Tips for a Beginner of Affiliate Marketing

9 years ago

I post about traffic quite a lot on WF, OP. Aside from that, here's some advice: stick to just one traffic system at a time. It could be forum marketing, Facebook pages and/ or groups, video marketing, or hundreds of others. Pick one - one that will allow you to reach your target audience - and stick to it until you feel like you have it mastered. And then - rinse, repeat.

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shaunybb 9 years ago
Hey Pegasus2046, I hope your having a great day!

You seem to have the basic knowledge of marketing etc so that's a great start. So in terms of traffic you can do free traffic generation such as forums, articles & seo. Or you could go for the paid options like PPC, PPV, media buys etc etc.

But let me give you some advice and help!
- If you have the money, then you could use the paid options you will see much faster results, but you need more knowledge in these techniques.
- If you don't have the money, then start with free traffic sources, there are so many online, a quick google search or search on this forum will give you all the information you need.
- Master one technique at first and be patient. You want relevant and targeted traffic!!
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Jennifer Boyatt

9 years ago

My question for you is:

Do you want to be in this for the long haul? Are you committed to this being your work lifestyle, period?

If yes, then take the time to create a deep foundation.

Do you expect to have multiple squeeze pages for multiple products and just more the merrier and make money simply by the sheer volume of either the number of your pies, or the volume of your traffic to one or a few pies?

Or do you want to create a site around a niche and become somewhat of an authority on it and have affiliate offerings that relate to the niche?

Has anyone taught you about creating an Email list and do you wish to do that business model or element?

Just trouble shooting questions to see what you've thought of and where you are at. When you ask about whether or not you need a paid website(s), the answer is almost always yes. Except when it isn't! So it just depends a lot on where you want to get to and what you see yourself doing, such as when Cheshire Cat advised Alice in Wonderland when she said "I don't care where I get to" "then it doesn't matter what road to take" "as long as I get somewhere" "oh, you're sure to do that"

ha ha

So what do you see yourself doing?

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Pegasus2046

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Jennifer Boyatt

My question for you is:

Do you want to be in this for the long haul? Are you committed to this being your work lifestyle, period?

If yes, then take the time to create a deep foundation.

Do you expect to have multiple squeeze pages for multiple products and just more the merrier and make money simply by the sheer volume of either the number of your pies, or the volume of your traffic to one or a few pies?

Or do you want to create a site around a niche and become somewhat of an authority on it and have affiliate offerings that relate to the niche?

Has anyone taught you about creating an Email list and do you wish to do that business model or element?

Just trouble shooting questions to see what you've thought of and where you are at. When you ask about whether or not you need a paid website(s), the answer is almost always yes. Except when it isn't! So it just depends a lot on where you want to get to and what you see yourself doing, such as when Cheshire Cat advised Alice in Wonderland when she said "I don't care where I get to" "then it doesn't matter what road to take" "as long as I get somewhere" "oh, you're sure to do that"

ha ha

So what do you see yourself doing?

Thank you for your reply.

Yes. I am in this for the long haul. This may not be my primary source of income in future, but I really want to pursue this seriously.

I want to master a niche before expanding to other niches.

No, I actually dont have a clear idea about how to build an email list. I think there'd be a sign-up form in my website. And GetResponse would capture all the email ids entered that. Is that email list building?

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Jennifer Boyatt

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Pegasus2046

Thank you for your reply.

Yes. I am in this for the long haul. This may not be my primary source of income in future, but I really want to pursue this seriously.

I want to master a niche before expanding to other niches.

No, I actually dont have a clear idea about how to build an email list. I think there'd be a sign-up form in my website. And GetResponse would capture all the email ids entered that. Is that email list building?

1 Research and choose your niche and research some more. Something you would love to be providing value to others about. Solve a problem for a specific kind of person, or feed a passion.

2 Determine a Lead Magnet (free offer). Create it. (Solve a problem or feed a passion.)

3 Set up a website (not a squeeze page) in the niche. Start creating content in that niche. That would usually be blog or video posts.

