Ok… you’ve decided you want to be an affiliate marketer. Many people have become affiliate marketers and have changed their lives for the better. Just think how easy it could be to replace your current salary if you take the time to grow your sales to 100 sales a month at $30 a piece; you’d be earning $3,000 a month, which translates to $36,000 a year. Let me give you some tips to get to this point.
Email marketing is key in any affiliate marketing program. It takes 6-7 contracts with your prospect to make a sale. Make sure the affiliate program makes you part of an email marketing campaign. The email marketing campaign will ensure that your previous marketing efforts pay off in the future.
A well-written sales page is a must. It sounds stupid, but take the time to read several sales pages. If you read the sales page and would buy one product over the other, then you should go with your gut. If the sales page sells to you, it’s likely to sell to others.
Be the authority! Be an expert! It may sound weird to say that you are an expert with only 3 months of experience but the truth is that you still have more experience than the client you are targeting. You don’t need to fake it until you make it because you’re already there. Be the expert, people will come online and give you the results you are looking for.
Only advertise products that can be profitable. My rule of thumb is to only advertise other people’s products, if I (the affiliate) make as much or more than the webmaster. Live by these numbers and you’ll be in great shape. The commission for an information product should be 50% and 10-15% for physical merchandise.
Do you like to get paid over and over again? Yes me too. Try to be an affiliate of a membership site. This way your affiliate commissions will snowball. If you make 2 sales in your first month, 2 sales in your second month, and 3 sales in your third month, at the minimum of your 4th month you’ll get paid 7 sales (assuming you don’t get any sales in your 4th month and that no one cancels their membership). If your sales are immediately canceling your memberships, you may want to consider a new affiliate program. If people cancel their memberships between the first and third month, that program has little to offer and you should move your efforts to a better affiliate marketing program.
Here are his 5 tips for affiliate marketing success:
1. Good email marketing campaign 2. Well written sales program 3. Be the expert! 4. Receive at least half of what the webmaster earns in pure sales (a sale the webmaster makes for themselves) 5. Recurring billing…it feels good to get paid over and over again!
