Or…it could very well even be your main business.

The nice thing about affiliate marketing is you have no product to create, no customers to deal with and really nothing to do at all except…

Drive Traffic to your affiliate links

Now that is probably one of the biggest challenges any affiliate marketer will face online.

Getting traffic and then getting them to buy what you are recommending.

 There are lots of ways to do this so there is no one way or trick method.

There are MANY of them

The trick is to figure out which one(s) work for you and then go for it.

The cool thing about affiliate marketing today is everyday there are people out there in the trenches, testing the out various tools, methods and resources and…

 Teaching you how do do what they’ve done!

Talk about skipping the hard parts.

So if you’re looking for some great ways to make more money using affiliate marketing or even marketing your own products I’ve got some great resources for you today.

You see, since there is no one way to do this I thought I’d do something a little different than most marketers and give you the methods so you can choose your weapon(s)
wisely:)

PPC – Pay Per Click Money Making Method

Pay per click (or PPC) advertising can be a very effective way to direct traffic to your blog or website if you follow a few common sense rules.  Surprisingly, many advertisers either don’t realize there is a technique to advertising, or they think that saving money by skimping on ad quality is a smart move. 

click here to read our article on PPC that shows you how to avoid some common traps that many pay per click marketers are falling into, as well as proven tips to maximize your income from your PPC campaigns.

Here’s a shortcut for you…

You can save yourself a few months of time and hundreds or even thousands of dollars trying to figure out how to get a positive ROI on your adwords investments or…

Just click here to get yourself a membership to PPC Classroom here:

There are many claims of their students making loads of cash online from what they learned there.

Now I cannot vouche for everything they say and you’ll need to take the sales page for what it is, a sales page.

Read between the hype and if you feel this is for you they are making it super easy to try it out risk free for a full month.

Of course if you don’t use what you learn there it will not work but if you give it a go you might be pleasantly surprised and could be their next success story (who knows right?)

Okay, the next one I’d like to talk about is ….

The Clickbank Cash Method

Clickank.com is a website that sells digital products. It allows people to create and sell digital products by integrating the Clickbank system and the entrepreneur’s website.

Clickbank’s program allows buyers to buy from sellers and it also allows sellers to pay affiliates to help sell the digital products. You can make money from Clickbank by selling digital products OR by being an affiliate. 

The problem is there are thousands of products on Clickbank and it keeps getting harder and harder to figure out which ones to promote. So picking out the ones that should turn a profit for you can be difficult.

Here’s a shortcut for you…

If you’re interested in learning more how to promote Clickbank products as an affiliate I recommend you click here and go check out what Chris has done here with his Affiliate X program. 

And the third one we’ll go over a bit today is…

PPV – Pay Per View Method

There’s a very profitable area out there that until now – has been very “hush-hush” among the circles of internet marketing gurus.

It’s called PPV or Pay-Per-View and it involves placing your affiliate or CPA (cost per action) offer in front of a highly-targeted audience.

This is something we’ve started doing ourselves this year.

Here’s a shortcut for you…

You can click here to find out what my  friend JP has been doing with PPV here.

I hope these methods and resources help you to make more money online as an affiliate marketer.

Here’s to your success !

Warm Regards,
Jeremy Gislason
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Affiliate Marketing Vs. Other Models

Although it’s easy to make money with affiliate programs, there are other ways to earn online.

Let’s look at the other models, and check out some of the advantages (and disadvantages) of affiliate marketing compared to them.

Google Adsense can make you money every time someone clicks on your ads, even if they don’t buy anything; but you can only earn a few cents per click (in most cases) -unlike in affiliate programs where you could earn several dollars per sale.  You’ll have to get a lot more adsense clicks to earn the same amount as one affiliate sale.

If you choose to sell your own products, it might require a lot of time (or money if you outsource) before you can ever see any return on your investment. Although you can keep 100% of the profits, you have to manage everything – research, product creation, payment processing, and customer support, among others.

But when you decide to make money with affiliate programs, you only need to focus on driving traffic to the merchant’s site, and perhaps building a list if you want to continuously market to that audience for the long-term.

