5 Factors That Help Determine a Good Affiliate Program

Globally, affiliate marketing remains a profitable avenue for earning income online particularly for content creators. The business continues to grow because of the massive adoption of the marketing concept by top brands and content creators. Depending on the program, affiliate marketers get paid a commission when they generate a sale, lead, or click. Affiliate marketers get this done by promoting unique affiliate links/codes in the content they create. This is how they effectively drive traffic and sales through blog posts, coupon sites, emails, mass media sites, and paid search microsites. However, joining reputable affiliate marketing programs like Strong Future International, SFI, tends to make affiliate marketing easier and more profitable. But, how do you determine if an affiliate program is right for you? These here 5 factors can help you out in making that vital decision.

 
1. Product Quality and Reputation

In affiliate marketing business just like any other business, reputation matters a lot. That reputation can quickly deep or gets battered if you are reckless enough to promote poor quality products. As an affiliate, you always have a unique niche, an audience and a reputation to protect. This is why, when choosing an affiliate program, you must ensure the program is reputable and well known for offering high-quality products through good business ethics. Aside from making sure the products fit your niche, they must be top-notch products that are on demand and sell well. Marketing substandard products from untrustworthy affiliate programs can quickly ruin your business reputation and stunt the growth of the business. Partnering with Strong Future International, SFI can help avert such unpleasant development.
 
2. Affiliate Marketing Tools/Resources

Reputable affiliate programs like Strong Future International, SFI offer the right tools/resources which affiliate marketers need to effectively promote products/services on the platforms. In addition, they offer free quality training to help and support affiliates to use these tools more effectively to optimize their marketing campaigns. SFI also has reliable analytics tools to help affiliates track the performance of their marketing campaigns. They offer free marketing tools like banners, text ads and unique affiliate links/codes to help affiliates in their marketing activities. A good affiliate marketing program like SFI has a caring and reliable customer support team and the resources to handle its customer service effectively and efficiently.

3. Flexible and Convenient Payment Options

Many affiliate programs like Strong Future International, SFI usually offer free sign-up for affiliates from all parts of the world, practically from anywhere in the world where there is internet. This brings a lot of challenges in tow in terms payments for all transactions and even commissions payouts. At SFI, they’ve found a way around this by working with globally-accepted payment methods and online gateways. Thus, payments via PayPal, Payoneer Cards, Cryptocurrency (Bitcoin and Satoshi), TCurrency, Virtual gift cards, Bank wire transfers, and Checks are acceptable on the platform. It is best therefore to always ensure you partner with affiliate programs like SFI that support the payment options/methods acceptable in your country and jurisdiction.

4. Competitive Commission Rates

This is exactly where the money you earn as an affiliate usually comes from. You therefore cannot be too careful to select and work with only affiliate programs that offer competitive commission rates. That’s the only way your marketing efforts can be profitable. In the business, commission rates usually depend on the service/product and the industry bearing in mind that conversion rates and the average order value (AOV) affect the commission rates. It is advisable to choose only programs with conversion rates and AOV that balance well with the commission. Some of the best-paid programs offer rates up to 50%. At Strong Future International, SFI, the rate usually ranges from 10-50% CV and commission payment is monthly calculated and paid out not later than the 10th of the following month.

5. Cookie Timing/Duration

Technically, cookie duration is the period between when someone clicks on your affiliate link/code and when they order and pay for a product. This is the active period of the cookie associated with your affiliate link/code. Cookie duration can range from a few hours to days or even weeks. Since cooking duration is the period allowed affiliates to persuade a consumer to make a purchase, it is vital to your affiliate earnings. If for instance your cookie duration is 24 hours, it means you only have 24 hours to persuade a customer to make a purchase. If they do so after the cookie’s expiry, you don’t qualify for a commission. Only the product merchant benefits by making a sale. The implication of this is that it is best to choose affiliate programs that use Cookies with longer cookie durations. So, if for instance you choose a program with cookie duration of 30 days, it means you’ll only earn a commission if a customer completes a purchase within 30 days.
 
Wrapping Up

Anyone can become an affiliate marketer and make money out of it. This however depends largely on the affiliate marketing program they choose to work with. This is why you must carefully choose the affiliate program you’ll want to work with taking into consideration the foregoing factors. The bottom line is to earn good commissions from your affiliate marketing efforts and this must affect the choices you make. You’ll do great if you manage to avoid affiliate programs that have poor reputations, meager commission rates, short cookie duration, and substandard products. Good luck!

