Tuesday, September 30, 2008

More affiliate mistakes

Don't Spam


To comply with the anti-spamming law make sure the unsubscribe option in your
emails is working. For new subscribers, always use a double opt-in system to
cover yourself. It is the only way you can prove that people gave you their
express consent to receive your e-mails. You might lose a few new subscribers
who won’t confirm, but they would probably not have been good customers
anyway. Be honest in your approach to getting e-mail addresses and you won’t
have to keep looking over your shoulder Besides, honesty is just good business,
since it shows respect for the customer and saves you from getting a bad reputation.


Don’t buy bulk traffic:


Every serious website owner wants to get more traffic to their site and this
makes them vulnerable to many of the dubious traffic schemes and scams that
are all over the internet. Owners get swayed by the promises of high volume
traffic, but the problem is that high volume by itself doesn't necessarily translate
into a high volume of sales.


You want visitors who come to your website because they want to find out more
about a specific niche topic. Good traffic comes from real people clicking links
on topics which are targeted to their interests and thus getting to a website
which contains the information they want and expect as a result of clicking
the link Bulk traffic purchases generally come from traffic exchange programs
where participants have to visit other sites just to earn credits for their
own site. They generally have no intention of buying anything, so it’s
best to save your money when it comes to buying bulk traffic.


Choosing the Wrong Products


If you choose what you think is a hot item, but it is one that doesn’t
interest you, you may be choosing the wrong product to promote. Most super affiliates
are really interested in what they are selling, and their enthusiasm shows.
Naturally you will put more marketing effort into products that appeal to you
than into ones that don’t. Then dig around and find out if they are in
demand, and if so, find a suitable affiliate program which promotes the product
and join it. Having said that, if your interest doesn’t have a market,
you could always find another product which does, do some extensive reading
on it, and you will probably get some enthusiasm, enough to motivate you to
start promoting it.


You need to really believe in what you are selling and you also need to check
it out before you market it. Make sure it is a product that you feel comfortable
about selling to other people. Perhaps buy the product yourself before you sign
up as an affiliate and see if it does deliver what it promises. Don’t
be afraid to check out the owner of the site, after all you are going to be
bringing them extra sales.


Don't choose products that pay low commissions. You will put in the same number
of hours and effort to sell 100 products at 2% commission as you would to sell
100 products at 40% commission.


Affiliate marketing can be one of the most powerful and affordable ways to
make money online but it won’t happen unless you have:

• a product you believe in

• a product that you know a lot about, and

• a reasonable amount of commission.




Do all this and you will make money online!



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