What are the most common Affiliate Marketing questions?

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So, I am writing a guide for Groupon UK affiliate marketing department and well I was wondering what the most common questions are regarding affiliate marketing.

What do people want to know & what do people need help with?

Would love some feedback.

Regards,
Will.
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  • Profile picture of the author PVReymond
    Hey Will,

    I think affiliates want to know...

    - How they benefit from promoting the product

    - How and when they are paid

    - If you provide them with tools

    - If you train them

    - If it is one tier or two

    - How their affiliate link is tracked

    - How refunds work

    Hope this helps.

    Thanks,
    ^PV Reymond
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    • Profile picture of the author Mike McAleer
      Originally Posted by PVReymond View Post

      Hey Will,

      I think affiliates want to know...

      - How they benefit from promoting the product

      - How and when they are paid

      - If you provide them with tools

      - If you train them

      - If it is one tier or two

      - How their affiliate link is tracked

      - How refunds work

      Hope this helps.

      Thanks,
      ^PV Reymond
      This is sepctacular also what types of traffic they can use to promote because sometimes you aren't allowed to use certain types of traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author jamesrich1
    The biggest question how do I promote it? Most places tell you forums, emails, articles, press release. There are millions of marketers, so that says nothing. How do you stand out from millions of marketers? Why is your product better than the competition? What converting rate has been achieved on sales? How to properly presale product? Who is the target demographic market?
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Hi Will,

    Originally Posted by willyboy104 View Post

    What do people want to know & what do people need help with?

    Would love some feedback.
    I suspect that these are two hugely different questions. In fact I think they may even be quite close to being mutually exclusive.

    When people are setting out to make a living through affiliate marketing, or to start a little affiliate marketing business on their side and develop it gradually, there's only really a minuscule correlation between what they typically want to know and what they actually need help with. Or ... to put it another way, what they most "need help with" is learning how to interpret information and develop some judgment about whom to listen to.

    I strongly suspect that this is actually a significant component of the underlying reason for the comparatively low successs-rate in "affiliate marketing".

    Just my "skepchick-perspective" ...
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    • Profile picture of the author DireStraits
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      Hi Will,



      I suspect that these are two hugely different questions. In fact I think they may even be quite close to being mutually exclusive.

      When people are setting out to make a living through affiliate marketing, or to start a little affiliate marketing business on their side and develop it gradually, there's only really a minuscule correlation between what they typically want to know and what they actually need help with. Or ... to put it another way, what they most "need help with" is learning how to interpret information and develop some judgment about whom to listen to.

      I strongly suspect that this is actually a significant component of the underlying reason for the comparatively low successs-rate in "affiliate marketing".

      Just my "skepchick-perspective" ...
      Anyone with a brain and blood in their veins ought to be receptive to this skepchick's perskeptive. (Try saying that last bit three times - even slow).
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  • Profile picture of the author corycrabb
    I think all answers are right though the focus for the product will always stem from how well it was set up (for the affiliates) and how much actually "VALUE" the product really has.
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  • Profile picture of the author COPEAC Stephen
    Is tracking in real time
    Restrictions (times, days of the week, specific sources, ETC)
    Target Demo
    Creative Control (Do i have any)
    Disqualifying Factors for Leads / Sales i generate
    How often do i get paid.

    I'm not a publisher but i speak to them on a minute by minute basis and these are some of the most common concerns brought up to me on a daily basis.
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