Fast Intro:
This is a quick guide on how you can earn a
full time income with affiliate programs
without even a web site. This is so simple,
it's stupid, yet so many affiliates keep
failing.
The biggest reason why I failed when I first
started online was because I complicated
things. I tried to create huge web sites
filled with content, and it just didn't work
because I lost my motivation.
With this guide, all you have to do is create
a free autoresponder series, then advertise
it directly with ezines and other simple
methods that I will show you.
Select 3 Affiliate Programs
To make this work and not be a one hit
wonder, you will need to select THREE
affiliate programs to join. The criteria to
select this programs is a little different
then going out and selecting the affiliate
program with the biggest commission, even
though this does play a role.
Of course, all the affiliate programs you
promote will have to be on the one subject.
For instance, say your first affiliate
program is an ebook on Mini Sites, then your
second affiliate program you sell could be a
members only site based on Mini Sites and
your third affiliate program could be a
service where someone creates a network of
Mini Sites for your customers.
I will talk more about this later, and how
the pricing is crucial.
The first affiliate program you promote will
want to be one which pays a larger then
normal commission on the first sale. Do not
accept anything less then 40% commission for
your first affiliate program. The reason for
this is because we want to make a profit on
the first affiliate program and by selling
any product that does not make you at least
$20 per sale you will not profit straight
away. The main aim of this is to really build
up your Opt-in Mailing list.
If you break even, don't be discouraged.
Breaking even is an amazing result, and if
you have built your list up, then you will be
profiting for years to come.
So for your first affiliate program, choose a
product that sells for around $40 to $50 and
where you still get at least 40% of the total
profits.
Your second affiliate program you join will
be in the category of what we call "Residual
Income".
This is an affiliate program that pays you
every month someone stays signed up for their
product or service. For example, if you were
to promote a web hosting company, and they
charged $25 a month, you would get around $10
a month for as long as that person stays
signed up for web hosting. Terry Dean
believes this is the closest way to earning a
secure pay check every month.
These are great programs to promote because
all they require is a little hard work up
front and you're set for months, even years.
That's why I recommend promoting this type of
program once you have a large list of names
to email to.
Of course you will still be promoting your
free course to other people, but this is a
way to make back end sales from your current
list. Don't think if you've advertised to
these people once, that's all they are good
for. I will talk more about this later in the
book
You can find a large list of Residual Income
affiliate programs at
LifeTimeCommissions.com
Which is run by Allan Gardyne (You will hear
a lot about that name in this book)
Now your third affiliate program will also be
a program that you will promote to your
current subscriber list. This program should
pay you a large lump sum of money. This type
of program will have a lower conversion rate,
but you should be making $80 to $150
commission per sale.
If you would like to find a directory of
affiliate programs, visit
AssociatePrograms.com
Create A Free Report Series
I'm going to keep this step very simple and
to the point, but remember, this step is
vital to your affiliate success. I will go as
far as saying that if you create a responsive
Opt-In list, 75% of your work is done for you
already. That goes for anything you're doing
online.
This free report will be promoting the first
affiliate program you chose from step 1. It
should be priced around $40 or $50 and pay
you around $20 to $25 per sale.
Creating your free report is easy. Either
find 5 articles on your subject that you're
allowed to use, or create 5 articles
yourself. They don't have to be long, only
around 500 words. Then send them out to your
prospects over 5 days using your
autoresponder. Make sure these reports are
full of useful information, not just blatant
advertising. You do however get a chance to
advertise to them directly later.
How I create autoresponder series is by
writing 5 to 10 articles on the topic the
affiliate program I'm promoting is on. For
instance, if I were writing a report on
search engine ranking, I would create the
following articles.
1. The Tools Of The Search Engine Specialist
2. Meta Data, Yes Or No?
3. How Mini Sites Can Generate Thousands In
Extra Visitors
4. Getting Listed In Yahoo! The Easy Way
5. Creating Keywords Relevant To Your Site
6. Search Engine Ranking On A Budget
7. The Biggest Search Engine Myths
And so on..
