2) TIME: You can leverage your time by using content you create
more than once.
For example, you can write articles for distribution on other
websites AND use those articles in a mini-course. This way, your
articles keep working for you, over and over again.
You can gather a collection of articles you've written and re-use
them in an ebook.
Putting your articles in a brandable ebook and getting other
people to give away the book is another effective way of using
leverage.
Even the act of creating a blog or website applies leverage
because you write each article once but it continues
working for you, attracting visitors to your site, for years.
Publishing a newsletter gives you leverage because you use those
email addresses over and over again, every time you publish your
newsletter.
If you simply send traffic directly to the affiliate merchant,
you're doing things backwards. Instead of using leverage, you're
helping the merchant leverage your time and skills.
Article from AssociatePrograms Newsletter #292
Monday, August 14, 2006
Thursday, August 10, 2006
How to use leverage to ramp up your affiliate marketing.
Eight ways to apply affiliate leverage ...saving the best one for last
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Leverage is all about using a little bit of energy to accomplish a lot.
It means harnessing other people's time, energy, skills and resources to multiply your efforts.
Leverage is all about working smarter instead of harder.
Big businesses use leverage all the time. As an affiliate - or an affiliate merchant - you can, too.
How many of the following types of affiliate leverage are you using?
1) MONEY: In business, using other people's money - borrowing - is one of the most common forms of applying leverage. In affiliate marketing, if you're broke and in a hurry, you can use a credit card to buy your first marketing manual. I wouldn't usually recommend this. If you're desperate for cash, you can probably mow lawns or wash windows or give up a luxury so you can save for your first purchase.
Article from AssociatePrograms Newsletter #292
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Leverage is all about using a little bit of energy to accomplish a lot.
It means harnessing other people's time, energy, skills and resources to multiply your efforts.
Leverage is all about working smarter instead of harder.
Big businesses use leverage all the time. As an affiliate - or an affiliate merchant - you can, too.
How many of the following types of affiliate leverage are you using?
1) MONEY: In business, using other people's money - borrowing - is one of the most common forms of applying leverage. In affiliate marketing, if you're broke and in a hurry, you can use a credit card to buy your first marketing manual. I wouldn't usually recommend this. If you're desperate for cash, you can probably mow lawns or wash windows or give up a luxury so you can save for your first purchase.
Article from AssociatePrograms Newsletter #292
Friday, August 04, 2006
Affiliate Programs.
I recently came across this web-site, http://www.5staraffiliateprograms.com and I thought it would be a good reference site for anyone who is new.
Top affiliate programs are listed and reviewed, so you can pick and choose the one that will pays more or you're more comfortable with. For example, The TradePub.com Affiliate Program pays a commission for every qualified FREE magazine subscription you generate from your site.
Top affiliate programs are listed and reviewed, so you can pick and choose the one that will pays more or you're more comfortable with. For example, The TradePub.com Affiliate Program pays a commission for every qualified FREE magazine subscription you generate from your site.
Thursday, August 03, 2006
So, to summarize, there are two main steps for reaching affiliate gold.
1. Build a site whereby your visitors are already planning on joining something or making a purchase before they ever visit your site (ie make your site a normal step on the path towards completing the transaction).
2. Get your site to the top of the search engines, possibly by cross promoting with a popular free content site.
1. Build a site whereby your visitors are already planning on joining something or making a purchase before they ever visit your site (ie make your site a normal step on the path towards completing the transaction).
2. Get your site to the top of the search engines, possibly by cross promoting with a popular free content site.
Monday, July 31, 2006
Affiliate Gold - Part V
Before you try to make an affiliate site like this you need to research your keywords and the competition. You should first of all figure out which terms related to your product are searched the most. For instance which is searched for more often, "Digital Camera Deals," or "Digital Camera Sales." Once you find the most popular set of keywords for your product (the keywords you will use to link to your affiliate page) then you need to find out the current competition for those words. So do a search on Google for those words and check the PageRank of the first site to come up. If your Overall PageRank Power is greater than the PageRank of the current #1 site then you will likely have the #1 spot if you make this affiliate site and cross-promote it with your current site. This is especially true considering that 100% of your incoming links will be using your keywords for the anchor text (afterall, you will have complete control over that) and for your competitors this isn't likely to be the case. Using your Overall PageRank Score in calculations like this is a good way to decide when to create a new site, and also to predict how successful that site will be.