Wednesday 22 April 2015

learn how to Earn Money with Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate Marketing

Although affiliate  marketing really isn't  the easiest way  to make  money online,  it is  one  of  the  simplest and  fastest  ways  to  get started.  The reason is that  you don't need  your own products,  and you don't have  to provide your own customer service.
What you  do need  is a  product you  can promote.  If you  really want  to make even  more money, you'll build a simple lead  capture page to  help you build a list so you can market to your subscribers over and over. This creates repeat business.  (When "gurus" talk about  making money at the push of a button, this is what they're talking about.)
As  I  mentioned  before,   affiliate  marketing  is  where  you  are  selling someone else's products or services.  Depending on the type of offer, you will receive  a commission  when someone  clicks, completes  an offer,  or buys from you.
To get started in affiliate marketing, here are the steps you need to take:

1. Find a product to promote.

In fact, you  really need to  find three to five  products to promote  as you will write promotional materials as well as autoresponder  messages. You want to offer different solutions to  the same problem as each person will be looking for a different solution. Keyword  research  is  crucial  here  as  it  allows  you  to   find  the  right products. Do your  keyword research first, and  either choose a topic  you are interested in or are passionate about.

2. Create a simple lead capture page.


A  lead  capture   page  is  simply   a  page  that  allows   your  visitors  to subscribe to  your list.  Usually, the  list owner  (that would  be you),  will offer a premium for subscribing. There is  tons of  free software available  on the  internet to  help you  do this. Just  do a search  in the  search engines. (The  only other things  you will  need  to  complete  this  step  are  a  domain,  web  hosting,  and  an autoresponder.)

3. Create marketing materials.


This means  writing autoresponder  messages for  your autoresponder  as well  as writing  ads, articles,  press  releases, etc.  to promote  your  new site. Then, load your messages into the autoresponder.

4. Drive traffic to your website.


Traffic techniques include free and  paid classifieds, pay per click, article marketing, press releases, joint ventures, ad swaps, solo ads, and others.
Choose one  internet  marketing technique  and try  it out  first. Test  and track  until  you find  what  works best  for  you. The  key  here  is  to try different  techniques  to   help  you  find  the  combination   of  marketing techniques that work best for you.

Free Reports

Whether you are selling your  own products or someone else's, you really can't go wrong with free reports. The reason is that most people jump on the internet  looking for information.  This is a way  to provide them  with that  information. (It's  also  a good  way to  make  money online  for  free because, if  you do  it right,  it  won't cost  you anything,  and your  ebook could go viral.)
Free  reports  also allow  you  to  deliver  your content  in  PDF  (portable document format),  which is a  universal format  that can be  read on  any computer.  PDFs  are  considered to  be  far  more  valuable than say  an article or blog post. You have  lots of  choices when  creating your  free reports.  Personally, I
like to write  mine, but then I'm  a writer. (This is my  favorite part of the job! LOL).
If  you're not  a writer  though,  you may  wonder  how you  can  get your report written  without breaking the bank.  There are several  ways to do this.
First, you may want to consider  finding someone to write the content for you. Although this is  the most expensive solution, it does  guarantee that the content  will be original.  With the right freelancer,  you can get  your content quickly.
The easiest way to find a good freelancer to ask around.  Check with your business  friends.  Consider forums  on  your  topic  as these  are  a  good place to get advice. Another way to  get this type of  content is to buy  it. There are sites  that are available where you may  buy content. Some require memberships. If you're  not  interested  in  a   membership  though,  consider  looking  for freelancers who offer this in addition to their services.
Although this is a less expensive option, it will require some of your time. The reason is that you'll need to rewrite the content to make it unique. If you  have friends  who offer  complimentary products,  consider having them  write articles  for your  report. Then  you  can compile  the articles into an ebook. Leverage the ebook by making  it brandable and sharing it with your friends. They can then pass it along to your readers.
Consider borrowing  articles from others  who have written  on the topic. Although this is  the least desirable option,  you may also apply  the same leverage techniques by making it brandable.
Whether you are  promoting your own products  or someone else's, make sure you include links  throughout the report. Make these clickable (they open a browser window). Just don't go crazy and include too many. I love free reports. It's allowed me to make a lot of money online for free. All it requires  is a little effort  on your part to  put together a report  that people want to read. Follow these tips for creating reports that go viral.

Services

Services are  a great  way to  make money  online for  free because there are so many "jobs" out there that can be converted to service businesses.
It also  allows you  to  choose something  you love  doing to  make money from.
In fact,  you can make  a lot more  money from selling  your services as  a freelancer than you can working it as a job. The only disadvantage is that the  pay might  not  be as  steady.  The way  around  this is  to save  your money for  the  lean times  and make  sure you  have a  surplus for  when you're not performing your services. Since services include a wide variety  of both online and offline work, the first thing  you need to  do is  to take an  assessment of  your skills. What can you do?
Write these things down because you  want to know what things you love doing that you can make money from.  (I love to read, but I haven't found a way to make  money from that one.  I also love to write,  so that one's a little easier.)
Now, there are a few ways you can do research to find out if any of these things  you listed  are bankable  moneymaking  skills. Here's  how  to get started:

1.  Do a  search in  the  search engines.   (You may  want  to consider

finding out  which keywords  your postential  customers are  looking for.) See what the competition is. Search with your keyword phrase in quotes, as well as without quotes. Searches done in quotes will give you the most optimized results.

