help with affiliate marketing

by GOBBLE
12 replies
I NEED SOME FRESH IDEAS ... I AM A NEWBIE AT THIS AFFILIATE MARKETING THING AND I FEEL THAT I AM DOING ALL THIS WORK FOR NOTHING... I HAVE POSTED CLASSIFIED ADS, I AM ON TRAFFIC SITES, I HAVE SUBMITTED MY AFFILIATE LINKS, AND TO DATE NOTHING NA-DA... WHAT AM I DOING WRONG... I REALLY WANT THIS TO WORK AND I AM READY TO WORK HARD... I REALLY NEED SOME ADVISE, NOT SALES PITCHES!!!
#affiliate #marketing
  • Profile picture of the author Alex Blades
    Give us more info than that, are you spamming your affiliate links?

    Is that an affiliate link in your signature?
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  • Profile picture of the author nicholasb
    press your caps lock, there are people here who can help you, but make sure to remove your aff link from your siggy.

    get more specific on what you are actually doing and we can help you.

    You pretty much need to setup a lead capture page, a follow up series, and then you need to send targeted and quality traffic to that page.

    I need more details to be able to help you though.
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  • Profile picture of the author Willie Crawford
    It sounds like you are not getting your offers in front of your
    ideal customers.

    There are many places that you post where practically no one
    reads the posts, except perhaps to confirm that THEIR post is
    there.

    It's not about posting your affiliate link in as many places as
    possible. It's about getting in front of the people that your
    affiliate product is the perfect solution to one of their problems...
    and then explaining that to them in plain English.

    An easy way to do that is with articles, or blog posts.

    Someone has already pointed out that you shouldn't post in
    all caps. Our brains process things easier when it's a
    combination of uppercase and lowercase, and many people
    who see something posted in all uppercase, or all lowercase,
    will not read it.

    You need to make your posts, emails, etc., easy on the eye...
    upper and lower case... preferably with relatively short paragraphs.

    Hang in there. It will all fall in place.

    You do need to also begin by asking if whatever you're selling
    is something that the people you are targeting really want. If
    you were your ideal customer, would you want/buy the exact
    same product?

    Willie
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  • Have you looked into solo ads?
    How effective are your squeeze pages? You can post them here.
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    • Profile picture of the author TeamLeaderGirl
      What does "you can post them here" mean? Do you have a suggestion on good places to post solo ads? This is my first day on Warrier Forum so hope this isn't a dumb question. My husband is here making fun of me.
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  • Profile picture of the author xu1
    lol...For starters...try not using ALL CAPS...
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  • Profile picture of the author hsbinmarket
    First set your goal honestly !
    Then post something to discuss, pls.
    Wasting others' time will return u nothing.
    Hope u got my point.
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  • Profile picture of the author DanSharp
    Originally Posted by GOBBLE View Post

    I NEED SOME FRESH IDEAS ... I AM A NEWBIE AT THIS AFFILIATE MARKETING THING AND I FEEL THAT I AM DOING ALL THIS WORK FOR NOTHING... I HAVE POSTED CLASSIFIED ADS, I AM ON TRAFFIC SITES, I HAVE SUBMITTED MY AFFILIATE LINKS, AND TO DATE NOTHING NA-DA...
    Between your left shift and "tab" keys, there's a button. Press it. Now write some new content and watch your conversion rates soar!

    Basic affiliate marketing setup:
    1. Start a blog with your affiliate link in the sidebar
    2. Get an autoresponder, put the signup box in your blog sidebar
    3. Write some really good quality authoritative content for your blog
    4. Write a bunch of quality content for article sites with your blog URL in the bottom, so people pick up your content as guest posts
    5. Figure out who the authorities are in your niche and send them high quality articles as guest posts (for the backlinks)
    6. As your list grows, send them short but useful tips with a promo for your affiliate product every 4-5 emails
    7. Post to forums in your niche with your blog link in your signature file
    Alternately:
    1. Create a free book or free report as a bribe
    2. Set up an autoresponder list
    3. Set up a squeeze page offering it for visitors that put in their email address and get on your list
    4. Drive traffic (PPC, etc) to that squeeze page
    5. Send out short but useful tips to your list with your autoresponder, promoting affiliate products every 4-7 semails
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  • Profile picture of the author Sarevok
    Half the battle is having easy and economical access to a demographic.

    The other half is a delivery method.

    Figure out economical access first, then everything is will come to you.
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  • Profile picture of the author zeroaffiliate
    Sometime, if you didn't continue on a working system and try to chase on next shining objects, chances are you might be a few steps away from success.
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  • Profile picture of the author MKCookins
    Sounds like you are trying to promote products to first time visitors. This is VERY HARD to do.

    It has been proven it usually takes showing a person a product 5-7 times before they consider buying it.

    With this in mind, it is wise to build an email list. This way once people are on you're list -- then you can provide them with massive value and offer the same product several times.
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    You might have to invest into some paid coaching/consulting. Find a niche, build an email list, get your own website, setup a squeeze page, and start driving traffic to your site. If you dont know how to drive traffic to your site, use the "search" button at the top of the forum and type in "traffic", "traffic generation", or "get traffic".
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