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How To Promote Affiliate Programs Without A Mailing List By: Gary Harvey
So you are looking for ways to promote affiliate products that do not require you to have your own website or mailing list, right?
Great. You have come to the right place. These methods all work - if you work them. So take a look and find one or two ideas that feel comfortable for you, and get started. The worst thing you can do is... do nothing!
1. CREATE A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS PAGE
I read recently that one successful online marketer always includes a FAQ section in his autoresponder email series. It seems that a lot of times people have questions but they don't like to ask.
Maybe they think their question is "dumb" and who wants to ask a dumb question! So what this guy does is write down all the questions he can think of about the product, and answer them. It's an easy way to put together a short but helpful piece of promotion. Again, include your affiliate link in the 'About the author' panel at the end.
2. WRITE ABOUT HOW IT HELPED YOU
One great way to get people interested in the product that you are promoting is to write a user review explaining how helpful it is. Explain in simple terms how it helped you. Just one caution: Try not to overdo it with the praise for whatever you are promoting. Reviews that are too glowing may cause readers to be a little suspicious. Nothing is 100 percent perfect so think about including a small negative comment in amongst your overall recommendation.
The most important thing (apart from writing something helpful - it does not have to a first class essay - in fact, it is probably better if it is not - just write like you talk) is to include your affiliate link at the end. That is often called the Resource Box or the Author Bio Box. Whatever you call it, include a short motivating reason why your readers should click your link.
Need more places to post it? Here is a list of online article directories:
http://eprofitnews.org/artdir
If you think you couldn't write to save yourself, check this out. It's called The lazy man's guide to writing articles and you'll find it here:
http://eprofitnews.org/article-writing
It explains a simple system where the work of researching and writing is reduced to a very do-able minimum.
If you're not that great on spelling, run your article or report through a spell checker. Your computer probably has one already.
3. A-BLOGGING WE WILL GO,
AND IT`S FREE YO HO HO
Another good idea is to make a FREE blog at Blogger.com. Post your review or article on the blog with your affiliate link. After that, "ping" your blog at Pingomatic.com and the search engines will pick up your new blog site. Make a new post about your affiliate product or something related to the topic every 2-3 days, I would suggest.
I've seen my blog posts appear in Google within as little as 9 minutes. You can search for them at blogsearch.google.com
The great thing about blogging is... it's very informal. Write like you talk. Forget your English teacher. No need to worry about perfect sentences or stuff like that. Just imagine your buddy is interested. Now what would you tell him? -- then write it down and post it to your blog.
Wondering how to include a clickable link in your posts? It's explained here:
http://eprofitnews.org/marketing/ways.html#clickable
4. START POSTING RELEVANT STUFF AT THE FORUMS
Here's a list of internet marketing forums:
http://eprofitnews.org/marketing/forums.html
Join one, or several of them. Read for a while so you get the idea of how they work. Then start posting. Either ask questions, or add a comment into a discussion.
Include your link in your forum signature (find the 'Edit your profile' section to insert or change your signature). Every time you post a reply or thread, your affiliate link or banner will automatically get posted, resulting in many different people seeing your link and some of them clicking on it.
5. TRY YOUR HAND AT A PRESS RELEASE
Sounds a bit challenging, doesnt it? Well, after you read a few press releases at PRweb.com, you'll see it's not that bad. Find one you like, and use its layout as a template for your own press releases.
Many of the sites which distribute press releases on the internet are free to use. Do a Google search and you will find some. Then read over several news releases that others have issued. When you find one you like, use it as a template for your own... though there is one extra thing I should mention. Press releases are usually about your own product or website or your own business, so you may have to create an angle or a hook to make it your own somehow.
Article by Gary Harvey © FindHotMarkets.com ~ You are welcome to reprint this in its entirety. Please include this paragraph.
Keywords: hot niche markets, niche market research, find hot niches, niche markets, find profitable markets, profitable products, hot trends, hot niches.
Great. You have come to the right place. These methods all work - if you work them. So take a look and find one or two ideas that feel comfortable for you, and get started. The worst thing you can do is... do nothing!
1. CREATE A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS PAGE
I read recently that one successful online marketer always includes a FAQ section in his autoresponder email series. It seems that a lot of times people have questions but they don't like to ask.
Maybe they think their question is "dumb" and who wants to ask a dumb question! So what this guy does is write down all the questions he can think of about the product, and answer them. It's an easy way to put together a short but helpful piece of promotion. Again, include your affiliate link in the 'About the author' panel at the end.
2. WRITE ABOUT HOW IT HELPED YOU
One great way to get people interested in the product that you are promoting is to write a user review explaining how helpful it is. Explain in simple terms how it helped you. Just one caution: Try not to overdo it with the praise for whatever you are promoting. Reviews that are too glowing may cause readers to be a little suspicious. Nothing is 100 percent perfect so think about including a small negative comment in amongst your overall recommendation.
The most important thing (apart from writing something helpful - it does not have to a first class essay - in fact, it is probably better if it is not - just write like you talk) is to include your affiliate link at the end. That is often called the Resource Box or the Author Bio Box. Whatever you call it, include a short motivating reason why your readers should click your link.
Need more places to post it? Here is a list of online article directories:
http://eprofitnews.org/artdir
If you think you couldn't write to save yourself, check this out. It's called The lazy man's guide to writing articles and you'll find it here:
http://eprofitnews.org/article-writing
It explains a simple system where the work of researching and writing is reduced to a very do-able minimum.
If you're not that great on spelling, run your article or report through a spell checker. Your computer probably has one already.
3. A-BLOGGING WE WILL GO,
AND IT`S FREE YO HO HO
Another good idea is to make a FREE blog at Blogger.com. Post your review or article on the blog with your affiliate link. After that, "ping" your blog at Pingomatic.com and the search engines will pick up your new blog site. Make a new post about your affiliate product or something related to the topic every 2-3 days, I would suggest.
I've seen my blog posts appear in Google within as little as 9 minutes. You can search for them at blogsearch.google.com
The great thing about blogging is... it's very informal. Write like you talk. Forget your English teacher. No need to worry about perfect sentences or stuff like that. Just imagine your buddy is interested. Now what would you tell him? -- then write it down and post it to your blog.
Wondering how to include a clickable link in your posts? It's explained here:
http://eprofitnews.org/marketing/ways.html#clickable
4. START POSTING RELEVANT STUFF AT THE FORUMS
Here's a list of internet marketing forums:
http://eprofitnews.org/marketing/forums.html
Join one, or several of them. Read for a while so you get the idea of how they work. Then start posting. Either ask questions, or add a comment into a discussion.
Include your link in your forum signature (find the 'Edit your profile' section to insert or change your signature). Every time you post a reply or thread, your affiliate link or banner will automatically get posted, resulting in many different people seeing your link and some of them clicking on it.
5. TRY YOUR HAND AT A PRESS RELEASE
Sounds a bit challenging, doesnt it? Well, after you read a few press releases at PRweb.com, you'll see it's not that bad. Find one you like, and use its layout as a template for your own press releases.
Many of the sites which distribute press releases on the internet are free to use. Do a Google search and you will find some. Then read over several news releases that others have issued. When you find one you like, use it as a template for your own... though there is one extra thing I should mention. Press releases are usually about your own product or website or your own business, so you may have to create an angle or a hook to make it your own somehow.
Article by Gary Harvey © FindHotMarkets.com ~ You are welcome to reprint this in its entirety. Please include this paragraph.
Keywords: hot niche markets, niche market research, find hot niches, niche markets, find profitable markets, profitable products, hot trends, hot niches.
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