affiliate marketing:10 golden rules to get you started

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AFFILIATE MARTKETING 10 GOLDEN RULES TO GET YOU STARTED

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AFFILIATE MARTKETING

10 GOLDEN RULES TO GET YOU STARTED

1.KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE

▸ Who is your target audience?

▸ What are they interested in?

▸ What problems are they trying to solve?

▸ What can you offer them?

▸ How can you help them?

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▸ Choose products/services that fit with the content of

your blog or website.

▸ If you are unsure where to start, check out blogs and

sites in a similar niche to your own and see which

type of products they promote. Ask yourself if these

would be a good fit for you?

▸ Do not be drawn into every affiliate programme you

come across. Consider your options carefully and

start with just small number of products to see how

they perform.

▸ Look into the products and companies you are

interested in and make sure you are choosing ones

which are reputable. Any unethical practices by them

will reflect on you as you are effectively vouching for

them by way of your referral links.

2. DO YOUR RESEARCH

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3. CREATE VALUE

▸ If you want your visitors to become your

followers make your posts valuable.

▸ Don’t just be a salesperson, be a

mentor.

▸ Give real information and advice that is

relevant to your audience.

▸ It is OK to post articles without any

affiliate link or agenda. This builds trust

and strengthens relationships.

▸ Educate and inspire your audience.

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4. MAKE IT PERSONAL

▸ People buy into you before they buy into your product. Build a relationship

with your audience.

▸ Be helpful. Work out how you can help your audience solve their problems.

In affiliate marketing you must give to receive, this helps build your credibility

and in turn your success rate.

▸ Have a personal interest in the products or services you are trying to sell, just

adding a bunch of affiliate links is not enough. Your audience want to know

why they should buy into them and what value they can expect.

▸ Give a little of yourself. People buy from those they can relate to, inject your

personality into your posts. Make them fun and entertaining as well as

informative. Make your audience want to come back to see what you say

next.

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5.HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY

▸ Always be upfront with your audience.

▸ Have information on your page telling

people your posts may contain links.

▸ Do not try and disguise your links or

trick people into clicking on them. This

is the quickest way to lose your

audience.

▸ And if you don’t trust or believe in a

product don’t try to sell it. Keep your

integrity!

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6. BE REALISTIC

▸ It takes time to build your audience and list. Be

patient.

▸ Not all commissions will be four figures. Some

will be small but in time they will grow.

▸ Do not think that because you have loads of

affiliate links you will make loads of

commissions. Sometimes less is more. Choose

wisely.

▸ You need to be consistent in whatever you do. If

you cannot commit to your audience do not

expect them to commit to you.

▸ You will make mistakes. Accept them and move

on. It doesn’t mean you have failed, it just

means you were prepared to take a chance.

No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you’re still ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.

TONY ROBBINS

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7. HAVE A STRATEGY

▸ Decide what type of affiliate marketing will work best for you.

▸ Know your number. Decide what you want to be earning to live the

life you dream of and create a plan of how you will achieve that.

▸ Research methods of driving traffic and find out which one will

work best for you.

▸ Plan your posts and emails in advance. Know what you want to

put out there and do your research. It will keep you focused.

▸ Share your content across as many platforms as

possible(youtube/twitter/Facebook/periscope etc) in order to grow

your audience.

▸ Aim to spend at a minimum 30-60 minutes per day working on your

strategy.

▸ Have an action plan following the SMART criteria (Specific,

Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time bound)

▸ Leverage any and every result to turn small wins into big wins.

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8. HAVE A CALL TO ACTION

▸ What do you want your readers to

do after reading your post?

▸ Your Call to Action os the perfect

place to add in your affiliate link

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9. TRACK YOUR RESULTS

▸ Pay attention to your results. Know

what is working and what isn’t.

▸ Track your links using a programme

such as Click Magic to make sure

all your sales and commissions are

correct.

▸ Look at what isn’t converting and

see what you can do differently.

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10. KNOW THE TOOLS OF THE TRADE

▸ Make your name. Find the perfect domain name

and secure it.

▸ Have your own hosting. Wordpress is great but it

is always best to have your own domain hosting

for complete control.

▸ An auto-responder is a must if you want to build

your own list. There are many out there, look

them up and find the one that suits your needs.

▸ Social media is useful. There are numerous

platforms out there. Choose two or three to begin

with and work hard to get yourself out there.

▸ SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) Make sure

you can be found.

TAKE A CHANCE AND DON’T EVER LOOK BACK