AFFILIATE MARKETING A TO Z
AFFILIATE MARKETING A TO Z
Table of Contents
Introduction ...........................................................................................................3
3 Things All Affiliate Marketers Need To Survive Online ......................................7
Top 3 Ways To Boost Your Affiliate Commissions Overnight ............................10
Which Affiliate Networks To Look Out For When Promoting ..............................14
So Many Affiliate Programs! Which One Do I Choose? .....................................18
Here's How To Avoid The 3 Most Common Affiliate Mistakes ............................21
Mistake number 1: Choosing the wrong affiliate. ............................................21
Mistake number 2: Joining too many affiliate programs. ................................22
Mistake number 3: Not buying the product or using the service. .....................23
Using Product Recommendations To Increase Your Bottom Line .....................24
Easy Profits Using PPC In Your Affiliate Marketing Business ............................28
Using Camtasia Can Increase Your Affiliate Checks .........................................32
How To Become A Super Affiliate In Niche Markets ...........................................36
Introduction
Being in the affiliate marketing business is not that hard now with the
internet at your disposable. It is much easier now compared to the
days when people have to make use of the telephones and other
mediums of information just to get the latest updates on the way their
program is coming along.
So with technology at hand, and assuming that the affiliate is working
from home, a day in his or her life would sound something like this…
Upon waking up and after having breakfast, the computer is turned on
to check out new developments in the network. As far as the marketer
is concerned there might be new things to update and statistics to
keep track on.
The site design has to be revised. The marketer knows that a welldesigned site can increase sign ups from visitors. It can also help in
the affiliate’s conversion rates.
That done, it is time to submit the affiliate program to directories that
lists affiliate programs. These directories are means to attract people
in joining your affiliate program. A sure way of promoting the affiliate
program.
Time to track down the sales you are getting from your affiliates fairly
and accurately. There are phone orders and mails to track down.
See if they are new clients checking the products out. Noting down the
contact information that might be a viable source in the future.
There are lots of resources to sort out. Ads, banners, button ads and
sample recommendations to give out because the marketer knows that this is one way of ensuring more sales. Best to stay visible and
accessible too.
The affiliate marketer remembered that there are questions to answer
from the visitors. This has to be done quickly. Nothing can turn off a
customer than an unanswered email.
To prove that the affiliate is working effectively and efficiently,
inquiries would have to be paid more attention on. Nobody wants to be
ignored and customers are not always the most patient of all people.
Quick answer that should appear professional yet friendly too.
In the process of doing all the necessities, the marketer is logged on to
a chat room where he or she interacts with other affiliates and those
under that same program. This is where they can discuss things on
how to best promote their products.
There are things to be learned and it is a continuous process. Sharing
tips and advices is a good way of showing support. There may be
others out there wanting to join and may be enticed by the discussion
that is going on. There is no harm in assuming what opportunities
ahead.
The newsletters and ezines were updated days ago, so it is time for
the affiliate marketer to see if there are some new things happening in
the market. This will be written about in the marketer’s publication to
be distributed to the old and new customers.
These same publications are also an important tool in keeping up to
date with the newly introduced products. The marketer has put up a
sale and promotion that customers may want to know about. Besides,
they have to keep up with the deadline of these sales written in the
publications.It is that time to show some appreciation to those who have helped
the marketer in the promotions and sale increase. Nothing like
mentioning the persons, their sites and the process they have done
that made everything worked.
Of course, this will be published in the newsletters. Among the more
important information that have been written already.
The marketer still has time to write out recommendations to those who
want credible sources for the products being promoted. There is also
time to post some comments on how to be a successful affiliate
marketer on a site where there are lots of wannabees.
Two objectives done at the same time. The marketer gets to promote
the product as well as the program they are in. Who knows, someone
may be inclined to join.
Time flies. Missed lunch but is quite contented with the tasks done.
Bed time….
Ok, so this may not be all done in a day. But then, this gives you an
idea of how an affiliate marketer, a dedicated one that is, spends the
marketing day.
Is that success looming in the distance or what?
