help with affiliate marketing network requirements

I am going to spit out a bit of insight from the network side of things...

The form field where the networks ask you to input your "website" is somewhat useless. Yes, it allows the person managing pending accounts to check your website, take a look at it, evaluate it, etc... But more than 75% of the time these websites are obviously cookie cutter websites "designed" to pass the initial inspection of "your website". As a network owner, we know that 90% of affiliates don't drive traffic explicitly through the website listed in the application.

As a suggestion... Instead of creating a cookie cutter Wordpress Blog that shows Education Offers, Health Offers, and Biz Opp offers, try it from another angle - create a Business Identity Website. Create a website that outlines what you do; email marketing, social media, SEO, PPC, PPV, etc... Go into detail about your level of experience, how long you have been marketing, etc... This creates a "professional business identity" type site that you can use when you apply to networks. This gives the network owner and/or the staff member in charge of approving/evaluating accounts a good grasp of your marketing skills and abilities.

Back in my early days I created a business identity site and I was never turned down to a CPA network. The main reason networks require "approval" to get in is to weed out the bad seeds. Some advice... Hop on the phone and talk to the person handling the pending affiliate accounts. Tell them what you know, how you know it, what you have done in the past, what you currently do, and what is working for you. Most network owners are looking for "good folks" that are willing to put forth the effort to send clean traffic. Any knowledgeable person about internet marketing should be able to talk to another person in the industry and get a good feel of who they are as a person and what their goals are in internet marketing.

I see this topic come up over and over "How to get approved". My advice is create a professional website that outlines your skills and "BE HONEST". Networks are looking for good, honest people, looking to make a buck. Granted there are some networks that have higher requirements, but most of the networks are just looking for good folks - at least Envyus Media is.

Brian