Being an affiliate is a hard enough job at
the best of times, but have you ever tried to
get your article published in a large ezine
publication? It can be a nightmare sometimes.
It's even harder if you try and work your
affiliate link into the article.
Articles are a great way to get free exposure
for your web site and your affiliate program.
Hopefully your web sites goal will be to get
Opt-In email addresses and you have some sort
of free report system working.
However, I have been testing an idea for
quite awhile now that I think really works
and I guarantee you that you will get your
article published 100% more then you do now.
This works especially well if you're running
an Opt-In mailing list which I recommend you
do.
Ezine publishers receive hundreds of articles
for publishing a week, so why should they
publish yours? You might think you have the
best article ever written, and you might, but
ezine publishers have to make money too you
know. My idea not only will increase your
chances of getting published but you will
also be helping ezine publishers make more
money, which in the long run they will
remember and will be more receptive to your
articles in the future.
Here's the idea.
When you write your article, try and work an
affiliate link into it. Make sure it's in
context and not just a blatant advertisement
as that's why most ezine publishers refuse to
publish affiliate members articles.
As I was saying, write your article and in
that article put a link to an affiliate
program you're promoting in context in your
article. It helps when doing this that you
can say that you honestly use that product or
service. I guarantee you a personal
endorsement in your article will double the
sales you would get with out an endorsement.
The twist here is that the affiliate link you
put in will be changed by the ezine
publisher. You will be letting the ezine
publisher change your affiliate link in your
article so they can earn commissions from
your article and therefore increasing the
chances of getting your article published.
This has never failed for me and I'm sure it
won't fail for you.
So how do you make money from this? Well if
you have your own autoresponder free report
series set up, you can use that in your
article by line. You would make more sales
from this then from commissions from the
article. Your goal in any affiliate exercise
is to get as many Opt-In email addresses as
possible and as cheaply and quickly as
possible.
Make sure your article by line is something
that catches the readers attention. Heres a
by line I used when promoting an article on
Mini Sites. You can see I use a tracker to
show how many people click on my link.
Your Name has been helping people succeed
online for over X years and has dedicated his
life to Internet Marketing. Visit his web
site to find out how you can create mini
sites that sell like crazy. Go to his website
at
http://www.websitehere.com
However, if you wanted to promote your free
autoresponder report series I would use
something like this,
Your Name has been helping people succeed
online for over X years and has dedicated his
life to Internet Marketing. Find out how to
earn a full time automated income with
affiliate programs on a budget by sending a
blank email to your@autoresponderhere.com
(I have many variations of this by line)
This is the most effective way to use your
article. Going for the one off sale is
ridiculous and risky to your online business.
