to them by a
different manufacturer or distributor. They'll have to pay
shipping and handling costs on each individual item, and that
can add up to a lot of extra money.
If your customers see that they'll have to pay $40 to ship $80
worth of goods, they'll abandon their order every time.
SOLUTION: You'll avoid those abandoned orders by just using one
manufacturer or distributor on your web site. Keep in mind that
many distributors deal with thousands of products (usually
related to each other), so you can often source all of your
products with one distributor.
Of course, your site may never run into this problem. If you
take my advice and focus on selling one or two niche products
(like toasters), you can reduce the likelihood of customers
ordering more than one product in the first place. (Who needs
six toasters?)
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FINAL THOUGHTS:
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Drop shipping can be an easy way to get started selling
online. Since the manufacturer or distributor takes care of
warehousing and shipping, you'll be able to concentrate your
efforts on building your web site and marketing your products.
And this is what most entrepreneurs are good at!
As an experiment, we decided to contact several manufacturers to
set up a drop shipping arrangement. When asked, we told the
manufacturers that we had no previous experience running an
online business. This didn't present a problem to any of them.
Basically, a company will be glad to have a potential vendor
contacting them... After all, it can only increase their sales!
When searching for a product to drop ship, don't spend money
on "drop shipping directories." Think about it: Not only is
their information frequently out of date, but the companies
listed in these directories are the ones that everyone who
buys the directories will be contacting. That means more
competition for the products you'll be selling.
And take the time to choose your products carefully. Make sure
there aren't already hundreds of sites selling these products at
prices you can't afford to compete with.
Products that target a niche market will sell better online
than products aimed at the general population. And remember
to ask yourself: Is this a product I would buy myself?
Most importantly, remember that drop shipping isn't a magic
formula to make you rich. Building a business DOES take a
certain amount of hard work, and this is no exception.
The real "magic" is that drop shipping allows you to invest
your money in marketing rather than inventory, and a well-
planned marketing strategy is what will ultimately help you
build a lucrative online income!
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Corey Rudl is the owner of four highly
successful online businesses that attract more than 1.8
million visitors monthly and generate over $6.6 million
each year. He is also the author of the #1 best-selling
Internet Marketing course online.
To check out his site that's JAM-PACKED WITH THE EXACT
INFORMATION YOU NEED to start, build, and grow your very
own profitable Internet business, I highly recommend
visiting http://www.marketingtips.com/tipsltr.html
This guy really knows what he's talking about!
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Creating Website Traffic--Part VI
Put Up An Affiliate Program
[This is part VI in a ten part weekly series on how to create
traffic to any website. You can access the previous articles
by going to this week's I-Marketer and clicking on the past
issues page: http://all-in-one-business.com/imm]
Imagine thousands of people begging you to sell your product!
For years I worked with salespeople and sales managers from
all over the southeastern United States. It was interesting
to see what made some of them successful and some of them
failures. Here's how it often worked:
A company would have an OUTSTANDING SALESMAN. He could set
records. He moved more product in less time than any other
person in the company's history. He was AWESOME.
So, what does the company do? They would promote him to
sales manager. After all, if he was great, all he had to do
was give some of his tips to the other people selling the
product and *PRESTO* AN ARMY OF SUPER SALES PEOPLE.
Rarely did it ever work. Here's why:
The super salesman, now manager, would go around and work
with his people and do what he did best: sell. The sales
people under him would watch, collect the commissions and
wait for his next visit. In some cases they would make as
much in one or two days with the "manager" than they made the
whole previous month. They didn't learn to sell, they
learned to be dependent upon the sales manager.
What was the solution I advised these companies to take?
Move the super-guy back into the field, and hire a great
MANAGER to run the sales force.
Why? Because a salesman's job is to SELL. The manager's
job is to RECRUIT, TRAIN and MOTIVATE.
The more SUPER SALESPEOPLE the manager can RECRUIT, TRAIN and
MOTIVATE, the more sales the company will have. That's what
separates the GREAT sales organizations from the mediocre
ones.
So what does this have to do with your website? EVERYTHING.
Let me explain:
If you really want your website to be a success--to sell to
THOUSANDS of people every year--you want to get yourself a
BUNDLE of SUPER SALES PEOPLE representing your product. In
the Internet world, a super sales person is someone who is
ALREADY GREAT AT GETTING TRAFFIC AND MOVING PRODUCTS.
The more of these people you can RECRUIT, TRAIN AND MOTIVATE
the more successful your company will be.
There are several things you will need to get this
accomplished:
1. You need a way to track sales and pay affiliates.
2. You need a way to identify and recruit new affiliates.
3. You need a way to train and motivate affiliates.
Here's how you can get each of these done for your web site.
*Ways to Track Sales and Pay Affiliates
Before you can begin recruiting affiliates, you will need
some way to track the sales and visitors they bring to you.
Ideally, it should give them the ability to track the number
of visitors they have sent to your site, how many sales they
have generated and how much commission they have earned.