3 Things All Affiliate Marketers Need
To Survive Online
Every affiliate marketer is always looking for the successful market
that gives the biggest paycheck. Sometimes they think it is a magic
formula that is readily available for them. Actually, it is more
complicated than that. It is just good marketing practices that have
been proven over years of hard work and dedication.
There are tactics that have worked before with online marketing and is
continuing to work in the online affiliate marketing world of today.
With these top three marketing tips, you will be able to able to
increase your sales and survive in the affiliate marketing online.
What are these three tactics?
1. Using unique web pages to promote each separate product you are
marketing. Do not lump all of it together just to save some money on
web hosting. It is best to have a site focusing on each and every
product and nothing more.
Always include product reviews on the website so visitors will have an
initial understanding on what the product can do to those who buys
them. Also include testimonials from users who have already tried the
product.
Be sure that these customers are more than willing to allow you to use
their names and photos on the site of the specific product you are
marketing.
You can also write articles highlighting the uses of the product and
include them on the website as an additional page. Make the pages
attractive compelling and include calls to act on the information. Each headline should attract the readers to try and read more, even contact
you. Highlight your special points. This will help your readers to learn
what the page is about and will want to find out more.
2. Offer free reports to your readers. If possible position them at the
very top side of your page so it they simply cannot be missed. Try to
create autoresponder messages that will be mailed to those who input
their personal information into your sign up box. According to
research, a sale is closed usually on the seventh contact with a
prospect.
Only two things can possibly happen with the web page alone: closed
sale or the prospect leaving the page and never return again. By
placing useful information into their inboxes at certain specified period,
you will remind them of the product they thought they want later and
will find out that the sale is closed. Be sure that the content is directed
toward specific reasons to buy the product. Do not make it sound like
a sales pitch.
Focus on important points like how your product can make life and
things easier and more enjoyable. Include compelling subject lines in
the email. As much as possible, avoid using the word “free” because
there are still older spam filters that dumps those kind of contents into
the junk before even anyone reading them first. Convince those who
signed up for your free reports that they will be missing something big
if they do not avail of your products and services.
3. Get the kind of traffic that is targeted to your product. Just think, if
the person who visited your website has no interest whatsoever in
what you are offering, they will be among those who move on and
never come back. Write articles for publication in e-zines and ereports. This way you can locate publications that is focusing on your
target customers and what you have put up might just grab their
interest.Try to write a minimum of 2 articles per week, with at least 300-600
words in length.
By continuously writing and maintaining these articles you can
generate as many as 100 targeted readers to your site in a day.
Always remember that only 1 out of 100 people are likely to buy your
product or get your services. If you can generate as much as 1,000
targeted hits for your website in a day, that means you can made 10
sales based on the average statistic.
The tactics given above does not really sound very difficult to do, if
you think about it. It just requires a little time and an action plan on
your part.
Try to use these tips for several affiliate marketing programs. You can
end maintaining a good source of income and surviving in this
business that not all marketers can do.
Besides, think of the huge paychecks you will be receiving…
Top 3 Ways To Boost Your Affiliate
Commissions Overnight
The ideal world of affiliate marketing does not require having your won
website, dealing with customers, refunds, product development and
maintenance. This is one of the easiest ways of launching into an
online business and earning more profits.Assuming you are already into an affiliate program, what would be the
next thing you would want to do? Double, or even triple, your
commissions, right? How do you do that?
Here are some powerful tips on how to boost your affiliate program
commissions overnight.
1. Know the best program and products to promote. Obviously, you
would want to promote a program that will enable you to achieve the
greatest profits in the shortest possible time.
There are several factors to consider in selecting such a program.
Choose the ones that have a generous commission structure. Have
products that fit in with your target audience. And that has a solid
track record of paying their affiliate easily and on time. If you cannot
seem to increase your investments, dump that program and keep
looking for better ones.
There are thousands of affiliate programs online which gives you the
reason to be picky. You may want to select the best to avoid losing
your advertising dollars.
Write free reports or short ebooks to distribute from your site. There is
a great possibility that you are competing with other affiliates that are
promoting the same program. If you start writing short report related
to the product you are promoting, you will be able to distinguish
yourself from the other affiliates.
