Friday, October 24, 2008

3 Things All Affiliate Marketers Need To Survive Online

Every affiliate marketer is always looking for the successful market that gives the biggest paycheck. Sometimes they think it is a magic formula that is readily available for them. Actually, it is more complicated than that. It is just good marketing practices that have been proven over years of hard work and dedication. There are tactics that have worked before with online marketing and is continuing to work in the online affiliate marketing world of today. With these top three marketing tips, you will be able to able to increase your sales and survive in the affiliate marketing online.

What are these three tactics?

1. Using unique web pages to promote each separate product you are marketing. Do not lump all of it together just to save some money on web hosting. It is best to have a site focusing on each and every product and nothing more.

Always include product reviews on the website so visitors will have an initial understanding on what the product can do to those who buys them. Also include testimonials from users who have already tried the product. Be sure that these customers are more than willing to allow you to use their names and photos on the site of the specific product you are marketing.

You can also write articles highlighting the uses of the product and include them on the website as an additional page. Make the pages attractive compelling and include calls to act on the information. Each headline should attract the readers to try and read more, even contact you. Highlight your special points. This will help your readers to learn what the page is about and will want to find out more.

2. Offer free reports to your readers. If possible position them at the very top side of your page so it they simply cannot be missed. Try to create autoresponder messages that will be mailed to those who input their personal information into your sign up box. According to research, a sale is closed usually on the seventh contact with a prospect.

Only two things can possibly happen with the web page alone: closed sale or the prospect leaving the page and never return again. By placing useful information into their inboxes at certain specified period, you will remind them of the product they thought they want later and will find out that the sale is closed. Be sure that the content is directed toward specific reasons to buy the product. Do not make it sound like a sales pitch.

Focus on important points like how your product can make life and things easier and more enjoyable. Include compelling subject lines in the email. As much as possible, avoid using the word "free" because there are still older spam filters that dumps those kind of contents into the junk before even anyone reading them first. Convince those who signed up for your free reports that they will be missing something big if they do not avail of your products and services.

3. Get the kind of traffic that is targeted to your product. Just think, if the person who visited your website has no interest whatsoever in what you are offering, they will be among those who move on and never come back. Write articles for publication in e-zines and e-reports. This way you can locate publications that is focusing on your target customers and what you have put up might just grab their interest.

Try to write a minimum of 2 articles per week, with at least 300-600 words in length. By continuously writing and maintaining these articles you can generate as many as 100 targeted readers to your site in a day. Always remember that only 1 out of 100 people are likely to buy your product or get your services. If you can generate as much as 1,000 targeted hits for your website in a day, that means you can made 10 sales based on the average statistic.

The tactics given above does not really sound very difficult to do, if you think about it. It just requires a little time and an action plan on your part.

Try to use these tips for several affiliate marketing programs. You can end maintaining a good source of income and surviving in this business that not all marketers can do. Besides, think of the huge paychecks you will be receiving...

Monday, October 20, 2008

20 Super Hot Ways To Make More Money

1. Insert a brochure for another product in the firstproduct package your customer buys from you.

2. Sell a basic product and tell people for a littlemore money they can receive the deluxe edition.

3. Give your customers a free subscription to youre-zine and include back end products in each issue.

4. Charge people extra money to get the reproduction rights.

5. Send your customers greeting cards at holidayswith your back end product offer included.

6. Offer your customers a discount if they buy morethan one of the same product.

7. Include a back end product offer on your online"thank you" page.

8. Give people a huge discount to your subscriptionproduct if they subscribe for a longer period of time.

9. Send your customer a free surprise gift with yourback end product offer included.

10. Give your customers a discount if they buy overa certain number of any products.

11. Publish a back end product offer inside any ofthe information products you sell.

12. Group your products together in package dealsto make more profit form each sale.

13. Include a back end product offer inside your"customer's only" online club.

14. Join someone else's affiliate program and use itas an upsell or back end product.

15. Follow-up with your customers to see if they'rehappy and offer them another product.

16. Offer people a free sample of your product andtell them they will get a discount if they order now.

17. Send your customers a "thank you" e-mail witha back end offer attached.

18. Offer your customers add-on products like giftwrapping, batteries, imprinting, etc.

19. Allow your customers the option of signing upto your "future product offers list".

20. Explain to people that for extra money, they canextend the guarantee or warranty of the product.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

How to start selling on eBay TODAY

Can you imagine that $5,000.00 worth of products will be sold on eBay...
... and that works out to $86,000,000.00 worth of merchandise and services purchased by eBay's 147 million members each and every DAY!

Are you ready to claim YOUR share of eBay's annual $3.2 BILLION in revenue?
There's no doubt about it -- eBay is the largest and most lucrative online marketplace you'll find! And joining this global web enterprise is one of the fastest and *easiest* ways there is to make BIG money on the Internet...

==> You DON'T have to be technically sound!
==> You DON'T need to make an huge financial investment!
==> You DON'T even need to have a web site!

In fact, all you *do* need is the desire to be your own boss and run your very own, highly successful web-based business!
And getting there is easy! In just a couple of steps, you can have your first eBay listing up today... and earn your first eBay profit in less than 48 hours!