Everyone can write, I don't care what you
say. Keeping it simple is the best way to go.
Don't get daunted by the task ahead of you
otherwise you will delay doing anything at
all.
Another tip I have for writing articles is to
jot down points, and use those points to
build your article. For instance, when
writing "How Mini Sites Can Generate
Thousands In Extra Visitors", I would jot
down points like this.
* Choosing A Domain Name
* Finding Cheap Web Hosting
* Using Keywords Throughout The Web Site
* Submitting To Search Engines
* Tracking Hits
* Doing This All Over Again
I would then write 100 to 200 words per point
and voila!, there's your first article/report
for you to use.
Now when sending out your free report with
your autoresponder, it should be set up
something like this.
When the person signs up, they get part 1,
then for the next 4 days they get parts 2, 3,
4 and 5. In these messages, you will get a
chance to advertise to them in the first and
last sections of your message. Here's an
example of an autoresponder message you can
send out
Hi [[firstname]],
I would like to thank you for requesting our
free report "How To Become A Super Affiliate
And A Digital Information Millionaire On A
Budget".
My name is Your Name, and I recently quit my
job and I'm now working from home as both a
Super Affiliate And A Digital Information
Marketer. In this free report, I am going to
show you how you aswell can work from home
selling your own and other people's products,
for amazing profits.
Not only that, I'm going to show you how you
can do it ON A BUDGET with the power of Mini
Sites.
And I will show you exactly what product I'm
selling as my own, but did not create. It
really is a great business to be in.
This course is written in plain english, and
is very easy to read, however, if you have
any questions or comments, then please feel
free to contact me at
email@addresshere.com
http://www.websitehere.com
P.S, [[firstname]], for a very limited time
only I'm offering to everyone who buys Master
Reprint Rights to Killer Mini Sites from my
site, www.websitehere.com a special bonus of
SIX MONTHS worth of email consultation FREE.
That's right, ask me any question's anytime.
How valuable is that to you?
Not only will you get your own
product/business to market online, I will
help you do it in the process.
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Part 1, Becoming A Super Affiliate On A
Budget With Mini Affiliate Sites
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Earning a good income from Affiliate Programs
is not as hard as everyone make's it out to
be.
The figure's are that 95% of all affiliates
never earn enough to warrant a check. And of
those 5% only 1 to 2% earn enough to live off
their commissions.
That's not good news for the "average" Joe
Affiliate is it.
But I'm telling you now, it does not have to
be that hard. All you need is a simple
formula that work's over and over again. It
really is that simple.
The hard part is doing it all on a very tight
budget, which I will show you how right now.
(I recommend grabbing a pen and paper and
writting down any good points)
******* Unsuccessful Affiliate Strategies
*******
Here are a few thing's that kill any chance
Affiliate's have of earning any decent
commissions.
1. They Simply Do Nothing To Promote The
Affiliate Program
This is the most common mistake I see
happening. People simply sign up for the
Affiliate Program and they either think the
money is magically going to roll in, or they
simply didn't take the responsibility of
being an Affiliate as seriously as they
should have. Because most Affiliate Programs
are free to join, people don't really take it
as seriously as say someone who pay's $1000
for resell rights to a certain product. You
need to treat your Affiliate Network like a
serious business or you will never earn
serious profits.
That's why I only let people who buy my
course join my Affiliate Program. This I
think makes it fair for the people who are
willing to spend some money on their
business.
No matter how hard you try, you will have to
open your wallet sooner or later.
2. They Get Incorrect Information From So
Called Experts Or Read Outdated Material.
Two big myths, free classified ad style
advertising works and placing paid
advertisingfor their program will reap huge
profits. All incorrect. Let me explain
FFA posts and free classified ad's use to
work. You could once rely on these to bring
in a fair bit of money. Now days though, I
feel the work you have to put into them is
too much trouble for the results you get. You
would be lucky to even a response from this
sort of advertising. That also goes for
putting Affiliate banner links up and
expecting that too work.
