Just Other Articles - Internet and Businesses Online

Question: Why aren’t my affiliates promoting my affiliate program? And, how do I get more to sign up?

Dear Affiliate Manager:

I can tell you in a heartbeat

According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product

whether or not your affiliate program is attracting loyal, motivated affiliates. It’s easy. Just put yourself in your affiliate’s shoes. If you’re not creatin

; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.

Examples of combination products may in

loyalty in your affiliates, they’re going to look for a better program to promote, and you’ll be left in the dust.

Now that I’ve got your attention, let’s g

lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.

through some key components of making your affiliate program attractive to affiliates, so they don’t start shopping around.

1. Reputations are on the Line.

here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe

Of course, number one is quality. Do you have quality products and customer service? An affiliate’s reputation is on the line every time we consider promoting

d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.

Combination pro

a product or service. If your products are junk or you’re making our referrals upset in any way – we’ll drop you faster than something *really* hot.

2. Lay t

ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc

he Money on the Table.

It’s not just about the percentage commission. That won’t motivate and make loyal affiliates, but, it is a start. Are you talking 5%?

easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi

hen, unless you offer millions of products at great prices and have a solid reputation, you’re not going to be getting a whole lot of affiliates.

3. Who’s ge

nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically

ting credit?

Show your affiliates that you value them by setting long cookies and they’ll keep sending you traffic. How long are your cookies? The longer the

and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ

better.

4. Closing the Deal.

If your affiliates are sending you traffic, I hope you have a newsletter (or ecourse) on that sales page for two reasons. 1. It

ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi

means you’re smart and know how internet marketing works, and 2. It means that the affiliates get more than one chance to close the deal, because you’re going

ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.

Following aspects would a

to be following up with the lead and closing the sale for us. This shows us that you take your business seriously – a very important indicator.

5. Like Fros

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod

ing on the Cake.

Assuming all things are equal, if your program is two-tier or residual, you’ll have affiliates lined up to promote you.

6. Are you even try

cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin

ng?

There is nothing more frustrating than joining an affiliate program that you’re really excited about, logging in and seeing … nothing but a couple of lin

tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen

s. No content, no ebooks, no videos. Zip. This is especially disappointing if you know the author or owner is sending out a weekly newsletter. Share your arti

t?

As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel

les with your affiliates, allow them to be rebranded, and I guarantee you’ll get loyalty.

7. That’s just Rude.

Almost more insulting than not providing any

ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

content is providing ‘leaky’ articles. Yes, I have seen affiliate programs that so “generously” provide articles for their affiliates. But, the articles had p

y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products

ugs for their other programs in the body of the article. Now, I’m not naming names, but I do feel that’s pretty cheap to be stealing from your own affiliates.

.

As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de

Those are just a few ways to tell if your affiliate program stinks.

I hope you read and reread this advice. Treat your affiliates like partners and they’ll

elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

laster your link all over the web. You’ll have affiliates lined up to promote every new product you offer, and they’ll sing your praises every chance they get

tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products

HTTP = HTML link (for blogs, profiles,phorums):
<a href="http://www.justotherarticles.org.ua/article/54442/justotherarticles-Dear-Affiliate-Manager-7-Ways-to-Tell-if-Your-Affiliate-Program-Stinks.html">Dear Affiliate Manager, 7 Ways to Tell if Your Affiliate Program Stinks</a>

BB link (for phorums):
[url=http://www.justotherarticles.org.ua/article/54442/justotherarticles-Dear-Affiliate-Manager-7-Ways-to-Tell-if-Your-Affiliate-Program-Stinks.html]Dear Affiliate Manager, 7 Ways to Tell if Your Affiliate Program Stinks[/url]

When you are totally cash strapped yourself, it is pretty darn difficult to maintain sound judgment when someone tells you that they know how to make extra money.

Best-selling author, keynote speaker, and President of Customersatisfaction.com, Dr. Gary S. Goodman, warns that confusing business relationships with friendship can take us down the wrong road, away from economy, efficiency, and productivity.

When you first went online, you probably learned very quickly that you could bookmark websites that you wanted to return to in the future. If you're like many users, it probably didn't take long before your list of Favorites or Bookmarks went all the way down the screen, and although you continue to add to them, you rarely use them, because it's too hard to find what you are looking for. Rather than deleting them all and starting over, there are steps you can take to organize your Favorites in a way that you can easily locate the information you need at any given time.

Tags

Links

Just Other Articles - Dear Affiliate Manager, 7 Ways to Tell if Your Affiliate Program Stinks

Related Articles: