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Masters of Marketing - Lifecycle Performance Pros

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DEEPLY, the concepts outlined here,<br />

culminating with the concept <strong>of</strong> PRE-selling<br />

to maximize Conversion Rates. It’s the<br />

foundation <strong>of</strong> BUILDING INCOME THROUGH<br />

CONTENT.<br />

Ongoing Goal... Deepen and focus your understanding<br />

<strong>of</strong> this material. Re-read it once<br />

per week for the next eight weeks, monthly<br />

after that. As you progress through DAYS 2<br />

through 10, it’s going to be easy to lose<br />

sight <strong>of</strong> the "big picture" presented today.<br />

And there’s another reason to re-read<br />

regularly -- it will mean more and more to<br />

you as you gain each DAY’s new perspective.<br />

With these goals in mind...<br />

---------------------------------------------<br />

---------------------------------------------<br />

--PART ONE--<br />

The goal <strong>of</strong> any business, including your affiliate business,<br />

is to maximize PROFITS. "PROFIT" is simply your INCOME<br />

minus your EXPENSES.<br />

As an affiliate, there are exactly two ways to increase your<br />

INCOME (i.e., the amount <strong>of</strong> money your business makes)...<br />

1) Refer more visitors to the merchants that you represent.<br />

2) Increase the Conversion Rate (i.e., the percent <strong>of</strong><br />

visitors referred to your merchant who deliver the response<br />

FOR WHICH THE MERCHANT PAYS, whether that’s a sale, or a<br />

lead, etc.).<br />

Simple, right? If you refer 100 visitors per day to a<br />

merchant and 1% buy, you get paid for that one purchase. But<br />

if you send 1,000 visitors per day and 3% buy, you get paid<br />

for 30 purchases.<br />

Yes, thirty times more!<br />

So it’s pretty clear how to maximize affiliate INCOME! :-)<br />

Of course, every business has EXPENSES, too. Maximizing<br />

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