There are many
different ways to
promote your affiliate
program, however, it
depends upon what type
of program it is, "Your
Turnkey Program" or
Affiliate Linked-Program
for selling a product.
Hmm-mm, interesting.
What works, what
doesn't?
GET OUT THE WORD
Bulk Emailing – Bulk
emailing use to be the
craze. Did you notice the
word use to be the craze.
That has changed with
the stricter spam rules
and penalties – all to
protect us. But bulk
emailing can be done, if
you have an opt-in list
– people who have opted-in
– to gladly receive your
emails – such as, through a
newsletter.
Classified Ads – With free
classified ads can
definitely get hits – and
possibly some sales. But
don't choose this as your
only way of getting sales.
There are drawbacks.
You ask, "What
drawbacks". From my own
experience, I've
encountered individuals
requesting information
about my program – as a
ploy to getting me to
listen to their sales
pitch. SPAM? Maybe.
Annoying? Definitely. The
height of annoyance is
when they ask me to call
them long distance, so
that I can speak with
them – only to have them
give me a sales pitch on
their program.
However, if you have a
classified ad site on your
website – you've got
yourself a built-in opt-in
list. You can gently sell to
them, while verifying or
thanking them for their
ad.
Traffic Generators
– Traffic generators can
work on a turnkey site
that many others are also
partaking in to generate
money for themselves.
What I found is traffic
generators are better
suited for turnkey
businesses. It is basically
a simple way for
businesses to entice
other people in business
to look at your program.
You know – it's the "I'm
not really happy with
what I'm doing, but what
else is out there"
syndome. Or it's the – "I
really need another
program so that I'm not a
one-man Joe in business"
syndome. In either case,
it's a safe place to see
what's happening or new
on the Internet.
Messageboards,
Discussion Groups,
Forums -- These are
great ways to get your
message out and be
personal at the same
time. But you have to
follow the rules, and you
should contribute
constructive and/or
helpful information that
is relevant to the
discussion at hand. This is
a time-consuming way to
build sales – but a great
way to build credibility,
business relationships,
and sales.
Ezine and Safelist
Advertising -- Ezine
advertising and safelist
advertising are good
methods of advertising.
In each case, you have to
join their list and follow
their rules to submitting
your ads.
If you want to try your
hand at safelist
advertising, I would
suggest that you create a
separate free email
account on Yahoo. Why? A
safelist allows all that
have joined to submit
their ads to you, as well
as, you to them. Here,
your subject line is your
eye catcher – so choose
wisely.
Ezine advertising is a
very good way to
advertise your turnkey
site, website, product or
service. You have the
option for free (need to
watch for their
instructions), and various
paid ads. What's great
about ezines? It's an
opportunity to sell to a
more targeted market.
The more targeted your
market, the better the
opportunity to get a sale.
Articles – Articles are a
great way to get the
word out about your
website and your product
or products. However,
please make the article
informative – or you'll lose
your credibility and the
reader.
Search Engine
Optimization – If you have
a website you should
submit to search engines.
To review the process on
how and where, you can go
to my site at http://
www.myaffiliateplace.biz/
Affiliate_Info_SEO_
Keyword.htm.
As you can see, there are
many methods of
promoting – but the
method of promoting your
business is dependent
upon whether it is a
turnkey affiliate
program , an affiliate
product of service, or a
website. The choice is
yours on how you want to
promote -- experiment,
find what works, and
what doesn't -- that's
the sure way of learning
and growing in the
Affiliate Business.
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