2. Search  the library  or Amazon. 

This will  tell you  how popular  the topic is, as  well as help you find  information on how to get  started. This is  crucial to  your  success.  Do your  homework.  The ones  who  are the most successful online do their homework and then take action.

3. Read the classifieds.

Classified sites, both online and offline, will tell you  what others  are  selling.  One  great place  to  look  for this  type  of information,  and  it's  free,  is  craigslist. craigslist  is  the  most  popular classified  site online,  both  free   and  paid,  and  they  have  a  services category.
Maybe you don't have the skills for any type of freelance work. That's OK too because you can  always learn a new trade. The same  rules apply: do your homework.
You can search the search engines, as well as libraries, to learn the skills you need. Although there are a few professions where a college degree is a must, it's not that  hard to change professions nowadays, and you  don't have to have a degree to do it.
Learn as  much as  you can  about your new  services business,  and then get started. You  can make money online  for free with services.  Just find something you love to do that you can make money from.

Email Marketing

Email  marketing  isn't   an  internet  marketing  technique   per  se.  The reason is  that you will  have to use  other internet marketing  techniques to build your list.  However, once you have started building your list, and you have subscribers to  market to, you can use this to  help you increase your income. You'll be able  to write an email, send it out,  and then get a pay check. This is how many big name internet marketing gurus increase their income.
Before you  start building  your list,  the first  thing you  need to  do is  to determine  what the  topic  of your list  will  be. This  will  determine the subject matter  of  your emails.  Although this  may seem  obvious,  if you don't pay attention to your list,  you can end up sending them emails that aren't related to your list topic.
When  you  do this,  you  can  alienate  your  readers and  cause  them  to unsubscribe.  Be clear  about your topic  and  only send  emails  that are related.
Next,  get  an   autoresponder.  Write  a  few  messages   to  add  to  your autoresponder.  Try  to contact your  list  at  least  once a  week.  I  don't contact my lists more than twice a week, including my prewritten emails.
Remember that your  subscribers are busy. They  don't have a lot of  time to read your emails, so don't bombard them. Mix  up  your  emails.  You  don't  want  to   send  your  readers  all  sales messages. You're   building  a   relationship  here  so   tell  others   about yourself. Allow  them  to get  to know  you. Share stories  from your  life. Write articles  to share  with your  readers. Give them  information, don't just send them sales messages.
Now,  you're  probably wondering,  what  your  emails  should say.  First, start with  a clear headline. You want to write  a headline that  gets your readers' attention. Make them want to open your  email.  The easiest way to do this is to keep a swipe file  of emails you've received that you either purchased  the product  or  found compelling.  Use  these headlines  as  a template for creating your own. Introduce  your readers'  problem.  Then  explain  how  the  product  will solve the problem. Include a call to  action with the link. Keep your email short  and sweet.  Otherwise, you'll  have  trouble getting  it  through the spam filters, and your reader may not see it.
Your  call   to  action   doesn't  have   to  be   anything  complicated.   Use something simple like "click here" or "visit this site" or "go  here for more information." Just make  sure you tell  your reader what to  do. It will  get you more clicks.
Now, get busy and start building  your list. Build a relationship with your readers and  "talk" to  them regularly. You'll  build credibility,  and if  you solve their problem, and  they'll buy from you.

Classified Ads


Classified ads  have  been around  for about  as long  as there  have been newspapers. They  are  one of the oldest  forms of  advertising available.
Although  they're not  as effective  as  they once  were, if  you   use  them properly you will be able to effectively market using this technique. Your first step is  to start with a product  and offer. It's beyond the scope of this article to show you  how to select a product, but I'll show  you how to structure your offer.
First of all, don't  send visitors directly to a product  sales offer. (If you're just  trying  to sell  off  a  few  things  to  make a  little  money,  then  this doesn't apply,  but for those  of you who  are doing this  for business, you want to  offer your visitors  something that's free  to lead them  into what you offer.)  Send your visitors to  a free offer.  In other words,  offer them something for giving you their names and email addresses.
This means you need to build a lead capture page. A lead capture page is simply a  page where visitors go to  subscribe to your  list. You  add your subscription box code. Visitors enter their  email addresses and names to subscribe.
There are no other offers on this page. Your  free   offer  can   be  an   ebook,  audio   you've  created,   software, newsletter, or something you have created. What's important is to create something visitors can't get elsewhere.
Next,  write  your   ads.  You'll  want  to   follow  the  AIDA  formula: 

 A  - Attention, I - Interest, D - Desire, A - Action.

You get  your readers'  attention in  the headline.  Make it  compelling. If readers don't act on your headline, they won't act.
Interest occurs in the  ad. You give readers a further reason to  read your ad. Desire is where  you make your readers want what  you have to offer. The most  important  step, action,  is where  you  tell readers what to  do next. Many people will  leave this step out. Don't make the  same mistake because it will increase your clicks when you tell readers what to do. The  next step  is  to  create a  list  of  classified  ad sites  where  you  can market.  There  are   a  lot  of   free  classified  ad  sites   that  are  highly effective, so  you want  to find  as many  highly ranked classified  sites as you can. The top site is craigslist, so you want to start there. Make  sure you  read  the  guidelines  for each  site,  and  write  your ads accordingly. Include your link in your ad.
Create  a regular  posting  schedule.  Get a  monthly  calendar  and write down  when   your   ads  will   expire.  Follow   your  schedule   and  keep reposting your  ads. Test  various elements of  your ads  like headlines to see what works  best. Write more classified ads.  The more ads you  write and post, the more chances you have of getting readers to join your list.