A popular way to earn money from your website or blog is by promoting affiliate programs. However, many people have discovered that they don’t make money from affiliate marketing, so what are the secrets? How can one make sure that they make money from affiliate products?
The first step to making money with affiliate products is having some way to capture leads. Few people make sales the first time someone visits your website or blog, so you need to create some way to keep in touch with those who are interested. If you have a website this can be done using a lead capture page, if you have a blog you might want to offer a newsletter on your blog or some free product where people have to give you their email address electronic.
This brings us to the second point: people generally won’t just give you their email addresses on a lead capture page or on a blog. You have to offer them something for free! Create, have created, or find a giftable product related to your affiliate products that you can give to your customers to get their email address. Once you’ve given them something of value and have their email addresses, you’ll find your affiliate marketing much easier.
If you create a giveaway or have one created for you, make it viral. This means that you allow other people to give it away as well, and therefore multiply your marketing. Embed the giveaway with your affiliate links and then when people deliver your product and follow the links, they will be your affiliate links and you will get the commission. This means that you now have a whole free sales force advertising your affiliates’ products.
Another important aspect of affiliate marketing is targeted advertising. Use forums, article marketing, and email groups to advertise your affiliate products to people who are genuinely interested in the topic. Find forums on your topic, write (or have written) articles where you can advertise your affiliate links, and join email groups where you can post helpful tips related to your affiliate products.
Therefore, the secrets of affiliate marketing lie in having a way to keep track of the people who are interested in your affiliate products. An easy way to do this is by giving a valuable gift. Even better is if you can make this a viral giveaway with your affiliate links so you can multiply your affiliate marketing efforts. Use targeted advertising to get leads to your page with forum marketing, article marketing, and email groups related to your affiliate products.