Being First with Affiliate Products

Posted by Grizzly on Feb 6th, 2009 | 86 comments home title

Subscribe and Thrive Launch

Hi Folks. I think it’s time for another post – I’m falling behind on my 1 per month pace over here! Actually this is a spur of the minute thing as I thought I might give you guys a heads up on a new affiliate program. About an hour ago a new ad appeared on my beginners blog for a program called Subscribe and Thrive. I thought I would mention it as the program just launched and if any of you have tried affiliate marketing then you know one of the biggest hurdles is getting in on it before all the gurus have flogged the crap out of it.

One of the things that I’ve experienced since ascending the MMO niche is a flood of JV offers from everyone and their dog with another product to promote. I really haven’t done much as I’m not interested in going the way of the A-list – selling crap to my readers. The only offers I have entertained are the ones that want to pay me to put their banner on my site. I’m not going to add an affiliate link to these programs though.

With that said it dawned on me that maybe some of you might be interested in knowing about these programs ahead of the general public. I can’t sell this stuff to my readers or they will kill me. Some of you may not be so restricted. This is definitely one of the perks I am getting due to my traffic and serp ranking so I figure if I’m not interested maybe some of you would be.

I know when I was starting out I always wanted to know what went on behind the scenes – the deals that the super affiliates and the A-list were privy to but not the rest of us. In that light I thought I would show you a typical promotion that I’m seeing more of all the time.

The following email was sent to me from Luke Amoresano of Subscribe and Thrive

Grizzly,

As a company that has a background specific to investments and maximizing ROI, we understand the value of an ‘opt-in’ newsletter subscriber list and/or customer/affiliate base. Since you market to such a list of your own and are in the business of monetizing on that list, we propose a mutually beneficial alliance. Cordially, we offer you a corporate sponsorship into our affiliate program. As a result, you will be able you to offer our product and affiliate program to your client base at no cost to you.

We are in pre-launch and expected to go live within the next 7 days.

We create and sell a newsletter called the “Internet Profits Subscription” packaged with the best of the best e-books and software related to making money online. The cost is $5.00 for the first month, then $10 a week thereafter. The newsletter benefits those who want to learn how to make money online. The current state of the economy makes this service timely and marketable. Yet, the true value comes from combining this service with our ‘exclusive affiliate program’ which assists subscribers with increasing their monthly cash flow immediately. The two work hand-in-hand. In fact, 100% of our subscribers are automatically given an affiliate account and notification on how to begin promoting.

You’re obviously familiar with affiliate programs. The major difference between the conventional affiliate program and our exclusive affiliate program is that we pay on three (3) tiers and we require affiliates to be active subscribers in lieu of paying an affiliate fee. This condition maximizes retention of subscribers and, thus, results in both accruing commissions and longevity of paydays our affiliates can count on.

For you though, the arrangement would be different. You would be part of our ‘invite only’ affiliation which has no upfront cost or condition. This privilege is yours because the value of your affiliation is greater. Put another way, you can create more subscribers than a standard affiliate and you can do it faster.

At first glance, the true power behind our program may not stand out. Read this through and the power of our 45-15-15 income plan jump out at you.

Participation in the affiliate program qualifies you for a 45% ($4.50) weekly recurring commission on your 1^st Tier subscription sales, a 15% ($1.50) weekly recurring commission on your 2^nd Tier, and a 15%($1.50) weekly recurring commission on your 3^rd Tier for all the subscription sales your sub-affiliate/subscribers refer. You simply promote the affiliate program to your current customer/affiliate base and subscriptions will be created and you will get paid over and over again because this is a strong money making vehicle.

On a very small scale, the numbers work out for you well. For example: (Assuming sub-affiliates can only refer 5 subscribers of their own.)

100 1^st Tier sales x $4.50 = $450 a Week

Then, those 100 1^st subscribers sign up 5 each, totaling 500 2^nd Tier sales x $1.50 = $750 a Week

Then, those 500 2^nd Tier subscribers sign up 5 each totaling 2,500 3^rd Tiers sales x $1.50 = $3,750 a Week

That’s $4,950 in commissions every week from just one mailing to your list or customer base.

Let’s play with the numbers a bit and say that you only refer 50 instead of 100, but the people you refer get 10 each. (This is piece of cake, by the way, because it only costs $5.00 to get rolling and they have an entire month to refer others.)

50 1^st Tier sales x $4.50 = $225 a Week

Then, those 50 1^st subscribers sign up 10 each, totaling 500 2^nd Tier sales x $1.50 = $750 a Week

Then, those 500 2^nd Tier subscribers sign up 10 each totaling 5000 3^rd Tiers sales x $1.50 = $7,500 a Week

That’s $8,475 in commissions every week from just one mailing to your list or customer base.

$40,000+ in monthly commissions is a reality for someone of your caliber. And, you only have to do the work once to keep getting paid every week.

Your conversions are assisted by our $5.00 trial rate for the fist month. This makes it convenient for all subscriber/affiliates to get started right away. You still get paid for the first month at ALL 3 tiers – $2.25, $0.75, $0.75 respectively. Yet, the big checks commence once the weekly re-bills start.

REMEMBER: The subscribers you refer will likely become affiliates, also the affiliates must become subscribers, and they will NOT cancel their subscription because, if they do, their due commissions stop. No logical person cancels a subscription payment of $10 a week when they are earning more than that in the affiliate program. It only takes 3 referrals for them to exceed their own subscription cost and that’s just at the 1^st Tier.