Where To Find Affiliate Products To Promote

There are a number of affiliate program networks where you could search for ideal affiliate products to promote.

The most well known ones include:
- Clickbank
- Commission Junction
- LinkShare
- ShareaSale

If you’re just getting your feet wet, I recommend starting with Clickbank. It’s currently the largest and fastest growing online retailer for digital products. 

If you want to successfully make money with affiliate programs at ClickBank, one good tip is to select a product that has a gravity of 40 to 150. That doesn’t mean any product with a gravity below 40 won’t produce profitable results; but at least you can be reasonably assured that affiliates are making lots of commissions if a product has a gravity within the 40 to 150 range. 

Now why not promote affiliate products with a gravity above 150? Because they have plenty of competition. If you want to earn a sizeable income while not having too much competition, choose a product with a gravity of 40 to 150.

Sites That Help Sell Affiliate Products

You can directly promote your affiliate links to make money with affiliate programs, but you can achieve higher conversions by creating your own sites that review or pre-sell the affiliate products.

Some of them include:

1) Review Sites.

You can do a review site that gives a detailed review of the affiliate product you’re promoting. Review sites are perceived to be authorities on the products they’re reviewing, so they could build up your credibility in that market.

One good tip when reviewing is to appear unbiased. You should not only mention the benefits, but you should also point out any minor flaws as well. Once you do that, the buyers’ defenses will go down and they can focus on the positive aspects of the product.

But remember that the benefits should greatly overcome the minor flaws, or the affiliate program would not be worth promoting.

If you don’t have a host and domain (and you don’t like to shed money before seeing any returns), you may post your review using a blog or content-sharing sites such as squidoo and hubpages.

Search engines give more weight to these content-sharing sites, so you have better chances of ranking higher for keywords you optimized your reviews for. Just remember to give valuable content as well, and you’ll be regarded as a trusted source of information on that niche.

2) Squeeze Pages.

Listbuilding is crucial if you’re planning to establish a relationship with people in your target market and you want to promote long-term to them.

When you collect subscribers through a squeeze page, you can follow up as many times as you want.  That’s the beauty of it.

To capture subscribers, what you can do is create an e-course or short report related to the affiliate product, and use that as a “bribe” to get their email.

If you don’t have the time to create the “bribe” or the budget to outsource the task, you may ask the merchant if he has a rebrandable report you can give away. Or you may ask him permission to use his articles in your promotion. You may compile the articles into an e-course or report, and use that as the incentive to get targeted people to subscribe.

Traffic Strategies To Make Money With Affiliate Programs

1) Adwords.

This is probably the fastest way to test a product’s profitability. However, you should track your spending, as Google Adwords can drain your bank account quickly, especially if your selection of keywords is very general such as “weight loss or internet marketing.” Use keywords that are more targeted; they cost less but can get you better response.

Set a limit on the daily budget for your campaigns if you’re not very familiar with adwords yet.

Check out ads for similar keywords. If you notice the same ads appearing repeatedly for a long time, then that’s an indication it’s making money.

2) Article Marketing.

If you don’t have a budget to start with, you can still make money with affiliate programs – for free. Simply write articles and submit them to article directories, or post them at content sharing sites like squidoo and hubpages. Make sure you optimize your article for your keywords.

3) Forum Marketing.

Another free way to advertise is to post at forums. You could put an invitation to visit your site for more information, or download your free report, in your signature (sig) file. 

Make sure you read the rules and observe if other posters are including their sig files. If you found that they don’t allow sig files, find other forums that do. Don’t waste your time on forums that don’t provide any reciprocal benefits for your efforts.

Once you found some good forums to post to, contribute first. Give advice, establish yourself as a go-to person, and make several helpful posts before you include your sig file.    

To make money with affiliate programs, all you need to have is a basic understanding of the fundamental principles of online marketing and take consistent action on what works. Once you grasp the basics and apply them, making a living from it consistently can be as easy as pie!

To Your Success!

Warm Regards,
Jeremy Gislason
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