Many affiliates are hesitant to start building international campaigns. There's a learning curve to new cultures and traffic sources and ad translations are a hassle. But let me tell you. It's worth it :)

Affiliates promoting overseas campaigns are making a quiet killing. It's still the wild west when it comes to international online oversight which means you have the freedom to get very creative with your campaigns.

There are many networks with international offers and one in particluar, iLoveCPA is on the rise. iLoveCPA has over 800 incentivized offers out of Malaga Spain iLoveCPA they understand the nuances of latin and spanish related offers.

Just a heads up, iLoveCPA's website is completely in Spanish so make sure to have Google Translate at the ready. 

What Makes iLoveCPA Unique?

- Direct offers for Latin American countries: Brazil is exploding with growth right now and so are other countries in Latin America. iLoveCPA has offers designed for these countries

- Mobile offers for Hispanic and LATAM countries: international mobile offers are hot right now

- Local knowledge: Superior understanding of Latin and Spanish speaking markets

- Gateway Locking Content: iLoveCPA has over 800 incentivized offers on over +40 countries.

- Exit Traffic Tool: A powerful tool that sends users who leave the website to a highly optimized landing page to get more conversions (there is also a version of this landing page to push traffic from site unders).

- Intersitials: The problem with banner ads is that they are on the fringes f site. Interstitials insert ads that are the focal point of the page. Ads additionally can be organized and optimized by vertical.

- Multilingual support: Dedicated account managers who work in both in English, Portuguese and Spanish

iLoveCPA offers affiliates a multitude of offers that are both incentivized and non incentivized. Incentivized offers incentive can be promoted through virtual currency and content locking, through widgets they've developed.

Don't wait to experiment with promoting internationally. Get you're campaigns going today!

Join iLoveCPA Today!

Eric Smith, founder of the affiliate network Click Rover, has been making himself and his affiliates money online for almost 20 years.

I spoke with Eric recently and he told me the story of how he went from using forums to market products to running one of the most successful affiliate networks  in the biz (his top affiliates to earn 6 figures+ per month).

Hey Eric, tell us a little bit about yourself and where you're from.
First of all thank you for the opportunity Mark. I am a long term online marketing professional and father of two wonderful children. I have a passion for anything that involves my little boy and girl and of course making a sale.

I started out in this industry developing marketing strategies for software developers in late 1996 and today I co-manage one of the worlds best rated ad networks with my brother Donald. We also head up the internal traffic division of Click Rover, LLC and are responsible for reaching nearly 1 billion users world wide each month.

What is your position at Click Rover?
Founder and Managing Officer, I like to get my hands dirty and try to play a daily roll in every aspect of the business. We are a cohesive group and I am proud to say that our core team has been together for over 10 years, which is pretty unheard of in this industry.

Walk us through a day in your life.
I wake up around 5:00am and help my wife get the children dressed and fed, and then I am out the door to the office by about 6:00am. Then it is a day full of dynamic surprises and expected success.

Clickrover has been in business a loooong time. When did you open shop and how did you get started?
We founded this organization in 1997, branching out from generating sales for software developers into email and forum networks that we still run today.

What is the secret to the longevity of your business?
Our core ideas make us successful. Over deliver in everything that you do and there is no fail point to be seen. Surround yourself with the right people and the rest is cake.

Are any affiliates still with you since your founding in 1997?
Certainly, we do not call them affiliates, they are our friends. After that many years you develop a real relationship with people. We still work with several partners and collaborate on a daily basis, both technically speaking and strategy wise.

Were you ever an affiliate? If so what was the first commission you ever earned?
I was an affiliate and in fact started out marketing a number of different programs and products via forums that I built. My very first commission was for a local flower ship in Norman, Oklahoma on a local agriculture board that I operated.

Are your offers exclusive and direct?
We do carry some exclusive offers, in fact we are one of the few ad networks that will build customer offers for well performing publishing partners. Direct is our middle name. We are a large volume marketing firm, our network sprouted from our direct relationships with thousands of top advertisers.

Your payouts match anyone in the industry. How do you do it?
Direct partner agreements, volume traffic, and a knack for quality and support.

How much do your highest earning affiliates make in a month?
6 figures is normal for some of our top partners.

