My Business Adventures

How to Choose an Affiliate Program

2009-09-11T12:20:00.000-07:00

If you are an affiliate marketer, you have two options. The first option is to choose the product which has a great demand in the market. These items are expected to be sold immediately due to the interest of the people. Some examples of such particular items are dating sites, casino sites and weight loss products. The second option is to choose a product that suits your interests and you, yourself like to promote it.

We recommend you choose a product which is considered to be the hot product in the market as well as you having some interest in it. For example if you are golfer, then you should choose golfing products to promote. These products are among the hottest products on the market. Plus if you are a golfer, it will be easy for you to give detailed information about it on your website. So you can give lots of information there, you can write the basic rules about that sport, you can also write the tips about how new golfers can improve their playing skills. You can also give some guidance to anyone who may want to purchase golf equipment by suggesting the best place to go for good quality equipment. Similarly, you can give lots of golf related information on your website that may attract more visitors.

Let us look at some of the important things before promoting ANY affiliate program

Choose Hot Products

Always choose the items which have a high demand in the market. If you want to choose a product but don’t know about the demand of that product, then visit Overture.com. Here you can check the bidding status of a product. If you find that many sellers are bidding for it, then it means it is a demanding product.

Be Familiar with Product

You must be knowledgeable about the product you are selling. If you do not know much about the product, how can you satisfy and convince your customer? You must know all the drawbacks of the product. Also do the comparative study of the product with the other same types of products present in the market. Provide your customers with this comparative study using graphs and tables. This will help sell your customers.

Good Sales Letter

Your sales letter is considered to be the key point for boosting your sales. It should be convincing enough for your consumer to want to buy. A good sales letter will attract visitors. You should also add some testimonials in it to make it more effective and believable.

Money Back Guarantee

If you want consumers to buy your product with no hesitation, then give them the benefit of a money back guarantee. If the affiliate program owner is not providing this guarantee with the product, then you should look for another merchant.

Contact Info

Physical address and contact info must be given on the site. This makes your website more reliable and trustable to your customers.

Real-time Statistics

Choose the affiliate program that can show you the real-time statistics of your visitors and sales. This will tell how many visitors are going to the merchant website from your website and how many visitors are converted into buyers. This will help you to see your progress.

How to find profitable affiliate programs

It is not difficult to find profitable affiliate programs. It is advised to search the most popular directories like AssociatePrograms.com or AffiliateMatch.com. Another option is to search in regular affiliate networks like Click Bank (for digital goods) and Commission Junction (mainly for physical goods).

Choosing the right affiliate program is the key factor. Always study the program in detail before choosing. See what are they offering? Good affiliate programs offer good profit, money back guarantee, real-time statistics and complete information about their products. You can search the good affiliates by using well known and trusted affiliate networks like Commission Junction and Click Bank.

A product I found that meets all these criteria can be found here.

Free Listbuilding Software

2009-08-28T12:01:00.000-07:00

I'm evaluating a
viral listbuilding
software tool from the folks at ListHero.com. It's
the fastest, simplest and easiest way to build your list that I've seen
in a long while.

Here's all you
do...

Create a short ad that promotes
your newsletter or ezine
Add some
code to the pages of your website

... sit back and watch your list
grow.

ListHero helps you generate 1,000's of highly targeted
subscribers for free and pays you generous affiliate commissions as
your list grows.

I'll let you know what I think of it once I've had a
chance to check it out. Meanwhile go grab access to this free
viral listbuilding software
while it's still free.

Thirty Day Challenge

2009-08-05T23:10:00.000-07:00

I found out 5 days into the Thirty Day Challenge about it. That puts me behind, because I missed the preseason training. Today, I started going through that, then will begin on the daily training. I hope this will get me on the right track to make money online. The number of people going through this course has only increased each year and I hope to be a success, so hopefully this will help me learn on a step-by-step basis.

Check it out at http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com

See you on the other side.

God bless,
Tom Melton

Trying to follow the teaching

2009-07-24T19:06:00.000-07:00

If you are anything like me, you wonder when the money will come, you spend day after day posting your links to sites, but nothing to show for it so far. They say if you keep at it, it will start to happen. I hope it starts happening soon.
Today I concentrated on posting for an affiliate link:

http://ListDotCom.com/cloak.php?id=117755

This program allows you to promote two things at one, listdotcom and the affiliate program link, this one happens to be for Dream Team Gold which is PLR site that only charges $5/month to access the products. So far this is the best value I have found in this particular niche market to get products you can brand as your own and then release for others to buy.

Till next time, may God bless.

Tom

Mentoring

2009-07-23T13:18:00.000-07:00

It is hard to find a person, site, or business that offers mentoring for a reasonable rate. I was able to find one site that specializes in this. They offer a free option, and also ability to upgrade, if and/or when you can afford it.
While the free aspect is quite limited, they do have some good resources to get you started. I would recommend at least the Student Level to get some personal contact with someone who is having some success, you will have their contact info, and they will be able to provide feedback aimed at your personal situation.

To check it out, go here:

http://www.metricmentor.com/go/?discount=193444

Trust me, it will be worth the effort.

Tom

Interested in Commercial Real Estate?

2009-04-30T21:35:00.000-07:00

If you have ever wondered whether you have what it takes to get into the commercial real estate market, then have I got the site for you to visit. This guy has all the information you need to get started.

Click Here!

It tells "How Anyone Can Buy Commercial Real Estate (Apartments, Office Buildings, Hotels, Mobile Home Parks, RV Parks, Etc.) Regardless Of Credit, Cash, Income Or Assets And Without Seller Financing In 2009!"

I suggest you get started now while the market is great.

No Time

2009-04-16T10:07:00.001-07:00

That is one of the hardest things, is finding the time to research to learn how to do business on-line and put into practice. Very hard to do with all that has been going on since last Sept. I have been in the hospital twice. My wife has been in the hospital about three times. Our house was damaged by water and is all torn up. The outside needs work because the roof leaked last fall, so needs to be replaced, not to mention the start of spring. This means plants need to be cut back, and the yard and flower beds cleaned up.

Adventures in being an affiliate

2008-05-03T15:30:00.000-07:00

I am trying again, to do affiliate marketing, it has been awhile, so I am only starting out with promoting two products. Hopefully, I will be able to get some hits, some buys, and be able to reinvest, and build up a REAL online business.
The two I am starting out with are, Phase 3 Article Underground Content Traffic System which can be viewed at https://paydotcom.com/r/8334/trmelton/18037771/ and Niche Inspector which can be viewed at https://paydotcom.com/r/13279/trmelton/18038140/.

Please stop by and see these new systems and get your free downloads at the same time. See you all soon.

Tom