How to start selling on eBay TODAY -- and make your first sale TONIGHT!
To start selling on eBay, you'll need to become a member. The good news is that joining eBay is easy, fast, and FREE!
Here's all you do...
Go to http://www.ebay.com and click the 'Register' link at the top of the homepage.

You'll be taken to a special web page where you:
==> Enter your personal contact information
==> Select your new user id and password
==> Confirm you've entered your correct e-mail address
... and that's it!

You're officially a member of the eBay community, and you can start buying -- and SELLING! -- right away!
Start small, and learn -- and PROFIT -- as you grow!

Once you have an eBay account, you're ready to list (i.e. put up for auction) your first product.
So the next question you're probably asking is...
... "What should I sell?"
Our best advice for getting started is to look around your home (or your existing business if you have one).
You probably have lots of things you don't want, don't need, or just plain don't like anymore.
Why not turn these items into cash, and gain some valuable experience selling on eBay at the same time?

Getting started by selling your own everyday household goods is the BEST way to start with eBay.

It helps you get a feel for how eBay really works... understand what you would actually *enjoy* selling (this is key!)... and gives you the opportunity to learn what kinds of things people are actively looking to buy!

Saturday, October 11, 2008

The Truth About Making Money Online

Even if you are new to the Internet Marketing scene,you've probably already seen ads, sales pages andemails promoting ways to become filthy rich in notime, with no work and no brains.
If that were true, nobody would be working anymore.We'd all be spending money online, buying from eachother. For some of us, the spending part is too true! The problem is that these same folks aren't making anymoney at all. Aside from the various money scams, "phishing" tricks to steal your identity and "spoof" emails from paymentprocessors, there's a group of opportunists that wantyour money for nothing - nothing actionable, that is.

They're the ones that tell you what you want to hear,and may even tell you what to do to make big bucksfast and easy. The problem is, they don't tell you HOWto do this.
The system, method, technique or software that you'reencouraged to buy is missing a key element -implementation, or how to make it work.

In some cases, the idea actually worked well, for awhile. Now that it's outdated, diluted or evenillegal, these sharks sell it to the unsuspecting "newkid on the block".
By the time the poor kid figures out that this bright,shiny thing is useless, the desire to get a refund haswithered away. That's what these predators count on -lack of follow through on the part of the buyer.

Since most people are not cut out to be self-employedgo-getters, a promise of easy riches with no effort orsacrifice gets these "underachievers" to pay forproducts and services that won't work.

The risk is minimal. A simple disclaimer about incomepromises, work involved and ability are glossed overby the greedy and protect the scammer from being shutdown for overpromising.
The problem for the sincere, hardworking types who arelooking for (and offering) genuine help and usefulproducts and services is that many of the good onescan appear to be the same as the bad ones.

In fact, most, if not all, of the tactics andstrategies used by the crooks are used by the goodguys. The difference is accountability.

Practically every good idea, product and service isbacked up by customer service, "no hassle" mone.y backguarantees and genuine positive feedback from buyerswho are reachable.

"Investigate before you invest" is sound advice whenyou're thinking about putting your money in aninvestment product. It's the same when you're decidingabout knowledge products, software and help buildingyour business.

The first rule of thumb for spending money on a giventool is, "When in doubt, don't!" Until you'vedeveloped your intuition and some knowledge about goodbusiness practices, ask around. Go to discussionforums, interest groups and the like and postquestions about what you're investigating.

Make sure you follow the rules of the group or forum.You can get booted out, razzed or worse if a simplesearch could have gotten your answer for you.

Research and caution are the two things you'll need toprotect yourself from excess credit card debt andnothing to show for it.

Also, keep in mind those clever manipulators scam evenseasoned business owners. Being experienced inprotecting themselves, they get their refund or"chargeback" their credit card account.

Then they spread the word to their colleagues that "Soand So" is a so-and-so. By keeping your own eyes openand finding the places where the serious-mindedbusinesspeople meet and chat, you'll be able to sharein the same warnings that the pros give to each other.

I have seen many "opportunities" online but nothing can be compared with this one. This is a BUSINESS you can get right now and base your online future to.
==> Dominating CB

Friday, October 10, 2008

How to Learn About Internet Marketing

Deciding how you want to learn about InternetMarketing is fairly easy. If you can afford it, payfor it. If you can't, invest your time instead of your rent money.

Practically everything you need to know can be had forfree on the Internet. The problem is finding it whenyou get Google search results like this: "Results 1 -10 of about 196,000,000"!
There's often a good chance that what you need isn'tin the first 50 results, if you need specific answersto carefully defined questions.

Then there's the matter of what looks good vs. whatactually works. You can find plenty of advice thatseems to make good sense.

The problem is, it's wrong now. It may have worked inthe recent past, but a vital change has made itobsolete. Then it doesn't matter if it's free adviceor a costly product - you're being led astray.