Which verticals / offers are cranking for you right now?
Nearly every, financial being at the top of the list.

Do you have any recommended reading or resources for affiliates?
I would recommend that you set for each day, no matter how busy you are, and make it a primary goal to read and learn something new.

Tell us a story about an affiliate who found success with Click Rover.
My personal favorite is one of my international affiliates who came on 3 years ago with no experience, family trouble, and out of a job. He geared up in the dating vertical and took advice from our display manager George and turns a 4 digit profit consistently each month now.

Does Click Rover offer any training or marketing support for affiliates?
Certainly, we do this on a daily basis and it is coded into our dna.

If it's 3am on a Saturday night is Click Rover there to offer support if needed?
We have a 24/7 support team. Our support team gets rave reviews and they are a key reason for the success of Click Rover as a whole.

What tracking platform do you use?
We operate the ad network on Has Offers, their cloud based system is swift and accurate. Not too mention the API is a step above the rest.

Are you running any promotions or specials?
We do from time to time, but we have never been a company that revolved around gimmicks. Gimmicks lose their luster, when your partners know that you are real, honest, and better, then promos don't seem to matter much at all.

Anything else you would like to tell our community?
We are always open for business, we often get asked if we are accepting new partners. Click Rover is more than a network, we are an experienced agency with the tools and know-how to make a difference in online marketing, and we love developing new partnerships on a daily basis.

LeadsMarket is an exclusive affiliate network that runs a collection of proprietary cash advance and payday offers. LeadsMarket owns and operated all the offers in their network.

What this means for affiliates is that there is no middle man to take a chunk of your payout, you can easily communicate with LeadsMarket regarding landing pages tweaks etc, and you won't find their offers anywhere else. We caught up with LeadsMarket co-founder Frank Kasimov to find out a little bit more about their operation, why the payday niche is hot right now and how much money their top affiliates are earning.

Hi Frank, could you please tell us where you're from and how you go into performance marketing?
I live in Los Angeles. I went into performance marketing after learning how to improve website's organic ranking while in college. Combining marketing and analytical skills came in naturally to me.

What was the first commission you ever earned?
My first commission earned was selling insurance leads that I generated using search engine marketing.

How long have you been in the industry?
I have been in the industry since 2003.

You were a successful affiliate before you started with LeadsMarket. What did you promote and how did you make the transition to LeadsMarket?
At first I was an affiliate, later I managed online marketing for InsuranceLeads.com and then I co-founded LeadsMarket.com

How long has LeadsMarket been in business?
LeadsMarket.com has been in business since 2011, but co-founders of the company have been in lead generation industry since 2003.

LeadsMarket has a reputation for high quality payday and cash advance offers. Why do your offers convert so well?
LeadsMarket.com payday loan affiliate program pays more because we have a direct relationship with about 100 lenders. We don't broker offers. Our payday offers convert better because our team of Internet Einsteins works very hard to improve our landing pages and our proprietary software called Optimo constantly optimizes the lead distribution funnels to provide affiliates with highest possible payouts.

Are your offers exclusive and direct?
Yes. All of our offers are exclusive and direct. We own and operate every offer that we give to affiliates. We are not a CPA Network. We are an Advertiser with an in house affiliate program.

Why should affiliates consider promoting payday and cash advance offers?
There are 7 reasons why affiliates should promote payday offers:

1. Potential payouts from promoting cash advance offers is huge. Top publishers earn millions of dollars a year.

2. Unlike some saturated industries there is not that much competition to promote payday loan offers.

3. Popularity of payday loans have increased tremendously in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom mainly because of the economic recession and now depression.

4. People in need of a payday loans tend to fill out the application at an extremely high rate. Typical conversion rate from search traffic is about 70%.

5. Publishers can start promoting payday loan offers without having a large advertising budget. Email works very good for generating payday loan leads.

6. There are lots of low competition keywords in the cash advance space that can generate huge ROI for search marketers.

7. It is a great time to get started in the payday loan industry. Number of people that need a payday loan keeps increasing every day.

How much do your highest earning affiliates make in a month?
One of our publishers makes about $200,000 a month.

