Affiliate Future training for Mi-info.

As an employee of Mi-info i was asked to attend a training session for Affiliate Future last Week. Thursday i went down to London to do the affiliate training and learn more about the company we deal with. Affiliate Futures has been around for a while now and they act as the middle man between merchants (Mi-info) and affiliates (other websites that promote us) to make sure we both benefit from this business relationship.

Affiliate future does this very well and so far we have been getting some great results and have on board a fair few affiliates who promote us for a set price or CPL (Cost per Lead). The training prooved to be a useful experience guiding us through some common pitfalls of being a merchant such as lack of communication with the affiliate and not using enough promotional techniques to gain affiliates. AF suggested some forms of promotion for us to try such as email affiliates (we currently use one of these but are looking to gain more) as well as incentivising our affiliates with gift vouchers or experience days. AF also hold various events or bespoke events to suit a merchant who wants to meet and greet other affiliates and get more companies on board with their campaign.

All in all this was a good training day that gave us insight into what other things we could be doing and what to avoid as well as how to use the new tools they are integrating into thier system. Watch this space for information about our promotional techniqes and companies we favour who are generating leads and sales for Mi-info. These posts will give you the reader an insight into our marketing mix that goes on everyday just to try and reach you the subscriber. It may even inspire you to try some marketings techniques for yourself.



Another feature i am going to add this week will be the Blog roll with all my favourite blogs, most of which i read on a regular basis. For example Dosh Dosh, i find this blog of great use as a marketeer its innovative techniques and ideas can be used to improve your blog and make it more inviting to you all. Apologies for the long post it seems a while since the last one and i had a fair bit to say!