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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Choosing An Affiliate Marketing Program

By Mark Guthrie


Affiliate marketing is a great and fun way to make money, part time or even as your main source of income. All you have to do is write and publish interesting articles on your site and traffic will automatically generate profits through affiliate ads. This article has many tips that can guide you through this process.

A great way to make sure that your site is interesting is to choose a topic that you like. If you are writing about a site and advertising for things that suit you, then it will be easier and more interesting. Advertising for what you love is the number one rule for affiliate marketing.

Although it's a bad idea for an affiliate to act as if they're totally in love with a product, since it turns the potential customer off, it is still wise to link to the company's pre-sell product pitch. As long as you have read the pitch and find it to be tasteful, authoritative and relevant, you should send your traffic there.

Before you join any affiliate program you should check their reputation. Make sure they have a good reputation. The last thing you want to do is get involved with a company that is unprofessional. Remember, you are referring customers to them and the last thing you want is for your customers to be unhappy.

Build your own blog based on your chosen niche. Most of the article directories will not allow you to include any affiliate links, so you need an intermediary. Creating a blog that covers a broader topic area gives you the means to post a group of different affiliate links with out having to make a separate website for each product you want to promote.

When selecting an affiliate marketing program, look for generous commission programs. You should be receiving at least twenty to fifty percent of the profit on each item that you sell. Your value to the company and the product that you are promoting should outweigh the desire for the company to scrape a few more pennies out of your commission.

Make your affiliate product review videos fun and they could even go viral! Think up good story lines and act them out, or use your products in ways which might encourage people outside your typical website audience to view the video. For example, having a skateboarder jump over a 20' stack of your product will draw viewers!

It is important to know your audience when also using affiliate marketing. If you are writing a cosmetics blog, don't choose affiliate ads which are for car parts. The more an affiliate ad relates to what your website or blog is about, the higher the chances are that your current customers or followers will use the affiliate links.




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