Do you have any recommended reading or resources for affiliate looking to promote payday / cash advance?
We supply our publishers with many secret white papers written by our in house online marketing experts to help them promote payday loan offers. Once publisher joins LeadsMarket.com and his or her account is approved, we give them access to these white papers.

Tell us about LeadsMarket's Royal Treatment Program for affiliates.
We pay affiliates weekly. We have a full time in house IT stuff that can accommodate affiliate's custom requests within very short period of time. We give affiliates lion's share of the revenue. Each affiliate gets a dedicated account manager and technical support manager to help them with their account. We always give our top affiliates bonuses, gifts, and take them out to have fun during conventions.

You developed a powerful tool to help affiliates generate more leads called FORMA. Tell us about it.
Many affiliates don't like to waste time coding and integrating with advertisers. Some publishers don't have the technical knowledge or resources to program. We created a widget called FORMA which allows affiliates to integrate with us in just few seconds without any technical skills.

You also developed an algorithm called Optimo. How does this technology make affiliate more money.
Optimo is the name of our proprietary software. There are multiple algorithms within Optimo. Optimo is what happens when you merge marketing with rocket science. Purpose of Optimo is to optimize the lead distribution funnel to maximize payouts for affiliates and to provide lead buyers with optimal results. Because of the volume of leads that go through LeadsMarket.com everyday, our team of Internet Einsteins has developed several algorithms that automatically look for ways to sell the lead for maximum possible price.

Tell us a story about an affiliate who found success with LeadsMarket.
We signed up one affiliate from overseas few months ago. He is from a small country. We showed this affiliate the ins and outs of making money generating payday loan leads. We helped this affiliate with his website, hosting, helped set up his paid search campaign, supplied him with keywords, gave him FORMA widget. First month this affiliate made about $4,000 in commissions. Second month he made close to $36,000. He was so happy with results, he referred us 11 more affiliates from his country, some of which are his cousins whom he taught how to advertise online himself. All of these 11 affiliates are now making high commissions with LeadsMarket.com.

Your payouts for for payday and loans are amongst the highest in the business. What's your secret?
Because LeadsMarket.com is an advertiser, affiliates eliminate the middleman when working with us. Working directly with the advertiser affiliate earn more money. Another secret is Optimo. Optimo helps us pay more to affiliates.

Does leadsmarket offer any training or marketing support for affiliates?
Yes. We offer affiliates white papers, keyword lists, supply with with email and banner creatives and refer them to vendors that can help them advertise online. LeadsMarket.com gives affiliates GPS to Success.

If it's 3am on a Saturday night is LeadsMarket there to offer support if needed?
Yes. When affiliate submits a support request, this request is automatically emailed to multiple people. All of our team members check their work emails on their phone over the weekend. When affiliate calls and his or her account manager cannot answer the phone, phone call is redirected to another LeadsMarket.com team member who is equipped to answer questions.

What tracking platform do you use?
Our proprietary custom build software Optimo. Without exaggeration and being very humble I can tell you that Optimo is the best and most user friendly tracking platform in the industry. You can be a judge of this yourself. Sing up for a free affiliate account with LeadsMarket.com and check out Optimo.

Are you running any promotions or specials?
Yes. Affiliates who join LeadsMarket.com qualify to receive 90% revenue share. Some months we offer top publishers an iPad or an iPhone.

Anything else you would like to tell our community?
LeadsMarket.com is heaven for affiliates. We share skills and profit. Join and prosper with LeadsMarket.com.

CPAtrend Dating Promotion

CPAtrend is running a special promotion and will pay you big bonuses for your dating traffic in May and June 2012. 

Bonus Structure

2,500 Leads = $250 Bonus
5,000 Leads = $750 Bonus
10,000 Leads = $1,500 + Affiliate Summit East Pass
30,000 Leads = $5,000 + ASE Pass + Flight + 3 Night Stay At The Hilton

How To Participate

Apply to CPAtrend and in the comments field on the application page write "oDigger Bonus". That's it! You're application will be reviewed swiftly.

If you already have a CPAtrend account simply shoot your affiliate manager an email telling them you heard about the this promotion from oDigger.

Now go make some money!

Any affiliate who has ever earned a commission online has tried promoting a dating program at one point. The dating space is more saturated with affiliates than fat molecules in a deep fried Snickers bar.

