Affiliate Marketing And List Building – How To Combine Both Strategies To Get Maximum Profits
Posted on 31. Oct, 2009 by admin in Traffic
Affiliate Marketing And List Building – How To Combine Both Strategies To Get Maximum Profits
The affiliate marketing business model can be simply defined as a partnership between the merchant and the promoter where the promoter will get a certain percentage of the net sale as commission when the promoter is able to refer a customer to purchase the merchant’s product. This is very (more…)
Affiliate Marketing And List Building – How To Combine Both Strategies To Get Maximum Profits
The affiliate marketing business model can be simply defined as a partnership between the merchant and the promoter where the promoter will get a certain percentage of the net sale as commission when the promoter is able to refer a customer to purchase the merchant’s product. This is very useful when the newbies have just started this business and they do not have their own product. They will be able to start this business fast by promoting other people’s product.
The list building model on the other hand can be simply defined as a process where you will be collecting a group of customer’s details using a professional autoresponder and following up with them consistently over a period of time with information or resources that they are interested in.
From the above definition, it will be a very powerful strategy if we combine the affiliate marketing strategy with the list building strategy. As you will be able to start the business fast by promoting other people’s product, you will be able to build your own list at the same time while you are making some sales. The easiest approach is to have a simple squeeze page where the main purpose is to get the visitors details.
When you have the squeeze page, you will be using the list building to build your list and you will be redirecting your subscribers to your affiliate link once they join your list. This ensures that there is the first point of promoting the product to them. Even if they do not purchase the product, you will still be able to follow up with them through email as you have their contact details.
This is very powerful as most of the sales come from the following up emails with the subscribers. The main reason is because the subscribers will have already received several emails from you and they are more familiar with you. People will only purchase products from someone that they can trust and you will want to make sure that you are the person that they can trust. Do put in the effort to build a good relationship with them and you will be richly rewarded.
By: Zack Lim
Does Web Site Traffic Grow On Trees? by Victoria Munro – ArticleCity.com
Posted on 31. Oct, 2009 by admin in Traffic
Once upon a time, there was a web designer who designed web sites and published them on the Internet. His life was not too complicated. To make a nice profit all he needed to do was simply build a site and upload it to the Internet.
Unfortunately these times have passed away and will never return again. That sweet old formula “create a site + publish it = success” does not work anymore. It did (more…)
Once upon a time, there was a web designer who designed web sites and published them on the Internet. His life was not too complicated. To make a nice profit all he needed to do was simply build a site and upload it to the Internet.
Unfortunately these times have passed away and will never return again. That sweet old formula “create a site + publish it = success” does not work anymore. It did years ago, but we have to keep up with technology, new Internet conditions and requirements.
Time goes by, technology develops, conditions change. And it’s not necessarily a bad thing. What was unthinkable before is very real now. For example: RSS feeds are getting more and more popular. As our schedules become busier every day, we don’t have much time to browse through the Internet looking for important information. Now it’s enough to subscribe for articles, blog posts, fresh web site content on the topic that interests you the most and you will get the useful content flowing straight to you so you don’t even have to look for it.
I often see the same question appearing on many business marketing forums: “I’ve created a website but do not get any traffic. Where do I get the visitors? Can someone tell me what to do?”
I’d like to compare a web site to an island Imagine a beautiful tropical island, a small piece of paradise in the middle of the ocean. Many people would give a lot to own it, or at least get a chance to spend few days on it. But it’s … unoccupied because NOBODY KNOWS IT EXISTS!
This island could become quite a “hot spot” with ships bringing in crowds round the clock. But unless there is a map with exact coordinates to it nothing will happen. Secondly, that map needs to get in front of people’s eyes. I suppose showing few good shots would help get crowds interested. With other words some decent marketing should happen before we can see the desirable results.
Ok, back to the “traffic” question. Before I answer it, I’d like to ask you this:
1) What was already DONE to get the traffic?
2) What is the budget you can afford to pay for the traffic?
3) What is your time frame to generate traffic to your web site?
Depending on your answer I’d develop your “plan of attack”. Let’s look at three possible options:
1) Sufficient funds and time to invest into advertising campaign.
2) Little/no funds, enough time.
3) Little/no time, sufficient funds.
Option #1 – the best one, unfortunately does not happen too often in real life. I believe there will be no problem achieving great results with enough persuasion. Take your time (you’ve got enough of it anyway), learn every possible strategy and marketing method. Invest in SEO, PPC and every other advertising program you can lay your hands on.
Option #2 – I’d suggest to work hard on your Search Engine Optimisation. If you play your cards right, your site will come up within first few organic results and attract very decent amount of visitors. The down point is – it will take a long time for your site to be indexed within major search engines and appearing close to the top will require good SEO skills and patience. Don’t forget to spread the word through viral marketing, use reciprocal links, classified ads, article submission.
Option #3 – Most certainly go for PPC (pay per click advertising). Yahoo and Google will be your best bets, but don’t neglect smaller but less expensive engines like Kanoodle, LookSmart, MIVA.
In this article I’ve just started to scratch the surface. There are many other ways to market your website and receive tons of highly targeted, ready-to-buy visitors. To get invaluable information for the internet beginners as well as more advanced advertising techniques, please visit my website www.provenincomemagnet.com.
About The Author
Victoria Munro is an established home business owner. Specializing in cutting-edge internet marketing strategies her web site http://www.ProvenIncomeMagnet.com is a constantly growing resource for Internet Entrepreneurs, beginners and advanced businessmen alike.
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