Category Archives: Advice

Appeal to Everyone

The GDI affiliate program offers a unique opportunity to those interested. While GDI effectively does the marketing for you, your affiliate opportunity is still your business. GDI does much of the work, but you still need to take on the role of business owner in a few ways. One is how you work with your team, new signups, and everyone who has the slightest possibility of being interested.

 Offer Help to All

As with any business, you can’t reserve pleasantries and helpfulness just for guaranteed customers. Often times you might not know right away if someone is going to be worth your effort, but you still need to give 100% to every person you work with. Having your own business requires you to treat everyone as a potential customer and that is no different for being an affiliate with GDI. So answer questions and be helpful and friendly no matter if someone is a new team member, old team member, or someone who may or may not be interested.

Provide Help Before It’s Needed

You may walk into a grocery store knowing what you need, but chances are you still need to follow the signs on each aisle to find everything you’re looking for. This is a business answering your questions before you have to ask. Treat your potential signups and new team members this way. Think of questions they may have and have their answers already there for them in the form of blog posts, videos or your website. Providing help before it’s needed can help you to hang on to leads.

The Power of People in Affiliate Marketing

People are definitely a company’s greatest asset. It doesn’t make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is only as good as the people it keeps.Mary Kay Ash

We shared a few of our favorite motivational quotes last Monday, but the one above really applies to affiliate programs and GDI. In short, what you’re marketing doesn’t matter; it’s the people you build your team with who really matter. At GDI we strive to offer the best products to our affiliates to build their online presence, but when it comes to the affiliate program GDI offers, it’s all about people first, then the product. A strong team can outweigh a weak product understanding any day. So take this quote to heart and understand those people you add to your team are your biggest asset. Do the extra work to build your team with the right people and it will pay off for you in the long run. A powerful affiliate program is built with great people, so add some great people, not just any people, to your team today.

Choosing the Right Affiliate Program

The idea of any affiliate program is to create income while helping others and building a business. Beyond that, affiliate programs can get a little different—some may require you to buy products up front, others require you to go door to door with a catalog. The important thing is to choose that affiliate program that will work the best for you. Below are some helpful criteria to help you pick the right affiliate program.

Time

Time is an important consideration. How much time do you have to devote to an affiliate program? An hour a week or several a day? Times is a huge factor in success with affiliate marketing and selecting the program that works best with the time you have can be a key creating income.

Expense

Unlike GDI, many affiliate programs have upfront costs to join, buy products and more. Decide what you are willing to spend to build you business up front and find a well received affiliate program that can be successful within that budget.

Products

What is it that you will be marketing? Do you have a passion for a product of just looking for anything? Though not required, having some interest marketing can be helpful to your success. Getting excited about GDI’s personalized domain names can help spread the passion to others.

Support

What kind of support does the company who offers the affiliate program have for you? Do you have to be on hold for hours just to get a question answered, or is there a sponsor ready and waiting to help you. Also consider other forms of support like social media, videos, and forums that can help you out.