******* Unsuccessful Affiliate Strategies *******

Here are a few thing's that kill any chance Affiliate's have of earning any decent commissions.

1. They Simply Do Nothing To Promote The Affiliate Program

This is the most common mistake I see happening. People simply sign up for the Affiliate Program and they either think the money is magically going to roll in, or they simply didn't take the responsibility of being an Affiliate as seriously as they should have. Because most Affiliate Programs are free to join, people don't really take it as seriously as say someone who pay's $1000 for resell rights to a certain product. You need to treat your Affiliate Network like a serious business or you will never earn serious profits.

That's why I only let people who buy my course join my Affiliate Program. This I think makes it fair for the people who are willing to spend some money on their business.

No matter how hard you try, you will have to open your wallet sooner or later.

2. They Get Incorrect Information From So Called Experts Or Read Outdated Material.

Two big myths, free classified ad style advertising works and placing paid advertisingfor their program will reap huge profits. All incorrect. Let me explain

FFA posts and free classified ad's use to work. You could once rely on these to bring in a fair bit of money. Now days though, I feel the work you have to put into them is too much trouble for the results you get. You would be lucky to even a response from this sort of advertising. That also goes for putting Affiliate banner links up and expecting that too work.

The biggest secret for all Affiliates is to create a 1 page site that's focused on one product and theme.

1 product + 1 Web Site = Big Profits. If you don't remember anything else in this course, remember that.

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The 5 Step's To Becoming A Super Affiliate On A Budget
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******* Step 1 *******

1. Create A 1 Page Free Report Web Site With A Simple Subscribe Form

Before we get into creating your Mini Affiliate Site we need to select an Affiliate Program to promote. If you already have one you want to promote, move on, if not read on :)

When selecting your first Affiliate Program for your Mini Affiliate Site, I suggest you go for a product with a rather large price tag, so you can make profit's from day one. Of course the big money come's from you backend, which we will talk about later.

I alway's suggest you promote a product you have used and trust before anything else.

Don't just promote an Affiliate Program because of the commissions, as that's a sure fire way to fail.

If you're looking for a directory of Affiliate Programs to join instantly, I suggest you look at Allan Gardyne's AssociatePrograms.com.

Setting up a web site now has never been easier. A few year's ago, domain names sold for $35 for 1 year, and webhosting was about the same for 1 month. Now it's so very inexpensive.

You can purchase domains names for $13.50 at 000domains.com and even cheaper at godaddy.com.

The last time I checked they were selling dot com, net, org names for only $8.95.

As I speak, there's a new hosting company that specialises in hosting Mini Sites. They are www.teknonmedia.com  and for only $4.95 you get 1 month of quality web hosting.

If you would like an example of a very effective Mini Site have a look at the following sites.

http://www.philwiley.com/
http://www.track-your-ads.com/
http://www.hot-date-finder.com/
http://www.sohohelper.com/
http://www.ebooksnbytes.com/

You can find a lot of really good web site templates at www.freesitetemplates.com.
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That's it for Part 1 today. You will get the second, third and fourth parts in a few days.

If you can't wait until then, you can always visit our site http://www.websitehere.com and get all the information you need.

Best Regards

Your Name
email@here.com
http://www.websitehere.com

As you can see, I've got my web site address and special offers throughout the report. But I was telling people to go to my website. Since you don't have a web site, you would put a little advertisement for your affiliate program at the start and at the end of your reports.

Also, you can put your affiliate links throughout the report as long as it’s in context, not blatant plugging of your affiliate program. Trust me, this does not work.

If your prospect hasn't purchased from you after your free reports have been sent out, don't worry. The next part is where you will get most of your sales. Considering there are so many other affiliates promoting the same or similar product you are, you have to make them want to buy from you.

How do you do this? Easy, you over deliver. You give them more then what they expected, and you distance yourself from being a no name affiliate and turn yourself into a trusted friend.

I like to do this by giving away something else if they purchase from the affiliate program I'm promoting. For instance, I give away consultation free, where I help them with any problems they might have.

