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The_No_Mailing_List_Solution_To_Affiliate_Profits
| The No Mailing List Solution To Affiliate Profits
There are lots of excellent affiliate programs out there and
even lots more affiliates. But the average guy hardly holds more
than 3 sales to his name. All those top ranking marketing
courses and ebooks advise you to have your own mailing list-
'hot leads' as they call them. But to be able to develop one
responsive list you need to be a 'mini guru' yourself. It takes
lots of dedication, time and ‘appetite’ to be able to build such
a list.
Frankly, the average Joe hopped on the internet in the first
place to be able to grab some of the gold floating around
cyberspace and earn some extra 'grub' anonymously...
Yes using the anonymity of a faceless email and without all the
hassles of an ordinary business... building a 'mailing list' is
simply a non-attainable goal.
Other Stumbling blocks are:
- Loss of affiliate revenue due to affiliate link theft.
- Non acceptance of affiliate links by search engines.
- Loss of advertising revenue - Even though the program claims
for eg. 'sales copy is so good every 6th person is signing up or
buying' – the affiliate orders guaranteed hits using traffic
exchanges only to be disappointed or feel a temporary elation
with a few sales...
All that advertising simply helps to create a 'buzz' about the
program with no positive impact to the affiliate...
Rarely if ever does anyone buy on a first visit to the site and
by the time they have been 'buzzed into hypnotic action' to buy,
it’s definitely not from the first, second or even third sites
they visited. Also they usually buy from someone who has an
'up-sell' offer, someone to whose mailing list they already
belong or someone they have come to trust.
All is not lost however, you can master the affiliate game
yet... Without a mailing list.
So lets get started:
1. Prepare an independent web page for each affiliate program
with
- A magnetically irresistible title;
- followed by a bulleted list of benefits using ‘grab them by
the gut’ writing.
- A link to the programs testimonial page.
- Provide third party validation with a link to any other
website such as epinions.com or scam reporter or BBB etc that
has some positive comments listed about the program.
- If the program has a Newsletter or forum to discuss expansion
plans etc provide a link to it.
- Write about your own success you have had with this program
and add a link to some form of proof such as photos of payment
checks received.
- State your own ‘up-sell’ offer clearly and make it time
sensitive... (if you order through my link by midnight you also
get the following ebooks, advertising, software etc).
- Make an offer of ‘guaranteed’ assistance – one on one
interaction through email or phone.
- State your full contact information clearly.
2. Compile the above page in an ebook format. You can use any
number of low cost ebook compilers available out there.
3. Create another web page with an irresistible headline, a
bulleted list of benefits and a free download link to your ebook.
4. Advertise the web page created in step 3 on all the free
traffic exchanges. You may order real cheap guaranteed visitors
to this page (Just confirm with your web-host that your website
can handle the deluge of guaranteed visitors).
Also make sure to monitor the number of times your ebook is
downloaded and which traffic service gives you the maximum
downloads – you may use any of the link tracking services out
there.
Does this technique work... believe me it does.
Just pay special attention to steps 3 and 4. Your copy in step 3
should make the kill, and in step 4 create the loudest ‘buzz’
you possibly can... even the most die hard web surfers will not
be able to resist the temptation to download your free ebook and
find out what it is all about – then the rest depends on your
‘upsell’ offer and sales letter in step 1.
Can you do this... you don’t need a mailing list! Yeah just drop
the right bait and create a 'feeding frenzy' among the
information hungry fishes on the internet.
About the author:
Shahnaz Rauf is The Editor of The Monster Twister– a Newsletter
helping ordinary web owners achieve extraordinary heights
without losing their shirts. To Subscribe
mailto:themonstertwister-subscribe@snzeport.com Or visit her
website at http://www.snzeport.com
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