First, I've shown you which
affiliate programs make it easier to recover your investment reasonably quickly (Pages
3,
4,
5). Next, I introduced you to A.I.I.P. (
Page 6), the basic foundation of successfully promoting affiliate programs. Then, on
Page 7 I showed you how to get a couple of
free web sites to promote your new
affiliate earnings opportunities. I showed you
tools to set up your opt-in mailing list and web site hosting, then told you how to get them to the point that there's
no net cost to you for them. On
Page 8 I showed you tools to
build your mailing list and
your web ste traffic, all of which are either
free or come with
resell rights. With work, initial investment & a bit of luck, this system is designed to become
self-supporting over time, and then
produce ongoing, increasing affiliate commissions. Before continuing, make sure you have:
If you've completed all of the steps above, you now have a system in place to keep generating new leads and signups under you. Remember to spend at least 10 minutes a week surfing each of your Traffic Exchanges and the system will continue merrily along, adding prospects to your mailing list and members to your downlines - it's just a matter of time.
But if you're like most people, me included, you really don't want to wait any longer than necessary to reduce your monthly payments and build your positive cashflow - am I right? So now let's look at some additional ways to get your system in front of even more prospects every day, shall we?
Advertising Your Affiliate Program Web Sites
for FREE!
The easiest and simplest way to get free advertising for your site is also the most-often overlooked - your e-mail signature. Sure - you already know all about them... But look in your 'Sent Items' folder - did the last e-mail you sent out have your ad in your signature? The one before that? Any you sent today? Everyone tells me they know all about signatures - yet 95% of the mail we receive from subscribers does not contain a signature ad! Add this, or something similar, to your e-mail signature file right now:
Your Name,
Your E-Mail Address.
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Want to M.ake M.oney Online?
This F.REE A.ffiliate M.arketing S.pecial Report
gives you a complete step-by-step how-to guide!
http://www.AffiliateMarketingSpecialReport.com
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Naturally you'll change the first two lines to your info, and the URL to point to your copy of this site. Do NOT take out the extra periods - they're inserted to break up the words that trigger the spam filters, which could result in less than 1/3 of your e-mails ever getting delivered! Now log into your autoresponder you get from Empowerism. Remember, there are 50 new leads dropped into this each month for you. On the site you'll see a place where you can add your own signature file to each of the pre-written e-mails except the first in the sequence. Suddenly your signature is going out another 300 times a month (6x50). To really skyrocket that number, also add it to the top or bottom of each autoresponder series you set up in your GetResponsePro account.
SHORT E-COURSES
Don't overlook the power of having a number of short e-courses (5 - 10 issues) set up in separate autoresponders. With your GetResponsePro account you can set up an unlimited number of them at no extra cost, so they become another free automated sales tool for you. Simply write a few e-mails designed to distribute valuable info or tips, drop them into their own autoresponder to go out a few days apart, and put the signup form on some of your sites. Of course, make sure you add your signature box to each.
Don't want to write your own? Then at least log into your Implix affiliate account & download the 'Power Up Your E-Mail' course they make available to you for FREE. Put in your affiliate links, add your signature file to each issue, and upload it. You can also buy reprint rights to Jimmy D. Brown's 'Making Offers... Making Money' e-course and do the same with it. (I love that course - funny, entertaining & informative - people snap up the free 6-day subscription like crazy, building our list even quicker! At less than $20 for resell rights AND reprint rights, this is a definite must-have! Try a Free Subscription and see for yourself!)
INTERNET MARKETING FORUMS
Another very powerful place to use your signature file is at the forums. You should get into the habit of visiting the main ones regularly - you'll learn a lot, see special offers and have a much better chance of finding Joint Venture partners if you participate regularly. Most will ban you immediately if you try to advertise anything there, but almost all will let you use your signature at the end of your posts, so don't hesitate to answer others or ask your own questions. For best results, just read the postings and answers for the first few days after joining a new forum - get the 'feel' of it before posting for the first time. You got a free membership to the 'Warriors' forum with your Host4Profit hosting package, so start with that one - it's one of the best online. Other great free forums include Michael Green's "How To" Internet Marketing Forum and Willie Crawford's Discussion Corner There are lots more, but start with those 3 - forums can chew up all of your time if you let them, because these ones have a lot of lively & intelligent people using them every day. Set specific time limits for your daily use of them, ok?
THE FREE ADVERTISING FORUM
While we're on the subject of Forums, I'd be remiss if I didn't point out a new one that's perfect for you - Michael Rasmussen's Free Advertising Forum. Michael has put together a fantastic service that let's you post your ad for free each day, and already has over 19,000 members who visit regularly. You'll see for yourself - many come strictly to post their ads, but our natural curiosity makes us read a couple of other ads... then a few more... I've spent many an hour just browsing through the listings, seeing what others are up to, what new products and services are coming on the scene - and finding a few great deals along the way! Check it out now, bookmark it, and remember to post your free ads regularly!
JOINT VENTURES
When done properly, Joint Ventures can be the single biggest boost to your online efforts and success. Put simply, a joint venture is any project where two or more marketers pool their resources to their mutual benefit. Common ones include exchanging e-zine ads or solo mailings; 2 or more marketers agree to send out each other's solo ad to their mailing list. You provide valuable offers to your subscribers and your offer gets put in front of a whole new audience. Another one you can easily take part in is to write informative articles with your signature box at the end. Offer them to other marketers as e-zine articles or website content, with the provisio that they leave your signature block unchanged. This gets your name known and gets your link circulated, while saving your JV partner(s) from having to write the article themselves.
The highest-profile Joint Ventures right now are the big events, but you usually need to either be well known, have a hot, unique product and/or a large mailing list to even be able to join these events. Between October 2004 and January 2005 we added over 5,000 opt-in subscribers to our list in 3 months. How? By being participants in Gary Huynh's 7 Days of Autumn event, the 117 Christmas Gifts event and then putting together the Start The Year Right! web site with 11 other professional Internet marketing gurus. Visitors get a chance to join the mailing list of 12 pros who will guide them throughout the year, plus pick up 40 different tools and resources - everybody wins! Start with the JV's using solo ads & articles, then work your way up to the big events as your and your JV partners' success grows! When the time comes, I look forward to JV'ing with you, too!
Wow! These have been 9 intense pages, wouldn't you say? Hope it hasn't made your head hurt - I know it sure did a number on mine, to say nothing of my fingers... Think I'll spend tomorrow hunting down a new ergonomic keyboard - this has just about killed the one I'm using... <Grin> Seriously, though - there's been enough info in this Affiliate Marketing Special Report to get you up and running and keep your new online venture growing for a long time to come. I sincerely hope it's been of great value to you, and would love to hear your comments on it. Well, the nice ones anyway... To finish off this report, the next page will give you some links to additional resources - some paid advertising options, some free and paid affiliate marketing e-books to help you along, etc. So here you go - here are a few more...
Affiliate Marketing Resources >>>
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