You can also mistake truly good advice for one areaand try and apply it, wrongly, to another area. Yourown lack of knowledge could land you in the wrongplace with the wrong solution.
If you're a rugged individualist, hardened andtoughened by life, you may feel that making your ownmistakes on your own is the way to go. There's a majorproblem with that - Internet Marketing changes quicklyand broadly.

Because of the networking capabilities the pros use tokeep abreast of changes in the marketplace, the wholemarket can change course with the speed and unitedaction of a flock of birds in flight.

One minute, they're all headed right, the next,they've wheeled and are heading left. The best education you can find is through a mentor.

While a mentor can't do your homework for you or teachyou everything you need to know, you have the benefitof the experience and wisdom of someone who's walkedthe walk you are beginning.

Again, this can be a paid relationship, earned throughbarter or offered as a gift. If you demonstrate a willingness to learn and work onyour own, apply patience and persistence to yourefforts, you may attract the attention of the rightperson to help you at no cost to you.

This is rare,but it happens.

Even without a personal mentor, you can get all theassistance that you need from a network of like-mindedpeople.

They'll be at different levels of accomplishment andexperience, but gather together for a common cause.Not all aspects of Internet Marketing are dog-eat-dog.Dogs are pack animals, and run together to benefitboth the individual and the group.

Invest some of your time in finding and participatingin a group of IM business owners that are using thepower of networking to help each other succeed.

There are free and paid forums for discussion, groupsof topic-specific memberships and the like that youcan join. The Golden Rule is generally the mainguidance for behaving in such groups.
Specific rules and regulations vary, so make sure youread and understand them before you blunder into them.

Once you've become an active participant and developeda feel for the subject you need to learn, you'll bebetter prepared to decide if paying for an"info-product" or service is right for you.
Surprisingly, some of the very inexpensive productscan deliver exactly what you want and need, withouthaving to mortgage your future. That's the power ofbeing an "insider" - you get the best deals and firstrate service because you're a part of the group.

Even better, your group may be the source of yourexpansion, growth and success as a business, becauseyou can work together and share your assets to thebenefit of all concerned.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Succeeding Online is not Rocket Science

Once you have a website established, there are two steps to succeeding.
Step 1 - Getting traffic to your website.
Let's face it. It is difficult to get people to visit your website.
Who are we kidding? There are millions or web sites and agazillion web pages out there!
Does that mean it is impossible?
Of course not!
There are some simple strategies you can implement to get both free and paid traffic to your web site. And most people don't do these things. It's not rocket science. It's just a matter of doing what works. You can get traffic to your website through google adwords, yahoo, US free ads or by writing articles and submitting them to article directories like ezinearticles.com
Once you do have traffic to your web site, the next step is...

Step 2 - Converting your traffic
It's one thing to have visitors to your site.
It's another to make that visitor a customer.
So how you make more out of what you have right now?
The fact is that human behavior determines whether people buy ornot. All successful site owners know this.
In fact, understanding human behavior is the biggest factor every"A" list marketer uses to get people taking action.
The problem is this. It takes a long time to figure this stuff out on your own. You've got to make all the mistakes before you get a good handle on it.
But there are standard principles that work on your sales letters and opt-in pages.
Again, it's not rocket science! It's just a matter of doing what works.
Just follow one or two successful internet marketers regularly and watch what they are doing to promote their online business and copy their activities. That's it.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

5 Main Steps to Online Marketing Success

1. Set your initial goal.
Whether you want to generate $100 per day or $1000 per day,the first step is to set a goal for yourself. Often timesyou will find it most effective to set short term and longterm goals. This will allow you to obtain small successeswhile still recognizing the big picture as to where youwant to go. Those who become successful within InternetMarketing, or any business, have set goals and persevereuntil they achieve these goals.

2. Research and Select a Niche Product to Promote.
Would you buy a car without researching it before hand?Probably not. Do your research prior to selecting a nicheto promote. Often times people get way over their headsbefore they have a solid understanding of how they aregoing to make money within a niche.We highly suggest researching industries, products,competitors, advertising costs, and overall opportunitiesprior to commencing any advertising campaign. You canresearch markets using the following guidelines:

3. Find Profitable Keywords
You will need to research keywords and the average CPC overan industry before you begin promoting it. Some industrieshave thousands of keywords, while some are so specific thatonly have a handful of keywords. A smaller industry canconvert just as well as a large one, so don't be fooled byindustries with keywords and low traffic.

4. Find High ROI Affiliate Programs.
The last research step is to find suitable affiliatesmerchants within the industry that you want to promote.There are many affiliate networks that have thousands ofaffiliate programs across different industries. Theseinclude:-CJ.com (Commission Junction) -Linkshare.com -ClickBank.comIf you are promoting products through a PPC engine such asGoogle Adwords or Yahoo! Marketing, you will need to makesure that the affiliate program will pay high enough tomake it profitable. You typically want to stick to programsthat pay over $15/commission. Alternately you can join aprogram like WealthyAffiliate and use their recommendationson products that they have tested.

5. Start an Advertising Campaign
Once you find a product that you want to sell, you willwant to create an Advertising program for it. We suggestpromoting the product using Google Adwords or Yahoo!Marketing as these are the highest converting PPC enginesavailable.