Here's why. The dating market is constantly replenished with new singles, many dating programs offer competitive payouts and the scale is massive. But you can't just grab an affiliate link to a big dating site like true.com and expect success to come rolling in. Thousands of other affiliates are currently doing the same thing. That's why picking the right offer to promote is critical to your success.

Enter Anastasia's Affiliate Network, a veteran affiliate network that brokers their own dating offers. The have silently been making affiliates very wealthy for the past 9 years (some to the tune of an easy $30,000 / month) and have just added a new site to their fleet. The offer is called RussianBrides.com and the homepage alone is enough to get any male clicking like a caffeinated teenager.

RussianBrides.com is brand new, which means it's ripe for the promoting, and offers a different angle than your traditional dating site. The premise of RussianBrides is that an every day Joe can meet a Russian or Ukranian bombshell who is way out of his league. This business model has been wildly successful and has been making both affiliates and users very happy for almost a decade.

So, how good is it to be an affiliate for RussianBrides.com? Pretty damn good.

You get to choose between:

1. $5.00 per lead
This payout knocks it out of the park when you consider that most dating offers pay in between $1.00 and $3.00 per lead. And this payout is the BASE. If you start running quality volume (males 30 - 60) you're in a position to negotiate bumps.

2. Up to $250 per sale
To meet girls on RussianBrides.com users must buy credits which they can then use to send messages and video chat. When your first referred user buys the minimum which is $15.99 worth of credit, you instantly earn $150 in commissions. Yup, you get paid $150 even though they only spent $15.99! As you refer more and more new clients, the amount you earn for each new referral goes up. Once you've referred 50+ clients for the month, you're earning $250 per new paying client.

3. Revenue share
This one is my fav. As users go about their business of meeting girls on RussianBrides.com they start to use their "purchase credits" link like a crack button. The more credits they buy, the more you get paid and you get paid for the lifetime of their membership. If you sign up a bunch of these crack button pushers you're making bank in passive income every month.

Another great thing about working with Anastasia's Affiliate Program is that they own RussianBrides.com. This means there is no hassle of having to go through a middleman (like a network) if you need to contact RussianBrides.com. If you need landing page changes on their end, compliance discussions or anything, Anastasia's Affiliate has a dedicated support team that will work directly with you. Much faster this way!

Get in while it's still early and start promoting RussianBrides.com today!

Sign up for Anastasia's Affiliate Network

Short Attention Span Summary

1. Dating niche is saturated

2. Choose a dating offer with an angle

3. RussianBrides.com has a great angle

4. Russian girls are click magnets

5. Promote RussianBrides.com with Anastasia's Affiliate Network

6. Bank

First, I would like to address a common misconception about affiliate landing pages. They DO NOT have to be fancy, complicated or even pretty. Stop thinking that you're designing your landing page to be hung in an art gallery. Your landing page should be designed to convert. And as long as your landing page is simple, reinforces the message of your sales funnel and is clear about what action they would like a user to take it will convert.

Here are 3 simple landing pages that rake in the conversions:

1. Zoosk Lander by UberAffiliate

As you can see, this lander is simple and even looks pretty good too. It was designed to butter users up before they continued on to Zoosk to sign up. It pretty much consists of a headline, a couple action buttons, list of benefits, image of a girl and the Zoosk brand colors. All in all this is NOT that difficult to design in a WYSIWYG webpage builder like 90SecondWebsiteBuilder. Plus, you can recreate this page under any other brand (Speeddate, True.com etc) and it would still work.

For a detailed breakdown of this page, see UberAffiliate's full post.

2. IQ Quiz by Stackman

The story behind this landing page is that Stackman took a graphically intense landing page and simplified it. The results were much higher conversions. As you can see, this lander does not have many graphical elements and would be relatively simple to create with a drag and drop WYSIWYG webpage builder.

3. Health Insurance Lander by Getlandersgetpaid

This general health care lander is a classic example of a simple well organized design that has the 7 elements required to drive conversions:

1. Headline
2. Sub-headline
3. Relevant image
4. Personal message
5. List of benefits
6. Call to action
7. Action button!

Try doing it yourself!

