6 Things to Increase Your Affiliate Income
So you've signed up for affiliate programs, posted links around
the net but you're still only making pocket change? Wonder what
others are doing that you aren't? Below you will find 6 things
that every affiliate marketer needs to increase their income.
#1 - Your own Website:
Build a website to promote the product. Make sure it has its own
paid for domain name (yourproduct.com), not a free site like
(yourproduct.othersitename.com). If you don't know how to build
a website there are lots of places that offer simple site
builders or you could choose to have someone build a site for
you.
#2 - Write reviews:
You need to know your product and preferable use it yourself so
that you can write honest reviews about it. What better way to
promote a product and get people to believe it's great than to
say you use it too? Post these reviews on your website, in your
newsletters, articles and any other site you visit that gives
you an opportunity to do so.
#3 - Use a Blog:
I recommend that you get a Blog and link back and forth to your
website. This will allow you to create discussions on the blog
about the product you are selling and list any updates to your
regular website. Active Blogs are indexed quicker by many search
engines than are new sites, and after the blog is indexed, the
pages you have linked to the blog will also get indexed.
#4 - Write Articles:
One of the best ways to become an expert on your product is to
write articles on the Internet and include a link to your
website in the resource box. There is a plethora of places to
submit articles and the more you write, the more people will
trust what you are saying. You get more exposure, more people
coming to your website; more click thorough of your affiliate
link to purchase the product thus making you more money.
#5 - Put your links in your signature lines:
Never allow a sale to pass you by! If you are a member of even
one forum, you need to have your affiliate link in your
signature line. It's free advertisement and you never know who
will see it and click through to check out your product.
#6 - Use Links instead of banners or buttons:
Due to the overwhelming amount of pop-ups and flashy text that
we get each time we visit a website, people have learned to
block out these as well as banners and buttons. It's much more
professional looking and effective to have a text link with a
few lines about the product.
If you are serious about increasing your affiliate income I
suggest you at least do some further research on the things I
have listed. If you choose to use these suggestions and take the
time to do them correctly, I believe you will see an increase in
your income.