10 RULES TO AFFILIATE MARKETING

10 RULES TO AFFILIATE MARKETING

If you are new in affiliate marketing business, there are certain rules that need to be kept in view while starting up. Initially when you start up, a clear direction is important and you should never run after the commission, as you need to make your name and credibility in the market first and the money will follow afterward.

RULE #1: Be honest and never make false claims:

While promoting a product to your audience never make false claim of using or benefitting from that product or service until you actually done it.  Instead if you want to promote that product you must convince the consumer why you think they need to buy that product and how will it be beneficial for them. This honest way of marketing will never let your name down or your brand and will make you credible among the audience.  Creditability is golden as a smart affiliate marketer.

RULE #2: Share your personal experience

Always relate your personal experience with the product. Share your experience as how you happened to use that product and what difference did it make in your life. People always get inspired by the real life experience of others rather than just asking them to buy the product.  If your new and don’t have any personal experience, use someone who has.  Tell a story about their experience.  People love reading stories.

RULE #3: Always try to recommend

Never insist the consumer to purchase by putting flashy banners like BUY IT NOW or anything like it. Do not try to sell but instead be involved and make the consumer believe that you are there to help.  Let the decision to purchase be the buyer.  Always recommend the product by sharing your own experience or someone else.

RULE #4: Details of the product

Always promote the product which you are confident about. Get full details of the product, its use, how it works, your experience and share it with the audience. Never encourage people to buy the product you yourself know nothing about.

RULE #5: Be manageable

When you are new to affiliate marketing many run after any affiliate program they see. And this is how they make things unmanageable. So, always choose wisely as to which affiliate company and program you want to work with and later when you are settled and have made your name in the market, you can manage to open up new income generating avenues online.  Do your home work. With so many available companies the smart marketer is careful in which product to offer.  Again, do your home work.

RULE #6: Keep the trust of the customer by always following up

Whenever you recommend a product to your customer and if they choose to buy it, always follow up. Always get the comments and reviews as how they found that product and always be there to assist them in case they find any inconvenience or problem using that product. This is how you will never lose the trust of your audience and your name will become more credible in the market. With affiliate marketing, your trust is your brand.  Never lose trust.

RULE #7: Never be contradictory in your blog articles or posts

I have seen sites that put contradictory notes on other products while advertising their product. Be careful on what you write otherwise you will lose your trust among the audience.

RULE #8: Never get distracted

When working online a lot of distractions come in the form of flashy banners like easy way to earn money online or something which attracts you and get you distracted from your program which you are already working on. This is how you lose your concentration in search of something better.  Focus on your task.  You choose a affiliate product and company for a reason.  Stay with the “program.”  The worst thing you can do is to loose focus and go in different directions.  Stay the course and your affiliate program will make you money.

When you start up as an affiliate marketer all you need to do is to be focused on building up your reputation and name. Once you are established, other avenues will open up automatically.

RULE #9: Focus on your content

When you are running a blog always focus on the content you are writing. Writing what interests people, something they haven’t read or about something they haven’t experience before. More importantly you should produce the content relevant to your niche. Good, informative and engaging piece of writings will compel them to come to your blog regularly and the money comes automatically.  I strongly recommend being good at copy writing.  Learn all you can about copy and how to product good copy.  I will make a recommendation later.

Write the blog posts or content which automatically drives the consumer to your affiliated link. If you are writing posts for the sake of supporting your link like a salesman, you are less likely to succeed. Make the customer believe through your writings that they really need this product and this is high time that they should try this.  Good copy will make the customer want to purchase as if it was their idea and not yours.

RULE #10: Include Visual ADS in your sidebars

On every website or blog there is always a side bar.  Smart marketers will utilize that side bar putting visual ads on it.  That will make it attractive and a great idea to promote products according to your niche.  A smart marketer will use both sides of a Business Card.  After all leaving the back of a Business Card is wasting space.  The same goes for a smart marketer using a blog.  Use the space available with visual ads to sell your product.

These are the 10 Rules To Be A Smart Affiliate Marketer.  Are there more?  Of course.  Affiliate Marketing is a constant learning business.  Never stop learning.  The Internet changes, blogs change, customers change.  The smart affiliate marketer changes and adapts to changing trends and marketing strategies.

As a bonus…Let me add Rule #11.

RULE #11 : Be Analytical

Always be analytical about your performance, what you offer, how and to whom.   Know your market, your perfect customer, their wants and desires.  And to which strategy works best for you and which doesn’t.

You need to see which blog posts are being hit most and try to link more affiliated ads on that post.

Focus on what ads doesn’t work for you and try to get rid of them soon. Use more of those ads which are receiving most attention.

Again, know your market.  Create an Avatar of your customer.  Picture that person and talk to that person in your articles.

CONCLUSION

Affiliate marketing, with its unique set of advantages has brought revolution in the e-commerce industry. This boom in e-commerce industry has resulted in record sales by people such as you and me.  Blogging is the flexible method of marketing and promoting your affiliate product with ease and comfort of your home at any time and your convenience.

Affiliate marketing and blogging go hand and hand.  Your readers benefit from your product, the affiliate company benefits from the sale and you benefit with making money.   Thus, it’s a win win situation for all, the advertiser, the publisher and the consumer.

Your advantage with affiliate marketing are many.  Here are just a few:

• No product development
• No Inventory to stock
• No shipping cost
• Low cost to start
• No risk
• Work from home
• Easy
• Good commission structure (do your home work here)
• No long term commitment
• More

Before starting affiliate marketing business its disadvantages should also be taken under consideration:

• In affiliate advertising some people are involved in false advertising and unfair and unlawful ways to malign brands.
• Merchants may be dishonest and promise higher rates and then reduce afterwards.
• Affiliates may engage in false advertisements to mislead the merchants and get commission.

Affiliate marketing with all its advantages and disadvantages is still one of the best home based online businesses. Its advantages can be overcome easily by taking simple security checks and measures.

My Affiliate Program just happens to be Elite Marketing Pro.  I found this program works for me since I like offering help and advice.  The commission program is excellent, the support and coaching is what I wanted and needed and the management team are the top people in the industry.

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Here’s to your success in Smart Affiliate Marketing Strategies,