One of the easiest ways of starting Affiliate Commissions with an online business and earning quick profits is through affiliate marketing.
With no website to develop, no product development to achieve, and no refunds or customer problems to deal with, this is by far the most effective way of developing your online presence.
Maximizing Affiliate Commissions:
If you already have your affiliate products and you’re working at making more sales, an increase in commissions is the obvious goal for everyone. With more and more products hitting the online market, it’s essential to follow some simple yet crucial steps.
So what are they?
If you want your affiliate program commissions to take off, literally overnight, these are the steps you need to seriously consider;
- Do your research and check out the programs you’re thinking about promoting. It’s pretty obvious that you only want to promote a product that will give you the maximum paycheck in the shortest possible time.
Check the affiliate commissions structure and make sure it pays well:
Also, try to find products that match your target audience and are already paying well to other affiliates.
As you’re probably going to be one of many affiliates promoting the same product, especially if it’s a good one, establish your USP – or ‘Unique Selling Position’.
Set yourself up as offering that little something extra that makes you stand out above the crowd.
Write a short article to give away as an incentive to potential buyers. This gives you both greater credibility and extra drawing power.
Give information that’s not only free but also useful:
When you do this, if what you give away for free is good, people naturally expect a great deal more from the bought product.
Make recommendations about the product within the report if you can, and try to give just enough information to make people need the actual product.
- When giving away free reports or ebooks, save and collect, at the very least, the name and email addresses of all those who download your gift. It’s now widely known that very few people make a purchase on their first introduction to a product.
This is where an autoresponder is invaluable as you can create a whole series of follow-up messages to send to these prospects to entice them into buying your product.
Once you have these prospects’ details:
They are yours until the person unsubscribes. This means that you can send them information in the months ahead about other products you’re promoting, long after they’ve bought the original item.
You develop a relationship with them and they may stay with you for years to come. They begin to trust you and your recommendations and eventually, are likely to buy from you again.
- Never underestimate the power of negotiation. Be prepared to haggle with a seller whose goods you wish to purchase. Remember that all merchants need affiliates to market and sell their goods and will be more inclined to change their payment structure than potentially loose business if they see you as a good source of income.
Be bold and you could find yourself receiving a greater slice of the pie for all your advertising efforts. Don’t be greedy but be fair and you will be respected for it.
- Use effective advertising techniques. ‘Pay Per Click’ will give you the most immediate results if you do your research right. Naturally, Google’s Adwords and Overture are the places to start, being leaders in the online PPC field. But, look around and research the smaller players who offer cheaper rates to a smaller audience. These include; ExcelSeek, JumpFind, LookQuick to name just three.
And as with any advertising campaigns – track your results. If you don’t know who’s clicking what, you’ll never know which ads are working.
Use these techniques and you’ll soon see an immediate improvement in your affiliate sales. Build on your successes and expansion and growth will follow.
