How Can I Increase Affiliate sales Without A List.

20 articles isn't really a lot. A lot will depend on how good your articles are, what sort of CTR you're getting, how well your site presells the product, how good the product is... you get the picture.

You don't necessarily need to build a list to make sales. If you'd rather go with using articles, that's fine. Lots of us do.

Just make sure you get the basics down right. Write good quality articles, using the right keywords and make sure your resouce box directs them to an equally good landing page.

It's all about the bonus. If you have traffic but not enough conversions, the reward is not good enough. The bonus is often the tipping point with these clickbank products. Come up with an appealing accompaning bonus that they "must" have to use the product.

The answer is simple ... start building a list today right now and without delay.

John

Just curious. Why can't you manage a list? You have several options.

Hi there jideofor,

I am not sure your reasons for not being able to manage a list, but if it is cash-flow then there is a simple answer for you.

GetResponse has a completely FREE option for you. They will let you use their autoresponder completely free up to your first 100 members of your list.

So check it out and you can start leveraging the most powerful tool you can build for your business... YOUR LIST!!

-Scott

Hey,
There are loads of ways to increase your affiliate sales. Here's your basic strategy for success for not only building a mailing list but to make some affiliate sales in the mean time...

Step One - Put together some free content. This can be anything - an eBook, some free videos, some software - anything. This free content will be used to help build your mailing list. Just make sure that what you're giving away is compelling and of high value to your market. Give it away in exchange for a name and email.

Step Two - On the back end, put together a compelling affiliate offer that relates to the content of your website. This is where you'll send your opt-ins.

Step Three - Drive some traffic to that offer. Lord knows you don't need to pay for traffic in this day and age. There is some fantastic content on both SEO and marketing on Facebook

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Step Four - Collect commissions.

Tell me your website, I'd love to give you some pointers.

Your welcome.

Focus on ways to increase quality traffic (backlinks, keywords, what ever it takes). If you can generate more high quality traffic, the sales/earnings will follow. Focus on SEO first, then sales.

Hi there,

I had a similar problem with a site with my own product on it a while ago. What I found was that article marketing and video marketing are really good free tools to help you build your business when you have time rather than money - giving bonus material is one good way of increasing conversions. The trick is to not only have your offer seen by a lot of people (and you might want to increase your articles on EzineArticles to help with that) but they also need to be "pre-sold" before they reach your site. You might want to have a look at your resource box for your articles as that might be letting you down. If you PM me with a link to one I could have a look for you and possibly offer some advice.

Best of luck
Lisa

1. CAPTURE THE OPT-IN FIRST.
Instead of sending traffic directly to your affiliate link, send them to your site where you offer some kind of list for them to join. (Hint: Mini-course works best) Once you have them on a list, they become an asset. If you send them directly to an affiliate page and they don't buy, they're gone forever.
On your list, you can follow-up with them indefinitely.
You can even redirect them to your affiliate link AFTER they join your list, effectively getting them where you wanted them to go in the first place.

2. DIFFERENTIATE THE OFFER.
Instead of sending out the same, tired, lame advertisement that every other affiliate in the world sends out, write your own.
Trust me when I say that many people find it OFFENSIVE when they receive two dozens duplicate emails from two dozen list owners all promoting the exact same thing in the exact same way.
And even if they don't find it offensive, it's not as effective if you simply rinse and repeat what everyone else is doing.

3. SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE.
Nothing - nothing - nothing speaks louder than RESULTS. If you want to lose a few pounds, who do you turn to? Someone who is still struggling with their own weight or someone you've seen drop 35 pounds? Exactly.
The way you make your mailings / ads different is you speak from your own personal experience. This product or service that you are promoting as an affiliate, how has it been useful to you personally? What results have you personally achieved? When you used it, what happened?

4. OFFER A COMPELLING INCENTIVE.
Another way to be different - and to dramatically increase your chances of getting a sale as an affiliate - is to offer some kind of compelling incentive if someone buys the offer through YOUR referral link. Whether it's a special report or access to an audio recording, personalized consultation or advertising, a private training call or existing products and services, this can be a highly effective method of converting fence-setters into paying customers.
In order for it to work well, it must be UNIQUE (I.E. You're the only one making the offer) and USEFUL (I.E. Something of great perceived value to the reader).
Note: Don't have anything to offer? Don't worry! There are many ways to easily obtain extra incentives: conduct an interview, hire a ghostwriter to create articles / reports for you, buy reprint rights to other products, assemble a bunch of free articles and other resources into a private access site, etc.

5. LOOK FOR RESIDUAL OPPORTUNITIES.
Rather than exhaust your efforts on purchases that give you a one-time commission, why not make the most of your marketing by looking firstly for offers that pay out ONGOING monthly commissions for your referred sales?
There are many different residual income generating services such as membership sites (ranging from PT Cruisers to weight loss), stock photos and clipart, hosting, autoresponders, databases (from hiking trails to sermon outlines) online magazines and a variety of other subscription based opportunities that reward you with monthly recurring commissions.
While you definitely want a mix of types of affiliate programs to promote, your priority should be in identifying and promoting those services and programs that will pay you month after month, instead of only one time.

6. BUILD A SALES ARMY.
One of the biggest untapped sources of income in any list is that of "turning subscribers into partners". In other words, find those on your list who are interested in making money and provide them with training and materials to promote affiliate programs as well.
This has a two-fold advantage for YOU:
* First, if you find 2-tier affiliate programs, you can get your subscribers to join the program through your referral. Anytime they get a sale, you'll earn a commission as well. You effectively get free commissions from their effort.
* Secondly, you can use their efforts to build your own assets. For example: If you provide them with a 10-page report to give away to promote their affiliate link, you can include a page in the report promoting YOUR list! You effectively get free subscribers from their effort.

7. MONETIZE FOR MULTIPLE STREAMS.
As your own list continues to grow, you certainly want to diversify in your offerings. (Not to the point of bombarding your list with offers every day of course!)
* Promote other affiliate programs.
* Create your own products.
(Even short $10 reports will earn profit!)
* Establish joint ventures.
* Co-author products.
* Cross promote.
* Conduct surveys.
There are MANY ways to make money from you list and keep your list growing, growing, growing! Remember, it all comes down to: starting, sustaining and strengthening relationships with subscribers. And that is how you make a fortune as an affiliate promoting other people's products.

It's all about the freebie! You can make more money giving away something free, than just asking someone to buy your affiliate product.

If your short on cash at the minute and you want to get into Internet Marketing you need to concentrate on writing as many articles as you can, make them short, 300-350 words max, have multiple links in your resource box and a good call to action.

Direct all your traffic to a squeeze page, as Scott said above you can get GetResponse for free until you hit 100 subscribers, all you need to pay for is your domain and some cheap hosting.

Redirect all your subscribers to the sales page of the product your promoting after they have submitted their details, this way you'll probably be able to make a few sales, at least enough to upgrade your autoresponder to a paid plan.

Work on builing your list up this month, and next month you may be able to do some ad swaps to grow your list a lot faster.

Good luck

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