LinkedIn is one of our favorite social media sites. It specializes in all types of professionals looking to make business and career connections. If you are an affiliate looking for sub-affiliates, this could be a fruitful place for you.
Say you’re an affiliate for a great product for accountants (or you’re a merchant with an affiliate program for the same product). Do a keyword search for groups on LinkedIn — in this case, using terms like “accountant” and “accounting.” When groups come up, you’ll have the ability to view each group’s profile and other related details. so you can determine if this group is a good fit for your affiliate marketing efforts.
After finding a suitable group, join it and interact with other members. Ask questions, post interesting and relevant items that accountants will enjoy, and then start asking about members’ product/service needs.
Here are other examples to give you ideas:
You are a first tier affiliate for a mortgage company that also has a second tier. You find an active group of real estate investors and you find that the manager of that group is a very good affiliate—he can make a lot of money as an affiliate because real estate investors typically Looking for money to fund their real estate projects.
You are affiliated with Level One for an excellent retirement planning course, and Merchant has structured it as a two-level program. You search on LinkedIn and find a website/blog publisher that has a retirement audience.
You are a first-rate affiliate for a web hosting company. You find web designers and related professionals on LinkedIn so you can offer them a profit center with their suite of services.
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