Here's an example of a report I used to get people in the buying mode. Mind you this is for a product I was selling, yet you will still get the idea. I purchased this book from KillerMiniSites.com and purchased the resell rights for $249.95.

 

Hi Firstname,

I have a secret for you that will hopefully make you very excited.

As you know, Killer Mini Sites is selling from my web site for $22.70, $79.95 and $249.95. If you're confused about the different options, let me explain.

For $22.70, you get a copy of the book Killer Mini Sites and you can resell the book to your web site visitors for $24.95. But remember, this option is full of my Affiliate Links, where I'm earning money from your hard work.

For $79.95 you get a fully branded copy of Killer Mini Sites that you can sell for $24.95 with your Affiliate Links that will earn you residual income constantly.

For $249.95 you get a fully branded copy of Killer Mini Sites that you can sell for $24.95, you also get to sell the customization rights for $79.95 and the big profit puller is you can sell the MASTER RIGHTS for a massive $249.95 per sale.

But, here's the best bit. I'm offering, for a very limited time only, the MASTER RIGHTS to Killer Mini Sites for ONLY $150. I'm slashing $100 dollars off the price and I'm throwing in FREE Consultation with me via email any time you need help.

That's right, you get your own Internet Publishing Busines complete with website sales letter and branding utilities, and FREE consultation that I sell elsewhere for $147.00.

To be honest, I don't know what you're waiting for, this offer will not be around for long.

You can purchase the MASTER RIGHTS Today by clicking the link below. Remember, this link is for the $150 MASTER RIGHT option.

http://www.clickbank.net/sell.yourlink

I can tell you now, the book is selling like hot cakes and if you purchase today, I will give you my secret tactic that makes 1 in every 45 people purchase this product.

I will also show you how to get unlimited email leads for you to advertise to constantly without spamming.

If this is not a big enough motivator to purchase today, I don't know what is.

If you would like more information about the book, which in itself is amazing, visit my web site at

http://www.websitehere.com

or email me at

email@here.com - This is my home account, you email will get priority status.

 

To your success and may your clicks come often

Your Name
http://www.websitehere.com

P.S, If you don't order today, please email me and tell me what’s stopping you so I can sweeten the deal.

 

This got an amazing response. It was sent 2 days after the free course was over. The pull here was that I will give them $100 off the price of the product, plus still give them free consultation for 6 months.

The options are limitless.

Of course this would not be the end of your contact with them. If the prospect still hasn't purchased the first affiliate program you're promoting that's OK. Don't go breathing down their necks telling them to purchase from you or else. The lifetime value of a prospect is a lot more then just a one off sale.

That's why for this very reason, you selected three affiliate programs to promote. Instead of trying to get the prospect to buy the one product over and over again, offer them something fresh. With this in mind, I recommend offering them a residual income affiliate program, like a membership site.

Create another report and start all over again. An Opt-in list is a continues funnel of money.

Of course, when people purchase from you, they should be taken off the prospect list, and added to your customer list. This list is your most important asset. It's 10 times as important then your prospects list because these people showed they were willing to buy from you.

Some affiliate programs don't allow you to see the email addresses of people who buy from you, so that's why when you're giving away your special offer in conjunction with your affiliate program, you ask them to send you an email when they have purchased, then you will give them what ever bonus you were offering.

(Remember, when your prospect buys something from you, they become a customer, so do not forget to take them off your prospects list.)

With these people, you will want to give them other special deals not available to your prospect list. The first email sent to them should be thanking them for their purchase, and letting them know how they can receive their free bonus and how they can contact you at anytime.

The second email sent to them should be sent a few days later giving them another free bonus they were not expecting. I love it when people do this for me, and I suggest you do this for your customers, because that's what they are, they are your customers.

The third email you send them should be sent out about 7 days after they purchase from you. This email should offer them a backend product, for instance your residual income affiliate program. If you can, see if you can talk to the affiliate program manager and get a special discount rate on the product, or maybe the first month for $1, just for your customers. I doubt any affiliate program manager would reject a sure fire way to make even more money.

In the mid to long term, this will build a nice on going lifelong income for you.

