Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Step 4: A Product to Promote - Affiliate Marketing



To be able to make money online, you must have something to promote or sell. Chances are that you do not have your own product yet, if you have only just started your online business. 

This should not keep you from starting to earn money, though. Every day that you wait and do not take action you lose money, because you could make a sale every single day, even if you do not have a product of your own.

There are thousands of affiliate programs out there. I am almost sure that you will find a high-quality product in your niche that you would enjoy to read or watch (if it is a video series) yourself. That’s exactly what you are looking for. A product that is really valuable to people in your niche because it addresses their questions and concerns.

Another factor of importance is the affiliate commission that you can earn. You can even find sellers who will give you as much as 75 % or even 100% of the front-end product sales. This is not because they do not want to earn money themselves, but because they know that it is with the upsells that they can make the big money. So the 100% affiliate commission is your payment for promoting the seller.  It is a win-win situation for both of you. The seller gets more customers who have proven to be willing to spend money online; you can make money without having a product of your own.

Once you have identified a product, that fulfills your criteria, join the affiliate program and start your first campaign.

With most affiliate programs you get a made-for-you squeeze page, so you do not have to bother setting up a sales page.

A very good method to increase sales is to set one of those affiliate squeeze pages as confirmation page of your autoresponder subscription. By default in many autoresponders your subscribers would only see a simple "Thank you" page. But they also give you the possibility to insert your own "Thank you" URL. 

Why miss out on this extra chance to make some money?

To make it easier for you to find your first affiliate products, here are some affiliate marketplaces where you can find high-quality products:




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