Saturday, October 26, 2013

Achieving Success Through Affiliate Marketing

By Terrance V. Cruz


Have you been working 50 to 60 hours a week still don't have any money at the end of the week? Maybe you just do not have time for your family because the job requires your time nearly all the time even when you are home. Maybe you just want to make some extra cash for yourself and your family, after the bills are paid. Whatever your reasoning may be, if you want to make money online, affiliate marketing can just what you are looking for.

You could wake up and decide that your water glass on the nightstand is half empty and you may end up having a not so good day. You could take a more positive outlook about that same glass of water and say to yourself that the glass is half full. Words may be just words to you but they really do mean a lot and have a lot to do with how you think.So, let's get some education going and finish filling up that water glass. Here are some of my best tips for anyone who is interested and wants to be part of an Affiliate Marketing program.Find something, product/company, that you feel very positive about,Request an affiliate link from the company's marketing program,Secure a domain name as well as a host ,Create a website or a blog (WordPress works great),Create a YouTube account,Learn to do your own keyword research,Upload and share videos via YouTube and/or Traffic Geyser Submit blog posts to various article sites using Traffic Geyser

The reason for this is because the markup on these types of products is nearly 100%. It costs the owner of the product almost nothing to sell and eBook or a downloadable software program. You can earn commissions as high as 75%. Generally the rates are 50%-75%. Which happens to be a great commission rate?

One of the most popular online and home-based careers at present is affiliate marketing. It is a commission-based job or business that aims to expand the marketability of a specific brand and product through a wide referral system. If you are an affiliate, you earn through making successful referrals. When the people to which you market a certain product purchase or avail of the item, you are given a commission from the amount of the sale. Affiliate marketing is used mostly by travel and resort companies, which are particularly interested in marketing their establishments.

If, on the other hand, you do affiliate marketing as a business itself then you are focused on hiring affiliates to further expand a certain brand's network. You run the business based on how the products are marketed and the number of successful referrals. This is a career that is really promising because it bears the possibility of large amounts of sales commissions. It can be very successful especially if you are able to tap on good-paying markets.However, just like any work from home opportunities, you have to utilize a reliable affiliate marketing business model to ensure that your venture is a success. There are different business models that can be used for affiliate marketing. Here are some of them:

One of the best ways to make money online is you must have a website or a mini site so you can build an email list of prospective customers. I recommend Word press it is the easiest to use and builds you quality websites very quickly and it is easy to learn. You can find several tutorials for using Word press on You Tube. Make sure that your site is easy to navigate and is keyword rich and has a direct call to action and always provide value to you prospects. Then provide them a sign up form- then they are compelled to sign up and possibly purchase your affiliate offer that you are promoting. A quality landing page is key and has a call to action for your targeted visitors to do what you need them to do. It must have well written text that rates or reviews the product or, a video tutorial that lets visitors learn how to benefit and use the product well and an opt-in form.

The focus given on social media right now is so big that almost anything can go viral in an instant. One post about a very interesting topic can launch a massive online movement. Soon enough, that particular post would be re-posted on a thousand other accounts in the social media world. It can also be posted in video-hosting sites, where people mostly spend long number of hours just browsing through the uploaded videos. This is why viral marketing has become a reliable and very successful business model. It reaches a wide market and increases the sales potential of the product or service that you are marketing. The more people you tap, the greater the chance that the product that you be marketing would be purchased.

Putting up a website is a staple in any online marketing stint. Of course, people would like to see a website that more formally features the company, the brand, and the actual product. Therefore, niche website marketing is a sure way of gaining more potential clients. As it has a niche, you would not need to worry about reaching an audience too wide for what you need to achieve. With a niche website, you only get to tap a target market that has a great potential of becoming an actual client. The approach is also more personalized so your clients would feel comfortable in dealing with them.




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