Janji mendapatkan keuntungan tanpa benar-benar melakukan banyak hal telah memikat banyak orang ke arah pemasaran afiliasi. Tetapi apakah pemasaran afiliasi benar-benar berfungsi seperti ini?
Sebagai afiliasi, Anda hanya perlu menempatkan iklan pedagang di situs web Anda. Kemudian setelah itu, Anda hampir tidak melakukan apa-apa selain menunggu siapa pun mengklik iklan pedagang dan kemudian mengumpulkan keuntungan Anda. Mudah, bukan? Yah, tidak terlalu sering. Banyak afiliasi hampir tidak mendapatkan apa-apa dari program afiliasi mereka hanya karena mereka tidak melakukan apa-apa. Ingatlah bahwa pemasaran afiliasi hanyalah bentuk lain dari pemasaran, dan Anda pasti perlu memasarkan produk pedagang Anda agar Anda mendapatkan sesuatu.
Afiliasi yang sukses dalam program afiliasi apa pun tidak hanya duduk di sana dan menunggu uang datang. Mengapa? Karena tidak ada uang hanya dengan duduk dan menunggu. Jika Anda ingin sukses dalam pemasaran afiliasi dan jika Anda ingin terus mengembangkan cek afiliasi Anda, Anda harus melakukan sesuatu. Pikirkan cara untuk mempromosikan bisnis dan produk pedagang Anda dengan lebih baik. Pikirkan cara bagaimana membujuk orang lain untuk mengklik tautan atau iklan yang diberikan kepada Anda oleh pedagang Anda. Pikirkan cara bagaimana membuat penjualan afiliasi Anda meningkat!
So if you're new in affiliate marketing and you try to follow the easy go lucky pit that most unsuccessful affiliate marketers follow, then you're definitely on the wrong track. But we're not advising you to stop right there. No. Rather, we want you to take some steps to make your affiliate program work better and gain more commissions for you. How? Here are a few guidelines that may help you to continually grow your affiliate checks:
* Become an expert on your affiliate product.
You can promote your merchant's product better if you know a lot of things about it. To become an expert, the best thing you can do is purchase your merchant's product yourself. This way, you can tell your customers about your first-hand experience using the product. You can even write a testimonial or a personal endorsement ad about it. But if any condition does not permit you to purchase the product, you can at least make a thorough research about it.
* Host your own website.
Or at least have a domain name that is short and easy to remember. You certainly wouldn't expect a visitor to remember a very long and incomprehensible URL. And if that's so, you also wouldn't expect him to visit your website any time soon. That means less traffic for your page and the less chance for your affiliate ads and links to be clicked.
It is also a good idea to create a private website and offer access to it to anybody who clicks on any of your affiliate ads. Visitors usually get interested with these private websites. Private websites also gives you a venue to promote your back-end affiliate products.
* Write your own affiliate ads.
Many merchants usually wouldn't mind if you write and design your own ads for their products, for as long as you ask permission from them and present them your ad before posting it on your site. This gives you a greater advantage over a lot of other affiliates who must be advertising the same affiliate products.
* Participate in chat rooms, discussion boards, and forums related to your product.
If you use to ignore them before, then it is time for you to start focusing your attention on them. You can start your own chat or join an existing chat related to your product. You don't have to promote your affiliate product at once, but find the chance to advertise and promote it as you go along. The same would be true for message boards, discussion boards and forums.
* Create a free ezine or newsletter.
Ezines and newsletters are periodical publications whose aim is to inform a group of people about a certain subject. In your ezines and newsletters, you don't always have to promote your merchant's product for this may greatly annoy your subscribers. Rather, find a way to insert your affiliate ads and links on some portions of the letter. Also, don't forget to promote your ezine or newsletter on your website.
Ini hanyalah beberapa pedoman tentang bagaimana Anda dapat meningkatkan penjualan afiliasi Anda dan terus meningkatkan cek afiliasi Anda. Tentu ada banyak tip lain di luar sana, dan jika menurut Anda itu akan berhasil, kami tidak akan menyurutkan Anda untuk mengikutinya. Yang penting adalah Anda dapat menemukan cara untuk: menarik lebih banyak lalu lintas ke situs Anda, mendorong pengunjung untuk mengeklik iklan di situs Anda, dan dapat mempromosikan produk pedagang Anda bahkan di luar batas situs web Anda. Jika Anda bisa melakukan ini, tidak ada alasan bagi Anda untuk gagal dalam pemasaran afiliasi.