By Christopher D Anderson
How many step by step affiliate marketing plans do you really need? The answer to that question is easy. You only need one. It just has to be the one that you apply, test, modify, re-apply, modify again, and retest, until you have gotten it working successfully.
There are many step by step plans available if you search for them. There are plans for article marketing, pay per click marketing, email marketing, and probably dozens of other approaches. There are plans you pay for and plans you can find for free.
But how do you know which of the step by step plans really work?
Remember what I said about only needing one step by step affiliate marketing plan?
1. *Pick a plan*, any plan.
2. *Take action with each step* of that plan.
3. As you take each step *evaluate the effect of each of those actions*
4. If the effect is positive *do more of that*
5. If the effect is negative *stop that approach to that step* and
6. *Try a different way* for that step
Repeat 3 through 6 until you can answer "Yes" to the following question:
Have I given this plan every effort I possibly can to make it work for me?
If you can answer "Yes" to that question, but you are not making money online by following that step by step affiliate marketing plan, have someone you trust review the steps you followed and ask for feedback. It's easy to find someone who is willing to give you this kind of feedback by joining a membership site for affiliate marketers, whether a free site or a paid site.
Because you have already tried something and have evaluated each action you took, you will be able to ask very specific questions. When you do that in the affiliate marketing forums like those at Warrior Forum, Digital Point, Internet Marketing Center or Wealthy Affiliate, you are much more likely to get helpful advice.
Now, what are some of the things that have to be covered in a step by step affiliate marketing plan?
What is my niche market?
What is the biggest need, problem or desire of people in this niche market area?
Are people in this niche market searching for a solution online?
How often do they search for it?
What words do they use when they search for it?
What products could fill that need or desire or solve that problem?
What affiliate programs are there for hose products?
How do I sign up for the affiliate programs I choose?
How do I create some type of website to presell visitors on the idea
that the product I am promoting is a good solution that will help
them?
How do I get people who want or need that solution to find and go to my
particular website?
How do I track the flow of visitors to my site so I know if it is
increasing or not?
How do I convince people who find my website to choose to buy the
product I am promoting?
How do I systematically test different approaches to getting traffic to
my site and getting site visitors to buy what I am promoting?
Those are just a few of the key questions that have to be answered.
Affiliate marketing question(s) for a beginner. Experts please help if can.?
1. Once I put a “link” to the product on my blog website, do I earn commission for each product that is sold or just the first one?
2. My web site is unknown. How do I attract an audience?
3. Why do I need to go through a 3rd party affiliate network like clickbank or commission junction in order to promote products? Do they take part of your commission away? Can’t I just work directly with the vendors?
Thank you
1) Normally, you will earn commission from every sale of a product that comes through your link. The affiliate network, whether it’s clickbank or CJ or shareasale or whomever, will send you checks on a published schedule for your sales. Nice thing is – that’s ALL you have to do. You don’t need to turn in orders, handle money and payments and orders – just cause traffic and sales through your site.
2) You’ll need to get your site known. One way is to answer questions here and on other forums and include in your profile or your posts, your signature box, including the address of your website. IMPORTANT: When you answer questions, give the best answer you know how to give, and as thorough as you know how, because you want people to know that you KNOW what you’re talking about. Then, they will possibly want to know more and click on your site. So, it’s good for you AND it’s good for them..
3) As I mentioned in answer #1, by going through the affiliate network, you don’t have to deal with anything except marketing of your website that has the links to the product. If you deal directly with the product provider, (which you CAN DO), then you have to be responsible to the provider for your orders, collections of money and payments, refunds, etc., etc., and so on.
The small amount the networks charge before your commission is WELL WORTH it to you, as you do your job and they just send you money.
While you can deal directly with the product provider, some of them won’t deal with you because you’re unknown and – frankly, may not pay for goods ordered, or follow through and deliver to your customer. The affiliate network makes sure there aren’t problems either with you getting your money, or with the customer getting his/her product.
It’s a very, very good system, and I’ve been using it for several years.
Affiliate marketing on blogspot?
Hello,
I live in Australia and I am just wondering if there are any affiliate networks which allow you to use a blogname.blogspot.com site (ie a sub-domain blog rather than your own top level domain website).
I’m looking to make some money on my blog, other than adsense, and the only affiliate network I can find which doesn’t specifically ask for a website url is clickbank (however I don’t want to promote ebooks).
Does any one use an affiliate network on their blogspot site that they could share with me? Any other comments/suggestions appreciated!
Thanks in advance
Blogspot is ok for hobby sites but if you’re looking to make money you really should have your own domain and hosting. You can register a domain at Godaddy or Namecheap for like $8 and get hosting for around $5 -$9 a month.
Having your own site is pretty cheap and you’ll have full control and never have to worry about Google deleting your blogspot blog.