In the reports, provide some valuable information for free. If possible,
add some recommendations about the products. With ebooks, you get credibility. Customers will see that in you and they will be enticed to
try out what you are offering.
2. Collect and save the email addresses of those who download your
free ebooks. It is a known fact that people do not make a purchase on
the first solicitation. You may want to send out your message more
than six times to make a sale.
This is the simple reason why you should collect the contact
information of those who downloaded your reports and ebooks. You
can make follow-ups on these contacts to remind them to make a
purchase from you.
Get the contact information of a prospect before sending them to the
vendor’s website. Keep in mind that you are providing free
advertisement for the product owners. You get paid only when you
make a sale. If you send prospects directly to the vendors, chances
are they would be lost to you forever.
But when you get their names, you can always send other marketing
messages to them to be able to earn an ongoing commission instead
of a one-time sale only.
Publish an online newsletter or Ezine. It is always best to recommend
a product to someone you know than to sell to a stranger. This is the
purpose behind publishing your own newsletter. This also allows you to
develop a relationship based on trust with your subscribers.
This strategy is a delicate balance between providing useful
information with a sales pitch. If you continue to write informative
editorials you will be able to build a sense of reciprocity in your
readers that may lead them to support you by buying your products.3. Ask for higher than normal commission from merchants. If you are
already successful with a particular promotion, you should try and
approach the merchant and negotiate a percentage commission for
your sales.
If the merchant is smart, he or she will likely grant your request rather
than lose a valuable asset in you. Keep in mind that you are a zerorisk investment to your merchant; so do not be shy about requesting
for addition in your commissions. Just try to be reasonable about it.
Write strong pay Per Click ads. PPC search engine is the most effective
means of advertising online. As an affiliate, you can make a small
income just by managing PPC campaigns such as Google AdWords and
Overture. Then you should try and monitor them to see which ads are
more effective and which ones to dispose of.
Try out these strategies and see the difference it can make to your
commission checks in the shortest of time.
Which Affiliate Networks To Look Out
For When Promoting
There are many horror stories about affiliate programs and networks.
People have heard them over and over again, that some are even
wary of joining one. The stories they may have heard are those related
to illegal programs or pyramid schemes. Basically, this kind of market
does not have real, worthy product.
You do not want to be associated with these schemes. It is obvious
you want to be with a program that offers high quality product that
you will readily endorse. The growing number of those who have
joined already and are succeeding immensely is proof enough that
there are reliable and quality affiliate programs out there.
Why participate in an affiliate program?
It allows you to work part-time. It gives you the opportunity to build a
generous residual income. And it makes you an owner of a small
business. Affiliate programs have already created lots of millionaires.
They are the living testimony of how hard work; continuous
prospecting, motivating and training others pay off.
If ever you are deciding to join one, you must take note that you are
getting into something that is patterned to what you are capable of.
This will be an assurance that you are capable of doing anything to
come out successful.
How do you choose a good affiliate program to promote? Here are
some tips you may want to look over before choosing one:1.A program that you like and have interest in. One of the best
ways of knowing if that is the kind of program you wish to promote
is if you are interested in purchasing the product yourself. If that is
the case, chances are, there are many others who are also
interested in the same program and products.
2.Look for a program that is of high quality. For instance, look for
one that is associated with many experts in that particular industry.
This way, you are assured that of the standard of the program you
will be joining into.
3.Join in the ones that offer real and viable products. How do you
know this? Do some initial research. If possible, track down some of
the members and customers to give you testimonial on the
credibility of the program.
4.The program that is catering to a growing target market. This will
ensure you that there will be more and continuous demands for
your referrals. Make inquiries. There are forums and discussions
you can participate in to get good and reliable feedbacks.
5.A program with a compensation plan that pays out a residual
income and a payout of 30% or more would be a great choice.
There are some programs offering this kind of compensation. Look
closely for one. Do not waste your time with programs that do not
reward substantially for your efforts Be aware of the minimum quotas that you must fulfill or sales
target that is too hard to achieve. Some affiliate programs
imposes pre-requisites before you get your commissions. Just
be sure that you are capable of attaining their requirements.
