Working with affiliate advertisers can bring revenue to your website with minimal effort on your part. If you take some time to promote a specific product or company, you will often see a greater return from the program…
Introduction
Working with affiliate advertisers can bring revenue to your website with minimal effort on your part. If you take some time to promote a specific product or company, you will often see a greater return from the program.
Instructions
Difficulty: Easy
Promote Affiliate Products on Your Site
Steps
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Step One
Promote products that directly relate to your website’s content. You will have better luck earning money from an affiliate that relates to the copy on your site. Advertising a new phone probably won’t earn you much money if your site is about dogs, for instance.
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Step Two
Try to promote the product by incorporating it into your website’s text. This is most easily done if you have a blog. You can write a quick product review or personally recommend a product.
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Step Three
Use graphic links that work with the design of your site. If you just slap a banner ad at the top of your page, it’s less likely to get click-throughs than a smaller ad that works within the design.
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Step Four
Start an opt-in email list to send emails to prospective buyers. This is a good chance to personally recommend a product with links to your site or to the affiliate.
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Step Five
Pick ads that offer a discount or freebie. Some affiliate programs let you set a special coupon price, while others offer the same discounts to all affiliates. The more exclusive your offer seems, the more likely a visitor is to click on the link.
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Step Six
Consider using outside ad programs, like Google Adwords, to promote your affiliate link. Be sure this type of marketing is allowed by the terms of the affiliate program.
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Step Seven
Remember to utilize search engine optimization (SEO) tools to get your site listed with the major search engines. You must build a strong customer base. Without customers, all of your advertising will be for nothing.
Overall Tips & Warnings
* Limit your use of banners. Too many advertisements on one page can make your site seem cluttered.
* Offer a weekly newsletter that advertises your site and its affiliates.
* Select established affiliate programs to promote on your site. There are quite a few affiliate companies that allow you to create pages of affiliate links, but you only end up with a small portion of the profit.
* You are most likely only one of thousands of other website owners promoting a single affiliate, so you must make your site stand out. Without a strong website and promotional campaign, you’re unlikely to earn much revenue.
