To increase the profits you gain from your product offers, it’s important to recruit top affiliates who have and/or are willing to learn and apply the best affiliate marketing techniques in their marketing campaigns.  You should keep in mind though that not all top affiliates are very experienced in affiliate marketing tactics.  

Like any Internet marketer, top affiliates also started out not knowing much, but were willing to learn and apply the information they learned to become a better affiliate marketer.  Eventually, they became so effective at affiliate marketing tactics that they were regarded as “top” or “super” affiliates and were recruited by every Internet marketer for virtually every product launch.  

This means that there may be some affiliates who have the potential to become top affiliates, but need guidance in getting there.

By providing top-notch tools, training, and support, you could help uncover new top affiliates, ones that would likely be loyal to you for helping them reach that “top” status.  The key is being able to provide them with the tools, training, and resources they need to improve their affiliate marketing techniques.  Of course, you’ll benefit from their improvement because the number of sales of your product offers will likely increase over time, and thereby, your profits.

Therefore, you should keep in mind that you should not just recruit known “top” affiliates, but also recruit affiliates who are not currently “top” affiliates, but who could reach that status one day with help and patience by you.  You need to look for affiliates who show an eagerness to learn and who can adapt their strategies based on what they have learned.

You can monitor their progress by reviewing their monthly sales and conversion ratios, along with staying in contact with them throughout to make sure they have everything they need to promote your product offers effectively.

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Gaining top affiliates into your sales force is key to exploding your online profits to levels never reached before.  However, to attract these top affiliates to your affiliate program, you need to promise them specific benefits that they will receive upon joining your affiliate program and promoting your product offers.

Most top affiliates are not going to be impressed enough to promote your product offer if you offer a high percentage commission or have an impressive conversion ratio.  It’s going to take a combination of valuable benefits in order for them to join your affiliate sales force.  

Other benefits besides high commission rates and high conversion ratios top affiliate would be interested in include the following:

- Getting a higher commission rate than most affiliates – the top affiliate is established in the industry and will expect to be treated as such in return for using his/her extensive knowledge and contacts to promote your product offer.  Otherwise, the top affiliate will look elsewhere and consider other proposals.
- Getting exclusive bonuses, such as Private Label Rights or access to an exclusive membership site or forum that you will have others pay for.  By offering exclusive products or membership sites, you’ll be more likely to draw interest from the top affiliate in your affiliate marketing proposal.
- Making that top affiliate an exclusive joint venture partner in an upcoming marketing promotion that will enable him/her to make sizable profits fairly easily (just by promoting your product to their lists without any extra advertising).
- Giving that top affiliate top-notch tools, marketing promotions, and easy contact access to help make it easier for them to promote your product offers.

These are just some ideas to consider in order to gain top affiliates in your affiliate sales force.

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