What if they do leave? – Then, all of their subscriber referrals get moved up to you and you earn a higher commission for them.

All sales are tracked by the leading affiliate software, Post Affiliate Pro v4.

The billing is handled through Authorize.net gateway ARB, the highest recurring billing performance available.

Paydays are every week, on Wednesday for the previous weeks pay cycle. The pay cycle is from Friday – Thursday, paid following Wednesday. You can choose your preferred method of payment, yet we desire you take advantage of direct deposit to you bank account or the Chase Visa Pay Card we will give you.

Please go to:

http://subscribeandthrive.com/affiliates/exclusive-affiliate-program.html

This is the page that you would send potential sub-affiliates. You can also use our sister site www.EinsteinIncome.com to push people through with an Invitation Pass. We are accepting a limited number of ‘invite only’ affiliations. Failure to respond to this invitation within 7 business days will constitute a decline to participate and by signing up later normal conditions will apply.

To join the ‘invite only’ affiliate program right now go to: (IGNORE FEE OR SUBSCRIBER REQUIREMENTS)

https://subscribeandthrive.com/pap4/affiliates/signup.php

You will be notified when we launch so that you can broadcast to your current customer/affiliate base.

May your day be filled with fun and fortune.

Respectfully,

Luke Amoresano

admin@subscribeandthrive.com

http://www.subscribeandthrive.com

Needless to say, I signed up – why not it was free for me – and strolled through the site just to see what it was all about. You guys can check it out now that it is live but I’m sure you see the money angle pretty clearly already. Yes they have a newsletter full of software and ebooks that subscribers can sell with master resell rights but we all know the money is in signing up affiliates under you. Like all tiered programs the only people who do well (the A-List and Super Affiliates) are the ones that promote these programs first. If I only had search traffic I would probably give a few of these a go but alas… my credibility would be shot with my readers.

To Luke’s credit he must have read my mind as he sent me another email a few days after I checked out the program…

Grizzly,

I took the time to read through your recent post.

“I get a ton of JV emails – people wanting me to promote stuff – many of the people are legit and well-meaning but they sell crap. Sorry – no offense but if I wouldn’t buy it then it’s crap. I’d really like to see something worthwhile come along one of these days.”

Although you have read through our proposal and signed up as an affiliate, I want to drive home that our service is NOT crap. Plus, for a $5.00 start up cost for an entire month and weekly payouts that begin right away, our program is two-steps ahead of competition.

We will not disappoint your readers, A-list or anyone. You credibility will remain in tact. You WILL assist others with achieving an income to match your AdSense revenue.

I hope this email finds you well and marinates so that everyone you share this with will enjoy the juice.

Respectfully,

Luke Amoresano

I’m not so sure this could match my “Adsense Income” but I appreciated the fact that he actually took the time to read my blog. Needless to say this isn’t for me but if any of you want to take a crack at it – feel free. Here is your chance to get in early on one of these launches but I don’t recommend you recruit your loyal readers. Those of you with a list or search traffic might make a few bucks while it is still a novelty. I have no idea if John Chow or Darren Rowse will be pushing this in the morning so I thought I’d let you know about it now. Btw – I got another email stating that the $5 fee was waived and the first two weeks are free – enough time to see if you can make some conversions. If you suceed great – if not dump it before the weekly fee starts.

Here’s the link to the affiliate page – no affilaite ID so you can relax

Subscribe and Thrive

In a similar vien I thought you guys might like to read an email I received from Brad Callen today.

Hey Griz,

Thanks for the kind words on your review of PPC Web Spy:

http://makemoneyforbeginners.blogspot.com/2009/01/ppc-web-spy-brad-callen.html

It means alot coming from you. Wanted to let you know that we’re working on adding more functionality to the tool.
1. Adding a link next to each keyword so users can see the cached page on Google when the Adwords advertiser was found for the specific keyword.
2. Adding better logic for narrowing down which keywords advertisers are bidding on. It works pretty good right now, but will be much better in the next few weeks.
3. Likely changing the overall look of the tool to something brighter and more upbeat for aesthetic reasons.

And a few others.

Also, I noticed some people commenting about SEO Elite on that page. We’re currently working on a major SEO Elite update. We’re working with SEO expert Jerry West of SEORevolution.com to come up with the most relevant and helpful features. Am hoping to release this soon. And as always, updates are free to current customers.

Anyway, thanks again Griz! Let me know if I can ever do anything for you.

–
Brad Callen
Bryxen Software, Inc.

Nice of him to drop me a line and glad to hear about the SEO Elite upgrades – I suspect he didn’t read the post I put up after the PPC Web Spy article… I almost feel bad now. Ooops. If Paul from Internet Marketing Product Reviews is reading this you should be happy to know Brad read your comments – I’m curious to see what he does to SEO Elite given the abundance of free tools now available.

Okay – that’s my fluffy post just to change the page this month. I am curious if any of you would like me to pass on all the JV proposals I get. Leave me some comments if any of you think they would be useful – I get quite a few and figured some of you may be able to do something with them. If nothing else it will give you an idea of what transpires behind the scenes in the IM gig. Nothing wrong with a free education.

Cheers,

Griz

(Yes I am trying to rank for Subscribe and Thrive – I want to see if this blog can pull off some serp rankings without the post title. It’s a new term (read no competition) and if this site has built up any authority I’ll find out pretty quick – I know SOMEBODY is going to ask! lol)