The biggest secret for all Affiliates is to
create a 1 page site that's focused on one
product and theme.
1 product + 1 Web Site = Big Profits. If you
don't remember anything else in this course,
remember that.
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The 5 Step's To Becoming A Super Affiliate On
A Budget
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******* Step 1 *******
1. Create A 1 Page Free Report Web Site With
A Simple Subscribe Form
Before we get into creating your Mini
Affiliate Site we need to select an Affiliate
Program to promote. If you already have one
you want to promote, move on, if not read on
:)
When selecting your first Affiliate Program
for your Mini Affiliate Site, I suggest you
go for a product with a rather large price
tag, so you can make profit's from day one.
Of course the big money come's from you
backend, which we will talk about later.
I alway's suggest you promote a product you
have used and trust before anything else.
Don't just promote an Affiliate Program
because of the commissions, as that's a sure
fire way to fail.
If you're looking for a directory of
Affiliate Programs to join instantly, I
suggest you look at Allan Gardyne's
AssociatePrograms.com.
Setting up a web site now has never been
easier. A few year's ago, domain names sold
for $35 for 1 year, and webhosting was about
the same for 1 month. Now it's so very
inexpensive.
You can purchase domains names for $13.50 at
000domains.com and even cheaper at
godaddy.com.
The last time I checked they were selling dot
com, net, org names for only $8.95.
As I speak, there's a new hosting company
that specialises in hosting Mini Sites. They
are www.bizminisites.com and for only $9.95
you get 3 months of quality web hosting.
If you would like an example of a very
effective Mini Site have a look at the
following sites.
http://www.philwiley.com/
http://www.track-your-ads.com/
http://www.hot-date-finder.com/
http://www.sohohelper.com/
http://www.ebooksnbytes.com/
You can find alot of really good web site
templates at www.freesitetemplates.com.
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That's it for Part 1 today. You will get the
second, third and fourth parts in a few days.
If you can't wait until then, you can always
visit our site http://www.websitehere.com and
get all the information you need.
Best Regards
Your Name
email@here.com
http://www.websitehere.com
As you can see, I've got my web site address
and special offers throughout the report. But
I was telling people to go to my website.
Since you don't have a web site, you would
put a little advertisement for your affiliate
program at the start and at the end of your
reports.
Also, you can put your affiliate links
throughout the report as long as it’s in
context, not blatant plugging of your
affiliate program. Trust me, this does not
work.
If your prospect hasn't purchased from you
after your free reports have been sent out,
don't worry. The next part is where you will
get most of your sales. Considering there are
so many other affiliates promoting the same
or similar product you are, you have to make
them want to buy from you.
How do you do this? Easy, you over deliver.
You give them more then what they expected,
and you distance yourself from being a no
name affiliate and turn yourself into a
trusted friend.
I like to do this by giving away something
else if they purchase from the affiliate
program I'm promoting. For instance, I give
away consultation free, where I help them
with any problems they might have.
Here's an example of a report I used to get
people in the buying mode. Mind you this is
for a product I was selling, yet you will
still get the idea. I purchased this book
from KillerMiniSites.com and purchased the
resell rights for $249.95.
Hi Firstname,
I have a secret for you that will hopefully
make you very excited.
As you know, Killer Mini Sites is selling
from my web site for $22.70, $79.95 and
$249.95. If you're confused about the
different options, let me explain.
For $22.70, you get a copy of the book Killer
Mini Sites and you can resell the book to
your web site visitors for $24.95. But
remember, this option is full of my Affiliate
Links, where I'm earning money from your hard
work.
For $79.95 you get a fully branded copy of
Killer Mini Sites that you can sell for
$24.95 with your Affiliate Links that will
earn you residual income constantly.
For $249.95 you get a fully branded copy of
Killer Mini Sites that you can sell for
$24.95, you also get to sell the
customization rights for $79.95 and the big
profit puller is you can sell the MASTER
RIGHTS for a massive $249.95 per sale.
