You have joined a few affiliate programs and now you wonder what to do... As a newbie you may have various options: Article Marketing Write great positive reviews of the products you are promoting Include your affiliate links at the end of the reviews Post yours reviews on sites such as www.livewebtv.tk Blogging Create a free blog using a blogging platform such as Blogger.com Write posts (reviews) of the products you are promoting Include your affiliate links at the end of the reviews Then ping your blog at a site such as Pingomatic.com Your posts will be picked up quickly by search engines If you want to host your own blog, read this: From Blogger to WordPress (tutorial for newbies): http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?p=8270241 Social Bookmarking Welcome to the Web 2.0 era! In order to make it easy for your readers to save and share your content you may add social bookmark links to your blog Link: SocialMarker.com Forums Join popular forums, go into your forum profile and edit your signature Make a signature that includes your affiliate link(s), or links to your own reviews Make frequent relevant contributions - Don't spam! Depending on what you are promoting and the forums you are joining you will target direct sales or subaffiliates Social Networking Use social networking sites to promote your relevant reviews blog if any Don't spam with affiliate links! PR Once every few weeks you may post a press release at sites such as PRweb.com Your press release will be a favorable review of the product you are promoting, alongwith your affiliate link Email marketing If you own a list of subscribers (people who have opted in to receive email offers from you), you may send them an email telling them about the products you are promoting and include your affiliate links in the email Once again, don't spam! Pay-Per-Click (PPC) You may easily generate incomes with affiliate programs and PPC like Google Adwords You may also loose a lot of money before making your first sale So be careful if you do use this way to drive traffic to your sales pages Learn how it works before! Learning centers: http://adwords.google.com + DP + PPCdiscussions.com Make your own tools, write your own texts and try to think like a visitor or a potential buyer, study competitor tactics (use Google!), experiment, upgrade yourself all the time... It's a matter of creativity, trial and errors, time and dedication Never give up
I agree on this part. That is basically one of the best way to promote a site.. Making positive reviews about what you are promoting... That is the best...
Thats good stuff! Are you suggesting being strictly an affliate instead of having like lets say your ebay store then websites & blogs to promote it? Another good tip is take the time to do the research. Learn at least a little bit about everything your going to need to get into. other than reading one post that has a few tips about alot of subjects. But i will deffinitly be noting some of the things you shared.
Does these marketing tips also true if one has his own website or these marketing tips applies only to affiliate marketing ?
good post but i have a question: is the blogger have a good marketing benenfits as it seem or little?
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good tips! besides email marketing is the best way for you to promote your affiliate product. but before you do that make sure you get in touch with your subscriber not in seller-buyer relationship. just built a faith first and then you can start promoting