A: In a nutshell, you refer people to another site in exchange for a commission on every qualified sale you produce. That usually means adding a link (encoded with a unique ID number) from your web site or e-mail message to another site, which tracks how many sales you are responsible for.

• Commission size: You earn over 60% of our net profit for each product -- and as much as $165 per sale! Plus, sell 10 or more of our core product -- IMC's "Insider Secrets" course -- in a given month, and we will increase your referral fee to $75 per sale for all sales you have generated for that month.
  
  
• Proven simple sales process: We give you field-tested and proven "Copy, Paste, and Send" promotions and other easy-to-use resources.
  
  
• Lucrative sub affiliate program: You can earn fees from any affiliates you recruit whenever they make a sale.
  
  
• Multiple targeted products for backend selling: Allows you to sell several related products to your audience at various stage in their business life span for maximum profits.
  
  
• Three-year "Memory": If you send someone to our site and they don't buy today, but re-visits the site anytime within the next three years and purchase one of our products, you still earn your referral fee!
  
  
• Exclusive Affiliate Resource Center: This private "Members Only" site lets you track your visitors, sales and earnings, all in real time, so you always know exactly how you're doing.
  
  
• We take care of everything: Once you pass the visitor on to our site, we'll take care of all the details, including charging their credit card, shipping their orders, and providing any customer service or technical support necessary. You don't have to do a thing!
  
  
• Top Ranking: IMC's affiliate program is ranked as one of the top 10 Affiliate Programs online by AssociatePrograms.com and 10BestAffiliates.com

When your visitor first comes to our site, we'll tag them with a "cookie" that includes your affiliate number. So if someone visits IMC through your link to our site and does not buy one of our products right away -- but returns within three years to purchase one of our eligible products -- you will still get credit for that sale and earn your commission!

If they have their "cookies" turned off on their browser, our special tracking software will always point to your reference number, even if they bookmark us and return later to purchase.

The amount you earn depends on the type of people that visit your site, how many visitors you receive monthly, and how much exposure you give the link to the Internet Marketing Center.

Sites that have links to the Internet Marketing Center in many places throughout their web sites do MUCH better than sites that only have a small link or just one link throughout their site. We cannot emphasize enough how important exposure is to the success of your campaign.

Make sure you spend some time reading the various tips and promotion ideas that we share with you throughout the Affiliate Resource Center. You'll discover the same secrets that our top affiliates are using so that you can experience the same success.

Q: How many of my visitors that I send to your site can I expect to end up buying?

A: As you probably already know, conversion rates depend on many factors. On average, most IMC affiliates earn one sale for every 95 to 115 visitors they send us for our core product, IMC's "Insider Secrets" course. Some sites that really "perform" see one sale for every 33 to 36 visitors they refer to us; however, to get this kind of great conversion ratio, a personal recommendation is required to give the added credibility to your promotion. A personal recommendation can increase your referral fees by as much as 416%.

For those of you who may not be aware, these conversion ratios are fantastic when you consider that the average conversion ratio for a web site on the Internet is one sale per 720 visitors!

With that said, we want to make it clear that the type of traffic you generate has a direct effect on the percentage of people that buy. For example, if you are promoting the "Insider Secrets" course on a site that sells horse saddles, it would be more reasonable to expect 1 sale out of every 750 to 900 visitors to the IMC site as these visitors are not targeted (i.e. they're unqualified visitors).

However, if you have a site that explains how to promote your business online or how to start a business online, you could expect to see results such as one out of every 50 visitors buying because they are the perfect qualified visitor with a natural interest in our products.

Q: Do I need a credit card merchant account and a secure site to join?

A: No. That's the beauty of an affiliate program -- we take care of all of the payment processing, secure server technology and even the shopping cart system. All you do is promote our products and cash your commission checks every month!

Q: Can I receive my commissions via Pay Pal?

A: No. All commissions are paid out in US currency checks and are sent by regular mail. Unfortunately, our current system is not yet equipped to perform electronic transfers or to credit affiliate credit cards directly.

Q: How should I incorporate the IMC Affiliate Program into my web site?

A: We offer a whole range of ready-to-use options -- from banners and text links to pop-up windows and ready-to-send e-mail promotions -- that you can easily add to your site or your opt-in mailings. We give you tools you need, but no matter how you integrate them into your web site, we give you complete control.

One of our Affiliate Support Specialists would be more than happy to speak with you once you've completed the application form to discuss the specific tools that would produce the best results with you unique web site.

Q: How will my visitors order?

A: We take care of everything. You just need to direct the visitors to the IMC web site through your affiliate links, and we'll look after taking the order, delivering the product, etc...

When one of your visitors clicks through your affiliate link, we will display the appropriate salesletter, where the customer can order directly online, through our 800#, fax, or by mailing in a check.

When the customer is ready to order, the IMC ordering system takes over, and automatically processes the order -- while recording your affiliate identification number to guarantee that you're credited for the sale.

Q: Can I take orders directly on my web site instead, and just send you the customer information afterward?

A: No. We offer a secure web site which is essential in collecting online orders. Plus, we handle all customer questions and requests, including cancellations and returns.

In fact, that's one of the reasons why earning affiliate commissions is so much
easier than managing your own business! You get to eliminate the hassles of product development, ad writing, order processing, shipping, refunds, and customer service. We do all that. All you do is drive visitors to our site!

Q: What kind of support do you offer?

A: We have implemented a new support system, where questions are posted online and responded to online, for your quick, easy and detailed reference.

Please visit our Knowledgebase:

http://support.marketingtips.com/kb/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=view

or Submit a Ticket:

http://support.marketingtips.com/kb/index.php?_m=tickets&_a=submit

This will allow you to ask your support question and receive a response in the quickest possible manner -- and we firmly believe that there's no such thing as a stupid question!

Q: Will you supply me with product descriptions and marketing material that I can use on my site?

A: Yes, we supply you with tested "Copy & Paste" e-mail and e-zine promotions, along with banner and classified ads and even pop-up windows -- all of which are field-tested and proven to work.

In fact, minutes after completing our brief application form, you'll get access to our Affiliate Resource Center, which features our exclusive Quick-Start feature, letting you get up and running within only 5 minutes!