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Old 01-17-2003, 07:15 PM  
The Other Steve
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Originally posted by Nasty D
Are we the only webmasters dumb enough to start with a member site right out of the starting gate? The first year was brutal.

Which brings me to my question? What strategies do work best to launch member sites, and what steps .... AVS?..... TGP?..... Affiliates? Curious minds want to know!
Nah we did the same.

Free sites - avs sites and tgp are all good.

Affiliates are not as good as you might think - there is the 80/20 rule. 20% of your affiliates will generate 80% of your affiliate sign-ups.

Site owners can generally out promote a paysite by a ratio of about 2 to 1 in comparison with their affiliates.

The best sort of affiliate is the one who already controls a lot of traffic for your niche - when you find those guys offer them a better % than the normal affiliate or even buy traffic from them.

Just my
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