But, here's the best bit. I'm offering, for a
very limited time only, the MASTER RIGHTS to
Killer Mini Sites for ONLY $150. I'm slashing
$100 dollars off the price and I'm throwing
in FREE Consultation with me via email any
time you need help.
That's right, you get your own Internet
Publishing Busines complete with website
sales letter and branding utilities, and FREE
consultation that I sell elsewhere for
$147.00.
To be honest, I don't know what you're
waiting for, this offer will not be around
for long.
You can purchase the MASTER RIGHTS Today by
clicking the link below. Remember, this link
is for the $150 MASTER RIGHT option.
http://www.clickbank.net/sell.yourlink
I can tell you now, the book is selling like
hot cakes and if you purchase today, I will
give you my secret tactic that makes 1 in
every 45 people purchase this product.
I will also show you how to get unlimited
email leads for you to advertise to
constantly without spamming.
If this is not a big enough motivator to
purchase today, I don't know what is.
If you would like more information about the
book, which in itself is amazing, visit my
web site at
http://www.websitehere.com
or email me at
email@here.com - This is my home account, you
email will get priority status.
To your success and may your clicks come
often
Your Name
http://www.websitehere.com
P.S, If you don't order today, please email
me and tell me what’s stopping you so I can
sweeten the deal.
This got an amazing response. It was sent 2
days after the free course was over. The pull
here was that I will give them $100 off the
price of the product, plus still give them
free consultation for 6 months.
The options are limitless.
Of course this would not be the end of your
contact with them. If the prospect still
hasn't purchased the first affiliate program
you're promoting that's OK. Don't go
breathing down their necks telling them to
purchase from you or else. The lifetime value
of a prospect is a lot more then just a one
off sale.
That's why for this very reason, you selected
three affiliate programs to promote. Instead
of trying to get the prospect to buy the one
product over and over again, offer them
something fresh. With this in mind, I
recommend offering them a residual income
affiliate program, like a membership site.
Create another report and start all over
again. An Opt-in list is a continues funnel
of money.
Of course, when people purchase from you,
they should be taken off the prospect list,
and added to your customer list. This list is
your most important asset. It's 10 times as
important then your prospects list because
these people showed they were willing to buy
from you.
Some affiliate programs don't allow you to
see the email addresses of people who buy
from you, so that's why when you're giving
away your special offer in conjunction with
your affiliate program, you ask them to send
you an email when they have purchased, then
you will give them what ever bonus you were
offering.
(Remember, when your prospect buys something
from you, they become a customer, so do not
forget to take them off your prospects list.)
With these people, you will want to give them
other special deals not available to your
prospect list. The first email sent to them
should be thanking them for their purchase,
and letting them know how they can receive
their free bonus and how they can contact you
at anytime.
The second email sent to them should be sent
a few days later giving them another free
bonus they were not expecting. I love it when
people do this for me, and I suggest you do
this for your customers, because that's what
they are, they are your customers.
The third email you send them should be sent
out about 7 days after they purchase from
you. This email should offer them a backend
product, for instance your residual income
affiliate program. If you can, see if you can
talk to the affiliate program manager and get
a special discount rate on the product, or
maybe the first month for $1, just for your
customers. I doubt any affiliate program
manager would reject a sure fire way to make
even more money.
In the mid to long term, this will build a
nice on going lifelong income for you.
About 7 days after your third email was sent,
send them another discount product, but make
sure this product is in the high commission
range. This is where you will make most of
big incomes from.
You will earn a decent income with smaller
sized commissions, but when you start selling
larger priced affiliate programs when you
already have a list of contacts, it becomes a
very large automated income.
The information business is truly the best
business to be in. I get excited when I'm
writing books and thinking about the
possibilities. It's great meeting new people
and making new friendships.
Make sure you keep in contact with your
customer base and offer them free reports and
other special offers every month or two. Just
make sure you don't over do it.
