Date post: | 22-Jan-2018 |
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1.KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE
▸ Who is your target audience?
▸ What are they interested in?
▸ What problems are they trying to solve?
▸ What can you offer them?
▸ How can you help them?
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▸ Choose products/services that fit with the content of
your blog or website.
▸ If you are unsure where to start, check out blogs and
sites in a similar niche to your own and see which
type of products they promote. Ask yourself if these
would be a good fit for you?
▸ Do not be drawn into every affiliate programme you
come across. Consider your options carefully and
start with just small number of products to see how
they perform.
▸ Look into the products and companies you are
interested in and make sure you are choosing ones
which are reputable. Any unethical practices by them
will reflect on you as you are effectively vouching for
them by way of your referral links.
2. DO YOUR RESEARCH
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3. CREATE VALUE
▸ If you want your visitors to become your
followers make your posts valuable.
▸ Don’t just be a salesperson, be a
mentor.
▸ Give real information and advice that is
relevant to your audience.
▸ It is OK to post articles without any
affiliate link or agenda. This builds trust
and strengthens relationships.
▸ Educate and inspire your audience.
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4. MAKE IT PERSONAL
▸ People buy into you before they buy into your product. Build a relationship
with your audience.
▸ Be helpful. Work out how you can help your audience solve their problems.
In affiliate marketing you must give to receive, this helps build your credibility
and in turn your success rate.
▸ Have a personal interest in the products or services you are trying to sell, just
adding a bunch of affiliate links is not enough. Your audience want to know
why they should buy into them and what value they can expect.
▸ Give a little of yourself. People buy from those they can relate to, inject your
personality into your posts. Make them fun and entertaining as well as
informative. Make your audience want to come back to see what you say
next.
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5.HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY
▸ Always be upfront with your audience.
▸ Have information on your page telling
people your posts may contain links.
▸ Do not try and disguise your links or
trick people into clicking on them. This
is the quickest way to lose your
audience.
▸ And if you don’t trust or believe in a
product don’t try to sell it. Keep your
integrity!
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6. BE REALISTIC
▸ It takes time to build your audience and list. Be
patient.
▸ Not all commissions will be four figures. Some
will be small but in time they will grow.
▸ Do not think that because you have loads of
affiliate links you will make loads of
commissions. Sometimes less is more. Choose
wisely.
▸ You need to be consistent in whatever you do. If
you cannot commit to your audience do not
expect them to commit to you.
▸ You will make mistakes. Accept them and move
on. It doesn’t mean you have failed, it just
means you were prepared to take a chance.
No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you’re still ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.
TONY ROBBINS
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7. HAVE A STRATEGY
▸ Decide what type of affiliate marketing will work best for you.
▸ Know your number. Decide what you want to be earning to live the
life you dream of and create a plan of how you will achieve that.
▸ Research methods of driving traffic and find out which one will
work best for you.
▸ Plan your posts and emails in advance. Know what you want to
put out there and do your research. It will keep you focused.
▸ Share your content across as many platforms as
possible(youtube/twitter/Facebook/periscope etc) in order to grow
your audience.
▸ Aim to spend at a minimum 30-60 minutes per day working on your
strategy.
▸ Have an action plan following the SMART criteria (Specific,
Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time bound)
▸ Leverage any and every result to turn small wins into big wins.
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8. HAVE A CALL TO ACTION
▸ What do you want your readers to
do after reading your post?
▸ Your Call to Action os the perfect
place to add in your affiliate link
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9. TRACK YOUR RESULTS
▸ Pay attention to your results. Know
what is working and what isn’t.
▸ Track your links using a programme
such as Click Magic to make sure
all your sales and commissions are
correct.
▸ Look at what isn’t converting and
see what you can do differently.
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10. KNOW THE TOOLS OF THE TRADE
▸ Make your name. Find the perfect domain name
and secure it.
▸ Have your own hosting. Wordpress is great but it
is always best to have your own domain hosting
for complete control.
▸ An auto-responder is a must if you want to build
your own list. There are many out there, look
them up and find the one that suits your needs.
▸ Social media is useful. There are numerous
platforms out there. Choose two or three to begin
with and work hard to get yourself out there.
▸ SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) Make sure
you can be found.