Being Successful with Your Own Product On ClickBank

I just got my first product approved through Clickbank today, and am hoping for big success.

I've been fortunate enough to partner with someone with a lot of experience and a lot of connections, so I'm hoping for a lot of affiliates.

The funny thing is the partner found me after watching one of my videos on YouTube that talked about my upcoming product. That just goes to show the power of video in internet marketing.

Wish me luck!

That's not entirely true. Clickbank can actually be a great place to get affiliates out of nowhere.

One of my partners and I actually had a product/membership site ranked #1 for recurring products in one of the categories for a few months. That alone generated a fair amount of affiliates that would typically not only get sales each day, but it was probably responsible for thousands of opt-ins to our mailing list. Even a few months after we stopped doing promos, we were still growing our list steadily usually at 150 to 250 subscribers a day (sometimes substantially more).

That was one reason why we picked Clickbank, as their affiliate base is huge and it can pick up new affiliates without recruiting. Even though the downside usually is a much higher merchant fee and typically more refunds compared to other merchants, the trade off I think was well worth it.

I also have other Clickbank products that didn't rank nearly as well there but still took on a few affiliates here and there, but that's because the niches were more unique with less options.

Here are a few tips if you're looking to use Clickbank:

1. Make it easy for possible affiliates to see how much they can earn (treat the description of your site as an ad for affiliates).

2. Have the site/product look as professional as possible.

3. Try to target your sub-categories wisely (less competitive ones can give you an edge if you can rank better there).

4. If you're doing smaller niches, try to target keywords in your ad and title unique to your smaller niche so that you can get those oddball affiliates looking to promote stuff in your same niche and so that they can easily find you.

5. Promote your own product using your own affiliate link -- it can help your site rank higher for one of the searches that potential affiliates can use when searching for products in the different sub-categories.

6. Have an opt-in form on your sales page if you can. Affiliates can general a lot of traffic to your sites, but it's sometimes of a lesser quality than most JV partners you'll seek out, so the leads might need more follow up before they purchase and you can build an awesome list on autopilot if done right.

7. Consider using them for membership sites, as it's easier to rank well for "recurring" commissions than the general one, yet a lot of affiliates are interested in recurring payments and do seek those types of sites out.

8. Make it super easy for customers and visitors alike to sign up as an affiliate. "Small time" affiliates might not bring in a ton of traffic alone, but when you add up several of them together, it adds up fast.

Take care,

Brian