Super Sats: A Versatile Tool for Finding New PSAs

Super Sats Bitcoin Vouchers are a powerful way to entice new sign-ups for your SFI team. Best of all, this versatile, budget-friendly marketing tool is super simple to set up and extremely easy to use.

Here are a few ideas anyone can use to get Super Sats vouchers into the hands of prospects:

1. Make a pact with local restaurant owners. For every voucher they distribute for you that results in a new PSA, you could reimburse them with a small bounty. Every table could have a little table card about Super Sats. And for businesses that deliver food, have them include a voucher with every order for you. You just need to supply them with the vouchers. That's what you call a win/win/win!

2. Make a pact with local store owners. For every voucher they distribute for you that results in a new PSA, you could reimburse them with a small bounty. Here’s a great way to do it: When their customers check out, the clerk can simply drop one of your vouchers in the bag. All you have to do is provide the vouchers…and then watch your team grow! THEN...once you’re up and running with several stores, help your new PSAs grow THEIR teams by having them provide the vouchers. Remember, creating successful PSAs is crucial to your success, so always be working on things that help your PSAs get established! Their success is your success!

3. Leave a voucher whenever you tip someone (perfect for when you dine out, get your hair cut, get a pedicure, etc.). Just keep a small stock of vouchers with you and use them whenever you can.

4. Whenever you take a taxi, “forget” a voucher in the back seat. Same goes for rides with Uber, Lyft, etc. This same method could also be used with public transportation (e.g. bus, train, subway). IMPORTANT! Do not put vouchers under car windshield wipers in parking lots as this is illegal in many jurisdictions.

These are just a few ideas. There are hundreds of other ways to successfully distribute vouchers. Just get creative and start looking for opportunities!

Article Source: SFI Blog Forum Time-Tested Tips 

Earn Bitcoin for Simple Everyday Actions in SFI

Every day, as an SFI Affiliate, you can automatically earn Bitcoin satoshi just for completing the following actions:

1. Unlock all of your accessible Building Blocks...earn 5 sats (5 sats max/day).

2. Use a TCredit playing any Eager Zebra game...earn 10 sats (10 sats max/day).

3. Refer a PSA, PRM, or PRV...earn 20 sats (20 sats max/day).

4. Participate in an Astro Auction...earn 20 sats (20 sats max/day).

5. Participate in a Pricebenders Auction...earn 20 sats (20 sats max/day).

That's a total of 75 sats every day—2,200+ total sats for the month...WOW!

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PLUS...you can also win even MORE satoshi in SFI's BIG daily drawing, in which we give away over 1.5 million satoshi monthly! (54,750 a day!)

Entries in the daily drawing are based on the five actions listed above. So, each day, you can earn UP TO FIVE entries in the daily drawing!

From the entries, 500 winners will be drawn each day:

• 325 affiliates will win 10 sats
• 100 affiliates will win 25 sats
• 40 affiliates will win 100 sats
• 20 affiliates will win 500 sats
• 10 affiliates will win 1000 sats
• 5 affiliates will win 5000 sats

Limit: One drawing win per affiliate per day

Make sure you log into the Affiliate Center EVERY DAY and earn up to 75 daily sats! Then be ready for the big drawing each day to potentially win thousands more! Remember: The more entries you have each day, the greater your chances of winning large amounts of sats in the drawing!

Learn more about SFI's Sat Stacks.

NOTE: You can check your earned satoshi balance at any time at your Bit Bank Ledger.

Article Source: SFI Blog Forum Time-Tested Tips 

Buy with Bitcoin, get FREE TCredits!

Use Bitcoin or another one of SFI approved cryptocurrencies when you purchase a TCD (TripleClicks Direct product) at TripleClicks.com, and you'll automatically get FREE BONUS TCredits deposited into your TC account!

* Receive 10 FREE TCredits ($5.90 value) with any $20 order
* Receive 20 FREE TCredits ($9.80 value) with any $35 order
* Receive 25 FREE TCredits ($12.25 value) with any $50 order
* Receive 40 FREE TCredits ($15.20 value) with any $75 order
* Receive 60 FREE TCredits ($19.60 value) with any $100 order
* Receive 100 FREE TCredits ($32.00 value) with any $150 order 

AND...for any order of $200 or more, you’ll receive 1 FREE TCredit for every dollar spent! Example: Place an order for $262 and you’ll receive 262 FREE TCredits ($83.84 value).

