The Only Thing Worth Promoting Is Rebill Offers

This is a guest post made by Jonathan Volk. Jonathan is a 20-something affiliate marketer that makes hundreds of thousands of dollars each month online. Feel free to check out his blog at www.jonathanvolk.com. Time and time again I am asked by newbies and struggling affiliates this question: "Is the only thing worth promoting a rebill (also known as a free trial) offer?" Rebill / free trial offers are offers that generally convert well and pay a very high amount (Upwards of $40 per free trial signup). This happens because they offer a free trial to the user (usually plus shipping costs) and then after 14 days the user is automatically enrolled into a subscription (monthly) program. A couple examples are Work from home offers, Diet (Acai, Colon, etc) offers, Skin care offers, and just about anything that can be used up or sold as a membership. These offers have been around for a while but recently have been picking up a huge amount of steam and attention; they have picked up so much steam, most people don't recognize affiliate marketing without rebill offers now-a-days. First, let me debunk this myth. You don't need to promote a rebill offer to make good money. In fact, right now I'm not actively promoting ANY rebill offer and will have hit close to $200,000 in commissions just for HALF of the month of July, 2009 (Estimated 400k in commissions for July). Next, are rebill offers ok to promote? A lot of people seem to think that there is some sort of ethical issue with promoting a rebill offer. I'm doing a poll on twitter ("POLL: Are Rebill / Free Trial offers ethical? http://bit.ly/MBMwd - PLEASE RT with @JonathanVolk in it.") to see what everyone thinks about them. Personally, I have no issues with the idea of rebills. Free trial offers have been around for years and I think when done ethically, it can be a great way to promote offers. Recently, there have been a bunch of offers that have come out that have grown too quick for their own good and thus have caused issues. Issues like not being able to cancel because the lines are always busy, etc. When these issues arise, the government starts to step in and it gives the entire idea of a rebill offer a black eye. That being said, I have no issue with the free trial / rebill model as long as the company is ethical, allow for cancellation, etc. Ultimately, the choice is your own - whether you will or won't promote the offers. (Take a minute to vote now! - http://bit.ly/MBMwd) Lastly, How does Google Adwords, Yahoo Search Marketing, And other big advertising agencies feel about rebill offers? Google First, check out my most recent guest post on Zac Johnson's blog entitled, "Help, My Adwords Account was Banned!" Google adwords recently had big ban on people promoting rebill offers. It was not as much the rebill model as it was the way that the rebill offers were being promoted, thankfully. You actually can promote the rebill offers on Google but you have to be compliant with the way Google will allow you to promote them. This means, no bridge pages, no fake blogs, etc. Yahoo At the moment, Yahoo does not seem to mind the rebill offers as much as google. You still see them a lot more than you do in Google and they certainly won't ban your account. At worst, Yahoo will simply delete the campaign from your account and send you a fairly mean letter asking you to not upload it again or face a ban. (Shouldn't Google act in this way too? haha) Others... Most other ad networks have not seemed to mind with the exception of Microsoft Adcenter. Adcenter has also been known to ban accounts for promoting rebill offers in non-complaint ways but will allow you to promote them when they are complaint with their set of requirements. Other Offers You Can Make Money With So, if you don't want to promote rebill / free trial offers in affiliate networks, what are some offers you CAN promote?! Consistent performers have always been: offers that offer a solution to a common problem, offers that are free, offers that deal with dating / meeting others, education, refinancing, insurance, and mobile just to name a few. Affiliate marketing has existed for many years without the rebill offers and will continue to go on with or without them. For more information on affiliate marketing and making money online, visit my blog, JonathanVolk.com