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Affiliate Marketing Tips, part 6

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Banking Even More Affiliate Cash

This whole report is all about you making more money as an affiliate.

In this section, you’ll find out what the super affiliates know about banking bigger checks…

Tip #46: Read the affiliate agreement. That’s right, before you start promoting a new affiliate product, be sure to read the affiliate agreement and terms of service on the vendor’s site. Doing so will eliminate nasty surprises, such as “no affiliate payouts until you reach $1500 in commissions or until Haley’s comet swings by Earth again.”

Note: OK, I made that one up – but you’d be surprised at what type of profit-draining clauses you’ll find inside some of these agreements!

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Affiliate Marketing Tips, part 5

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Beating Your Competition

When you’re an affiliate, you have two kinds of competition:

  • Competition from those selling similar products. So if you’re selling a Black lab dog training book, you’re competing against other black lab training products.
  • Competition from other affiliates. Naturally, there are others selling the EXACT same product to the same market.

Here’s how to whip your competition and put more money in your pocket…

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Affiliate Marketing Tips, part 4

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Blogging Your Way to Bigger Commissions

By now it’s no secret that you shouldn’t send your visitors directly to a vendor’s sales letter. So far we’ve mainly talked about turning your traffic into newsletter subscribers.

Now we’ll look at how blogging can help you bank more affiliate cash…

Tip #26: Use WordPress. There are plenty of blogging solutions for you to choose from, including installed software and third-party hosted solutions. However, one of the best platforms is the self-hosted WordPress (WP) platform, which you can find at www.wordpress.org.

Here are five reasons why WP is a good choice:

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Affiliate Marketing Tips, part 3

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Boosting Conversions

You already know that you shouldn’t send your traffic directly to the product sales page. Instead, you should build a list and then pitch products. But you shouldn’t even send your list members directly to a sales page. Read on…

Tip #20: Write product reviews. One of the best ways to pre-sell a product is to write a product review. But don’t just list all the positive points. You need to list the product flaws, too. And that’s because your prospects know that the product isn’t perfect. If you try to present it as a perfect product, they won’t trust you… nor will they buy from you.

Example: “This homeschooling kit offers awesome lessons plans for science, history and English. However, the math plans leave something to be desired. That’s because… {reasons}”

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Affiliate Marketing Tips, part 2

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Creating a Sales Funnel

If you’re sending your visitors straight to the vendor’s sales page, you’re leaving a lot of money on the table. And that’s because you’ll have better results if you create a sales funnel, stock it with products and then sell these affiliate products to “warm” prospects.

Here are nine tips to boost your sales funnel profits…

Tip #11: Build a list. People buy from those they know, like and trust. That means if you’re sending your prospects straight to the vendor’s page, the prospect likely doesn’t know you OR the vendor. And so the conversion rate will be very low.

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