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Achieving Affiliate Marketing Success with Advanced Methods

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 at 4:51 pm  
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After you decide you need to make changes, you can tweak or adjust your affiliate marketing program for optimal results. Find out the most effective marketing strategies, as well as how to target your audience.

Without a solid email marketing program, you aren’t making the most of your business venture. Request a customer’s email address at the time of purchase. Send emails to your customers to ask them what they think of the products they have purchased. Next, send them information on other products that you have to offer. Make the advertisement for something that is related to the products they have already purchased. Make sure your customers know that you’re ready and waiting to answer their inquiries about your products and services. Consider making an email list or a newsletter to send many emails at once instead of individual emails. Distribute a newsletter periodically; include relevant industry news and product information. Include content that is highly relevant to the audience you have. Your newsletter will hold the attention of your audience if it contains information about exclusive offers, or if they can find information about their issues.

You need to understand your target market, so you can tailor your marketing strategies appropriately. Some consumers are more receptive to advertising on social networking sites such as Facebook. Your customers’ opinions count. So check with them via surveys to find out what websites they visit and like, what their interests are and how long they spend on particular sites. Also, find out how often they check their emails. Take your survey results and develop a technique that tracks how people respond to one method versus another. Your products are just as important as your customers, so make sure any techniques and approaches that you use are made for both. For example, selling a product that directly relates to a serious medical condition is not something that you would discuss openly to a customer on Facebook. This would be something that would be sent out in a private email. Check out your competitor’s methods, and maybe you’ll find an approach you can try, or perhaps learn from their mistakes and connect with your clients in a way that other companies have not thought of. You must be patient as you seek out the most effective way to connect with consumers; be willing to monitor results and try new approaches.

If you want to succeed in the affiliate marketing arena, you have to have a good relationship with your customers. Introduce new business strategies as they are needed. If your business is established, it is time to expand. If you follow the advice suggested here, you will find that affiliate marketing is something you can do successfully.

The Blueprint Project – Black Edition

Monday, December 20th, 2010 at 3:20 pm  
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Blueprint Project Black Edition| Tim Godfrey & Steve Clayton

Blueprint Project Black Edition

Click Here Now to Register for The Blueprint Project Black Edition

The Blueprint Project Black Edition is set to launch January 11, 2011.  This great new and completely revised and vastly updated version of the incredibly powerful Commission Blueprint and Commission Blueprint 2.0 memberships offered over the past two years promises to be the best course on Affiliate Marketing ever offered by anyone, anywhere, anytime.

What Is The Blueprint Project Black Edition

The Blueprint Project Black Edition promises to be the ultimate in step by step blueprints to achieve success with affiliate marketing online.  The course membership will contain nearly 60 videos, 18 Manuals, 8 pieces of software, shipped DVD’s… and more (See More Details Below).   Here is a brief summary of what is taught, and supported with online forum support throughout.

Step 1:  Find a market that people are already buying products in…

This used to be a major hurdle for earlier users, but Tim and Steve have solved this issue with their amazing ‘Discover Niches’ tool

Step 2: Evaluate this market to be sure it is worth your time & effort to build a website for…

Markets that have heavy search volume are great but you still need to evaluate them for a number of reasons. Included is a tool called ‘Keyword Blueprint’ that does all this work for you too – you just enter the terms you found from the discover niches tool and with the click of a button it evaluates everything for you.

Step 3: Source Products and Suppliers

A market is no good if you can’t source products and suppliers for it – This problem is solved with the ‘Dropship Blueprint’ tool which is free for ‘The Blueprint Project Black Edition’ members.  It uncovers products and suppliers with a click of a button.

Step 4: Build Your eCommerce Store

Push-button software which does this for you is also provided. Simply upload the software that is provided to your website, run the ‘install’ and add your product line – and that’s it!  No website experience needed!

Step 5: Get Targeted Traffic to Your New eCommerce Store – Free Traffic that is

Your are shown exactly how to get tons of visitors to your website without having to pay a dime in advertising.

Tim and Steve have been working night and day for a VERY long time, perfecting the Blueprint Project Black Edition and are supremely confident that you will finally achieve the affiliate marketing success you have been searching for.

