Convert2Media

I have only recently been using Convert2Media, but I have really been impressed with how they handle business since day 1. They’ve actually become one of my top favorite networks right along side with AzoogleAds.

I have known of Ruck, the owner, for over a year now. In fact, I was a big fan of his blog while he was running it. (www.CashTactics.net – which is now being run by another talented marketer who is giving away 2 FREE Affiliate Summit West Passes [sorry... unplanned plug])

The main reason I am posting today is because just this morning Ruck made a post on ZacJohnson.com. It really has a lot of information and shows just how they actually have a unique competitive advantage over many of the affiliate networks.

A couple great snippets for your reading pleasure:

Affiliates become even more paranoid each day that a network is screwing them by shaving, scrubbing or flat out stealing their campaigns. One thing we had going for us and a part of the market share of publishers that we wanted to attack were the ones that actually were NOT working online full time. This may sound weird to some but for our publishers, they know that we have been there every step of the way for them. A day does not go by where I dont view at least a couple of dozen landing pages. It’s as simple as that. With 99% of the networks out there you have affiliates hiding their traffic sources. With us, you have affiliates asking us, showing us and ultimately trusting us that we are going to help you. We are not successful unless our publishers are successful.

Convert2Media is a great place to start your affiliate marketing journey, or try to advance it along further.

In fact, Ruck has given me several helpful hints that I think will make me a lot more money, thousands or tens of thousands.

Next quote:

This is not tough at all for us. We don’t have 45 people in our company with names like Business Development Manager, Senior Managing Consultant and things like that. Nothing against that but it is really lame when all it comes down to is taking a publisher from zero to hero. With us being a smaller and more publisher development focused network we don’t have to take 15 or 20 percent. Hell, when we make 8-10% we jump with joy but at 5-6% we are happy. That may sound odd too when you consider that we payout a 5% referral commission on anyone you refer and is accepted. At 6% we make a 1% margin which would probably make most of the larger networks pass out. We can operate that way though because we know everyone that is coming in, everyone that was referred, what they are making and this helps to operate around it.
If it was not for affiliates then this business model would not exist. Being a high volume publisher on a number of networks over the last couple of years I am completely happy taking a 1% margin over affiliates of whom I helped get the campaign profitable in the first place. A year ago I was managing my own campaigns and now we are managing almost 300 active ones. Publishers make you successful and the least you could do is offer them the most money possible.

I have really seen this to be true. Convert2Media actually offers some of the most amazing payouts in the industry! Every single network says that they offer you the highest payouts… but this one really has shown me that they do.

And lastly:

I fully encourage anyone that wants to start an affiliate network to study and talk to as many people as you can before doing so. Make sure you have a passion (and I do mean passion) for helping others. A network is a ton of work no matter how big or small. It consumes you. It works out pretty well though when all you want to do is build a bigger business. Dont ever forget that it is the people WITHIN your business that make that possible.

I like how they remember that it’s the publishers that are building their business. As they help those people out, they will in turn succeed themselves.

If you’re a frequent reader, you know I don’t make posts like this super frequently. This is not a paid post or anything like that. If you’re wanting to grow your affiliate business, this is one network I think is a must (along with Azoogleads and Jar-Media). You can join now by clicking: Convert2Media