There are several ways to get this accomplished:
(1) If you are just planning to recruit a few top affiliates,
you can set up a mirror page for each affiliate.
This is obviously limited and requires a BUNCH of hands-on
work to set up and maintain. This works best if you are just
wanting to do a few joint ventures, but the long-term ability
is limited.
(2) You can use an existing payment/affiliate service.
There are several programs that you can use to not only set
up your affiliate program, they will also take care of paying
affiliates (as well as paying you). Here are a few:
ClickBank
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iBill
http://www.all-in-one-business.com/ib
ccBill
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Before you jump on one of these as your ideal solution, let
me give you a couple of downsides:
*These services require you to accept your payments through
them AND will require a reserve and other charges that are
MUCH HIGHER than what your own merchant account will charge.
*If you later decide to switch to your own software for
managing affiliates (which you most certainly will down the
road), all of the links your affiliates have been using will
have to be updated. Many of those links will NEVER be
updated and you will lose traffic and sales.
*Some of these (most notably ClickBank) have affiliate links
that do not require you to sign up for a particular program.
What this means is that your best affiliates will lose
commissions (and confidence in you) because of what is known
now as "affiliate theft".
*These do not let you easily set up your own "two tier"
program--it is set up "for" you. Losing that flexibility
will cost you some of the recruiting you would otherwise
get for free.
While this is a cheap option, most people will want to move
quickly to the third option...
(3) You can use software or a service designed to run your
affiliate program.
This is the best long-term strategy. BUT, it is NOT cheap.
Here are the best programs out there for you to use:
The BEST system out there...
This will give you complete support and implementation. I
can't recommend it more highly. All the "big boys" use it.
It's relatively cheap, easy to use and provides all the bells
and whistles.
http://all-in-one-business.com/assoc
Some other options:
http://www.myaffiliateprogram.com/
http://www.palis.com/new/yoap7/index.htm
Services that handle this for you:
http://www.cj.com
http://www.befree.com
http://affiliatezone.com
(These providers are expensive, but do all the work for you.)
Once you have a way to PAY your affiliates, the next step is
to...
*IDENTIFY AND RECRUIT NEW AFFILIATES
Here is a profile of the ideal affiliate for your product:
(1) He has his own website with considerable traffic.
(2) His site is complementary but not competitive with
your products.
(3) *HE IS A TOP SELLER FOR YOUR COMPETITOR*
Did you catch number 3? If someone is already selling your
competitor's products successfully, and you can get them on
board with YOU instead (or in addition), then they will be
able to produce the same good results for you.
So, how do you identify and recruit these people?
(1) Look in the search engines.
This helps you identify who gets good traffic and (probably)
good sales.
(2) Ask other webmasters who sell COMPLEMENTARY products who
are THEIR top producers.
For instance, if you sell wallpaper, you might want to talk
to the web site owners of decorating "how to" sites and see
who their top producers are.
(3) Use the Super Affiliate Spider
This is a handy little piece of software that I use to help
me identify and contact the TOP PRODUCERS. It is beautiful.
You can access it here:
http://all-in-one-business.com/spider
(4) Network
Get to know other people online. If someone has an
exceptional newsletter with high readership, get to know
them. They can be one of your best contacts.
Once you have identified the best prospects, spend time each
week talking to them about how you can HELP THEM MAKE MORE
MONEY WITH LITTLE OR NO EFFORT.
Finally, we are then ready for step 3:
*TRAINING AND MOTIVATING YOUR NEW SALES FORCE
Once you have gotten some people on board, it is important to
give them both the ABILITY TO SELL YOUR PRODUCTS and the
MOTIVATION TO SELL YOUR PRODUCTS.
You will need to set up an "affiliate area" that allows your
new affiliates to grab banners, etc. in order to sell your
product. You can view ours here:
http://www.all-in-one-business.com/partners/main.html
[While you are there, why not sign up to sell my course?]
If you would like a similar set up for your affiliate program,
we will set one up for you for a nominal fee. Just drop me
a line and let me know: Kevin@All-In-One-Business.com
To keep your sales people motivated--remember they can sell
for anyone they wish to--offer them bonuses and incentives
each month. For instance, run a contest that you will give
a $10 bonus to everyone who makes a sale in the next 48
hours. That motivates people to take action on selling your
product NOW.
Be creative and you will be successful here.
You will also need to keep in contact with your super
sellers. Email, write them and phone them. They are going
to make lots of money for you--take care of them.
Follow these three steps and you will see a constant stream
of traffic, sales and profits to your site for years to come.
Kevin Bidwell is owner of http://www.all-in-one-business.com
and works with web business owners all over the world to
help them succeed in business. All-In-One Business receives
over 1 MILLION visits per year and his Success Secrets
course has helped hundreds of people achieve financial
independence in their own Internet business.
This article may be reprinted for use in newsletters and
websites provided that this information box is kept intact.
Email notice of intent to publish is appreciated but not
required: Kevin@All-In-One-Business.com
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