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Affiliate Marketing is a good way to get into income quickly without necessarily having to own your own web page. There are several good affiliate programs available for the marketer. Perhaps the most popular currently is Clickbank. A sale is made every three seconds on Clickbank. Clickbank is geared to digital products.
PayDotCom is another good affiliate site. Paydotcom receives 75000 visitors every month and is increasing.It has a very easy to use program.
If you are interested in selling physical products, the most popular at this time is Commision Junction. This is a very good affiliate warehouse for a great variety of products.
Your Job As An Affiliate
As an affiliate, you are effectively a sales person for the site you are directing traffic to. However, to say you are a sales person in the proper sense of the word is not strictly correct, because the selling is done pretty much by the merchant. You see the merchant has already invested lots of money on their product and service, and on their marketing too. Your goal is to effectively deliver traffic to the merchants site who then takes care of everything from that point on. There are two ways you can deliver traffic: a) directly, when you send traffic straight to the merchant's site from its source and b) indirectly, when you first engage the visitor in your own website before sending them to the merchant.
As an affiliate you must:
- Generate Traffic (Visitors) to Your Site
- Engage the Visitor and Make a Presell
- Direct the Visitor By Making a Call To Action (in this case to purchase the merchants product)
- Ensure the Viewer Returns to Your Site for Future Purchases
Clickbank
Google Clickbank has a host of digital products that can be sold by affiliates. Statistics reveal that a clickbank product is sold every three seconds. That is an indication of the demand by the public for digital products. Choosing a Clickbank product that is profitable does not have to be difficult if you follow this strategy:
Decide on a Niche Product Clickbank lists products in nine broad categories. Under each broad category heading, there are sub headings, Products are sorted in each sub category by several parameters including Gravity,Popularity , and $ per sale.
Gravity The gravity shows how well the product is sellingand indicates the number of affiliates promoting the product.. The higher the gravity, the better the product is selling. But higher gravity also means that there are probably a lot of people promoting it. Generally a 100 to 200 plus gravity is a product worthy of consideration.
Commission Payouts Look at the percent payout and dollar payout. A good rule of thumb is 50% or greater payout with a $25 or greater pay per sale. This makes it worth your time to promote the product.
% Referred This is the percentage of the sales of the product that are made by affiliates versus sales made by the product Generally 80% or better are good products to consider.
The Salespage Is there an enticing headline that will draw people in and make them want to read the rest of the sales letter? Is the body copy descriptive and does it answer the basic question of all customers:"What’s in it for me? Does it list the benefits to the customer with bullet points? Are there good testimonials endorsing the product? Are there added bonuses orfreebies that stand alone with value? Does the sales letter contain an enticing call to action? Does it entice you to buy?
Competition Google the product. Try several keywords that best describe the product. Are there a number of sponsored ads? Look for a product that has eight to ten sponsored ads. Too many sponsored ads can indicate too much competition.
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