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Promoting affiliate programs
is one of the easiest ways to get
into business online. No
need to worry about products to create,
package and price. No need
to worry about building a complete
website either. Just send
people to the seller.
Can’t get much easier than
that! In fact, check out a couple
quick and easy resources and
strategies that can help with your
affiliate sales.
Splash Page / Ezine / Ads
No, you don’t need a
website, but how about a page to capture
names and email addresses
for your own use, before you send
visitors off to the seller?
This way you can get a chance to
build a relationship with
your prospects and buyers for repeat
attempts at that first close
and on to additional or repeat
sales in the future, and
referrals.
Make the best of your
opportunities by either seeking
professional web page
building help or doing it yourself. Head
to Elance.com to post your
project and hire help, for example.
Or grab a library book or
surf the Internet for help creating
your own HTML page, or see about
using software like Microsoft
Frontpage or an online
company like GoDaddy.com to build.
When people subscribe to
your splash page above, start sending
them a weekly newsletter or
ezine. Include content about what
you are trying to sell, a
feature or review article, for
instance, on the product.
And insert your affiliate link to the
product you’re promoting
with a digital photo or other graphic
or banner, if possible, in
full color.
Mix in some other
advertising throughout your ezine promotions
for extra return on
investment (ROI) of your invested interest,
time, energy and marketing.
Popular strategies include using
programs like Google Adsense
and Clickbank products.
For a plug-in system with
all the above and more, head to Keith Baxter’s
Easy Net Marketing Profit
System at http://bplansite.com . Get a
business plan of action
complete with website, products, splash
pages, follow up ezine for
each product, Adsense, Clickbank and
other opportunities all
rolled into one with only about a one-
to two-hour learning curve
to get all set up.
Articles / Audio / Video /
Write and submit articles
about your affiliate products to
online article directories
and offline media (magazines,
newspapers, newsletters, TV,
radio). And include a link to your
splash page in your byline
or article, if possible. Then spice
up your articles, splash
page and ezine with multimedia, adding
links to your audio / video
content.
For help learning more about
the latest multimedia and website
techniques and strategies
today, head to Jack Humphrey’s Content Desk
and Content Propulsion Lab.
These sites are for “Do It Yourself”
companies who would love the
benefits of easy step-by-step
content site building,
monetizing and promoting systems for the
best ROI, and high-end
Public Relations firms with low-end
budgets, online at http://www.ContentLabInfo.com and
http://www.ContentDeskInfo.com .
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By Diana Barnum, president
of Moving Ahead Communications.
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