This is a convo I had with a potential partner for this affiliate program. Let me know your thought and if you, or anyone else feels they are better qualified to partner with me.
chubbymoola: hey whats up Chris
chubbymoola: this is katoved from WickedFire
Partner Candidate #1: What up!
chubbymoola: hey man
chubbymoola: how has your weekend been?
Partner Candidate #1: Nice to meet you, Whats your real name bro
chubbymoola: John
chubbymoola: You speak hebrew?
Partner Candidate #1: Nice to meet ya, Weekend has been busy.
Partner Candidate #1: No, but you know some?
chubbymoola: a little
chubbymoola: I thought *******
Partner Candidate #1: hobby, or learned as a child?
chubbymoola: might be some
chubbymoola: I went to Israel a few years ago
chubbymoola: my sister was just there too
chubbymoola: Im dating/seeing a israeli girl
chubbymoola: in LA
chubbymoola: she speaks it fluently
Partner Candidate #1: No, my screen name is pretty lame, made it god nows how long ago, it stands for "Have To Love Me"
chubbymoola: lol
chubbymoola: cool
Partner Candidate #1: lol
chubbymoola: well
Partner Candidate #1: right.
chubbymoola: I looked over your posts
chubbymoola: on WickedFire
chubbymoola: to try and find out more about you
Partner Candidate #1: And?
chubbymoola: you think u can assist me in this affiliate project?
Partner Candidate #1: Easily.
chubbymoola: let me send u some more details
chubbymoola: hang on
chubbymoola: im gonna take a photo
Partner Candidate #1: Alright
chubbymoola: of the registration page
Partner Candidate #1: alright, thats what i had a question about, we have to manually turn in the leads, correct, from the web, not jut email them
Partner Candidate #1: or maybe we can get in a good contact / relationship with a recruiter ( a VERY PERSUASIVE one)
Partner Candidate #1: and work very closeley with him
Partner Candidate #1: or a group of him an da few of his friends, because i expect we are going to be sending quite a few leads his way - more than just one man can handle and follow through efficiently
chubbymoola: we would do a form submission website
chubbymoola: the info
chubbymoola: would get emailed to you/me
chubbymoola: and we would manually input the data
chubbymoola: then
chubbymoola: we get the contact info
chubbymoola: for a local recruiter
chubbymoola: for that lead
chubbymoola: and put them in touch
chubbymoola: there are hundreds of recruiters
chubbymoola: and I think
chubbymoola: a local one
chubbymoola: will work best
chubbymoola: as they have to go somewhere to sign the papers
chubbymoola: and a local one will make house visits
Partner Candidate #1: yeah, I think we need to work very closely with our recruiter
Partner Candidate #1: as he affects our conversion ratio!
chubbymoola: true that
chubbymoola: im sure relationships will develop over time
Partner Candidate #1: yeah
Partner Candidate #1: How in depth is the lead collection process?
Partner Candidate #1: like how much info do we need to collect from the person
chubbymoola: its really short
chubbymoola: im uploading the pics
Partner Candidate #1: so we can decide how many pages
chubbymoola: of the form u have to fill out
chubbymoola: it can be a two page site
Partner Candidate #1: whehter to have it a multiple step thing so it isn't overwhleming to the user
Partner Candidate #1: or not
chubbymoola: yeah
chubbymoola: I think a two step process is best
chubbymoola: and a contact
chubbymoola: about
chubbymoola: blog
chubbymoola: etc...