About 7 days after your third email was sent, send them another discount product, but make sure this product is in the high commission range. This is where you will make most of big incomes from.

You will earn a decent income with smaller sized commissions, but when you start selling larger priced affiliate programs when you already have a list of contacts, it becomes a very large automated income.

The information business is truly the best business to be in. I get excited when I'm writing books and thinking about the possibilities. It's great meeting new people and making new friendships.

Make sure you keep in contact with your customer base and offer them free reports and other special offers every month or two. Just make sure you don't over do it.

There are not too many autoresponders that can handle this sort of work load for a cheap price, however, I have found one that will do this and more. It's called getresponse.com and you can get a free trial for 30 days. Then after that it's only $19.95 per month. They give you unlimted autoresponders and other great options. You wont find anything else like it. If you're after a residual income affiliate program to promote, I recommend these people.

Considering you have no web hosting bills like nearly everyone else on line, you can afford to pay a little bit more for your autoresponder.

Now how many businesses do you know of that can run on a $19.95 investment only every month?

If you really want to keep generating income constantly, you could produce free reports every month, and advertise them to your current list, while still advertising your first affiliate program report. Imagine having an around the clock sales machine sending out free reports to thousands, while promoting your affiliate program's and building a name for yourself.

Advertise Your First Affiliate Program Via Your Free Report

This is the easier step, yet the step most people have trouble with. Creating an excellent free report is ALLOT harder then advertising your free report. It's just a matter of coming up with a list of good ezines and discussion boards to advertise on. Signature files are a surprise add on here, but they really do work. I will discuss this further down.

Plus you will need to generate a list of ezine publishers so you can send them articles to use for their ezine.

While all these ways will produce you a nice flow of subscribers, you really can't beat Co-registration for price, effectiveness, speed and ease of use. It's not unheard of to generate hundreds of new subscribers everyday using Co-registration, and it's true, they won't be as responsive as people from a web site promoting your free report, but you didn't have a web site to start with.

Ezine advertising would have to be my favourite option, as it's quick and easy. The only hard part is writing the ad copy for your ads, and finding ezine's to advertise in.

Apart from that, there are two ezine directories that I use constantly, they are TopEzineAds.com and Directoryofezines.com. There is a cost to use these, but they will be your lifeline until you generate a list of ezines yourself.

The whole aim of this advertising campaign is to generate leads for your free report, so you really want to advertise anywhere you think people might be interested in your report. Since your not going for a direct sale straight off the bat, this somewhat allows you to be a little less worried about how targeted your audience is.

If you're running low on money, I recommend classified advertising. It's so inexpensive that I advertise Internet marketing products in humour ezines and still pull a good response rate for the amount of money I put in.

You can get classified ads for around $2 per ad, which is extremely cheap. I highly recommend Partneon.com and Twodollarads.com for any classified advertising you're going to do. Of course if you search through ezine directories you will find a lot of other places to advertise cheaply.

Writing classified ads has turned into somewhat of an art form. There are literally hundreds of books on the subject of writing successful classified ads, yet most over complicate it too much.

So what makes a good classified ad? A good classified ad consists of the following,

1) An attention grabbing headline

FREE REPORT
SECRETS REVEALED
HOW TO

2) A promise

Become A Millionaire Overnight
Earn $1200 In Two Weeks

FREE REPORT: Secrets Of The Super Affiliates Revealed
How To Become A Super Affiliate On A Tight Budget

3) A call to action

For More Information
Be Quick Or You Will Miss Out
FREE REPORT: Secrets Of The Super Affiliates Revealed How To Become A Super Affiliate On A Tight Budget For More Information, Send A Blank Email To Your@autoresponderhere.com

Once you've found a few good ezine's, keep advertising with them. After you think you've got the most out of their classified ad section, start using sponsorship ads.

While this will be quite a steep climb in costs compared to classified ads, the results will be quite dramatically different. Top sponsorship ads can cost anywhere between $15 to $300 dollars depending on where you're advertising.

