Many people who join an affiliate program never make any money. There is no excuse for this because making money on the Internet as an affiliate marketer almost comes down to doing 1 thing.
In this article let’s talk about 1 successful Internet marketing strategies you can use to be one of the people who really does make money with affiliate programs.
1. Build a email list. When I first got into affiliate marketing back in 2002 I almost immediately understood the importance of building an email list.
If you’ve done any type of off-line direct mail marketing you can appreciate how great it is to not lick stamps and seal envelopes. Being able to reach people with the click of one button is the greatest invention in the history of marketing in my opinion.
To build your email list you need to join an autoresponder company. I personally likeAweber and Get Response. These companies have a proven track record and do a great job of getting the email messages into your subscribers inbox.
You can purchase co-registration leads to jump start your list. Get Response puts them directly into your autoresponder for you. There are many good co-reg. lead services you can find on Google.
Another thing to do is send traffic to your website and capture people’s name and email address. The most effective way to do this is put your sign up form above the fold on every web page you have.
If you are blogging put your sign up form at the top of your sidebar and it will show up on every blog post you make. In both of these instances you will need to host your own website as opposed to using the affiliate website provided for you.
I like to use Host Gator because of how easy it is to build websites using the Fantastico WordPress blogging platform. I buy domain names from GoDaddy and transfer the name servers to Host Gator. This is very easy to do and they will help you if you need it.
Another strategy is to build a landing page and promote it directly. If you do any type of promotions on traffic exchanges, or article marketing, sending your traffic to a landing page is a very good Internet marketing strategy to follow.
Once you start getting subscribers you will want to follow up with them. It is a good idea to set up a series of autoresponder messages in advance. You can then begin to drip useful information on your subscribers over time and they will get to know and trust you.
You can put affiliate links in autoresponder email messages without any problems. If the affiliate URL looks too bulky you can shorten it using a service such as Tiny Url.
As your list continues to grow you can mail out offers to it anytime you want. When you find new affiliate products you like you just tell your list about it by sending out a quick email.
It really is possible to make money online just doing email marketing. Many Internet marketers use the strategy of building multiple email lists in various niches and selling affiliate products that way.
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