New Website Question/opt-in squeeze page

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I am new to affiliate marketing. I used the Chris Farrell membership to get me started. But here is what I don't really understand.

I created a website with about 7 different pages and some subpages. I put an opt-in form with my free giveaway on the sidebar of my pages. Is this the correct location for this?

Also, I am having a little bit of trouble figuring out where to put my links to my affiliate promotions. I am finding it a bit overwhelming to go and update each page each week with new deals. Do I really need to do this? Or can I just do a generic article at the top of the page and then link to my affiliate site for the deal? I have been trying to describe each deal on each page, and it is taking forever.

Any help is greatly appreciated!
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  • You want to build a squeeze page as per the CF training. So a free offer with an opt-in form to your Aweber list.

    Traffic comes to the squeeze page and gets onto your list and receives your follow up auto-responder sequence of emails.

    These emails are where you put your affiliate offers. You don't need to keep updating a page.

    If you want to run a blog, you would still use a squeeze page to build a list but then you would use the list to drive traffic to the blog by promoting your articles and offers on your blog to your list.The blog should also have opt-in forms.

    That is the gist of what you are trying to do.

    The squeeze page and sales funnel are the key pieces to get people on your list.

    Your autoresponder sequence is they key piece to build a relationship with your list.

    The squeeze page starts your sales funnel and this leads to your offer, OTO's, up-sells and down-sells.

    You can start with a simple funnel and add components as you learn.

    Once you have a tweaked funnel and autoresponder set up you can spend most of your time driving traffic in various ways. CF is a big fan of social marketing and facebook for traffic as it helps build the relationship through social interaction while it builds traffic.
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    • Thank you. So, what do I do with my website? It doesn't contain a blog.

      And, I do have an auto responder. Do I need to set up my homepage of my website as my squeeze page?
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  • Yes usually optin box goes there, it's a good place.

    You already have an optin-form meaning you're building a list - now give them advice and content they need via email and plug in affiliate links in those emails.

    Same goes for your website, you have to discover what your visitors need and then give them that while plugging in an affiliate link every now and then. Since you're an affiliate that may mean writing articles and putting aff links in them or at the bottom of article.

    I find it a bit dull to just have a blog with just articles like I assume you're going to do... but try it out. You can also put small square banners on the sidebar linking to affiliate products.

    You can also try writing free special reports (10-12 pages or longer pdf files) and put aff links in them then give them to your list (in some follow up email) and write a blog post about the special report and give it away. You can also try other content like info-graphics, videos, slideshows, etc more interesting your website is more visitors are attracted and they keep returning (repeat visitors).
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    • This is not a "it Depends" kind of question. YOU DO NOT PUT A SQUEEZE PAGE as your main page of your site.

      There are a number of reasons for this. The product you are offering today may not be the product you are going to offer 6 months from now. Any effort you have placed in your current product will be lost, if you change the main page / squeeze page idea.

      Consider any and every opt-in page ( squeeze page ) you create as a permanent fixture to your site. As you develop the understanding of the process you will figure out that you might have more than one opt-in per offer. Each targeting a specific need or answer to a question to bring traffic into your offer. IE a weight loss product you could target an audience that wants to lose weight to look good in a bikini, or to lose weight for a school reunion or to loose weight after the holidays. These ALL could be the SAME product with different target audiences.

      a format that I have found to work the best for me, is on the top of the side bar to have a basic opt-in ( Join my newsletter today ) and right below that have a graphic that hi-lites your FREE Offer ( Click here for a a free report on 10 secret weight loss tricks ) - link THIS to your squeeze page.

      As you move forward you only have to change the free offer graphic and ADD an additional opt-in.
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  • Chris is a great guy and would love to hear from you.

    Anyway your opt in box can go in the top right hand corner in the middle or at the bottom of your posts.

    Thing is you need to test it to see which one works best for you.

    I would simple put my affiliate links at the bottom of the post/article.

    I hope this helps.

    Will D
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    New Website Question/opt-in squeeze page

    I am new to affiliate marketing. I used the Chris Farrell membership to get me started. But here is what I don't really understand. I created a website with about 7 different pages and some subpages. I put an opt-in form with my free giveaway on the sidebar of my pages. Is this the correct location for this?