So here's a challenge for you. Try to recreate landing page number 3 above, the Health Care lander, using a WYSIWYG webpage builder. We recommend 90SecondWebsiteBuilder because it is a true drag and drop webpage designer and can make simple landing pages like this quickly and easily.

90 Second Website Builder is free to try, you get to play with it for 30 days and there is no credit card required!

If you can design landing page #3 all by yourself using 90SecondWebpageBuilder, then you have the skills you need to create a high converting landing page in any market.

Last week we brought in 2 guest speakers to speak to our community of networks about preventing affiliate fraud. Working for Kount, Zach Pitts and Don Bush helped ClickBank prevent $45,950,024.91 in attempted affiliate fraud last year. Learn how they did it and what you can do to bring affiliate fraud at your network or affiliate program down to 0.

1. Eleven percent of CPA conversions are fake
I was shocked to hear this stat. On average, 11.4% of all conversions tracked by affiliate networks are fraudulent. Now, I know this this stat varies greatly from network to network but either way, the only acceptable percentage of fraud is 0%-1%.

2. Fraudulent affiliates are smart and relentless
Fraudulent affiliates aren't just small scale basement operations anymore. They have evolved into highly organized operations with aspirations to make big money at your expense. Fraudsters are constantly evolving their bag of tricks when it comes to generating fake leads and sales.

3. They know how to get accounts on your network
They also create new ways every day to get accounts at your network including hiring actors to create accounts for them and collaborating with legitimate affiliates to run small amounts of fraud on their accounts.

4. Your LEGIT accounts aren't safe
Fraudsters are propositioning your LEGIT affiliates to run small bits of fraudulent traffic on their accounts. They claim the conversions will look like "test conversions" and won't get noticed by the network. Fraudsters do this over hundreds of accounts across many networks and collect thousands in bogus commissions.

Kount is a powerful anti fraud platform. They create a wall of protection between you and fake conversions. Here's how they do it.

1. Kount has information on over 3 million affiliates
Kount has profiled over 3 million affiliates and has access to data points on them including credit card and bank account numbers. If an affiliate has committed fraud in the past and tries to sign up to your network, Kount will know about it.

2. Kount can easily recognize fake leads
If fraudsters hire people to fill out fake leads, Kount will detect it. Kount recognizes the digital fingers prints of computers and browsers and can easily see through even the most advanced proxies.

3. Kount can detect fraudulent credit cards
Running continuity offers? Continuity is a favorite target for fraud. They get a free trial with a stolen credit card, you pay them their commissions and by the time the advertiser rebills, the credit card is dead and you're stuck with the bill. Kount can't recognize stolen cards and prevent fraudsters from pulling a fast one.

1. Advertisers will love you
If advertisers see that your network is protected by Kount they will be more willing to do business with you. This also opens up the opportunity to negotiate better deals.

2. Your bottom line will grow
Kount eliminates all the leaks in your cash flow by ensuring that you never pay out for bad conversions.

3. You'll spend more time on building your business and less worrying about fraud
Monitoring fraud can be exhausting. Kount's system is so robust your entire anti fraud operation can be run by a single person with minimal maintenance. Spend this valuable extra time building your business, not worrying about fraud!

Of course not! Kount may have saved ClickBank from a $45 million dollar hit but their service is no where near that expensive. The Kount promise is to help you save and earn more with their service than without.

Want an instant bump to your earnings per click? BallinClicks, an exclusive private network with thousands of offers, is offering a $50 bonus for every $1,000 in commissions you generate at their network. This is a chance to instantly increase your margins by 5% without any extra effort.

“What an easy way to offset the 5% Social Ads Tool (my Facebook ads manager tool ) tacks on to my ad spend every month,” I thought to myself.

Sweet deal right? Well, first you have to get in. As I mentioned earlier BallinClicks is a private network and they don’t let just anyone in. They work exclusively with high volume and high quality affiliates and have a spotless reputation with their advertisers. This means they can negotiate ridiculous deals with advertisers and they work directly with over 1,000 of them.

