How to Use The Power of Affiliate Marketing
What is Affiliate Marketing? Will it lift your business to the
next level? or, is the Gold Rush over?
A wise man once said that the majority of people take their
project to the point where it looks impossible and then give up.
That is NOT the time to give up, because two more steps could
see success!
You get up each morning - rush to your computer - you didn't
make any sales! Did you realise what a vast marketplace you were
setting up your stall in and unless you tell them you're open
for business they won't come?
Your web site looked great (if you had one) but did you, like me
in my early days, advertise it in FFAs, Free lists and safe
lists? If you did, you now realise these lists only contain
others who want to sell what they've got and are not the
slightest bit interested in your offer! Don't fall for the
"We'll put your ad in front of 2,000,000 people". So, what has
all this got to do with the Power of Affiliate Marketing?
Are you creating your own Gold Rush? You've got a great product
be it a hard product, a service or a digital product and you
have a few visitors, and perhaps you're making a few bob a
month. If you add five or six Affiliate products allied to your
own, to your site, what have you got? CHOICE. The number of
visitors goes up because you've got links back to your site,
which means the Search Engines favour you more.
Affiliate Programmes must be in line with your own product, but
you'll have a larger range to offer visitors. Imagine the
'wants' of those whom you are trying to interest - NOT the
needs. People invariably buy what they want, not what they need.
Even if you haven't got a product of your own, or even a
website, you'll make money with Affiliate Programmes. Solve
people's problems and you're on to a winner.
Some of the highest paid net-workers don't have a website or a
product of their own, but they make a whole stack of money by
offering the products of well known companies to a receptive
audience. They've created their own Gold Rush via Affiliate
Programmes.
What are you doing? Wondering "Where do I find such products?"
Well, there are many sources of 'product finders', but you can
do a lot worse than look at what Affiliate Programmes there are
on Clickbank - some 10,600 products and sites!
But (and yes, I know you should never begin a sentence with a
preposition) investigate thoroughly those programmes you think
will make you money. Look for a programme that pays at least 50%
commission and if you find one with a two-tier commission
structure, well, that's great because it means that you'll get
commission on sales made by affiliates that you introduce.
So, what are you looking for when you investigate ? Look and see
how many affiliates each company has. Don't be put off by the
fact that there are a lot. Its good. It means the product/s sell
well. How much commission is paid out to affiliates? If you've
got a Google toolbar (and if you haven't, go to Google and
download one - they're free) you can find out a lot about
companies by entering their name in the search box., and this
will throw up a lot of information including how many backward
links there are to that company. Important? I should think so,
because search engines like backward links for high ranking.
Proper investigation will take a little time, but you'll find
out a lot about these companies. Can you see yourself making
money with a product AFTER you've investigated the company. Is
the product something people want - not need!
There is no doubt in my mind that Affiliate Programmes is the
way to make considerable money on the net, multi income streams
from 5/6 Affiliate Progs. Not just one cheque a month, but
several.
Nevertheless, you can't just become an Affiliate and expect the
money to roll in. If that's your thinking - get another job! But
if you are prepared to put in the right effort and look to the
future with confidence and determination, you'll win. Thomas
Edison said - "What you are will show in what you do"
Advertising your programmes is easy, but that's the subject of
another article - "Don't Pay for Advertising". Finally, let me
urge you here NOT to use FFAs, Safe lists and the like. They
never worked for me and they won't for you.
Note what I've said. These thoughts and pointers will take you
where you want to go.
Tony Bryan.