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Monday, August 13, 2007

Pay-Per-Lead Affiliate Programs That Don’t Suck

Stealing the wording from Nicole Dean, it’s really tough to find good pay-per-lead programs. Sure, you can earn $4 by giving away a free laptop or get $20 for a life insurance lead, but have you ever been on the other side of this process?

The free laptop (or Burberry bag or what have you) survey is a series of hoops (pages and pages of questions and the requirement to sign up for more offers) your readers have to go through…and most of them will probably be annoyed by the time they get to the prize. Unless, your readers signed up to take surveys for free stuff, you might wanna stay clear.

Is the high pressure and reselling of contact information that comes with the higher payouts of life insurance, etc…really worth it?

I’d like to be so bold as to suggest, that mine & Mila’s Moms Talk Network Affiliate Program is one pay-per-lead program that doesn’t suck. Basically, our affiliates refer others to sign up for one of our mailing lists or free guides. In return for each sign up they refer, the affiliate receives 25 cents. Sure, the payout is lower…but the conversions are generally higher AND you can feel good about the follow up your readers will receive.

Do you know of any PPL affiliate programs that DON’T suck?

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I've tried a couple of the "free laptop" things, and always gave up. I hate having to sign up for tons of things for an opportunity. Thanks for the suggestion.

6:39 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

LOL...I tried to get a Burberry bag. In the time it would have taken me to complete what they wanted, I could have worked and earned enough to buy a few bags myself.

11:52 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well, I'm not in the habit of trusting such stuff as "free laptop" things. I prefer earning money myself or at least saving them using credit cards. Just a more transparent thing.

3:56 AM  

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