Tips and Tricks to Maximise Affiliate Profits
I am not in the least bit ashamed to admit the fact that I tried and tried and tried some more to figure out how to make ANY money as an affiliate marketer in the beginning. The fact is its one of those things that looks and sounds easy BUT ITS NOT!
If you have done any affiliate marketing work at all it probably went like this:
Ok so I get a link and I share it, thats easy…..
Found some products and Shared Links
Nothing
Found different products and Shared More Links
Nothing
Wondered what I was doing wrong…. but kept trying
Nothing
It kept on going like that for me for quite a while.
Started email list to share links
Nothing
So when did it change for me?
More or less when I did a lot of personal training to learn what was actually involved!
If you are just starting out with Affiliate Marketing, or have been trying and failing, here are some tips to help you out:
Don’t share product links, share tips instead.
Really until you start to be seen as some kind of authority on a topic then its going to be hard to make affiliate sales. Sharing tips will help you achieve that. It will also attract people towards you who are interested in that particular topic.
I would advise sharing your tips in a blog. That will help you to create a following – email subscribers are the lifeblood of any affiliate marketers business so make sure you have a subscriber option added.
This blog was created using a $10 a month hosting package from GDI – I choose that as it has an amazing affiliate income stream built in.
Learn to Play the Long Game
Affiliate marketing, although is often promoted as an easy and quick way to make money, its only those who work on building a solid audience who become successful.
The fact is there are MANY affiliates out there – why should someone buy from a random link shared by someone they don’t know?
It takes time and dedication to keep working on building an audience without making much money while you are doing it. That however is the difference between those who make a high level income doing it, and those who make a sale now and again.
Learn to Presell
Basically what you do BEFORE you share the link to a product you want to sell is much more important than pretty much anything else. It is all about warming people up and preparing them to get your product links. When you do this correctly you will have people ready and waiting to buy as soon as you send them the actual buying link.
Don’t Give Up
This is probably the main thing to remember. It is frustrating and really quite hard work to become a successful affiliate marketer. It takes patience and learning to cope with failure to make it through to being good at it, never mind great!
Remember that EVERY SUCCESSFUL AFFILIATE has had to go through the same learning curve. Only the ones who keep going through the tough times will actually make it.
Those are just a few tips from me. If you’re looking for even more tips, then be sure to subscribe to my Steps to Success with Affiliate Marketing emails using the form below. I will tell you exactly what I did to make it as an affiliate.
