UPDATED AFFILIATE PROGRAM!!

After many suggestions and requests for LinkWorth to reward affiliates for Advertiser and Partner referrals, we have been in development to reward affiliates for both type of account referrals. Not only that, but we've decided to up the initial finder's fee. Yes, you heard it here, you can now earn by referring new partner accounts and new advertiser accounts. On top of the referral fee, we're also going to include the 5% earnings on all recurring charges for the life of the account.

What are we paying now? This is how it works; we will pay $50.00 for each new account sent to us through your affiliate link. The $50.00 will be a pending payment which is payable once the referring account has spent or earned a minimum of $100. Most accounts spend well into the thousands, so it will be very simple to meet the requirement. This will ensure accounts being referred are legitimate accounts so we're not just paying money for accounts that may not belong to the one submitting them.

We have been keeping track of every referral since June 1, 2007 and all are eligible for affiliate payment once the referring accounts meet the $100 minimum.

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Affiliates - Creating Content And Maximizing Eficiency

We all know deep down inside that content drives the internet. Without it, our sites will have no leg to stand on and fail miserably. So it's reasonable to assume that we definitely need content when we're affiliates trying to make money. Yet there are only limited ways of doing this.
Here are roughly 5 ways to do this:
1. Write it yourself
2. Hire or outsource it
3. Scrape the content
4. Use PLR
5. RSS
Before I explain what to write, let me introduce you to one strategy that works really well. Instead of going after the hard to get rankings with the top keywords, you should go for the low hanging fruits.
Say what?
What this means is that you should go after keywords that aren't heavily competed for just yet, and instead focus on the ones that are easier to dominate. The ones with less competition are always the winners when it comes to this strategy. For example, don’t write about "online business" go writing for the keyword "online business consultation in Boston". You might be getting a lot less traffic with these but look on the positive side. You will most likely get ranked in Google a lot faster as well as the other search engines. Plus, by doing this, you will no doubt get better quality traffic opposed to those more generic keyword terms.
Alright now for the different ways that you are going to build content with the methods I listed.
1. Write it yourself
This one isn't necessarily bad and it's how most people start off. The disadvantage is that you'll probably have to sit on your chair for hours every day trying to pump out as many of these as possible. Not the most pleasant experience at all.
2. Hire or outsource it
This is a good strategy and what most people do. The problem is going to be the quality of the articles and you'll need to watch out for who it is that you're hiring. There's been plenty of horror stories so make sure you're at least prepared for the worst. Usually there's a review of the writer on places like Elance so you can get a glimpse of the work that they do. It's also recommended that you hire somebody who speaks the targeted languange that you're going after.
3. Scraped content
This one is not recommended because it falls under the blackhat category. What this is, is taking content from other sites and using it as your own. Things have gone to the extremes lately with this one and the search engines have retaliated with much stronger filters than before. Also because of this, sites using scraped content don't really have the longevity of other sites. Usually banned within the first three months.
4. Use PLR
Private label rights are probably the best way to go when starting out. Second only to outsourcing because of the costs if you don't have the money for it. PLR means that you have the rights to the content (the content is in your name) and you can do whatever you wish with.
They are usually very easy to re-write and can be done by just about anybody.
5. RSS feeds
This use to be popular and it still is. Basically the content is created by others and gets re-used by you. This is different than scraping since you actually have permission from the others to use it. Disadvantage is that others are using them as well, so they aren't really unique. Also, the search engines won't ban you but having a site "just" with RSS isn't going to get you anywhere.
So my top picks are to write it yourself if you have the time and energy to do so. Hiring out if you have the money and PLR if you lack both.

