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Christian InTech Articles - Affiliate Information
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Affiliate Marketing: Characteristics of a Super Affiliate (Part 2 of 3)
In part one of this article series on Super Affiliates we addressed the fact that Super Affiliates are Opt-In List Builders, they use Autoresponders to market to prospects over and over, and they use extensive Ad Tracking tools to manage their...
Avoid profit Loss By Ensuring Your Affiliates' Success! [revised]
"Avoid Profit Loss By Ensuring Your Affiliates' Success!"
One of the most frequently asked questions from people who have affiliate programs today is, "How do I keep from losing profits with my affiliate program?"
Losing some profits is a...
How affiliates can have their own radio show...
Copyright 2005 Kurma Group Before we start, I want to ask you one simple question. If you knew what you know today about how big blogging would be before it started, would you have started a blog? Well, in that case, you better pay close attention...
Should You Join an Affiliate Program?
There are a lot of Affiliate Programs in the market for you to
choose to join. Is it sounds good if you have a busy site or a
large newsletter, you can start earning money right away? But,
in order to earning the money right way, you need to put...
The Great Affiliate Dependency
Since the advent of the internet affiliate programs have been a staple internet success. Origionally they started out as single tiered programs and eventually evolved into what we have today.
Opportunities for everyone multiplied by ten. But let's...
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6 Affiliate Mistakes You're Probably Making...
Copyright 2005 Anik Singal
Everyday I see more and more affiliates making the same mistakes. The worst part is that they’re just doing what they’re taught by the so-called “experts.”
It’s no shock to me that 95% of affiliates make no money. The problem isn’t that some people are just “better” than others – the problem is just the way the 95% are running their business. That’s why I’m going to diagnose the 6 most common mistakes AffiliateClassroom.com sees affiliates making everyday.
The 6 Mistakes you better learn to avoid like the plague:
1. Not Building For Search Engines:
If you’re an affiliate and want to be successful at it, you better learn to make search engines your best friend. Search engines are a better source for long-term, targeted and FREE traffic. Make sure to build your site in clean HTML coding, provide good content and optimize all your pages (not just the home page).
I firmly believe that all affiliates need to study search engine optimization closely. If you want to learn how to optimize websites quickly without spending years studying, check out my “push-button” system at http://www.DominateSearchEngines.com
2. Not Enough Text – Too Many Banners:
This might be the #1 problem – I come across hundreds of these sites almost daily. Think back to why “YOU’RE” online – to find information right? What good are banners to you? Do banners provide you any good information? Absolutely not.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t discourage using banners – I just say to only use them after you have content on your website. And stick to just 1 or 2 banners. The goal here is to hook someone with good content, then urge them to click the banner to learn more. Don’t just slop up a bunch of banners and expect to become a super affiliate…
3. Promoting Only One Product:
This was something I learned from Ken Envoy and it made no sense to me until I tried it. Let’s use an example to illustrate: Let’s say you’re looking for a car and you ask someone “Hey, which one should I buy?” Would you rather have the person show you 3, give you the positives and negatives and then “suggest” a car or just shove one of them down your throat and refuse to talk about anything else?
I think the answer is
clear – you much rather have someone RECOMMEND something. So, do the same on your websites – let your consumer choose what link they click on (your conversions will go through the roof).
4. Not Giving Away FREE Products:
Another mistake I see done on almost 98% of the websites I visit – they have absolutely no viral marketing build into their system. If you want to hook someone and build loyalty, put some of your best information into a small PDF – give it away for free and watch your sales and traffic multiply. NOTE: This is a more long-term strategy so be patient…
5. Hard-Selling:
If you know anything about affiliate marketing, then you’ve heard of “PRE-SELL” – well it’s a shocker that most people never use it. PRE-SELL is when you warm up to your visitor with some good content and information and then slowly “recommend” them to buy something.
I also never thought this would work until I tried it. Hard-selling is what your merchant should be doing, you, however, should avoid it at all costs.
6. Too Much Going On…
This mistake is a bit related to the “Too many banners” mistake. I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I have WANTED to buy something but just couldn’t find the right link to do it.
Some affiliate websites have a million things going on – the reader gets so confused that they hit the back button and “poof,” never come back. Keep your pages targeted and clean – go for ONE goal – to get the click over to the merchant(s) you’re promoting.
Golden Rule: The more you show them, the more confused they get.
I highly suggest reading those 6 again – they are very important to master if you want to become a super affiliate one day. Even I am going back to my old projects and still fixing my mistakes – they’re all over the place. But, the second I fix them, I see an enormous difference, you will too.
About the Author
Anik Singal is a 21 year old successful entrepreneur online. If you want to learn more about exactly how to become a super affiliate and received Step by Step coaching from a team of affiliates, please immediately visit:
http://www.AffiliateClassroom.com
If you visit now, you can also sign-up for our Absolutely FREE Course…
http://www.AffiliateClassroom.com
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