The first thing you will have to do is start looking for high traffic sites in 

your market. There are a lot of ways to find them, but let's start out with a 

pretty easy way. Go to 

http://www.copernic.com

 and pick up the software 

program Copernic. 

Copernic allows you to search the web using your keywords at all the major 

search engines at one time. Although they have a paid version, the free 

version will work just fine for our purposes.  

You are going to be searching the web just as if you were using a regular 

search engine, but the software will give you the power to search all of the 

major search engines at one time for listings. It will also enable you to click 

on each link brought up and visit sites without having to constantly click 

"back" on your browser to get back to the search engine listings. 

You will also need to pick up one other program to do your work. Go over to 

http://www.alexa.com

 to download the Alexa software to interface with your 

browser.  

This software is a good tool for finding the best affiliate partners for your 

program. It interfaces in with your web browser and shows you extremely 

important information about the sites you are visiting including: the web 

site s traffic, people s opinions on the site, links to other similar sites, and 

contact information for the domain name owner. 

Each of the tools provided to you from Alexa is essential for finding the 

right partners to contact. You will check the web site s traffic stats when you 

are visiting because you are looking specifically for high traffic sites to be 

your partners. 

The links to other similar sites at the top of your browser will help you find 

potential partners for your program. You could even go without the 

Copernic software if you wanted to start your searches. Just go to the web 

address of one of your major competitors, look at Alexa's link list at the top 

of the page and start visiting other potential competitors and joint venture 

partners. 

You only need one good site in your market for Alexa to give you links to 

many others. Then, as you visit those sites you will receive links to more 

sites in the market. This contact process can continue for quite a few 

different site visits down from the original site from where you started. 

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