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Let the Real Estate Buyer Prepare: Internet Tools to Assist in
Your Search for a Real Estate Agent
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daily. Website owners are flocking to these programs. Enthusiasm
is high. But.........why not compare and evaluate first'
The following checklist was prepared from the point of view of one
seeking a program to affiliatae with. But it can also help a program
initiator compare current programs in order to make his better.
A. Does the Program Offer a Strategic Fit to Your Business'
1. PROGRAM PURPOSE - Define in broad terms
2. COMPLEMENTS YOUR PURPOSE - Does it help you better
realize your website long-range goals'
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3. VISITOR LEARNING - Are your visitors interested and will With all the buzz going on about the importance of a site's link popularity, the "look and feel" of your Add URL page (or .....
the
program help them learn'
B. Do You Trust the Business Initiating the Program'
4. SUCCESS - Does the business have a history of successes'
5. BELIEVABLE ADVERTISING - Does it promise impossible
rewards: get-rich-quick and MLM schemes' Or is it honest and
realistic'
6. REPUTATION - What does the business literature tell you about
their past operations'
7. WHAT CLIENTS SAY - Contact current clients and ask for
their opinions. Would they recommend this business
organization' Are they benefiting from it'
C. Is the Program Well Designed'
8. AFFILIATE QUALIFICATIONS - Are they signing up
everyone' Or are they being picky' Picky is better.
9. AFFILIATE RESPONSIBILITIES - Better, too, if there are
specific responsibilities. Are affiliates asked to do
promotion, communication with customers, sales'
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in promotion, sales and after-sales support'
11. PAYMENT & TERMS - Is there a fee or commission
structure' How frequently are payments made' Does affiliate
get credit for future sales'
12. TRANSACTION TRANSPARENCY - How frequently are
transaction reports made' Are transactions independently
checkable by the affiliate' Is there a third-party audit'
13. CONFLICT RESOLUTION - Is there a SIMPLE method for
resolving conflicts'
14. RETURN TO SITE - Is there a simple way for a website
visitor to return to the site of the affiliate after a
transaction is executed'
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15. COMMUNICATION MEDIUM - Does the program have a
newsletter, a mailing list, a forum, or some other means of
communicating among all affiliates'
16. AFFILIATE DECISION-MAKING - Does each affiliate have
a voice in making decisions that affect all affiliates'
17. MUTUAL PROBLEM SOLVING - Is there a method whereby
affiliates can pose problems and have them solved by the
affiliate community'- - - - - - - - - - - -
Be extremely careful when evaluating an affiliate program. Most
people dwell on the financial arrangements. These are important, of
course. But more important, I believe, are efforts made to achieve
community. These efforts may bolster your ability to achieve
greater financial goals.
Spend time in evaluation. It will pay off in the long run.
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Paul -the soarING- Siegel is the founder of the Learning Fountain
Network (* Excellence * Honesty * Ethics), at
http://www.learningfountain.com; and editor of LearningFOUNT, a
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