Wednesday, 6 January 2010

Top 3 Ways To Boost Your Affiliate Commissions Overnight

The ideal world of affiliate marketing does not require having your own website, dealing with customers, refunds, product development and maintenance. This is one of the easiest ways of launching into an online business and earning more profits.

Assuming you are already into an affiliate program, what would be the next thing you would want to do? Double, or even triple, your commissions, right? How do you do that?

Here are some powerful tips on how to boost your affiliate program commissions overnight.

  1. Know the best program and products to promote.

    Obviously, you would want to promote a program that will enable you to achieve the greatest profits in the shortest possible time.

    There are several factors to consider in selecting such a program. Choose the ones that have a generous commission structure. Have products that fit in with your target audience. And that has a solid track record of paying their affiliate easily and on time. If you cannot seem to increase your investments, dump that program and keep looking for better ones.

    There are thousands of affiliate programs online which gives you the reason to be picky. You may want to select the best to avoid losing your advertising dollars.

    Write free reports or short ebooks to distribute from your site. There is a great possibility that you are competing with other affiliates that are promoting the same program. If you start writing short report related to the product you are promoting, you will be able to distinguish yourself from the other affiliates.

    In the reports, provide some valuable information for free. If possible, add some recommendations about the products. With ebooks, you get credibility. Customers will see that in you and they will be enticed to try out what you are offering.

  2. Collect and save the email addresses of those who download your free ebooks.

    It is a known fact that people do not make a purchase on the first solicitation. You may want to send out your message more than six times to make a sale.

    This is the simple reason why you should collect the contact information of those who downloaded your reports and ebooks. You can make follow-ups on these contacts to remind them to make a purchase from you.

    Get the contact information of a prospect before sending them to the vendor's website. Keep in mind that you are providing free advertisement for the product owners. You get paid only when you make a sale. If you send prospects directly to the vendors, chances are they would be lost to you forever.

    But when you get their names, you can always send other marketing messages to them to be able to earn an ongoing commission instead of a one-time sale only.

    Publish an online newsletter or Ezine. It is always best to recommend a product to someone you know than to sell to a stranger. This is the purpose behind publishing your own newsletter. This also allows you to develop a relationship based on trust with your subscribers.

    This strategy is a delicate balance between providing useful information with a sales pitch. If you continue to write informative editorials you will be able to build a sense of reciprocity in your readers that may lead them to support you by buying your products.

  3. Ask for higher than normal commission from merchants.

    If you are already successful with a particular promotion, you should try and approach the merchant and negotiate a percentage commission for your sales.

    If the merchant is smart, he or she will likely grant your request rather than lose a valuable asset in you. Keep in mind that you are a zero-risk investment to your merchant; so do not be shy about requesting for addition in your commissions. Just try to be reasonable about it.

    Write strong pay Per Click ads. PPC search engine is the most effective means of advertising online. As an affiliate, you can make a small income just by managing PPC campaigns such as Google AdWords and Overture. Then you should try and monitor them to see which ads are more effective and which ones to dispose of.

    Try out these strategies and see the difference it can make to your commission checks in the shortest of time.

Monday, 4 January 2010

How To Build A List Of Eager Subscribers

Every online business provides great service to generate satisfaction among their customers. As each and every customer receives satisfaction over their products or the services they get, there is a great chance that they will become a return customer and buy again. Better yet, they will recommend you to other people that could generate more business for you and your site.

As more traffic is driven to your site, you can entice many of them to subscribe to your mailing list or opt-in list. This is a list where in website visitors agree to be sent promotional materials such as newsletters, catalogs and such that could keep them updated about your site or the niche of your site. These promotional materials are sent via e-mail to the members of the list in different time intervals.

When using e-mail as the media of your marketing and advertisements, you eliminate the need for high costs. Email is free and if you can manage to make your own promotional advertisements you can also save a bundle there. With an opt-in subscribers list, you are pretty sure that what you are sending out is received, viewed and read by the subscribers and not simply being deleted. They have signed up for service and have consented in receiving it.

This means that there are constant reminders to your subscribers about all your products, new products and services as well as any promotions and special deals you are having. There is also the chance that they can be forwarded to other potential customers as they tell their friends and families about you and your site.

Of course you should be also aware that a subscriber may unsubscribe when they feel that they are not getting what they want or expected. Make sure that they are satisfied with your opt-in marketing strategies and keep them excited in receiving your newsletters and catalogs. Here are some tips that can help you build a list of eager subscribers.

Make your promotional materials interesting and fun. Try to use a little creativity but not too over artsy. Build around what your product or service is about. For example; if you are selling car parts, put some pictures of what is new in the auto parts world, a new wing door possibly that can fit any car and make it look like a Lamborghini.

Try to research what people are looking for, these way, you stay one step ahead of them all the time and you will be their bearer of new tidings. They will be eager to receive what you are sending them because they new you always have fresh and new things to share with them.

Write good articles that can be very informational but light at the same time. If your subscribers enjoy your articles, they will go to your site by clicking the links that you will be putting on your newsletter to read some more. You can provide articles that can connect to many people. Be diverse in your articles. Put something humorous, then put something informational, then put something that has both.