4 Make sure there is a lead capture box (where people put in their email in exchange for your lead magnet) above the fold on the first page. You will also need an autoresponder service

5 Decide how you are going to give value (content, email communication) to your email list and decide what kind of relevant (affiliate) offers (products) you can send to them. Also perhaps how to use your site to showcase the offers as well (this is where squeeze page MAY come in).

6 Decide your main marketing (ad) method or platform, just one, and master it.

7 keep learning and tweaking until you get better at everything I just mentioned, understand the ins and outs, optimize, eventually expand your marketing efforts

Of course--is this the only way? no, of course not. But if it sounds doable and enjoyable to you, at the least you are going to get a hands on education and be able to filter the other information you get from other sources in case you would like to go in any other direction.

Good luck

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greatness008

9 years ago

Learn how to master one of the many options available. I would start with creating a squeeze page and offering a free gift like a write up about how to get more subscribers. You could also throw up a review page w the squeeze page and maybe throw some adwords into the mix. Just don't overwhelm yourself bud. Take it one step at a time and you will find your way. Best of luck to ya!

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rosario1990

9 years ago

Originally Posted by greatness008

Learn how to master one of the many options available. I would start with creating a squeeze page and offering a free gift like a write up about how to get more subscribers. You could also throw up a review page w the squeeze page and maybe throw some adwords into the mix. Just don't overwhelm yourself bud. Take it one step at a time and you will find your way. Best of luck to ya!

I love the idea you shared here. Basically I would like to know more about squeeze page. Will wait for more update here. Good Luck!

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CaptainKevin07

9 years ago

A squeeze page is a great tool for building an email list . Essentiailly you offer something of value to your potential audience . Usually some free information , in order for the audience to receive your information , they must provide you with at minimum an email address. It is also good to get their first name as well . once they provide the contact info they have access to your free info or gift. As you build a good list you can email them offers for some other things of value which they are willing to pay you for.

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Rob Harris

9 years ago

I would stay away from the SEO "voodoo" you talk about. Even by your calling it "voodoo" that would set alarm bells ringing for me.
I ignore SEO. If I get some traffic from it, that's great, but I don't go out of my way to do it. It's unreliable and out of my hands. I could spend years and lots of money to get a website ranked in Google. They change their algorithm and drop my website and all that hard work/time/money goes to waste.
You've just given me an idea for an article, thanks!

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TonyDong

9 years ago

I think Rob Harris said right. When Google update their algorithm, many site go down. It really waste time and money.
I think the way stable is build a list subcriber and create relationship with them.
But there a question is now : Where traffic to build a list subcriber? haha...

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gluckspilz

9 years ago

To be honest, don't get too hang up on the complicated strategies...

Affiliate marketing is simply sending traffic to an offer and getting rewarded when a specific action has been made.

I understand that list building is pretty much a must when it comes to marketing but don't even get caught in the trap of having to know everything.

Just ask yourself these questions first before moving on with list building or traffic generation....

1. Do you have an affiliate offer to promote? If not, go and find one first so you can move to step 2.
2. Do you know where your audience hang out? If not do that research first.
3. Do you have a budget? Leverage your time and tap into paid traffic whenever you can, if you can't then in my opinion, two really good options are YouTube and niche sites.
4. Just research everything. I can almost guarantee you if you spend an hour or two researching information you want to know, You will probably know more than half the people on this forum.

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Pegasus2046 9 years ago

Thank you for all the replies. I hope I can put your guidance to good use.
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Pegasus2046

9 years ago

Originally Posted by gluckspilz

To be honest, don't get too hang up on the complicated strategies...

Affiliate marketing is simply sending traffic to an offer and getting rewarded when a specific action has been made.

I understand that list building is pretty much a must when it comes to marketing but don't even get caught in the trap of having to know everything.

Just ask yourself these questions first before moving on with list building or traffic generation....

1. Do you have an affiliate offer to promote? If not, go and find one first so you can move to step 2.
2. Do you know where your audience hang out? If not do that research first.
3. Do you have a budget? Leverage your time and tap into paid traffic whenever you can, if you can't then in my opinion, two really good options are YouTube and niche sites.
4. Just research everything. I can almost guarantee you if you spend an hour or two researching information you want to know, You will probably know more than half the people on this forum.