- Select one that has plenty of tools and resources that can
help you grow the business in the shortest possible time. Not
all affiliate programs have these capacities. Make use you
decide on one with lots of helpful tools you can use.
Check out if the program has a proven system that can allow you to
check your networks and compensation. Also check if they have it
available online for you to check anytime and anywhere.
9.The program that is offering strong incentives for members to
renew their membership each time. The affiliate program that
provides continuous help and upgrades for its products have the
tendency to retain its members. These things can assure the
growth of your networks.
10.Be aware of the things that members are not happy about in a
program. Like with the ones mentioned above, you can do your
checking at discussion forums. If you know someone in that same
program, there is ho harm asking if there are many downsides
involved.
Have a thorough and intensive knowledge about the affiliate program
and network you will be promoting on. Knowing the kind of program you are getting yourself into will make
you anticipate and prevent any future problems you may encounter.
So Many Affiliate Programs! Which
One Do I Choose?
Ask questions first before you join an affiliate program. Do a little
research about the choices of program that you intend to join into. Get
some answers because they will be the deciding point of what you will
be achieving later on.
Will it cost you anything to join? Most affiliate programs being offered
today are absolutely free of charge. So why settle for those that
charge you some dollars before joining.
When do they issue the commission checks? Every program is
different. Some issue their checks once a month, every quarter, etc.
Select the one that is suited to your payment time choice. Many
affiliate programs are setting a minimum earned commission amount
that an affiliate must meet or exceed in order for their checks to be
issued.
What is the hit per sale ratio? This is the average number of hits to a
banner or text link it takes to generate a sale based on all affiliate
statistics. This factor is extremely important because this will tell you
how much traffic you must generate before you can earn a commission
from the sale.
How are referrals from an affiliate’s site tracked and for how long do
they remain in the system? You need to be confident on the program
enough to track those people you refer from your site. This is the only
way that you can credit for a sale. The period of time that those people
stay in the system is also important. This is because some visitors do
not buy initially but may want to return later to make the purchase. So Many Affiliate Programs! Which
One Do I Choose?
Ask questions first before you join an affiliate program. Do a little
research about the choices of program that you intend to join into. Get
some answers because they will be the deciding point of what you will
be achieving later on.
Will it cost you anything to join? Most affiliate programs being offered
today are absolutely free of charge. So why settle for those that
charge you some dollars before joining.
When do they issue the commission checks? Every program is
different. Some issue their checks once a month, every quarter, etc.
Select the one that is suited to your payment time choice. Many
affiliate programs are setting a minimum earned commission amount
that an affiliate must meet or exceed in order for their checks to be
issued.
What is the hit per sale ratio? This is the average number of hits to a
banner or text link it takes to generate a sale based on all affiliate
statistics. This factor is extremely important because this will tell you
how much traffic you must generate before you can earn a commission
from the sale.
How are referrals from an affiliate’s site tracked and for how long do
they remain in the system? You need to be confident on the program
enough to track those people you refer from your site. This is the only
way that you can credit for a sale. The period of time that those people
stay in the system is also important. This is because some visitors do
not buy initially but may want to return later to make the purchase. So Many Affiliate Programs! Which
One Do I Choose?
Ask questions first before you join an affiliate program. Do a little
research about the choices of program that you intend to join into. Get
some answers because they will be the deciding point of what you will
be achieving later on.
Will it cost you anything to join? Most affiliate programs being offered
today are absolutely free of charge. So why settle for those that
charge you some dollars before joining.
When do they issue the commission checks? Every program is
different. Some issue their checks once a month, every quarter, etc.
Select the one that is suited to your payment time choice. Many
affiliate programs are setting a minimum earned commission amount
that an affiliate must meet or exceed in order for their checks to be
issued.
What is the hit per sale ratio? This is the average number of hits to a
banner or text link it takes to generate a sale based on all affiliate
statistics. This factor is extremely important because this will tell you
how much traffic you must generate before you can earn a commission
from the sale.
