Hi Webmasters! I decided to provide this service to other webmasters because of a recent problem I had with one of the traffic generating programs I belong to. That problem was resolved to my satisfaction but many times we are not so lucky! If we are going to make a living online with affiliate programs we need to help each other in any way we can.
One way to do that is to report to other webmasters programs that are scams, that don't pay like they promise, or other problems a program may have. To make it easier for you to report a program, I've added a form below for you to use. Once you've reported the program, it'll be added to this page with your first name only. It'll include the program name, the complaint and any other pertinent information you may provide. When it is first added it'll be put on the watch list unless it's an obvious scam or I receive more than one complaint of the same kind about the program. Then it will be put on the Scam list.
You can also report good things about programs. If you find that a program is exceptional in the way they treat their affiliates or members then I'd like to know that too! It will then be put on the Exceptional Programs List.
Anyone who reports a program to this site will also be given the option of advertising a program of your choice for one month, free-of-charge, on this site. The only programs that can't be advertised are adult-related programs, casinos, illegal, or hate sites. Your ad may be either a banner ad or a text ad, the choice is yours! I am in the process of creating a new page just for that purpose. You may either include your ad at the bottom of your report or email me the ad at a later date.
If you're interested in finding even more information about scams on the net, you can go here to get information on other programs that are scams or that have had problems. You can even report problem programs to them too. The site is called The Internet Surfer's Alliance Against Fraud and it provides a lot of useful information.
Your experience with the above program:
Marketing's Greatest Enemy
by Jay Conrad Levinson
You work like crazy trying to attract attention and business, operating from a marketing calendar, committing to your strategy
and doing everything right, resulting in an influx of customers -- but you lose them. They never come back. You did your
marketing so well and marketed so wisely that you're almost in a state of shock at how your customers ignore you.
You treated them well while you were making your business transactions. You gave them a fair price, knew that the quality
you put into your offering matched the quality they got out of it. You assured them that service is your middle name. You
smiled and used their name when you said good-bye, thanking them for the sale. And then, after all that caring attention on your
part, they completely ignored you, never set foot in your business again.
Do you want to know why they ignored you, why it was so easy for them to put you out of their minds?
It's because you ignored them. It's because you made the sale and then made the grave but all-too-common error of thinking
that your marketing job was over. That was a terrible error. But at least you've got a lot of company making the same terrible
error. Nearly 70 percent of business lost in America is lost due to apathy after the sale. Apathy is the deadliest enemy of
marketing. A "love 'em and leave 'em" attitude is usually fatal to profitability.
The opposite of apathy is follow-up. Guerrillas have a "love 'em and love 'em" attitude, marketing to prospects like crazy till
the sale is made, then continuing to market like crazy to them after the sale. Apathy never sets in. Customers never feel
ignored. Guerrillas do all in their power to intensify the relationship with caring follow-up and loving attention. They
know that once they have established a relationship, their product or service is no longer thought of as a commodity.
Businesses that offer commodities often lose customers due to competitors offering lower prices. Businesses that form warm
relationships transcend being thought of as a commodity and maintain their customer relationships with service and constant
contact.
No wonder they don't lose business so readily. People want relationships, want the businesses they patronize to stay in
contact, want to feel cared for and not ignored. All guerrillas know that their customer relationships are their most precious
assets. They know that if customers purchased from them one time and had an enjoyable purchase experience, they are very likely
to buy from them again. And again and again. And to provide many referrals over time.
To nourish these kind of lasting relationships, guerrillas send thank-you notes after the sale -- within 48 hours. They contact
customers within a month of the sale to make certain they are satisfied and have no questions. They get in touch with
customers once again three months after the sale, this time suggesting new items that may tie-in with the original purchase.
And three months after that, they make another contact. This kind of guerrilla follow-up not only prevents dreaded apathy
from setting in, but also increases business anywhere from 20% to 300%. That's because customers, in their hearts, silently
hope for recognition, acknowledgment, information, advance opportunities to purchase, and new calls to action.
Instead of the kind of apathy that loses customers forever, constant attention and follow-up results in healthy back-end
sales. This means repeat sales, ancillary sales and referral sales. And this means big profits to you -- because it costs six
times more to sell something to a new prospect than to sell that same thing to an existing customer.
These days, all the true marketing experts ask you to calculate the lifetime value of a customer. If you don't understand the
damaging effects of apathy after the sale, that lifetime value is pretty small, probably a few hundred dollars, if that. If you
do all in your power to prevent apathy from ever setting it, the lifetime value of each customer may be measured in hundreds of
thousands of dollars, maybe even more. You'll profit from the initial sale, from the repeat sales, from the referral sales and
from the long, mutually beneficial relationship. It happens only when you defeat the most deadly enemy of marketing. And now you
know how to do that.
Jay Conrad Levinson is responsible for some of the most effective marketing campaigns in history, and his 29 books have
been published in 39 languages. We highly recommend that you attend his upcoming Guerrilla Marketing Boot
Camp that Seth Godin called "the most important business event of the new
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