Thank you for your reply.

Unfortunately, it's very hard for me to find an unbiased resource for research. Every resource I find is usually some kind of advertisement and promotion by itself.

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Manish Sapkota

9 years ago

Buy traffic from solo ads.

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Brent Stangel

9 years ago

No, I actually dont have a clear idea about how to build an email list. I think there'd be a sign-up form in my website. And GetResponse would capture all the email ids entered that. Is that email list building?

Basically, yes.

Email Marketing

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discrat

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Pegasus2046

I have cursory knowledge regarding Affiliate Marketing. I know how to get Hoplinks (ClickBank term; I don't know what the generic term for that is), I know how to create a squeeze page and link it to a sign-in form from GetResponse. What I do not have an idea about is how to promote this squeeze page. Some said that promotion through Facebook and Twitter is a good idea. Some said that making squeeze page using a free website is not a good idea, and the only way this will work is to get a paid website and some SEO voodoo. I'm quite overwhelmed with all the plethora of advice and suggestions. Can anyone tell me a good authentic guide that'll outline the procedure?

Facebook can be very advantageous. Though, there is a learning curve to learn the platform and the nuances associated with it.

I would personally recommend you stay away from SEO, at least right now. It can be a tough game to play with fickle Google lol

Forum Marketing and Blog commenting if done right and done with quality, can be beneficial as well.

Just pick your poison and master one at a time

- Robert Andrew

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LesterRussell

9 years ago

Use paid traffic methods is a good way to jump start your business when you've just started out. Free traffic methods (eg. SEO) takes a good amount of time before you see results so its hard to provide a gauge on how well you are doing.

One advise when starting out with paid traffic is to do everything in small sample batches like you would in a science experiment. As tempting as it is to pay to receive instant results, always ensure you are maximizing every dollar spent to reach out to the largest number of people possible.

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Medway1

9 years ago

As you have seen in this thread and heard there are many ways to market your site and there is no one size fits all. Which do you choose and as Jennifer Boyatt says what are your goals, hare or tortoise?.

Jot all your options down.
Narrow down your options by eliminating all those traffic streams that are outside your budget.
Which of the remaining ones do you have an interest in? For now cross out the rest.

Unless you have a business head on your shoulders then you are possibly not going to put the effort into an area you don't have an interest in and don't feel comfortable with. Some don't like audio, some don't like video, for instance.

If you have an interest in a particular traffic stream, perhaps Twitter, forum or article marketing, solo ads, then hone in on that as you will put far greater effort in achieving your goal, which ultimately will make you more successful than if you tackle a method you are not comfortable with. The effort you are going to put into a method is arguably more important than choosing a method you are then put limited effort into.

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JohnMcCabe

9 years ago

Originally Posted by gluckspilz

Just ask yourself these questions first before moving on with list building or traffic generation....

1. Do you have an affiliate offer to promote? If not, go and find one first so you can move to step 2.
2. Do you know where your audience hang out? If not do that research first.
3. Do you have a budget? Leverage your time and tap into paid traffic whenever you can, if you can't then in my opinion, two really good options are YouTube and niche sites.
4. Just research everything. I can almost guarantee you if you spend an hour or two researching information you want to know, You will probably know more than half the people on this forum.

Better to switch 1 and 2 around. Pick a market to serve, find out where they hang out and whether you can reach them effectively. Then look for an offer to promote.

Much, much easier to sell people stuff they already want than to pick something and try to figure out where and how to reach them.

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Randall Magwood

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Pegasus2046

...What I do not have an idea about is how to promote this squeeze page...

Pay for it. Simple. You'll lose less hair in the process.

Don't stake everything on free and social traffic. Your hair will turn grey faster than you can click your mouse.

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richarddaris

9 years ago

there are many source to get traffic for your squeeze,...
one of them are solo ads [you need at about $50 min] to start..
google it.. now.

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