Click Here Now to Register for The Blueprint Project Black Edition

Detailed Contents of The Blueprint Project Black Edition

Chapter 1 Introduction
Video 1 Introduction and welcome!
Video 2 Course overview and how to proceed
Video 3 The project plan and how to use it

Chapter 2  Finding Your Niche AND keywords
Video 1 Introduction to the material
Video 2 Using Discover Niches
Video 3 Everyday life and niches
Video 4 Keyword Research
Video 5 Keyword volume check
Video 6 Finalizing a niche selection

Chapter 3  Setting up your business
Video 1  Introduction to the material
PDF 1 Business Entities
PDF 2 USA Citizens
PDF 3 Outside USA Selling to USA
PDF 4 Outside USA Selling to Outside USA

Chapter 4  Finding products and suppliers
Video 1  Introduction to the material
PDF 1  Finding Suppliers
PDF 2  Communicating with Suppliers
PDF 3  Product Pricing & Margins
PDF 4  Gathering Product Information

Chapter 5  Building your site
Video 1  Introduction to the material
PDF 1  Acquiring a Domain Name
PDF 2  Setting Up Web Hosting
PDF 3  Installing Your Store
PDF 4  Store Build Out Advice

Chapter 6  Getting free traffic from Google
Video 1  Introduction to the material
Video 2  Introduction to SEO
Video 3  Link building examples
Video 4  Link building database
Video 5  Using the link building tools
Video 6  Building link juice machines
Video 7  Using link juice machines
Video 8  The link building plan
Video 9  Outsourcing
Video 10 Tracking and managing link building

Chapter 7  Free traffic from other sources
Video 1  Introduction to the material
Video 2  Leveraging forums
Video 3  Ezine articles
Video 4  Shopping portals
PDF 1  Getting Traffic From Free Shopping Portals

Chapter 8  Paid traffic
Video 1  Introduction to the material
Video 2  Adwords: Additional keyword research
Video 3  Adwords: Effective ad writing
Video 4  Adwords: Campaign setup for search
Video 5  Adwords: Ad extensions/Product listings
Video 6  Adwords: Google checkout badge
Video 7  Display network: Placement targeting
Video 8  Display network: Blueprint browser
Video 9  Display network: Image ads/ad builder
video 10  Display network: re-marketing
Video 11  Tracking conversions and ad spend
Video 12  Microsoft adcenter
Video 13  Facebook
Video 14  Amazon partnerships
Video 15  Sponsorships

Chapter 9  Daily operations of the store
Video 1  Introduction to the material
PDF 1  Managing Your Time
PDF 2  Customer Service Advice
PDF 3  Keeping Your Store Updated
PDF 4  Backing Up Your Store

Chapter 10  The monthly review
Video 1  Introduction to the material
Video 2  Metrics to track, goals, and action items

Chapter 11  Selling your store
Video 1  Introduction to the material
PDF 1  Advice For Selling Your Store

Chapter 12  Putting it all together
Video 1  Introduction to the material
Video 2  Setting Goals and developing a forecast
Video 3  Personalizing the project plan, Milestones
Video 4  Go/no go steps and review help
Video 5  Tracking your progress

Bonus module 1  Conversion secrets, ADVANCED link building

Bonus module 2  Advanced link building software

Tools & Software
Keyword Blueprint
Link Blueprint
Article Blueprint
Python Cart / Store Builder
Blueprint Browser
Dropship Blueprint
Discover Niches
Physical Element

How Does the New FTC Guidance Affect You?

Friday, October 9th, 2009 at 9:47 am  
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FTC Guidance Dramatically Impacts Endorsements and Testimonials

The new FTC guidance regarding the use of endorsements and testimonials in your product and service promotions can profoundly impact your business model.  It will serve you well to look into this in depth.

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, and am in no way either endorsing nor providing a testimonial regarding the new FTC guidance, nor is this pretending to be in any way a legal interpretation of the guidance.  To insure your personal compliance, I strongly recommend that you consult with an attorney who is expert in the interpretation and application of FTC regulations regarding your particular business.

The new FTC guidance release is excerpted below.  You can read the entire 80 or so pages of the Text of The Federal Register Notice here.

The apparent bottom line implications for network, internet  and affiliate marketers are that we now must be far more careful about the use of claims in our review endorsements and the testimonials we employ.  The use of testimonials are especially problematic.

For example, the simple use of  a “Results not Typical” disclaimer for testimonials no longer provides a “safe harbor” as noted in the 3rd paragraph of the release.  Now, if we employ testimonials claiming ‘not typical’ results, we must apparently also include a verifiable disclosure of exactly what is typical.   How are we supposed to know that?   Are testimonials no longer a viable promotional tool?

The 4th paragraph summarizes the new guidance on revealing the “material connections” between endorsers and advertisers.  Basically, any blogger or internet marketer must clearly reveal what and how they stand to gain from any endorsement and/or review of a product.   If you are an affiliate marketer, you must evidently be totally up front with that fact, making it very clear that you stand to profit monetarily in whatever way from your endorsement of a product.

So, I recommend that you take action now to consult with your attorney, if need be, and to thoroughly review your “terms of sale” and “disclaimer notices” to insure compliance.  The FTC is clearly not an agency you want to have to deal with.

FTC Guidance on Endorsements and Testimonials

Teach e Commerce to Make Money

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 at 8:24 am  
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The really simple definition of eCommerce is “the electronic exchange of goods or services.”   Given some degree of experience in online marketing, you could actually make some money as a consultant to business owners by teaching them the fundamentals of e commerce.

