Super Affiliate New Year Resolutions

When the new year arrives, many people will be making resolutions about getting in better shape, going back to school, starting a new career (I hear affiliate marketing is great!), finding that special someone, or a variety of other self-improvement goals for 2010. What goals can affiliates set?

First and foremost, affiliates should be thinking about testing a variety of resolution related offers in the weeks ahead. But, what kind of resolutions can affiliates make? Here are a handful of ideas to kick your New Year off with some goals to help grow your business.

Test new offers early and often in 2010. Don’t sit around until your top performing offer starts to fall off and then look for something new to promote. Be proactive and come up with a plan that allows you to constantly test new offers.

Stay on top of all your affiliate managers. Don’t wait for them to reach out to you with recommendations on new hot offers. Hit them up for new ideas and offers that will work for your audience.

Attend at least one industry conference this year. Whether you make the trek to Vegas for Affiliate Summit, the East Coast for LeadsCon or some other locale for ad:tech, be sure to attend one big industry event in 2010. This especially goes for those affiliates who have never checked out a show before. Find out what you have been missing.

Monitor and analyze your campaign performance more closely than ever before. It’s amazing how many marketers start running a campaign and then don’t monitor it regularly. Even if you are already keeping regular tabs on everything you run, find ways to dig deeper into the numbers. Check results by day of the week, time of the day, geography, or other variable. Then use that data to optimize your programs.

Keep up to date on what’s going on in the industry. Whether that means reading a number of quality blogs or newsletters each day or sitting in on some good conference sessions, do what it takes to stay informed.

Bring on the new year!!