| "Getting started with affiliate marketing" 5 | | | | are become much easier to market even to |
| secrets you must know | | | | those who are already doing their own |
| | | | marketing for something else. Solid companies |
| By now most of us have heard of network | | | | with marketable products are not the easiest |
| marketing and most of us have heard of | | | | to find. |
| affiliate programs. The majority understand | | | | |
| network marketing basics much better than | | | | "Getting started with affiliate marketing" |
| affiliate programs. So let's cover a few | | | | secret #4 |
| basics so that you can determine whether | | | | |
| network affiliate marketing is of interest to | | | | One of the best examples of affiliate |
| you. | | | | programs would have to be They have a |
| | | | remarkably high success rate because they |
| "Getting started with affiliate marketing" | | | | offer a solid program and have done a lot of |
| secret #1 | | | | the marketing for you with their own |
| | | | advertising. You do not have to introduce a |
| Affiliate programs also go by a host of other | | | | new plan. However, because of its success, |
| programs names, all meaning the exact same | | | | there are already over a half a million |
| thing. Whether you find them under affiliate | | | | associates marketing their affiliate site. |
| programs, profit sharing programs, referral | | | | That's a lot of competition and it may not be |
| programs, associate or reseller programs, | | | | the best for the amateur marketer. |
| they are all based on the exact same | | | | |
| principle. When you join one of these | | | | Free opt-in e-mail lists that barrage its |
| programs, you receive a special web site link | | | | customers with hundreds of email daily are |
| form the company that identifies that web | | | | not effective marketing tools. There are too |
| site as yours. It is your job to market the | | | | many e-mails being sent to everyone else to |
| site. When you refer people to your site and | | | | really have much of a fighting chance of |
| they make a purchase, you receive a | | | | getting your email opened and read. Again, |
| commission for that sale. | | | | you may want to play the statistics game, but |
| | | | you should at least add opt-in e-mail lists |
| Affiliate programs allow people to create | | | | that send out only a few ads per day to their |
| online businesses with little effort. There | | | | subscribers. You will receive higher quality |
| is no need to worry about warehousing, | | | | results this way. |
| inventory, employees, insurance or licensing. | | | | |
| You are in effect "borrowing" the site for | | | | One of the best free to join opt-in- e-mail |
| your own profit, hence the term, profit | | | | lists comes from SubscribeMe website. Not |
| sharing programs. These are ground floor | | | | only is it free to join but they allow you to |
| opportunities with remarkable potential for | | | | join a vast amount of lists at once. You will |
| profit. Your job is to simply direct the | | | | have to confirm your subscriptions as they |
| traffic to your site. There is no need for | | | | come through to your mailbox for your ad to |
| you to ever place a phone call, close a sale, | | | | run in every possible issue, but they keep |
| or chase down your friends and family. You | | | | the number of ads they send out per day |
| receive a commission from any purchase made | | | | restricted so that there is an opportunity |
| on your affiliate website. | | | | for everyone's to be opened and read. |
| | | | |
| "Getting started with affiliate marketing" | | | | Again, you will want to be creative with you |
| secret #2 | | | | subject line and really write some quality |
| | | | ads, but this is a good free resource for |
| Some affiliate programs will allow you to | | | | e-mail marketing. You will also receive |
| create your own domain name for the website | | | | e-mails telling you when you can expect your |
| and use that web address for the site link. | | | | ad to run and in some cases they will tell |
| This often looks a little more professional | | | | you how many subscribers they have at |
| and is also easier to use. Affiliate links | | | | present. |
| are easy to recognize, Affiliate website | | | | |
| followed by your id "hopefully they should be | | | | COMBINED MARKETING METHODS "Getting started |
| short links". This is a simple web address | | | | with affiliate marketing" secret #5 |
| followed by a user name. I have seen some | | | | |
| affiliate links that are nearly a mile long, | | | | Opt-in email marketing is a solid marketing |
| too long to remember and too long for the | | | | method for any type of internet business, but |
| potential client to retype into their browser | | | | they seem to work especially well for |
| should the link fail. Using your own domain | | | | affiliate programs. Most affiliate programs |
| name looks more professional and is easier to | | | | are either free to join or are very low cost. |
| use. | | | | Although most free to join programs require |
| | | | an upgraded status in order to receive |