There are not too many autoresponders that
can handle this sort of work load for a cheap
price, however, I have found one that will do
this and more. It's called Aweber.com and you
can get a free trial for 30 days. Then after
that it's only $19.95 per month. They give
you unlimted autoresponders and other great
options. You wont find anything else like it.
If you're after a residual income affiliate
program to promote, I recommend these people.
Considering you have no web hosting bills
like nearly everyone else on line, you can
afford to pay a little bit more for your
autoresponder.
Now how many businesses do you know of that
can run on a $19.95 investment only every
month?
If you really want to keep generating income
constantly, you could produce free reports
every month, and advertise them to your
current list, while still advertising your
first affiliate program report. Imagine
having an around the clock sales machine
sending out free reports to thousands, while
promoting your affiliate program's and
building a name for yourself.
Advertise Your First Affiliate Program Via
Your Free Report
This is the easier step, yet the step most
people have trouble with. Creating an
excellent free report is ALLOT harder then
advertising your free report. It's just a
matter of coming up with a list of good
ezines and discussion boards to advertise on.
Signature files are a surprise add on here,
but they really do work. I will discuss this
further down.
Plus you will need to generate a list of
ezine publishers so you can send them
articles to use for their ezine.
While all these ways will produce you a nice
flow of subscribers, you really can't beat
Co-registration for price, effectiveness,
speed and ease of use. It's not unheard of to
generate hundreds of new subscribers everyday
using Co-registration, and it's true, they
won't be as responsive as people from a web
site promoting your free report, but you
didn't have a web site to start with.
Ezine advertising would have to be my
favourite option, as it's quick and easy. The
only hard part is writing the ad copy for
your ads, and finding ezine's to advertise
in.
Apart from that, there are two ezine
directories that I use constantly, they are
TopEzineAds.com and Directoryofezines.com.
There is a cost to use these, but they will
be your lifeline until you generate a list of
ezines yourself.
The whole aim of this advertising campaign is
to generate leads for your free report, so
you really want to advertise anywhere you
think people might be interested in your
report. Since your not going for a direct
sale straight off the bat, this somewhat
allows you to be a little less worried about
how targeted your audience is.
If you're running low on money, I recommend
classified advertising. It's so inexpensive
that I advertise Internet marketing products
in humour ezines and still pull a good
response rate for the amount of money I put
in.
You can get classified ads for around $2 per
ad, which is extremely cheap. I highly
recommend Partneon.com and Twodollarads.com
for any classified advertising you're going
to do. Of course if you search through ezine
directories you will find a lot of other
places to advertise cheaply.
Writing classified ads has turned into
somewhat of an art form. There are literally
hundreds of books on the subject of writing
successful classified ads, yet most over
complicate it too much.
So what makes a good classified ad? A good
classified ad consists of the following,
1) An attention grabbing headline
FREE REPORT
SECRETS REVEALED
HOW TO
2) A promise
Become A Millionaire Overnight
Earn $1200 In Two Weeks
FREE REPORT: Secrets Of The Super Affiliates
Revealed
How To Become A Super Affiliate On A Tight
Budget
3) A call to action
For More Information
Be Quick Or You Will Miss Out
FREE REPORT: Secrets Of The Super Affiliates
Revealed How To Become A Super Affiliate On A
Tight Budget For More Information, Send A
Blank Email To Your@autoresponderhere.com
Once you've found a few good ezine's, keep
advertising with them. After you think you've
got the most out of their classified ad
section, start using sponsorship ads.
While this will be quite a steep climb in
costs compared to classified ads, the results
will be quite dramatically different. Top
sponsorship ads can cost anywhere between $15
to $300 dollars depending on where you're
advertising.
I recommend using top sponsorship ads if you
don't want to spend a lot extra on purchasing
a solo ad. However if you can purchase a solo
ad for an extra $50 or so, I would definitely
go for the solo ad. Sponsorship ads also give
you an idea of how well their ezine pulls and
whether or not it's worth the time and money
to buy a solo ad.
