Find content sites

There are many sites that do not sell
any kind of product or service but are mainly
content-oriented sites. Such sites promote an idea, concept,
study or belief. Content sites that are used as a resource
for your target market are ideal affiliates.

Finally, there are several sites on the Internet dedicated
to listing affiliate Programs. Get your program listed in
these directories.

Classifying Affiliates for better management

The hardest part of administrating an Affiliate Program is
deciding what your affiliates need to help make the sale.
But, by carefully categorizing your affiliates, you can
easily determine what their needs are and how to accurately
meet them. The plan given below helps in categorizing
affiliates in order to manage your affiliate program better.

The first step is to pick at least three types of
affiliates. Take a look at your affiliates and try to
determine one outstanding characteristic that can easily be
compared across the board and choose at least three types of
the characteristic. Here are some examples:

* Level of Sales - You may find that your affiliates are so
completely different that it's hard to find something to
classify them by. Try classifying them by the level of
sales they've reached with you. You'll most likely find
that youhave a few forerunners that lead the pack with
a number of sales, quite a few affiliates that have.
sporadically made a sale or two and some that have yet
to make a sale. This will help you classify them based
on sales.

* Products - If you sell a wide variety of products for
specific interests/needs you may be able to classify your
affiliates by product. For instance, a financial site
could classify types like Personal Finance, Small Business
Finance, and Corporate Finance.

* Industry - If you market commodities like office supplies,
health and beauty products, house-wares and so on, you may
find that your affiliates come from a wide variety of
industries. You can most likely classify your affiliates
according to their industry.