Please Respect Your Affiliate List.

[John Taylor]

I know, I know.. you've probably heard this before. But..

When I sign up as a JV Partner or affiliate, that's ALL I'm
signing up for. I don't want to be promoted to.

It's fine to keep me up to date with what's happening
with your launch. I'm always interested in the sales figures
and the "Leaderboard".

Please do tell me when you've added some extra creatives
or swipe files.

Just don't spam me with unrelated offers.

I won't compain.. I'll just quietly remove myself from your
list and it's VERY unlikely that I'll ever promote your stuff
again.

John

[Mike Merz]

Bringing this up never get's old, John ... and most would be surprised that many of the biggest names out there make this mistake on a regular basis by blasting all their lists as one during major promotions. My reaction is pretty much the same as yours ... though often times they are my clients, and get an earful from me in the process.

Cheers,

Mike

[ianternet]

funny I figured my aff lists only want to be emailed on updates and that is it... I never promote to them

[John Taylor]

Ian,

funny I figured my aff lists only want to be emailed on updates and that is it... I never promote to them

Kudos!

It's surprising how many people look at their
affiliates as just another list to promote to.

John

[Vadym Zyabkin]

Yeah, I'd personally never market to my list of affiliates either.

They're pretty much the glue that holds the ENTIRE business together. I'm working for them, more than anything. Last thing I want to do is piss them off.

[substantial-success]

It's pretty much useless marketing to your affiliate list, because they are the ones who are going to be making you money not buying your products.

[David Rummel]

To the point John, of course.

And if I am allowed to just throw in one more point:

If I sign up for a JV-list / Affiliate-list you can't even consider me having officially agreed to be on a "promote to me" list - which makes it even hardly legal from an opt-in agreement perspective.. You don't want to run your business like that..

Just saying.. You won't spam your friends with promos, won't you?

Happy New Year to everybody btw,

David

[TonyShepherd]

Totally agree.

It's even more off putting if you have to go through upsells, OTOs and other 'offers' before you get to the actual tools or links page.

Tony

[Neil Robins]

Just think, if product owners/affiliate managers stopped promoting their own and others' products to their affiliates, my inbox would be nearly empty each day.

Oh, wouldn't that be a delight!


Neil

[Linda Brown]

I also agree to this issue.