To spend your cryptocurrency at TripleClicks, when checking out, simply choose it as your method of payment and follow the simple directions provided. That’s it!

Don’t have any cryptocurrency? Learn how to get some HERE.
 
Article Source: SFI Tip of the Day

The Zing Network: Your Online Business Presence

As one of our affiliates, you’re partnered with one of the fastest growing and most popular e-commerce platforms on the Web today: the Zing Network. And we want you to think of all the sites within Zing as YOUR online business stores. Zing sites—such as TripleClicks.com, Rewardical.com, and Flexxity.com, for example—offer tens of thousands of products and services in a variety of categories from trusted sellers, merchants, and providers around the world. Astro Auctions, Pricebenders, and Eager Zebra Games offer members fun, excitement, and cool prizes. And ECommergy helps online entrepreneurs around the world become e-commerce pros and achieve success. All of this means that your online business has something for everyone!

Because Zing sites make up your own online business presence, when you buy products and services for yourself or others, you should ALWAYS shop your own stores (TripleClicks, Flexxity, Rewardical businesses, etc.) first!

If you owned a bakery, for example, you wouldn't be buying cinnamon rolls from the bakery down the street. If you owned an office supplies store, you wouldn't drive to a competitor's store to buy a stapler or paperclips. If you owned a landscaping service, you wouldn't hire a landscaper from another service.

It's the exact same thing as an SFI affiliate, especially when it comes to products you're ALREADY buying. Your Zing stores and service providers probably carry many products and offer most services you're ALREADY purchasing from a local business or freelancer. You should transfer those purchases...to YOUR store!

Remember, we're not talking about spending extra money...just changing from where you're buying.

So what's in it for you? What benefit do you get out of buying from your own store?

For starters, your purchases at Flexxity.com, from merchants listed at the Rewardical.com search engine, at TripleClicks, etc. count toward satisfying your SFI Sales Quota required for Leveling Up in rank and opening new earning opportunities, perks, and benefits! You also earn Rewardical Tokens (RTs) with every purchase, redeemable for Bitcoin, gift cards, silver, and other goodies—even cash!

But it's goes much, much further than that. The fact is, SFI's success—and YOUR success as an SFI affiliate—is tied directly to the success of the Zing Network. And the more successful each Zing product and service site is, the more successful SFI's affiliates—and YOU—will be!

So...a popular and successful Zing Network means:

• Easier sponsoring of SFI affiliates
• Easier referrals of members
• More products & services
• Better prices
• Lower shipping costs
• and MORE...

...which ALL leads to larger affiliate commissions of course!

Article Source: SFI Blog Forum Time-Tested Tips

Super Sats: A Versatile Tool for Finding New PSAs

Super Sats Bitcoin Vouchers are a powerful way to entice new sign-ups for your SFI team. Best of all, this versatile, budget-friendly marketing tool is super simple to set up and extremely easy to use.

Here are a few ideas anyone can use to get Super Sats vouchers into the hands of prospects:

1. Make a pact with local restaurant owners. For every voucher they distribute for you that results in a new PSA, you could reimburse them with a small bounty. Every table could have a little table card about Super Sats. And for businesses that deliver food, have them include a voucher with every order for you. You just need to supply them with the vouchers. That's what you call a win/win/win! 

2. Make a pact with local store owners. For every voucher they distribute for you that results in a new PSA, you could reimburse them with a small bounty. Here’s a great way to do it: When their customers check out, the clerk can simply drop one of your vouchers in the bag. All you have to do is provide the vouchers…and then watch your team grow! THEN...once you’re up and running with several stores, help your new PSAs grow THEIR teams by having them provide the vouchers. Remember, creating successful PSAs is crucial to your success, so always be working on things that help your PSAs get established! Their success is your success!

3. Leave a voucher whenever you tip someone (perfect for when you dine out, get your hair cut, get a pedicure, etc.). Just keep a small stock of vouchers with you and use them whenever you can.

4. Whenever you take a taxi, “forget” a voucher in the back seat. Same goes for rides with Uber, Lyft, etc. This same method could also be used with public transportation (e.g. bus, train, subway).
 
