You can increase your income when you maintain and market your company sponsored website. If your company provides you with a web site, or the opportunity to set up a website within their sub-domain, then take full advantage of it. Affiliate sites, although rarely search engine friendly, can be a cash flow generator. When you market your affiliate or company website at your shows with mailings and on all the literature that you send out as well as during your daily affairs you will increase you monthly commission. You can use your company site to increase show average, as well as develop an online stream of income.
It is difficult to attain search engine ranking for an affiliate site because an affiliate site is a sub-site of the main site. The search engines rarely “crawl” through sub-sites so you must rely on your off-line efforts to generate sales. Definitely take advantage of the opportunity for an additional stream of income from your affiliate site.
One way to make it easier to market your company related site is to have an address URL that is more easily types and memorable. If you sell candles your URL to your company sponsored site maybe something like: www.MyCompaniesCandlesCompany.com/stephsmith
When you buy a domain address that is easier to use and remember something like this would work well:
www.StephsCandlesAreGreat.com
Then you can have it forwarded to your company sponsored site. It is easy to say at your shows or when telling hosts over the phone. It is easy for guests to remember and easy to type in also.