Because BallinClicks Only Accepts High Quality Affiliates They Can Offer Some Attractive Perks

1. 1. They attract high quality DIRECT advertisers. Over 1,000 of them to be exact.
2. 2. They have ridiculous deals with advertisers, which they pass on to affiliates.
3. 3. They have daily payouts. Yup, DAILY. They know their affiliates are good for it.
4. 4. They have AWESOME payout bumps! Bumps are enforced to offers getting higher EPCs!
5. 5. They have an internal super affiliate forum where they share tricks, tips and campaigns.
6. 6. They offer the Meet and Beat guarantee. See an offer with a higher payout? Let your affiliate manager
   know and they’ll sort you out.
7. 7. They provide 24/7 support. Many networks claim this but how many actually follow through? Part of BC’s
   commitment to excellence is their customer support and their seasoned AM’s are available at all hours of the
   day and night.
8. 8. Great loyalty rewards!

That’s enough to convince me. BallinClicks are very picky about who they let in to their network but for
all the benefits they offer it’s worth the 57 seconds it takes to apply. Plus their $50 bonus promotion is
only active through MAY 2012. So take your shot, sign up today and start earning!

Apply to BallinClicks

For faster Affiliate approval, contact BallinClicks via AIM:ballinclicks SKYPE:ballinclicks or email
approvals@ballinclicks.com

Interested in Advertising with BallinClicks? Contact Mr. Addison Miller at amiller@ballinclicks.com

Dustin Christensen of Blue Global Media knows that smart affiliates are killing it in international markets. Blue Global has some high converting international and here are Dustin's tips for taking your affiliate campaigns international for massive profits:

International affiliate marketing programs have been around for years now, but few affiliates have dared tread into international markets, where tax laws, uncertain markets and low quality traffic seem to be common obstacles. But for those affiliates brave enough to test the waters, there are plenty of opportunities emerging.

If you start now, you’ll be riding a wave that isn’t expected to crest anytime soon. In fact, things are just now starting to heat up overseas, and countries like the BRICI group – Brazil, Russia, India, China and Indonesia – offer a glimpse into what could be the future of performance marketing, where tech-savvy countries finally start to see widespread Internet use. Below are some ways you can start approaching international affiliate marketing.

International Success Factor #1: Know the Market and its Culture

If you have a number of potential foreign markets you’d like to enter, take the time to really get to know
their cultures. This doesn’t mean scanning the Wikipedia page for India or Indonesia, it means really
getting down to what drives the country.

Find out what the economic behaviors of the country are. Does the country seem to be in a decline,
or are prospects looking up? Financially, how has the country fared in the past few years, when many
countries have taken significant economic downturns?

Learning About the Culture

Aside from economic and financial aspects, you’ll want to learn more about the cultural side of the
country and its people. What values and belief systems do they have? What are typical work schedules
like? Where do they spend their disposable income? Is there much disposable income to go around?

Learn the country’s business etiquette. Does the country operate like the United States, where most
business dealings are explicit, or like China, where business etiquette is based on long-held customs,
traditions and other formal rituals?

Learning about the culture of the country you want to enter may seem a lofty and time-consuming goal,
but it will give you a better understanding of the driving forces behind the country. And when it comes
down to it, knowing consumer behavior is a huge part of success in affiliate marketing.

International Success Factor #2: Discover the Trends

Once you have a better grasp of the culture, you’ll want to discover the trends that are driving online
use. Some of the important stats to look at:

• - Internet penetration rates
• - Mobile penetration rates
• - Percent of homes with access to Internet
• - Social media penetration rates
• - Tablet use, if any

With this starting point, dig deeper into the online trends that are happening in the country. Look at
Brazil, for instance. With about 79 million Internet users, the country has an Internet penetration rate
of about 39%, and this is expected to reach 70% - 80% by 2015. That could translate into millions of new
potential consumers in just a few years.

Now look at Brazil’s Facebook penetration rate of 17.3%. This might not seem like much, but it shows
that nearly half of all Brazil’s Internet users are on Facebook – and many more on Twitter and other
social networks. With just this basic stat, it’s clear that social media is more popular in Brazil than other
emerging countries, and this is reflective of their lively, sociable culture.

On the other hand, China, with a similar Internet penetration rate – 38.5% - has less than 600,000
Facebook users because of the strict Internet regulations. Clearly, social media marketing would not be
the best route to take in this market.

