By
James Martell
http://www.desktop-publishers.com
How
to Make Money With Affiliate Programs
One of the most common discussions regarding affiliate programs
revolves around whether it's good to send visitors away from your
site. The answer is simple. If you haven't established a relationship
with a visitor to your Web site, that is what you should focus on
first.
The people who are making good money with affiliate programs use
these programs to endorse third-party products and services to their
customers. These merchants usually have their own products and use
their sites to give tips and recommendations for useful products and
services to their customers. The affiliate program products are
packaged together and embedded with their own offerings.
In this column, let's look at three simple little
"secrets" that successful Webmasters use to make money using
revenue sharing.
3
"Secrets" for Making Money Through Revenue Sharing
1. Capture e-mail addresses and data from your Web site
visitors.
I am still surprised to see so many sites missing
this critical point. Give first-time visitors a great incentive to
submit at least their name and e-mail address. Offer them site
updates, a newsletter (You can get a free, top-notch guide to starting,
improving, and making money with a newsletter or e-zine by
visiting the affiliatetips.com publication Make Money the Ezine Way.),
a free report, or anything else you have of value. Be sure to give
clear reasons why it would benefit them to opt in to your e-mail list.
Web site visitors do not return on a daily basis, though they do check
their e-mail regularly.
Creating an opt-in e-mail list gives you the opportunity to build
long-term relationships with your Web site visitors while encouraging
repeat visits and repeat sales. For maximum sign-up conversion, have
subscription forms at the top and bottom of every single Web page of
your site, including the home page.
2. Use your "thank-you" pages effectively.
One of the most powerful areas of your Web site is your confirmation
page, which should appear after someone signs up for your e-mail list.
Keep in mind, a user is in action mode after he or she completes a
form or buys an item, and is thus more inclined to make another
purchase at this time.
Use your thank-you pages wisely — perhaps to recommend an
affiliate program. The same rule applies on your order form and in
your shopping cart. Just including an add-on product on your order
form will increase your sales.
3. Write effective copy.
The Web is all about
text. It is about how you write. It is about how you communicate.
Instead of working on adding graphics and making your site look cool,
use text as much as possible. The most profitable Web sites I know of
are mainly made up of text and hyperlinks. Unfortunately, the majority
of the affiliate program merchants don't provide us affiliates with
good text-based ads.
Instead of relying on the banner ads that the merchants provide,
write your own copy. Make endorsements. Be a human being communicating
and recommending products and services instead of using
under-performing banners. Use proven formulas to
create ads that really sell. One of my favorite copywriting books is "Make
Your Words Sell" by Ken Evoy.
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