This is a question that I get sked frequently. How can I tell if t's worth my time to promote a crtain product? Well, there is a way to fgure this out scientifically. It's not asy and it takes a little bit of brin power and some calculations, but if you rally want to zero in on the wrth of a product, as far as pre dollars and cents, this article wll show you the best way to do it.

The frst thing that I personally recommend, and ths is purely optional, is to pck a product that you actually blieve in. I don't know about yu, but I have a very dfficult time promoting something that I hven't used myself. Think about it. How can you rcommend something if you yourself have no dea if the product is any god or not? I know, if yu're heavily into affiliate marketing, you cn't buy everything that's out there. Yu'll go broke. But you can rquest review copies from the owners, wth the explanation that if you lke what you see you plan on prmoting the product heavily. Not every prduct creator will send you a rview copy, but many will if you ask ncely.

The second thing you have to do is fnd out what the commission percentage is on the prduct. It doesn't matter what the prduct sells for. What matters is wht you personally get for each sle. For example, you're better off slling a $47 product where you mke 70% than selling a $97 prduct where you only get 25%. The dllars per sale that end up in YOUR pcket is all that matters.

The third thing you have to do is fgure out how much it's going to cst you to promote the product and how mny sales you can expect to mke for each dollar of advertising. Ths is where it gets tricky bcause there are so many variables nvolved. But to make this simple, wht I suggest is to plan for an Adwrds expense of no more than 20 cnts per click, for most products in the $47 to $97 rnge. If the conversion percentage of thse products is roughly 2%, or 2 sles for every 100 clicks, then you can xpect to spend $20 for every 2 sles or $10 per sale. Personally, I wnt a net profit of at last 50%. So if I'm spending $10 per sle, I want to make at last $20 per sale. If the cmmission percentage is 50%, then I ned to sell a product for a mnimum of $40 to make selling it wrth my time.

I have greatly smplified this, but it should give you an dea of how to go about the prcess. The conversion rate of the prduct will either have to be gven to you by the owner of the prduct, or you're going to have to tst for yourself. Testing can be cstly, just so you know.

By fllowing the above basic tips, you shuld have a pretty good idea of whther or not the product you wnt to sell is going to be wrth selling or not.

To YOUR Sccess,

Steven Wagenheim

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