chubbymoola: page too
Partner Candidate #1: yeah
chubbymoola: Click here to talkt o a recruiter
chubbymoola: button
Partner Candidate #1: I think we should develop at least 2 dif sites
chubbymoola: we have to be careful
chubbymoola: not to get found out by the company
Partner Candidate #1: one purpose = numbers game - send fuck load of traffic, and convert it
second site= super targeted more expensive traffic
chubbymoola: because I dont think they want this type of marketing being done
Partner Candidate #1: ahhh
chubbymoola: additionally
chubbymoola: we can implement AdSense
Partner Candidate #1: yeah, lets check out the TOS
chubbymoola: and create more revenue
chubbymoola: I did
chubbymoola: their TOS doesnt say shit about it
chubbymoola: but
chubbymoola: when u check the forums
chubbymoola: some kid was posting
chubbymoola: about how he uses MySpace
chubbymoola: to recruit
Partner Candidate #1: I bet they just dont want spam emails and shit
chubbymoola: yeah
chubbymoola: and they told him that they would prefer he only recruits within hin inner circle of friends
Partner Candidate #1: so were cool, if we invest, make it look professional ( which we will) then im sure we wont have a problem
chubbymoola: as he conversion ratio is higher
chubbymoola: no
Partner Candidate #1: we are creating definte value for them
Partner Candidate #1: in a professional manner
chubbymoola: it should be a very very easy project
chubbymoola: yeah
chubbymoola: it wont be easy
chubbymoola: but it will be
chubbymoola: once we get it all set up
Partner Candidate #1: yeah
Partner Candidate #1: i have 2 great designers designing landing pages for me right now
Partner Candidate #1: and they are cheap labor as well
Partner Candidate #1: so this project is amazing timing
Partner Candidate #1: I have a lot of exp. in outsourcing
Partner Candidate #1: the hardest submission is going to be the social security
chubbymoola: yeah
chubbymoola: that will be difficult
chubbymoola: however
chubbymoola: I wonder if you put in anything
chubbymoola: it will still go through
chubbymoola: then have the recruiter update it
chubbymoola: or get the updated information
Partner Candidate #1: good call
chubbymoola: somehow
Partner Candidate #1: I think we should order it starting with body type
Partner Candidate #1: boost the convidence
Partner Candidate #1: make them feel good about there body
chubbymoola: lol
Partner Candidate #1: and how they are going to be badass after joining
chubbymoola: no no no
chubbymoola: this has to look like a generic government/army produced website
chubbymoola: there is a shit load of free recruiting material
chubbymoola: that we can scrape into the site
chubbymoola: content is not going to be a problem
Partner Candidate #1: alright
Partner Candidate #1: I didn't know if we needed to do it all from bottom up or not
Partner Candidate #1: so we have a lot of creatives already?
chubbymoola: we want leads and we want to get people to submit their info ASAP once visitng the site
Partner Candidate #1: Alright, I say we get started
Partner Candidate #1: what is your scedule like and what timezone are you in right now
Partner Candidate #1: I am in PST
Partner Candidate #1: Seattle WA
chubbymoola: im in AZ
chubbymoola: hold off Chris
Partner Candidate #1: mountain time or central
Partner Candidate #1: k
chubbymoola: Im not sure about whether or not I want to partner with u yet
chubbymoola: Before I do
chubbymoola: I want to talk to some other designers
chubbymoola: and affiliate marketers
chubbymoola: to get their opinion on it
chubbymoola: I also want to call the company
Partner Candidate #1: Alright, understandable
chubbymoola: to insure this is legit
chubbymoola: and not a waste of my time
chubbymoola: I never get involved in businesses that have the potential to crater after investing time and money
Partner Candidate #1: Yeah
Partner Candidate #1: Are there anymore details that I am uninformed of at this point in time?
chubbymoola: uhhhhhmmmm
chubbymoola: nothing really
chubbymoola: its a really straightforward concept
Partner Candidate #1: yeah
Partner Candidate #1: it seems that way
Partner Candidate #1: I think it will have a steamroller affect after the first few leads convert
Partner Candidate #1: as we tweak each landing page and ppc campaign
chubbymoola: yeah
chubbymoola: PPC will have a big part in getting this out
chubbymoola: also craigslist
Partner Candidate #1: I think we can def. get some special deals with specific websites as well
chubbymoola: craigslist will be very useful as it is geographic specific and free nonetheless
chubbymoola: such as?
Partner Candidate #1: for example placing text links integrated into homepages of sites that have our target audience
Partner Candidate #1: and we pay a flat monthly or weekly fee
chubbymoola: yeah
chubbymoola: that could be useful
Partner Candidate #1: for basically turning someones page into a sales page with the users trust already gained from the site they visit regularly
chubbymoola: yeah
chubbymoola: that could be useful
chubbymoola:
www.Military.com
chubbymoola: makes a fortne
chubbymoola: selling leads
chubbymoola: to the armed services
Partner Candidate #1: There are just so many things we can do
chubbymoola: they have a very extensive website
chubbymoola: i think doing geographical targeting is the best idea for now