Frequently Asked Questions about Affiliate Managers! Do you want to be successful on the Net starting an affiliate program. The power is in your words. Unfortunately, at least 98% of small business sites start "at the end"... the sale. See these Affiliate Marketing FAQs to learn more. If you would like an original, thought-provoking, and compelling 10,000 feet view of starting an affiliate program and building a flourishing online business website that gets found by the Search Engines and that converts visitors into profits, start at Basic Affiliate Marketing Help! Click the links to FAQs below on affiliate manger.
Q-1: Affiliate Program Manager and Qualifications he/she should possess?
A: Affiliate manager is a somewhat new profession, and there are no exact set of qualifications specifically required to work as one. You may take those below and adapt them to your own industry. However, following qualities would comprise the best primary prerequisites for an affiliate manger:
Education: 3-4 year Bachelor's degree with majors in the fields of marketing and advertising, business studies, business administration, e-commerce, psychology, information technology or communications degree would serve as a good educational background.
Experience: 2 to 4 years of work experience, out of which 1.5-2 years must be affiliate marketing experience. The longer, better, but more experienced affiliate mangers are obviously paid more.
Knowledge: Basic HTML, graphics applications (Photoshop and or CorelDraw), basic e-commerce operations. affiliate manger must also have grasp over FrontPage and Dreamweaver.
Skills: affiliate manger must possess excellent verbal, communication analytical skills, attention to detail, ability handle multiple tasks simultaneously plus organizational and people management skills.
Character. Self-motivated, highly initial enthusiastic, outgoing, flexible and responsive.
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Q-2: How much Affiliate Manger gets paid?
A: It depends on the factors mentioned above. Roughly one third of all affiliate managers make under $50,000 a year, another third make between $50,000 and $80,000, close to 15% make between $80,000 and $100,000, and around 20% make over $100,000 a year. And then there is another breed of affiliate mangers who are making over $250,000 a year, but these are definitely a rare breed.
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Q-3: How Affiliate Program Manager is recruited?
A: Merchants recruit those affiliates that are going to send them traffic and sales. I would strongly encourage you to read qualifications of affiliate manger given above. No merchant would like his recruiting efforts to be fumbled by recruiting an affiliate manger that does not yield traffic.
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Q-4: Can an affiliate that has no website, apply for affiliate programs?
A: Yes, an affiliate manger without website can, but chances of approval are low. Contact the merchant, asking her how you are planning on promoting his website. It may be a mailing list, a PPC campaign, or any thing else. Yes, it is true that most serious Affiliate Program Managers have at least one website. Merchant may talk to you and learn about your situation and circumstances. So, make sure you have a convincing business plan before you apply.
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