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Monday, November 28, 2011

Affiliate Marketing Tips You Shouldn't Pass Up On

By Beckie Beecroft Devone


When you take up the position of an affiliate company, you earn the job of finding new ways to reach an old audience. This means you cannot necessarily use the same techniques that the last guy used, especially if you are selling in the same niche. Yet, even with all the differences from company to company, there are some core bits that remain similar in those that make good profits and a few are listed here.

Create a mini-site. A typical mini-site has just one page which is essentially a sales pitch culminating in an order. This page concentrates exclusively on getting your customer to make the purchase. There are no other distractions, no external links to other resources, and no unnecessary graphics. It's quick to set up, and you get good conversion rates.

Place flyers in your neighborhood. Try to think about where your potential clients will go and post flyers advertising your website in that location. If possible, have a special promotion. This will attract attention and entice visitors to go to your site where they can get a better idea of what you have to offer.

A good tip for affiliate marketers is to come up with a catchy name for their website in order to capture the attention of potential visitors. The name should reflect the content of your site as well as the types of products you are promoting to lure in visitors that are likely to become customers.

Re-invest a proportion of the money you make into growing your business. Many business owners do not take a paycheck from their business for months or possibly even a few years. While this might not fit with your original plans, it will feed the business and allow it to grow, instead of starving it to death.

Create a short e-book and post it on document sharing websites. By doing this you can show off your expertise, but you can also attract visitors and prospective purchasers that are looking for similar information, to your website. Be sure to include a number of links to your website inside the document.

This may not be a recipe for turning ten dollars into a million, but it is information that will help you structure an appropriate affiliate marketing campaign and help you reach the masses of your audience and profit from the parent company. It becomes easier through time, but it all must start somewhere.




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