Before you join any affiliate program, you should know that the competition is very high. Even if you find the product attractive, in most cases, this product was sold by others and reached a lot of people. People you think that they are your prospective customers. The advantage of being an affiliate: a- Product is there. You don't have to create it. b- The sales materials are ready. c- You do not need a merchant account d- You don't have to worry about customer service. The affiliate marketing myth: Join the affiliate program and money will fill your bank account. The following scenario happens with most people: They join affiliate program. They spend money on paid advertisement more than what they make from sales. After losing some money, they decide to change the strategy. They do that by joining a Pay Per Click advertising program. Though, it doesn’t achieve enough sales. They lose more money. They think they took the wrong decision by relying on paid advertisement. They decide to try free advertisement. It doesn't make enough sales. They give up believing that no one can make money from affiliate programs. Here is the best way to make money from affiliate programs: The best way to make money from affiliate a program is to build an opt-in email list and then promote the affiliate product. Let's say that you want to sell healthy products. Create a list of potential customers who are interested in healthy products. How to create this list? Potential customers who would like to buy heath products will care about learning more about healthy life-style. Buy a book about this subject. Learn more about healthy life-styles. Then start writing. First, write a free ebook about the subject. Put high quality and unique information in this ebook. Create a blog about healthy life-style. Write and post about healthy life-style. Post 2 -5 times a day. Subscribe to one of the email marketing website services like mailigen or icontact Create opt-in email list by offering on your blog a free copy of the ebook you've written. Start building a list of potential customers. Send affiliate links to them. Be sure to increase the size of the list to increase your sales. Things will increase your chances of success: Buy the product and try it yourself. Write true customer review about the product in your website. Teach potential customers, your blog readers, more about the product from your own personal experience. Put yourself in the shoes of Affiliate Company. Think the way they think. Deal with your potential customers the way they deal with them. Make sure to : 1- Find your favorite niche. 2- Find an affiliate program. Make researches about the company. 3- Register a domain name. It will help you look professional. Select the write keyword for the domain name. 4- Select a good web hoisting plan. 5- Subscribe to email marketing service. 6- Set up your auto responder 7- Create a subscribe page for your free ebook / free sample product About selecting the right email marketing service: Google the existing customer reviews about email marketing services. You will find a good comparison between all service providers. It will help you make up your mind.
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Great advice. I follow a very similar plan to the one you've come up with and it does work better this way.
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