How are referrals from an affiliate’s site tracked and for how long do
they remain in the system? You need to be confident on the program
enough to track those people you refer from your site. This is the only
way that you can credit for a sale. The period of time that those people
stay in the system is also important. This is because some visitors do
not buy initially but may want to return later t
Know if you will still get credit for the sale if it is done some months
from a certain day.
What are the kinds of affiliate stats available? Your choice of affiliate
program should be capable of offering detailed stats. They should be
available online anytime you decide to check them out. Constantly
checking your individual stats is important to know how many
impressions, hits and sales are already generated from your site.
Impressions are the number of times the banner or text link was
viewed by a visitor of your site. A hit is the one clicking on the banner
or text links.
Does the affiliate program also pay for the hits and impressions
besides the commissions on sales? It is important that impressions and
hits are also paid, as this will add to the earnings you get from the
sales commission. This is especially important if the program you are
in offers low sales to be able to hit ratio.
Who is the online retailer? Find out whom you are doing business with
to know if it is really a solid company. Know the products they are
selling and the average amount they are achieving. The more you
know about the retailer offering you the affiliate program, the easier it
will be for you to know if that program is really for you and your site.
Is the affiliate a one tier or two tier program? A single tier program
pays you only for the business you yourself have generated. A two tier
program pays you for the business, plus it also pays you a commission
on the on the sales generated by any affiliate you sponsor in your
program. Some two-tier programs are even paying small fees on each
new affiliate you sponsor. More like a recruitment fee.Lastly, what is the amount of commission paid? 5% - 20% is the
commission paid by most programs. .01% - .05% is the amount paid
for each hit. If you find a program that also pays for impressions, the
amount paid is not much at all. As you can see from the figures, you
will now understand why the average sales amount and hit to sale
ratio is important.
These are just some of the questions that needed answering first
before you enter into an affiliate program. You should be familiar with
the many important aspects that your chosen program should have
before incorporating them into your website. Try to ask your affiliate
program choices these questions. These can help you select the right
program for you site from among the many available.
Here's How To Avoid The 3 Most
Common Affiliate Mistakes
Affiliate marketing is one of the most effective and powerful ways of
earning some money online. This program gives everybody a chance
to make a profit through the Internet. Since these affiliate marketing
programs are easy to join, implement and pays a commission on a
regular basis, more an more people are now willing in this business.
However, like all businesses, there are lots of pitfalls in the affiliate
marketing business. Committing some of the most common mistakes
will cost the marketers a large portion taken from the profit they are
making everyday. That is why it is better to avoid them than be
regretful in the end.
Mistake number 1: Choosing the wrong affiliate.
Many people want to earn from affiliate marketing as fast as possible.
In their rush to be part of one, they tend to choose a bandwagon
product. This is the kind of products that the program thinks is “hot”.
They choose the product that is in demand without actually
considering if the product appeals to them. This is not a very wise
move obviously.
Instead of jumping on the bandwagon, try top choose a product in
which you are truly interested in. For any endeavor to succeed, you
should take some time to plan and figure out your actions.
Pick a product that appeals to you. Then do some research about that
product to see if they are in demand. Promoting a product you are more passionate about is easier than promoting one for the sake of
the earnings only.
Mistake number 2: Joining too many affiliate
programs.
Since affiliate programs are very easy to join, you might be tempted to
join multiples of affiliate programs to try and maximize the earnings
you will be getting. Besides you may think that there is nothing wrong
and nothing to lose by being part of many affiliate programs.
True, that is a great way to have multiple sources of income. However,
joining multiple programs and attempting to promote them all at the
same time will prevent you from concentrating on each one of them.
The result? The maximum potential of your affiliate program is not
realized and the income generated will not exactly be as huge as you
were thinking initially it would. The best way to get excellent result is
by joining just one program that pays a 40% commission at least.
Then give it your best effort by promoting your products
enthusiastically. As soon as you see that it is already making a
reasonable profit, then maybe you can now join another affiliate
program.
The technique is to do it slowly but surely. There is really no need to
rush into things, especially with affiliate marketing. With the way
things are going, the future is looking real bright and it seems affiliate
marketing will be staying for a long time too.
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