Ideas To Boost Your Affiliate Commissions
Affiliate marketing is one of the simplest ways to start making money online. You don’t need your own website when starting out and you don’t have to deal with anything related to the product, including refunds. Simply join an affiliate program, promote the product, and earn your commissions
Let’s say for the sake of this post that you are already involved in an affiliate program. What would be the next thing you would want to do? Earn bigger commissions, right? So… how do you do that?
Here are some powerful tips on boosting your affiliate commissions…
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. In my last post, I discussed choosing the right affiliate program as there are several factors to consider. 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. You can be picky.
Write free reports or short ebooks to distribute from your site or blog. You will be competing with other affiliates that are promoting the same program so if you write a short report related to the product you are promoting, you will stand out from other affiliates. In your report, provide valuable information for free and if possible, add some recommendations about the products. You will establish credibility and your potential customers will see that.
Build your list! Get an autoresponder service and collect the email addresses of those who download your free ebooks. They have opted in to receive more emails from you and it is a known fact that people do not make a purchase the first time. You may have to send out your message more than just one time to make a sale – the follow up.
Also, set up a squeeze page. Get the contact information of a prospect before sending them to the vendor’s website. Redirect them to the sales page after they give you their email address in exchange for your free report/ebook. Keep in mind, you are basically providing free advertisement for the product owners because you get paid only when you make a sale. If you send prospects directly to the vendor site, chances are, you will lose them.
Publish an online newsletter or ezine. It is always best to recommend a product to someone you know (your list) than to sell to a stranger. This is the purpose behind publishing your own newsletter. It also allows you to develop a relationship based on trust with your subscribers since you will be providing them with quality information.
This strategy is a delicate balance between providing useful information with a sales pitch. If you continue to write informative articles, you will be able to build a sense of reciprocity in your readers that may lead them to support you by buying your products.
Write strong pay per click ads. PPC marketing is one of the most effective means of advertising online. As an affiliate, you can make a small income just by managing PPC campaigns, i.e. Google AdWords. Always monitor and test to see which ads are more effective and which ones to get rid. You can get some really great training at PPCClassroom.com.
Give these strategies a try…and watch the difference they will make to your commissions.
Filed under affiliate marketing by on Oct 20th, 2009. 4 Comments. 
This Video on Traffic is INSANE…
Okay, so this past Thursday, my friend Chuck Mullaney and I put together one killer webinar – all on TRAFFIC! It was a tremendous chance to get step by step methods for generating targeted traffic (which is everything) to your offers. You guys should know by now, I love any secrets I can get my hands on when it comes to traffic, and I can tell you this webinar was nothing short of awesome.
Chuck revealed why MOST people out there lose money with Pay Per Click advertising, why most advertisements suck and how you can turn that around in five minutes flat. Plus so much more.
So here’s the deal, if you missed the webinar, this is your Last Chance to view it for free.
In fact, not only is this video insane, but you’d be insane to not click this link and watch that video. I have already had a ton of emails from folks who watched the video and they are totally psyched about this thing.
After reading those emails, I contacted Chuck and told him that there’s no way he can just close this thing right now. I asked him to keep this webinar alive, at least for a little while so those that missed it can view it. I told him that my peeps were going nuts for this information and not to pull it down. Guess what? He agreed!!
So, lucky for you, you have another opportunity to view this awesome webinar on traffic. I’m telling you, it was great.
So, stop everything you are doing right now. Yes, seriously… Put the kids to bed, close the door, shut down all those tabs you have open in your browser and hold on to your mouse, because this is a Must See Video! Hey, there’s even been some “gurus” (you know the ones – with the fancy lifestyles) 
saying that they jumped on this…
Go ahead…sprint over to this video. Like a saying from one of my favorite movies – Run Forrest, run!
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Filed under affiliate marketing by on Sep 5th, 2009. Comment.
PPC Web Spy: Free Keyword Research Tool
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PPC Web Spy
I’m sure everyone agrees that keywords are the backbone and foundation of your online business. Keywords are how people find your website. Without keywords, nobody would ever find your site, and purchase whatever it is you’re selling! Keywords might possibly be the difference in a successful internet business and a failing one.
I’m sure this questions is a huge one…(I know I ask it) How in the world do I know which keywords to use to advertise and become the base for any business?
Well, Brad Fallon has created PPC Web Spy, an excellent software program that runs right on your browser. It allows you to browse Google and view the Adwords keywords of ANY Adwords advertiser! Basically, it’s a small file that gets installed into your web browser (i.e. Firefox). When you do a Google search, the software automatically places a “view keywords” button below every single Adwords advertiser.
Click the “view keywords” button and really neat popup window appears that not only shows you the keywords that any Adwords advertiser is bidding on, but it also shows you a TON of other information, like how much they’re paying per click and so on. Best of all, the standard version is free so you can test drive it.
Here’s some features of PPC Web Spy:
**You’ll be able to quickly and easily uncover any Google Adwords advertiser’s keywords in only a few seconds! Then, simply take those keywords and advertise your own product or service and get ready for the money to come rolling in!
**You’ll be able to see critical Adwords data relating to each keyword. Data such as:
* The actual Adwords ads your competitors have written for each keyword
* The Cost Per Click, or amount your competitors are paying for each keywords they’re bidding on
* Your competitor’s Adwords rank, so you’ll be able to determine how much money you should be spending to get your site to a similar rank, to expect similar results.
* The total daily amount your competition is spending via Google Adwords
**You can use PPC Web Spy to generate your own giant list of keywords based upon any of the individual keywords your competition is using!
**You can also generate a giant, targeted keyword list by inputting your competitor’s domain name, allowing you to build an even larger, more targeted keyword list!
**and so much more…
This tool has definitely saved me a ton of time in doing keyword research. Once you are familiar with it, you can upgrade to platinum, where it gets even better!! With the platinum upgrade, you then get access to a very powerful and viral affiliate feature which allows you to have your own affiliate links for any product placed in the top 1 and 2 positions in google for anyone which you have referred. That’s the amazing part!
This is some really awesome technology. See for yourself…Download your free copy now!
Happy keyword researching,
Brenda
Filed under affiliate marketing by on Mar 9th, 2009. 5 Comments.
