by:
shrinivas Vaidya
Dear friends, once
it comes to promoting affiliate programs we all follow a certain defined process. We 1st go to google.com ,type affiliate programs in the search field. When the results get displayed we look for "high paying" affiliate programs. By "high paying" I mean those who pay 25% commissions.
Then we visit each and every website listed and join the programs becuse they are free! to join. We put all sorts of banners and text ads on our links page and expect to see a check in our mail box the next morning.
Well, I am here going to reveal a really some way of promoting affiliate programs. Let us revise the process one-by-one.
Step 1> Search for affiliate programs with your favorite search engine. Look for only those affiliate programs whcich have products which interests you. For example if you are interested in "radio controlled airplanes" then look for such products first. Don't start with promoting "herbal shampoos" or "yoga cd's" simply because they pay 40% commissions.
Since you already cognize a little simply about rc planes it wiil be much easier for you to promote various aspects of the product.
So once
selecting the affiliate prgram support in mind the following sequence
a)Product which you cognize simply about or are interested in. b)Qulaity of the product. To cognize the quality of the product it is advisavle to buy the product yourself first. c)The organisation associated with the product. Look for the promotional material they are giving to affiliates. This shows the confidence of the manufacturer in their own product. d)Commission structure. Several webmasters provide 2 tier commission structure. Several have a threshhold amout before the affiliates get paid. Here is a good place to sart with. This is a list which contains 50 affiliate Programs That Pay AT LEAST 50% commissions.
Visit http://www.myfriendlyebooks.com/Aff/a1.htm)
Step 2> Design a simple landing page to "presell" the product before causing the visitors to actual sales page. Now this step is extremely imporant. Why do you to presell the product ?. This is because this is internet. No one knows you here or has seen you personally.
Normally once
causal agency buys from the net
he is going to look for similar 4-5 products before he gets to the final decision. Here if he comes to your affiliate landing page it becomes much easier for him to compare the product you want to promote with similar 4-5 products in the category.
The landing page you have designed can have testimonials, which you can borrow from the sales page. It can likewise contain your own experience simply about the product. You can use before/after situations for describing the benefits of the product. You can use photographs of yourself victimisation the product successfully. This adds instant quality
to the product you want to promote.
Step 3>When the visitors reach your landing page you must have a system to capture their names and email addresses. Because as I same
earlier there are many an folk who look for similar 4-5 products before buying. By capturing email addresse you can "follow up" your subscribers later on victimisation newsletters or product features victimisation email autoresponders.
The better way to capture email addresses is to provide a free gift related to the product. This free gift can be an eBook written by you or many an webmasters already have an ebook written for the affiliates. SO over again
this is a really importan tpoint, join only those programs wherever
you will find a decent promitional material already prepared for the affiliates.
That's it friends. I hope these words were helpful. I will you good lick in your affiliate promotional journey
Copyright 2005 Shrinivas Vaidya
Just simply about the Author
------------------------------------------------------------- Shrinivas Vaidya is the webmaster of http://myfriendlyebooks.com To help you start with right affiliate progrmas I have assembled a list of 50 affiliate programs that pay AT LEAST 50% commissions. You can access the listing for fr`ee at the followinf url. http://www.myfriendlyebooks.com/Aff/a1.htm --------------------------------------------------------------
