Hi could someone out there please tell me the best way / ways to advertise an affiliate program besides putting it on your website. I have a website but it is not related in any way to the affiliate program I want to promote. Thank you Craig
We promote our affiliate program on Twitter and G+. On G+ there are different affiliate marketing communities, I'd recommend pushing your program through some of those.
Craig, you will have a hard time promoting a product or service if you can't prove you know a minimum about its topic (thus the need of a blog / website related). I guess you always have to have some connection to the product you are promoting to some extent or you will have a very hard time converting.
Forum posting and leaving your aff. link in your signature, be sure to check the TOS of the forum to see if those links are allowed.
Forum posting, blog posting in your niche, articles, solo ads, and craigs list are just ways to advertise your offer. Social media like facebook and twitter.
Actually building a Facebook page is a great idea, because costs for advertising Facebook page posts are much lower compare to advertising directly your affiliate offer. Facebook page in some way should be review of your affiliate offer. Advertise posts which have pictures and call to action to your affiliate offer.
As mentioned above, Forum marketing, Article marketing, etc.. You can also learn PPC (Pay Per Click) but I suggest you to study about it first, or even better get a coach - you will lose some money at the begin, but it can be very profitable as you learn stuff about it.
I think that now that Adwords is the best way to drive targeted traffic to your website and increase sales. But you need to know how to use it. Search for "buying keywords". Don't use general keywords in Adwords but make them specific and focus on highly targeted audience.