1stop Organic Gardening Affiliate Program Welcome to the 1stop Organic Gardening affiliate program. This page consists of simple instructions for you to create a unique link and html code so that you can include it on your website, blog or email to prospective buyers. Your unique link will track your referrals and ensure that you are paid all affiliate commissions. Every time someone clicks on your unique link to my web site and buys any product... You will receive 70% of the net profit! An independent company called Clickbank handles the sales processing and payment to affiliates. To join this affiliate program you will need to obtain a unique referral ID with Clickbank (see below). Clickbank sends checks out twice a month. They provide free online statistics with real time updates, so you can see how much commission you have earned at any time. After you obtain your referral ID (login code) and password, you can access their site for full details. They are an excellent company to deal with and are well regarded among the Internet community. Get set up with Clickbank (it's free and only takes a few minutes) Once your Clickbank account is open, it is important to remember the nickname you have assigned yourself.   (If you're already a Clickbank member, you can create your link below now!) Click Here To Sign Up (This link opens in a new browser screen. Don't forget to switch back to this screen once your signup is complete!) Your unique URL that links to the product web site is: http://XXXXX.jhw00.hop.clickbank.net/  Or you can use the following hoplink into your web page: <a href="http://XXXXX.jhw00.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_top">Click Here!</a> Important: Replace XXXXX with the 'nickname' you established with Clickbank. Promote Your Link and Earn The Commissions! All that's left to do now is promote 1stop Organic Gardening products to your website visitors and newsletter subscriber list. As an affiliate, you have my permission to copy any text and images on this affiliates page for use in your promotions of my products.                                Currently I have two main products for sale. They are Organic Food Gardening Beginner's Manual (first image) and Companion Planting Guide (second image). Both of these products offer an up-sell to include the other. The addresses for the sales letter pages are: Organic Food Gardening Beginner's Manual www.1stoporganicgardening.com  Companion Planting Guide www.1stoporganicgardening.com/cp1.htm    The other images are two of the various bonuses offered with the main products.    Tips for Affiliate Success To tell you the truth, I want you to be successful and earn commissions from the sale of my e-book. Obviously the more sales you make, the more money we both make. And the organic gardening message is reaching more people. There are many affiliates, but only a few make a significant number of sales. Here are a few simple suggestions to increase your sales. Tip No. 1 Write a short endorsement testimonial about the e-book. If you are regularly contacting your online list or client base and delivering great content then you will have built up a level of trust with them. Your recommendation of this e-book will result in extra sales. For the "Companion Planting" e-book you could try something like this: Most gardeners have heard of companion planting and may know that you should plant garlic under your roses, or plant onions and carrots next to each other, but there's so much more to it as I found out recently.    I've just read a great book on companion planting, written by Julie Villani, a passionate organic grower, who's astounded me with her depth of knowledge on companion planting. Not only does her e-book reveal what to plant near what and what not to, but how to reduce your workload in the garden and all sorts of priceless gems.   She has a little e-book out which I found invaluable.  It covers things like How to choose the right plants to grow together Which plants you must never grow together How to protect your fruits and vegetables from insect attack How much to plant for your family How to save money by not having to replace sickly plants How to reduce your gardening workload - let mother nature do it for you   If you're interested to find out more, click on this link. Companion Planting Guide  (put your Clickbank affiliate link in here.)   The more we know about working in harmony with nature, the healthier our plants are.   Kind regards, .....................   Tip No. 2 If you have a database of email addresses, send a personal email to each recommending they purchase this e-book. Some people say, "The money is in your list" and that is definitely true, provided you give them great content over time and every now and then recommend a product to buy.  The main thing to keep in mind is to write like you're having a conversation with a friend - one person, not a list. Let your personality come through when you're writing - that way you will sound friendly and genuine. Just watch your sales soar. Also, when you're promoting an affiliate product you might want to offer your customers a digital bonus of your own if they take up your offer. It needs to be something relevant to the product you're promoting. You may have to email it personally, but it gives them additional incentive to buy through you and you may get many more sales. Tip No. 3 Use the graphics above to promote the products. Do you have an area on your website where you recommend products/services? By changing this regularly it will give you a reason to send an email to your list on a regular basis, informing them of the change. Your sales will increase if you contact people regularly and follow up on recommendations. Give them a reason to buy, follow up and watch your sales increase. Tip No. 4 For best results when sending an email, a short personal recommendation with your unique "link" is often enough. Once they get to the site, a percentage of people will buy. Organic gardening related products are popular on the internet, so these best selling e-books have a wide appeal. Tip No. 5 In order to write an effective recommendation, you really need to read the e-book. My recommendation is to buy it from yourself, from your own site/link, and get 65% off. After reading it, you will be much better at telling your clients/customers how good it really is.   If you need any further help, or have any questions about being an affiliate, please email me and I'll get back to you as soon as possible. Good luck with your promotions.   Kind regards, Julie Villani