Top 8 Affiliate Promotional Tools

One of the most challenging tasks for affiliate manager is to keep affiliates motivated. ..and there's no better motivation than a first sale! Less experienced affiliates need full range of tools to promote your products, to be able to experiment and find best converting strategies. What about the big affiliates? Can you imagine a top affiliate doing YOUR homework? No, they won't. So how affiliate promotional tools work and what are they at all?
How it works
Affiliate software is (also) used to distribute personalized affiliate codes to affiliates. Thus an affiliate can easily copy/paste promotional materials to their website, blog, email or forum signature.. Personalized links ensure that affiliate gets commission for each sale they refer to you.
Requirements to setup affiliate toolbox
There are 3 main types of promotional materials that are supported in most affiliate software packages. They are Text links, HTML banners and Graphical banners. With these 3 categories of promotional codes you can set up a full affiliate toolbox. Before we get to the tools, let's talk a bit about what actually is the aim of affiliate toolbox.
Your affiliates are supposed to pre-sell / recommend your products. The techniques they use to achieve that may vary from one affiliate to another. A product review is a great tool for blogger, while email template is a must for email list owner. You want to have toolbox ready for all types of affiliates and marketing techniques they use. Make it as easy as possible for them to make a first sale. As promised, top 8 affiliate tools follow:
1. Text links - they are flexible, can be placed virtually anywhere. It is easy to customize them as well as weave them into content. A good headline is a must. Give your affiliates a link you know attracts your potential customers. There are ways how to test what headline / text link converts the best. Make a small research - create several links, run an Adwords (or other PPC campaign) campaign and pick the links with best click through.
2. Banner ads - graphical banners may help. Although they do not accomplish the goal of pre-selling and aren't as flexible as text links, together with targeted content and smart placement they can bring nice results. Make sure animated banners convey the advertising message within 3 seconds - otherwise click through rate decreases rapidly. A regards size - maximum suggested size for animated banners is 15kB.
2. Product reviews - write a review of your product. It is a great way to share the expertise about your product you have with your affiliates. It's much easier for them to add meaningful product review on their website or blog. Positive product reviews accomplish the goal of pre-selling very well and increase conversion rate of traffic referred by affiliates to you.
3. Email templates - Email list owners are great affiliates. In fact most super affiliates have huge and responsive lists with relationships build over many years of hard work. Help your affiliates to create mail about your products quickly with pre-written list email announcements. Include also a tell-a-friend email template so that affiliates can spread the word about your product among their contacts.
4. Forum signatures - forums are great to learn, share experience, make JV's or get feedback. Additionally, affiliates can promote your products while receiving all the benefits of forum participation by setting up a forum signature with their affiliate link in it. Signatures are added to each post on forums. Advantage of forum advertising is that it brings targeted traffic with good conversion.
5. Information about PPC advertising - learn your affiliates how to set up PPC campaigns targeted to their affiliate sites. Affiliate sites with good conversion rates thus can bring a constant traffic and income. Do not simply ask your affiliates to pay for your advertising - PPC advertising can be used to promote your products and grow their lists at the same time. Thus your affiliates build their assets while promoting your products.
6. Press releases - the purpose of press releases is to announce a newsworthy message about your organization or product. Press releases are considered by the media (magazines, ezines, news / TV shows, etc.), moreover a good press releases brings a nice traffic and many links across the net. Learn your affiliates to write a good press release to drive traffic to their affiliate sites.
7. PLR articles - share your articles with your affiliates, so that they can quickly build content pages and attract potential customers.
8. Viral e-book - write a free e-book about something that's interesting for your potential customers. Include links to your website and let affiliates to customize them with their affiliate links. Affiliates then distribute the e-book on their websites/ to their lists.

Is It Possible To Make Money From Affiliate Programs While You Display Adsense Ads On Your Site?

Many affiliates don't like to display adsense ads on their high earning web sites since they think that optimize their websites for better click thru will hurt their affiliate income since visitors will actually leave their sites. Are they leaving money on the table?
With Google adsense, the dream of making money without selling nothing became true. Many affiliates choose to add adsense to their sites because they don't need to make a sale to make money.
Even better, an affiliate who own one or several websites with thousands of vsitors a month, don't even need to lift a finger to make money with adsense.
The only thing you will need to do is to add your adsense blocks on your pages. I admit that it sound too easy to be true, but it's that easy.
However, it can be a bad idea for affiliates to add adsense ads to their pre-selling pages because once a visitor click on the ad, he is actually leaving your site, and instead of making an affiliate sale, they will only earn pennies.
While it can be lucrative for affiliates to place adsense ads on their site, they need to understand that they need to optimize and test the placement of the ads, otherwise they can lose a lot of money.
Obviously, adsense will not make you rich overnight. The real purpose of adsense is to add an additional source of income to your site, and it will take time to get the machine going on autopilot, but it is worth it.
Be prepared to build several websites a month (several websites a week if you want more money), and to get hundreds of articles for your sites. The best way to get articles is to outsource, or even better, subscribing to a PLR (Private Label Right) membership site.
It is more effective to get the ready made website templates plus the articles. You just need to modify the article a little bit, and upload your site to your server.
You will also need a bunch of domain names, and I advise you to buy them in bulk. You will save a lot of money like that.
Once everything is set up, you need to get traffic to your adsense sites. Add an article a day, and get one new link a day, and after two or three months, with several websites, you will get a nice and steady secondary income.
So can affiliates become rich overnight with adsense? It will not happen overnight, but if you follow a solid plan, after one year, you will make money from affiliate programs and from adsense together and secure your online income.