Affiliate Marketing Jump Start!
Affiliate Marketing Jump start tells you exactly how to make your marketing program run at full speed! Everything you need to know to jump start your business is contained herein.
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To understand what it takes to really win at affiliate marketing let’s look at what affiliate marketing is.
Simply put, affiliate marketing is when a person owns a product and they offer a commission to others to promote that product. As the person promoting that product you are the affiliate. All of your promotion of that product is marketing. Thus affiliate marketing.
Affiliates are an important part of the product owners plan. And great product owners know the value of affiliates and offer high commission. Fabulous product owners will provide you marketing tools; banner ads, email ads and blog post suggestions. They also make it easy for you to track your commissions.
Your job is to get the word out. To get the product known. To grab the attention of the world.
Here are 7 ways to get your marketing campaign rolling:
1. SEO – (Search Engine Optimization) Start here!. Probably the most important – least expensive way to market on the web. Too often it is one of the least used and yet it is easy to put into action. It is impossible to do effective article marketing, blog marketing, social media marketing and video marketing with out knowing SEO.
The rest of your marketing campaigns will be dependent upon you getting your SEO basics in.
2. Article Marketing - Write 300 to 400 word articles and submit them to the top article directories. Include a link to a site promoting your affiliate product. Use good SEO practices for success.
3. Blog Marketing - Use your blog to promote affiliate products. You can write review posts. Place ads on you site. Have guest posts. Share content related to the product. Teach something related to the product. Do interviews with the product owner or a satisfied customer.
4. Email Marketing – Use an opt-in campaign to take your affiliate marketing campaign to new heights. You can start right on your blog with an opt-in box at the bottom of every post. Or place one in your side bar. The key is to give your readers a good reason to give your their name and email.
5. Social Networking - Put a social networking plan into place. Keep it simple so it does not eat up your time. Twitter is a good place to start. Learn it well and then move on and learn the next step in your plan. Forums in your niche are another form of social networking that is easy to put into action. Notice I said plan… get a plan and do it.
6. Video Marketing - Spread the word with video. People like to see what is happening. Video can introduce products and give an honest review. Or teach something related to your product. Just like any other marketing give your viewer a reason to click on your links. Let them know how they will benefit.
7. Offline Marketing – Take your promotions offline. You can make a big impact without all the online competition. Place attractive want ads. Advertise by wear a T shirt, and put a sign in your car window. Join groups that have to do with your niche. Hold local seminars and teach something you know. Sponsor a race or a runner.
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