I recommend using top sponsorship ads if you don't want to spend a lot extra on purchasing a solo ad. However if you can purchase a solo ad for an extra $50 or so, I would definitely go for the solo ad. Sponsorship ads also give you an idea of how well their ezine pulls and whether or not it's worth the time and money to buy a solo ad.

Don't get carried away with figures when you purchase a solo ad. When I first started out, I advertised a product directly via my solo ad. The ad went out to 12,000 people and going on the figures of 1% buying my product, I thought this Internet Marketing thing wasn't that hard.

I did my research, I was told this ezine was good, which it is, and I went for it. The commission I was going to receive for every sale was $20. So 120 were suppose to buy, time $20 per sale came to $2400.

How much money did I actually make from this ad? $20!. That's right, I only made $20. Why?

A) Because I advertised the affiliate program directly
B) I did not know the affiliate program had been advertised about 10 times before
C) I didn't even have a way to capture email addresses

It was a total flop and I was very put off from trying again.

That lasted about 4 hours! That night I was re-reading the information that got me into this mess to start with. I followed exactly what the affiliate program manager said to do, and it didn't work. Luckily for me, at that time I stopped listening to affiliate managers and started thinking for myself.

Have a look around any ezines you've joined, and try and remember if you read any of the ads. If so, which one's and why? Did you sign up for what they were offering? If no, Why? This is the best way to find ezine ads that work. If you read the ad and signed up for what they were offering, other people would have as well. Well, you would hope so.

Another method of free advertising I like to use is discussion board posting.

Discussion board posting is free and very effective, especially if the message board is inside a members only site where you pay to join.

The idea here is not to spam the message board, but to actually add some content. Only answer questions you know a lot about. Don't try and be an expert on a topic your not. I'm not an expert at copywriting, so I very rarely give people expert advice on this. I help people with basic questions, but no more unless I really know what I'm talking about. This is the best way to ruin your reputation before you're even lucky enough to create one.

Here's a sample posting which I think is the perfect

Posted by Elizabeth Sinclair on Sat, Oct 27, 4:11 pm, in response to Ebook Covers.... Recommendations, please!, posted by Julie Jordan Scott

I have several free ebook cover templates at http://www.onlinewebcreations. All you need to do is add your own text. Otherwise, you can check out my Ebook gallery to see the custom ebook covers I have created.

Thanks,
Elizabeth

The reason this is a good post is simply put is because it answers the persons question while still advertising their web site, with out it looking like a blatant plug. The answer told the person exactly what she wanted to know.

Here's the post it was in response to.

Ebook Covers....Recommendations, please!

Posted by Julie Jordan Scott on Sat, Oct 27, , 3:24 pm

Happy Weekend One and All!

I am looking for an Ebook Cover Designer. I know that many folks here are ebook authors or are ebook cover designers.

I am in the market for some covers and am looking for recommendations.

Please share any positive recommendations, or email me with cautions.

Thanks a bunch, everyone, all of a sudden I am on warped speed here in Bakersfield.....

With Purpose and Passion,

JULIE JORDAN SCOTT

(That was taken from http://www.ablake.net message board, which is highly recommended.)

I must admit, I don't use the following advertising method as much as I should because it can really boost traffic over time.

Signature files are little blurps of text either after a post in a message board or at the bottom of your email. The most notable use of a signature file would have to be Hotmail.com Hotmail originally relied on it's own customers to promote their service as each email message they sent contained a direct link to Hotmail's sign-up website.

This viral marketing strategy generated hundreds of thousands, very possibly millions of new users for their free service.

The idea of signature files is to make them as short and as compelling as possible. Let's say I just finished writing a post to a message board and I was just talking about affiliate programs.

This is what I write after my message board post to advertise my website.

"Discover How To Generate Thousands Without A Web Site Or A Product Of Your Own"

And I would link that to my sales page. A good idea is to also use a separate tracking system to track how many hits your message board postings are receiving. I talk about this more in "Tracking Your Way To Success"

If you were answering a question on creating a well written sales letter, you could use your signature file to promote an affiliate program like InstantSalesLetters.com. It's that simple.