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Old 2004-09-10, 10:32 AM   #24
Odie
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Quote:
Originally posted by lassiter
One thing to do occasionally is to check the tours you're sending your surfers to.
One megasponsor was giving me occasional sales and then suddenly nothing. It took me a couple of months to get around to noticing that what was a $39/month membership was now $49/month. That difference in price can probably affect signup ratios, I'd wager.
I'm glad that you brought this up. This has actually happened to me with a webmaster.

What I've noticed is that alot of webmasters sign up, send some traffic and wait for sign-ups. They then get upset or change sponsors when they don't see any. This is a mistake. Why not take the time to get in touch with your sales rep and find out what you can do to change your results!

I'm a sales rep and part of my job is to get in contact with my affiliates and keep a rapport with them. Many times I am ignored by the webmaster b/c they think I'm just spamming them. Keeping in touch w/ your sales reps helps when u run into these issues. It can be as easy as changing the membership trials to changing the style of the banner. But if you don't allow the sales people to help and don't give the sponsor a chance, then you're really not putting any work into it and you're losing out on possible sales.
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