| Now that you are all set up, it's time to | | | | commissions. The low cost of these programs |
| start getting traffic to your site. Some | | | | make them desirable for the average person |
| people try buying traffic, but pre purchased | | | | who doesn't have a lot of capital to sink |
| traffic has its downside. The idea is that a | | | | into a new venture. |
| marketing company will guarantee that you | | | | |
| will receive a specified amount of traffic to | | | | When writing an opt-in e-mail ad, be sure to |
| your site within a specified time frame. | | | | take into account the word limits and line |
| Enough traffic should play the percentages | | | | limits. Getting straight to the point and |
| right and you should end up with sales. | | | | writing attention grabbing ads may take a |
| | | | little time and practice, but they are well |
| The downfall to pre paid traffic is that most | | | | worth the effort and can be successful. |
| companies pay individuals to click on the web | | | | |
| links provided to them. Very few paid traffic | | | | Opt-in e-mail advertising is not the only |
| companies truly do any marketing on your | | | | method of marketing a person should use, but |
| behalf. You might get lucky and someone might | | | | it can lead to effective advertising when |
| actually look at your website while they are | | | | combined with other methods. Not all of these |
| there, but chances are you'll be paying for a | | | | methods are all that expensive and can |
| lot of uninterested people to click on your | | | | enhance your marketing efforts to produce |
| link without any intention of reading the | | | | results. |
| content on the site. | | | | |
| | | | When using combinations of methods, it is |
| OPT-IN MARKETING "Getting started with | | | | best to start with a particular method and |
| affiliate marketing" secret #3 | | | | then gradually add to it as that you have a |
| | | | method of tracking your results. It is |
| Now you need to explore marketing methods. We | | | | senseless to pay for marketing that isn't |
| will cover a few methods of affiliate | | | | bringing anyone to your affiliate web page. |
| marketing, but there are many more out there. | | | | |
| E-mail marketing is popular, but you have pay | | | | Some of the better combination methods |
| close attention to the very strict spam laws. | | | | include, but are not limited to, banner |
| Not only will spamming decrease your chances | | | | advertising, pay per click advertising, and |
| of success and make the entire company look | | | | rotator web page advertising. Banner |
| bad, but most affiliate marketing programs | | | | advertising can either exist on top of |
| will terminate your account and even fine you | | | | related emails and websites or alongside the |
| if you are caught spamming. | | | | relevant information. Pay per click |
| | | | advertising is an agreed upon bid to major |
| Opt-in e-mail lists are specifically designed | | | | search engines to include your website for |
| to reach a market of your choice. People have | | | | keyword searches. Keyword searches vary |
| to agree to receive the e-mails so there is | | | | significantly and it is best to do some |
| no chance of being accused of spam. Using | | | | research before attempting this method. It |
| e-mail lists can be successful, and | | | | can get costly to do keyword search pay per |
| wonderfully free, if you can be creative | | | | click advertising, but it can also be very |
| enough to not only get your e-mail opened but | | | | effective. Rotator ad pages are simply full |
| to convince the prospect that you have | | | | page advertisements for the same affiliate |
| something better than they are probably | | | | company that simply rotate the URL link to |
| working on themselves. Using false promises | | | | various participants in the ad. This also can |
| may be attention grabbing, but it is | | | | be a fairly low cost and effective method of |
| certainly not a recommended method of | | | | marketing. |
| advertising. Remember that you are in effect | | | | |
| a subcontractor for a bigger company. What | | | | This information and a whole lot more can be |
| makes you look bad also makes the entire | | | | found on affiliatepit website. This website |
| company look bad, so be careful about the | | | | is an independent site that carries a variety |
| content of your e-mails. | | | | of sound information regarding affiliate |
| | | | programs and internet marketing. Their |
| If you truly have a good and solid | | | | informative articles are a wonderful |
| opportunity, and most affiliate programs do, | | | | education for anyone trying to achieve |
| you should be able to have some success with | | | | success through online marketing. It's worth |
| opt-in e-mails. Remember these are people who | | | | a lengthy visit to this site to bone up on |
| are looking for the exact same thing you are, | | | | all the latest news, reports, and information |
| success in internet marketing. Not all | | | | to make your affiliate marketing plan a |
| programs are quality programs, so those that | | | | success. |