Promotion of affiliate products on blog + list or just the list?

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Where is the best promotion product which I am a affiliate?

Option 1:
In a blog on the right side (widgets), in the produce section with the products of the author and lists of e-mail

(My current option. Sometimes I suspect that I may be losing leads by offering other "distractions" on the site)

Option 2:
Only the list of emails

Option: _ ?
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  • Profile picture of the author NK
    Why not write a blog post reviewing the product, and then email your list about it? You can even get your list to check out your blog post or offer them extra bonuses for buying through your link.
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    • Profile picture of the author robsonrachid
      Originally Posted by NK View Post

      Why not write a blog post reviewing the product, and then email your list about it? You can even get your list to check out your blog post or offer them extra bonuses for buying through your link.
      In this case you do not think it's cool to use widgets and place products in the products section?

      It would be better so I just create posts mentioning the product?
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      • Profile picture of the author NK
        Originally Posted by robsonrachid View Post

        In this case you do not think it's cool to use widgets and place products in the products section?

        It would be better so I just create posts mentioning the product?
        A review works a LOT better than just having widgets on the side. You can still use the banner/widget if you create a post. Nothing to stop you from doing everything you've mentioned
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by robsonrachid View Post

    Option 2:
    Only the list of emails
    Don't try that one if you're an Amazon affiliate: they allow email marketing, of course, but they don't allow the affiliate links to be included in the emails.

    Sometimes, in internet marketing, the answer to "which is better" ends up being "both".
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    • Profile picture of the author robsonrachid
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      Don't try that one if you're an Amazon affiliate: they allow email marketing, of course, but they don't allow the affiliate links to be included in the emails.

      Sometimes, in internet marketing, the answer to "which is better" ends up being "both".
      Here in Brazil we have hotmart, which is similar to clickbank for you platform. Then I put banners on my blog as widgets, put the affiliate products in the produce section and also divulge the list of emails.

      Believes that it is better to choose only from the list of emails or leave as is currently?
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      • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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        Originally Posted by robsonrachid View Post

        Here in Brazil we have hotmart, which is similar to clickbank for you platform. Then I put banners on my blog as widgets, put the affiliate products in the produce section and also divulge the list of emails.

        Believes that it is better to choose only from the list of emails or leave as is currently?
        I think which is better may depend on your traffic demographics.

        For myself, it pays (as far as ClickBank products are concerned) to do as much as I can by email and as little as necessary visibly on my site. I don't want my sites to look like those of "just another marketer" because the reality is that that inhibits some of the potentially-best customers from opting in. And long experience in a wide variety of niches has taught me that I'm hardly ever going to make any sales to them at all, if they don't opt in.

        I do have some reviews and hoplinks on my sites, and people do click on them - but the people who click those and buy the product are almost invariably people who have got to that link by following one in an email (having opted in at an earlier visit to the site, sometimes without even seeing those links, because they're not particularly easy to find).

        I even have some of them on pages which visitors are very unlikely to find/see, until they've opted in and started receiving my emails.

        It doesn't necessarily follow that any/all of this will also be true for yourself, and your Hotmart links, though: you probably need to test it? I suspect that the answer's going to depend largely on your traffic demographics and maybe slightly on the niche(s) as well. :confused:
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        • Profile picture of the author robsonrachid
          Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

          I think which is better may depend on your traffic demographics.

          For myself, it pays (as far as ClickBank products are concerned) to do as much as I can by email and as little as necessary visibly on my site. I don't want my sites to look like those of "just another marketer" because the reality is that that inhibits some of the potentially-best customers from opting in. And long experience in a wide variety of niches has taught me that I'm hardly ever going to make any sales to them at all, if they don't opt in.

          I do have some reviews and hoplinks on my sites, and people do click on them - but the people who click those and buy the product are almost invariably people who have got to that link by following one in an email (having opted in at an earlier visit to the site, sometimes without even seeing those links, because they're not particularly easy to find).

          I even have some of them on pages which visitors are very unlikely to find/see, until they've opted in and started receiving my emails.

          It doesn't necessarily follow that any/all of this will also be true for yourself, and your Hotmart links, though: you probably need to test it? I suspect that the answer's going to depend largely on your traffic demographics and maybe slightly on the niche(s) as well. :confused:
          Thanks for the reply and all your heart and effort put into it.

          My niche is relationship. And my products section ended up having almost 20 products, of these, mine are 4.

          So better get products from other authors on the site and make any disclosure via list or reviews, right?
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  • Profile picture of the author robsonrachid
    My biggest doubt is that if I have 800 visitors a day and offer about 20 products (distractions) in the end I will have 40 visitors per section. And this can impact on the amount of members in my lists of e-mail and therefore in my sales!
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  • Profile picture of the author robsonrachid
    Any ideia more? I look forward to hearing what you have to tell me!
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  • Profile picture of the author JensSteyaert
    If you have the time to write a blog, definately do so!

    Just review the products, this way you can send people from your list to your blog and you can presell the products by writing a review or tutorial.

    Also remember that a blog with traffic and income has intrinsic value, if you for whatever reason decide to sell it in the future.

    So yeah build up that virtual real estate for sure
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  • Profile picture of the author Brent Stangel
    My niche is relationship.
    Get people to opt-in first.

    These people are looking for solutions to their problems, not to buy something. Use your follow-up to convince them the solution is buying something.
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    • Profile picture of the author robsonrachid
      Originally Posted by Brent Stangel View Post

      Get people to opt-in first.

      These people are looking for solutions to their problems, not to buy something. Use your follow-up to convince them the solution is buying something.
      So I have a blog with 4 product types:

      * Conquer Man
      * Conquer woman
      * Maintain relationships
      * Regain or forget ex love

      But of course, there are articles and now with the credit you'm beginning to see how reviews ... I took the educational portion of the sales letter and put affiliate products as post. The end has "Continue" which leads to the sales letter of affiliate products. But this scheme does not go through squeeze page. Should do it?

      Overall in all blog articles instead of trying to convince the visitor to purchase the product I put a link to it subscribe to receive free tips. Thus, seeing by email. Only the affiliate products that are released and the more times the visitor already see right away the sales pages of the products!
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