Don't get carried away with figures when you
purchase a solo ad. When I first started out,
I advertised a product directly via my solo
ad. The ad went out to 12,000 people and
going on the figures of 1% buying my product,
I thought this Internet Marketing thing
wasn't that hard.
I did my research, I was told this ezine was
good, which it is, and I went for it. The
commission I was going to receive for every
sale was $20. So 120 were suppose to buy,
time $20 per sale came to $2400.
How much money did I actually make from this
ad? $20!. That's right, I only made $20. Why?
A) Because I advertised the affiliate program
directly
B) I did not know the affiliate program had
been advertised about 10 times before
C) I didn't even have a way to capture email
addresses
It was a total flop and I was very put off
from trying again.
That lasted about 4 hours! That night I was
re-reading the information that got me into
this mess to start with. I followed exactly
what the affiliate program manager said to
do, and it didn't work. Luckily for me, at
that time I stopped listening to affiliate
managers and started thinking for myself.
Have a look around any ezines you've joined,
and try and remember if you read any of the
ads. If so, which one's and why? Did you sign
up for what they were offering? If no, Why?
This is the best way to find ezine ads that
work. If you read the ad and signed up for
what they were offering, other people would
have as well. Well, you would hope so.
Another method of free advertising I like to
use is discussion board posting.
Discussion board posting is free and very
effective, especially if the message board is
inside a members only site where you pay to
join.
The idea here is not to spam the message
board, but to actually add some content. Only
answer questions you know a lot about. Don't
try and be an expert on a topic your not. I'm
not an expert at copywriting, so I very
rarely give people expert advice on this. I
help people with basic questions, but no more
unless I really know what I'm talking about.
This is the best way to ruin your reputation
before you're even lucky enough to create
one.
Here's a sample posting which I think is the
perfect
Posted by Elizabeth Sinclair on Sat, Oct 27,
4:11 pm, in response to Ebook Covers....
Recommendations, please!, posted by Julie
Jordan Scott
I have several free ebook cover templates at
http://www.onlinewebcreations. All you need
to do is add your own text. Otherwise, you
can check out my Ebook gallery to see the
custom ebook covers I have created.
Thanks,
Elizabeth
The reason this is a good post is simply put
is because it answers the persons question
while still advertising their web site, with
out it looking like a blatant plug. The
answer told the person exactly what she
wanted to know.
Here's the post it was in response to.
Ebook Covers....Recommendations, please!
Posted by Julie Jordan Scott on Sat, Oct 27,
, 3:24 pm
Happy Weekend One and All!
I am looking for an Ebook Cover Designer. I
know that many folks here are ebook authors
or are ebook cover designers.
I am in the market for some covers and am
looking for recommendations.
Please share any positive recommendations, or
email me with cautions.
Thanks a bunch, everyone, all of a sudden I
am on warped speed here in Bakersfield.....
With Purpose and Passion,
JULIE JORDAN SCOTT
(That was taken from http://www.ablake.net
message board, which is highly recommended.)
I must admit, I don't use the following
advertising method as much as I should
because it can really boost traffic over
time.
Signature files are little blurps of text
either after a post in a message board or at
the bottom of your email. The most notable
use of a signature file would have to be
Hotmail.com Hotmail originally relied on it's
own customers to promote their service as
each email message they sent contained a
direct link to Hotmail's sign-up website.
This viral marketing strategy generated
hundreds of thousands, very possibly millions
of new users for their free service.
The idea of signature files is to make them
as short and as compelling as possible. Let's
say I just finished writing a post to a
message board and I was just talking about
affiliate programs.
This is what I write after my message board
post to advertise my website.
"Discover How To Generate Thousands Without A
Web Site Or A Product Of Your Own"
And I would link that to my sales page. A
good idea is to also use a separate tracking
system to track how many hits your message
board postings are receiving. I talk about
this more in "Tracking Your Way To Success"
If you were answering a question on creating
a well written sales letter, you could use
your signature file to promote an affiliate
program like InstantSalesLetters.com. It's
that simple.
