Not every affiliate marketer has a website, at least not in the beginning. Sure, you will probably want to have one or more websites to promote your products but if you need to make some money before you can pay to have a website then you can do it with affiliate marketing. Try your hand at the following until you have a website. You may find that after you do get your own website that you wish to continue some of the following affiliate marketing methods as well.
Article Marketing
Many affiliate marketers use article marketing to promote their affiliate products, even those affiliate marketers that do have their own websites. That’s because, if you have a talent for writing, article marketing is a relatively easy way to promote your products. Some affiliate marketers even pay writers to write articles for them so that they can participate in article marketing.
The basic premise of article marketing is to write informational articles about your products and then submit those articles to article directories. While not all article directories will let you include an affiliate link in the actual article, you will be permitted to do so at the end of the article in what is known as the resource box. This is the place where you can include a short bio and direct readers to the pitch page or sales page of your product if you don’t have your own website. Again, even if you do have your own website, article marketing is a good way to get free advertising for your site.
Discussion Forums
If your product has anything to do with a relatively popular subject, there is bound to be online forums that discuss the subject. You can join these communities for free and many of them will let you include a link to your website or to the website of the product you are promoting. The key to being successful at forum marketing is to become a valued member of the online community. Anyone who posts just to sell a product will immediately be shown the door so don’t try joining an online forum just to post messages about how great or how cheap your product is. Instead, join in the discussion, and when you really have something relevant to say, enter a post and include the link to your product’s sales page at the end of your post.
Forum marketing is a popular way Internet marketers and affiliate marketers use to drive traffic to their sites. And remember, even if you don’t have your own website yet, you can post links that will lead right to your product’s sales page and when others make a purchase, you’ll make a commission!
Other Methods
There are also other methods you can use in your affiliate marketing business when you don’t have your own website. You can purchase advertising on someone else’s website, write an ebook that contains links to your products and develop an email campaign. Still, it is usually best to use several different methods, at least until you find the one that works best for you but you can begin your career with affiliate marketing without a website.
If at first you don’t succeed…This famous quote may need to become your mantra when you embark on a career in affiliate marketing. That’s not because it is so difficult to find success as an affiliate marketer but because you may have to try different techniques and strategies until you find the one that works best for you. Many a would be affiliate marketer gives up long before they find success because they didn’t realize how much work is really involved in affiliate marketing.
Make a Commitment
Even if you just start out promoting one product, make the commitment to go through all the processes necessary to succeed. Do your research, find the right products to promote, experiment with different marketing strategies, keep careful records, and build an exciting website that others will find engaging, informative, and helpful.
Do it Again
Once you’ve discovered the secret to making money as an affiliate marketer, you will be ready to replicate your success. This may involve promoting more products, building more websites, or a combination of the two. Or, you may decide that you’re satisfied with your current level of success and choose instead to spend your time and energy maintaining and updating your website so that you can enjoy continued success.
Don’t make the mistake of spreading yourself too thin as many of those in affiliate marketing have done. When you spread yourself too thin and attempt to build more websites than you can pay attention to, your sales will eventually suffer and this could have a snowball effect. It is far better to keep a few well maintained websites than to build so many you can’t keep up with them.
Keep up With Trends and Technology
Successful affiliate marketers know that change is inevitable and they keep up with the changing market. What may fly off the proverbial shelves today may not sell at all tomorrow so it is important to stay on top of market trends even when you are enjoying success. Technology that is hot one day will often be obsolete the next day and this can impact your business as well so it is important to stay on top of technological advances.
If you educate yourself about affiliate marketing and have a commitment to work hard and succeed then there is every reason to believe that you will soon join the ranks of successful affiliate marketers. Affiliate marketing offers you the chance to be your own boss and set your own schedule, something millions of people yearn to do. Success is yours if you want it badly enough.
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