Are you wary about this because you don't like writing? No problem, there are many professional and experienced article writers that can do the job for you for minimal fees. They know what they are doing and can provide the need that you have for your newsletters, the money that you pay for your articles are going to be met by the many sign-ups and the potential profit from the sales that you will get.

Create and send an E-book to your customers about anything that is related to your business or site. Use your knowledge and expertise in the field you have chosen to help other people who are similarly interested. Offer this e-book for free. You can write about anything informational and helpful to your subscribers. For example; you can do manuals and guides in so many things. This e-book could be used as a reference for many people.

Share this e-book with everyone, even other sites; just make sure that they don't change the links in the e-book that will lead people to your site. If you want, you can always get some people to write it for you just like your articles. Your investment once again will be covered by the great marketing this will generate.

Add e-coupons in your newsletters that will help them avail to special discounts. Put a control number in your e-coupon so that they can only be used once. When people get discounts that can be found in your newsletters, they will be eager to receive your newsletter in anticipation of what you are promoting next.

If your subscribers can get benefits from your newsletters, they will be very eager to receive them. Just don't flood your mailing list with mails so that you don't annoy your subscribers.

Wednesday, 16 December 2009

Maxblogpress Ninja Affiliate review

Last morning I had the pleasure to download Maxblogpress Ninja Affiliate plugin and discover how EASY it is to turn any keyword into affiliate links that make money.

The best feature I like which is the core basis of this wordpress plugin is actually the option to automatically convert your blog keywords into links to the affiliate product of your choice; the best part is that even your old keywords can turn into money-making affiliate links.

Why would you want to convert old keywords into affiliate links? Just think about this for a moment - let's say you've found a brand new affiliate program and you can't wait to promote it to your blog. You don't have to wait until you write your next post, just use Ninja Affiliate plugin and it'll convert the keywords of your choice into affiliate links on auto-pilot. You work once, and all the keywords you input will be turned into links that make money, without you having to edit any post whatsoever.

And how this helps you? By saving you a ton of time, effort and energy.

What that means is... instead of editing links and posts, you actually have a lot more time to write content and promote your blog - what will eventually drive visitors to your money-making links.

What I like about this little plugin is that it's updated from time to time, and new features and add-ons are loaded frequently.

What I don't like about Maxblogpress Ninja Affiliate? Glad you asked! Well, maybe it's just me - but there's a learning curve to mastering the plugin and getting used to it. It'd probably take you a few hours to learn all its options and experience the full potential, but it's well worth it.

Don't tell me about a plugin with no learning curve as I don't believe it; great plugins take time to learn, and Maxblogpress Ninja Affiliate is top rated, period.

To find out more click here.

Tuesday, 8 December 2009

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    Monday, 7 December 2009

    What are favicons

    What are favicons and what use are they?

    You can think of favicons as a mini logo for your website or web page and in some way is a branding that identifies the websites.

    Favicons stands for "favourite icons" and you probably have seen them without realising you have.

    Favicons can be seen next to the URL in a web browser:

    Favicons are also shown in the tabs of the web browser:

    Favicons are either 16x16 or 32x32 pixels is size and follow the filename of favicon.ico. Web browsers Firefox and Opera also allow for extensions of .GIF .PNG and .JPG.

    You can design your own and there is a free site Favicon Generator that helps with format with and easy grid. I have had a go with one of my sites which I am quite pleased with as I tried to be iconic.

    Once you have your own favicon then it is quite easy to add to your website. First add the .ICO file to your root directory and then add one of the following HTML code after the meta tags:

    • <link rel="icon" type="images/vnd.microsoft.icon" href="http://example.com/image.ico">
    • <link rel="icon" type="images/png" href="http://example.com/image.png">
    • <link rel="icon" type="images/gif" href="http://example.com/image.gif">

    In summary, favicons are a free branding tool for website owners and an excellent way to make your blog stand out. There is a free easy to use tool download from Max Blog Press for Favicons, to find out more click here.

    Saturday, 5 December 2009

    Wednesday, 2 December 2009

    Why Niche Marketing is the Way to Go in Succeeding Online

    Niche Marketing is the last great frontier for the small business entrepreneur. Out there in the 'real' world, small businesses don't have a half fair chance of competing against the giant international corporations of the world. The Internet has evened the odds for small business. The Internet has created a real equal opportunity for those who are willing to use it. There are several different ways to make use of niche marketing and succeed. All of the ways require getting a domain and a webhost, building web pages and adding content. Those are just the basic basics of Internet Marketing in any form. Then there are the choices of how to go about building a successful niche marketing site that will provide you with a profit....hopefully a very large profit.

    1. You can create an informational product. An informational product can be articles, reports, columns, audio or video, or other things. These can be sold as stand alone products or used for advertisement or promotional causes.
    2. You can build a content rich web site that will be so interesting it will draw potential customers again and again.
    3. You can publish newsletters and ezines that are so full of pertinent information that people will happily pay for subscriptions to them.

    All of the above listed ways can be used to create a niche marketing website that has the capacity to make money. There are two things that all of these methods have in common.

    1. The topic must be one that helps people solve a problem, makes them healthier or happier, or provides them with information that they want or need in some way.
    2. The content of the website, no matter the topic, must be relevant, timely and interesting to the people who are reading it and the website must be easily navigated.

    Try this Niche Finder now.