For example, you could use a website that you have already set up for e-commerce to demonstrate the principles of e commerce.  There are likely to be number of small businesses in your area who do not yet have an Internet presence, and you could become a consultant to them.

Local Small Business Market

It would be relatively simple to make direct contact with the owners small businesses to discuss with them how they can benefit from a presence online.  Their presence could be as simple as offering information about their products or services to prospective customers, even if they don’t intend to sell the products through use of the Internet.

Most localized to small businesses have an established and routine customer base.  However, in order to survive over the long term, they knew need to continually bring in new customers.  Establishing a presence online, which is targeted at needs and people who are local to the business is a key way of establishing a greater local presence in the minds of consumers.

Use Your Knowledge

You can use what you know about search engine optimization and Internet marketing to put together an offer of services that adds value in several ways to these businesses for which you can charge a fee.  Basically, you could prepare an online marketing and business plan that would enable the business owner to establish a presence on the Internet.  That would attract new customers, your.

If you haven’t done this kind of thing before, it’s understandable you may be reluctant to do so or feel that you’re unqualified.  However, consider that there are literally hundreds of turnkey e-commerce packages available.

Affiliate Marketing Plus Consulting

A business owner can purchase an all-in-one package including Web hosting, ready-made advertising, along with all of the information about how to establish their website and achieve high search engine ranking.  These packages generally include extensive software packages that simplify the technology.  It would be relatively easy to serve as a consultant to help the business owner installed such as package.

Given a basic understanding of e-commerce, along with the ability to convey the benefits of e-commerce over regular commerce, you can play very valuable role as a consultant to small business owners who elect to require such e-commerce packages.

Many if not most of these all-in-one e-commerce packages are sold through affiliate marketing.  Basically, the developers of these packages make them available for promotion through a team of affiliates who are paid commissions for each sale.

The idea is simply to select one of these packages to learn, promote, and then teach its use and implementation.  You would then be able to profit from both the commission on the sale of the package, as well as any consulting fees that you may be able to charge your client.

A great ecommerce package to promote is described in detail at GVOCom.Org. This great all-in-one solution combines web hosting, email marketing, online video production, video conferencing, lead generation and all the training you’d ever need to become a consultant as well as a reseller online marketing services.

Affiliate Selling – Add Value in Three Ways

Friday, July 10th, 2009 at 10:55 pm  
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What is the Affiliate Commission Ritual?

This is an affiliate internet marketing tip on how to effectively make money online with web affiliate programs.

Here is a question for you:

“Who would you rather get advice from regarding something you are interested in purchasing…. a salesman, or an advisor?”

Imagine the typical fast talking used car salesman with the gaudy clothes. Does he inspire trust? Doesn’t this sound a little bit like the typical online product vendor with the slick sales letter rife with wild claims, questionable sales results, and often made up testimonials?

Would you rather buy from the car salesman who is trying to sell only one car, and doing his best to convince you that the one car he is offering is the absolute best one for your needs.

Alternatively, wouldn’t you rather purchase from someone who is a credible advisor and expert who is willing to equally review all brands and offer flexible solutions to your needs?

How to Win with Web Affiliate Programs

The first key to the affiliate commission ritual and establishing a true residual income affiliate program is to position yourself as a knowledgeable and respected advisor who:

  • Has spent hundreds of hours becoming an expert
  • Really has the interest of customer prospects at heart
  • Is truly anxious to help people understand how best to fulfill their needs.

The second key is to differentiate yourself from your competition is by offering something of truly added value

The Fishing Worm Salesman Example

Let’s say a couple of young boys are trying to make summer spending money by selling fishing worms down by the river. Each of them is selling fishing worms and 3 dollars per can. There generally isn’t much difference between worms, so when they are both price the same, what would make one offer different from the other to compel your buying choice between vendors?

One could use the “local worm” tactic buy claiming that his worms were dug up nearby and that somehow the fish preferred and were much more familiar with local worms and would enable you to catch more fish. Does that sound particularly credible to you?

A great alternative strategy might be to produce and provide a no cost map that shows the top 10 best places to fish. As you can see, the free map positions the fishing worm supplier as a local expert who is truly offering something of value that may be 10x the actual price of the worms alone.

Add Value to the Vendor’s Offer in Three Ways

So, maybe it is becoming clear. To succeed in an affiliate online business, you need to position yourself as respected counselor that can add value to whatever the vendor is offering in three ways:

  1. By helping the customer navigate through an ocean of choices and sales tactics
  2. By providing more added value to the customer than if they were buying straight from the vendor, and
  3. By doing both of the above better than your affiliate competitors.

Clearly, there is much money to be made online by working as an affiliate marketer for products offered by others. The idea is to establish a position for yourself with your clients the the trusted counselor and letting the product vendor do the hard selling. Many more affiliate internet marketing tips can be found at Commision Ritual Revealed.

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