The Importance of E-Commerce

One of the biggest trends you’ll want to check out is the state of e-commerce in the country. Thanks
to a strong economy and growing middle class, for example, Brazil is expected to see its e-commerce
grow 25% in 2012 and 22% in 2013 – just one of the reasons Brazil is such a hot market. In fact, Brazil
overtook the UK as the sixth biggest economy in the world, and is expected to become the fourth
biggest by 2015.

You can also use tools like Google Insights for Search to see the most commonly searched keywords
and phrases throughout the world. Break it down by industry to get an even better idea of what other
countries are searching for.

Trends like this should point you in the right direction. If the international market you’re looking at is
showing signs of life and vitality, chances are, affiliate marketing will thrive there in the near future.

International Success Factor #3: Find the Best Partners

Though international networks and merchants are few and far between, it’s important to find reputable
partners you can trust. The affiliate networks that operate overseas often have to deal with a host of
issues that domestic networks don’t deal with, so for that reason, it may be hard to find an affiliate
network working in the market you’re interested in.

When looking for networks and merchants to join, look for companies that have a solid grasp of
international affiliate marketing – those with international presences and clients – not just those
companies that run a few small, inconsistent offers in other countries.

Blue Global Media, for instance, conducts thorough market research before entering a new country.
This finance-focused affiliate network optimizes, tests and retests international campaigns to make sure
they are sustainable for affiliates. They know the local tax laws and regulations, and know how to create

campaigns that are effective and compliant. It’s this type of commitment that will help you succeed and
get past the issues of fraud that are often common overseas.

International Success Factor #4: Focus on the Testing

You’ve found and researched the country you want to deal in, you’re working with a network that
knows how to approach international markets – time to start testing. In general, some of the issues
facing international affiliates include fraud, low quality traffic and offers that disappear as quickly as
they arrived.

So you’ll be doing testing. And a lot of it. Fortunately, international markets aren’t saturated the way
US e-commerce is, so you’ll be able to continuously test new offers and approaches for a fraction of the
cost of testing in the US market.

Test Based on Your Research

This is also where your research and knowledge of the culture will come in handy. You’ll know, if you’re
getting into the China market, that Baidu is the most popular search engine, and you’ll tailor your paid
and organic search campaigns to meet their standards.

You’ll know that Google is used for 90% of searches in Brazil, despite a recent survey by Experian that
revealed Bing to be the most effective search engine in the country. If mobile marketing is your thing,
you’ll know that India has nearly 900 million mobile phone users, and expects to add an additional 200
million in 2012.

When you’re testing, consider the needs of the consumers that are new to you. They aren’t always
motivated by the same things as US consumers, and much depends on the economic classes you’re
targeting. The middle classes of many emerging countries are growing, and affiliate offers that cater to
this class will likely have the best chances of profitability. In the end, it’s about testing to find a long-
term, sustainable international strategy.

Weighing the Risks and Rewards of International Markets

For many affiliates, the risks of international affiliate marketing may outweigh the potential rewards.
With so much work up front, it’s an investment of time, money and personal resources that some
marketers might not be comfortable making.

But for those who do, the potential for massive profits is limitless. The keys to success abroad are
understanding, focus, connection and patience: understanding countries, focusing on their needs and
connecting with local trends. And doing so patiently, knowing that you’re in a marathon, not a sprint.

In 2015, there will be more than 1.2 billion Internet users in the BRICI countries alone. By 2016, there’s
expected to be more mobile devices than living humans. Inside this massive growth is the chance for
international affiliate marketing to flourish. The future of affiliate marketing is abroad, and for affiliates
willing to take the leap, a world of opportunity awaits.

Dustin Christensen is the Content Director for Blue Global Media, an affiliate network specializing in the consumer finance vertical.

As promised, all of you who participated in our survey were entered in to a drawing to win $107.00 cash. The first 25 submissions got 2 entries into the drawing. Watch below to witness the winner being selected from our high tech raffle machine:

And we have a winner! Since we used your emails as your entries into the drawing we won't violate the winners privacy and publish their email for all to see. We've reached out to them to notify them of their prize. Stay tuned as we update this page with their first name and a brief message (if they so choose).

Hint: The winning email ended in: *********@yahoo.com

Best,

The oDigger Team