IMPORTANT! Do not put vouchers under car windshield wipers in parking lots as this is illegal in many jurisdictions.

These are just a few ideas. There are hundreds of other ways to successfully distribute vouchers. Just get creative and start looking for opportunities! Learn more about Super Sats and get easy instructions to create a Bitcoin voucher.

Article Source: SFI Blog Forum

Best Affiliate Programs that Made Waves in 2021

Despite the pandemic challenges, affiliate programs did quite well in 2021. As a marketing strategy/advertising model, affiliate marketing shone through as a handy way to promote and sell products/services to earn commissions. Even though affiliate marketing has been around for quite a while, some brands of the business did real good in 2021. Below are some of the programs that really made waves in 2021.

Crypto Affiliate Programs

Yeah, welcome to the world of crypto currency particularly Bitcoin. Bitcoin introduced the world to blockchain technology, but it hardly works alone. The world witnessed other coins, known as alt-coins that really proved as immense as Bitcoin for use cases and applications. Crypto companies needed to vastly promote these virtual currencies by way of affiliate marketing. These companies offered very attractive and mouth-watering commissions for affiliates who can promote their products and boom many affiliate marketers moved in. There was as a result increased activities in 2021 by way of launching a new coin, providing crypto services, or sharing online materials for crypto learners. Irrespective of the product or activity, affiliates who could drive traffic or leads, did good business and made money in 2021.

Dating Affiliate Programs

Yes dating sites/programs have been around for a while but they did well too in 2021. Clearly we humans cannot ignore the importance of love. Millions of people are always out there looking for love and one of the commonest places they go to is a dating site. In 2021, there was a real surge in the number of people registering for online dating and many websites were still looking for more. Affiliate marketers cashed in to promote their brands by sharing with their networks. Many affiliates earned good commissions for their efforts in helping dating brands to grow.

E-Commerce Affiliate Programs

In 2021, because of the restrictions necessitated by covid pandemic, the growth of electronic commerce was unprecedented. All through 2021, consumers’ habits continued to shift from traditional shopping to online shopping. That necessitated a boom in e-commerce business opportunities. Affiliate marketing opportunities also grew because of the growth in e-commerce stores. For this reason, 2021 witnessed hundreds if not thousands of online brands with unique affiliate opportunities for making more money through e-commerce.

Web Hosting Affiliate Programs

A boost in online businesses in 2021 inevitably led to a boost in web hosting activities. Even with the hundreds of millions of functional websites on the Internet, many more people still wanted to own their own websites as a credible way of improving digital visibility for their brands. This was the trend in 2021 and it was business wisdom to join this trend. Firstly, these people needed to own a website and to have it hosted on the Internet. Affiliate marketers latched in on that because hundreds of web hosting platforms needed to pay commissions to affiliates for recommending their products/services to others. What most of these affiliates really needed to do was to sign up for the programs, get referral codes, share these codes with and convince their social media audience to deal and commissions start rolling in.

Gaming Affiliate Programs

Yeah, as always gaming sites did really great in 2021. In a virtual technological world, there are a few real friends, but many virtual companions and everyone is looking for one thing or another. Some may be looking for chatmates on social media while others may be befriending gaming avatars. A huge chunk of people tend to play video games online to escape the jarring realities of life. This consideration clearly explains the reason for the rise of online gamers in 2021 and the number keeps growing by the day. This growth is proof positive that there’s the demand. So, affiliate marketers really latched in on that to promote many brand’s video game products such as controllers, keyboard mouses, gaming headsets, and gaming mats to their audience. Earned commissions generally followed from successful sales.

 

Online Marketing Tools Programs

The marketing challenge of every brand is to reach new customers and improve lead conversions. This trend was in evidence in 2021. There are many online marketing tools marketers can choose from to meet this challenge. This characteristically leads to the increasing number of online stores selling these tools and affiliate marketers to market these tools. Even though many online marketing tools are usually B2B services, the demand is high and they come with enriching affiliate programs with various reward benefits. Some programs reward affiliates for sales, while others compensate for traffic and leads. Affiliates earn commissions from marketing these tools by simply persuading online businesses to buy them or to just check out the products.

Educational Affiliate Programs

In 2021, there was a growing need for online learning primarily because of the pandemic restrictions. Even though the gap has always been there, but the pandemic restrictions made things more explicit. The year witnessed more and more students preferring the ease and convenience of learning from home to traditional settings. This arrangement somehow helped them to save on transportation costs and to keep their environments clean. Affiliate marketers took advantage of that to market online courses, webinars and other remote learning programs. These affiliates earned commissions by simply recommending a course, tutor, department, faculty, or institution to satisfy the market demand.

Last Line

In year 2021, affiliate marketing proved conclusively that it is one of the most rewarding online programs for anyone interested in driving sales and traffic for a brand. More and more of these affiliates earned considerable volume of commissions during the year for their marketing efforts. Affiliate marketing may have been around over the past several years but it was really spotlighted in 2021 as a result of the outbreak of the covid virus so much so that as of today, there are a huge lot of opportunities in the field to leverage and earn commissions. Most of these opportunities ranged from e-commerce, to crypto, to educational, to gaming, to web hosting, to marketing tools where affiliate opportunities really flourished in 2021.

Hurray! Bitcoin is Back at TripleClicks

We are very excited to announce that, effective immediately, we're accepting Bitcoin again at TripleClicks.com!

Yes, we're excited indeed to join thousands of other forward-thinking businesses already accepting Bitcoin, such as:

* Microsoft

* WordPress

* Overstock.com

* Subway

* Reddit

* Virgin Galatic

* Intuit

* Dish Network

* Whole Foods

* Expedia

* Dell

* Tiger Direct

Yes, like these companies and many more, we believe that there is a major transition underway. The Internet has dramatically changed the world...and digital, decentralized currency like Bitcoin appears to be the next revolution. SFI intends to be an active participant in this revolution (both with Bitcoin and potentially other cryptocurrencies as well)!

Nicholas Cary, CEO of Blockchain.info, describes the power of Bitcoin like this:

"People everyday of their lives use email, they probably have no idea how it works under the covers, but they use it because it's simple, free, easy, and allows them to send messages anywhere in the world for free. It's the same thing with Bitcoin, send money anywhere in the world for free."

And especially for SFI and its million+ affiliates all over the world, Bitcoin has the potential to be a real game-changer. Right now, billions of people around the world cannot get a bank account and cannot make international transactions. Bitcoin changes all this. If you have access to the Internet, you no longer need a bank account, credit card, or other legacy payment method. Indeed, armed with just a basic smart phone and a free Bitcoin wallet app, you've got everything you need to start sending and receiving money right now. And, yes, we'll be looking at paying out commissions in Bitcoin, too--paid instantly to your Bitcoin wallet!

Using Bitcoin at TripleClicks is EASY

To spend your Bitcoin at TripleClicks, when checking out, simply choose Bitcoin as your method of payment and follow the simple directions provided.  That's it!

Don't have any Bitcoin? Learn how to get Bitcoin here:

https://www.bitcoin.com/getting-started

Note: Using Bitcoin is 100% optional. Just think of it as another payment option offered by TripleClicks to give our customers as many choices as possible.

FREE BONUS TCredits when you use Bitcoin!

Yes, we're pretty excited about making some waves with Bitcoin this year! And that's why we're also introducing today a new BONUS TCredits program for when you use Bitcoin.

Here's how it works:

On any purchase of a TCD (TripleClicks Direct product) paid with Bitcoin, we will automatically deposit FREE BONUS TCredits into your TripleClicks account:

* Receive 10 FREE TCredits ($5.90 value) with any $20 order

* Receive 20 FREE TCredits ($9.80 value) with any $35 order

* Receive 25 FREE TCredits ($12.25 value) with any $50 order

* Receive 40 FREE TCredits ($19.60 value) with any $75 order

* Receive 60 FREE TCredits ($15.20 value) with any $100 order

* Receive 100 FREE TCredits ($32.00 value) with any $150 order

AND for any order of $200 or more, you'll receive 1 FREE TCredit for every dollar spent! Example: Place an order for $262 and you'll receive 262 FREE TCredits ($83.84 value).

IMPORTANT NOTES:

The bonus TCredits you receive will be based on the amount of your order paid with Bitcoin. Example: If you pay part of your order with MRP, you will not earn Bonus TCredits on the portion paid with MRP.

At this time, Bitcoin is not eligible as a payment option for Auto-Delivery orders (though we hope to add this in the future).

Again, remember, ONLY orders for TripleClicks Direct products qualify for the Bonus TCredits.