CB TakeoverHow To Make Money With Clickbank

What Is Clickbank?

Clickbank is an affiliate network and online payment processor, and it’s free for you to use.

Its primary business model is the sale of digital information products and software.

Information products are mostly downloadable and teach people "how to" do something

It has now surpassed a billion dollars in sales, making it an industry leader in affiliate marketing

Why Clickbank?

It's quick and simple to set up; anyone can do it

They are reliable and pay like clockwork (check/weekly direct deposit)

They are the biggest affiliate network in the world which means that they are safe and trustworthy.

They handle everything for you, handling credit card transactions, affiliate checks and refunds.

The Clickbank Marketplace

The Clickbank Marketplace brings together vendors and affiliates so they can make money together.

Vendors sell their own infoproducts and offer commission to affiliates…

Affiliates sell the vendor's infoproducts for a healthy commission…

The most popular products are listed at the top of the marketplace, so it’s a great place to do research!

What Niche To Go Into?

There are several good niches to get into that you can see from the Clickbank Marketplace

The best are within health, wealth and relationships

These topics are proven sellers because people are willing to pay good money for solutions

Even a sub-niche can be profitable e.g. instead of a product on fitness and weight-lifting, how about a product on female fitness and weight-lifting?

Become An Affiliate In 5 Minutes

To become an affiliate, you simply need to sign up for a free account at Clickbank

Go to Clickbank.com, click on "Promote Products" and sign up for free

You will then get a unique nickname that will be your account ID and which will be used in your links

The next step is to go the Clickbank Marketplace and find a good offer to promote!

Picking A Good Offer

It's not difficult to pick a good offer to promote, you can get up to 75%

Choose a popular, competitive niche that is proven to sell for affiliates

Pick a product with high $/sale, high gravity, low refunds and good salesletter

Click “promote” and get your unique affiliate tracking link which you can use to send visitors through.

The Super Affiliate Method

The #1 way to become a Clickbank “super affiliate” is by sending visitors and sales with email marketing.

Send your traffic to a "squeeze page" that collects name & email and start building a targeted email list.

Send quality newsletters (related to the topic) to them every 2 days, and include promotions to the product.

As your list grows, you will be able to send more clicks, your sales will get bigger and soon you will become a “super affiliate”

The Super Affiliate Method

The #1 way to become a Clickbank “super affiliate” is by sending visitors and sales with email marketing.

Send your traffic to a "squeeze page" that collects name & email and start building a targeted email list.

Send quality newsletters (related to the topic) to them every 2 days, and include promotions to the product.

As your list grows, you will be able to send more clicks, your sales will get bigger and soon you will become a “super affiliate”

Why Pre-Selling Is King

The most important skill in being an affiliate is pre-selling.

You can do this in your first ad or article, and more in your newsletter.

People are proven to buy when they are recommended something.

Best practice is to buy the product and giving your real results.

Multiply Your Commissions

Another trick is to incorporate multiple products in one campaign.

Send traffic to your squeeze page and start building your list.

In "week 1" promote one product, then in "week 2" another.

This is a perfect way to discover which is best, then develop your own!

Becoming A Clickbank Vendor

To become a Clickbank vendor, you need to create your own infoproduct.

This can be anything from an eBook, audio course, video course or software.

You will need a pitch page (salesletter) and a thank you page (where people download the product).

Follow the simple vendor guidelines in your Clickbank account to start.

The Next Steps…

You will need to wait for a product approval, that takes 3-5 working days.

You then will have to pay $50 to activate your unlimited vendor account.

Clickbank charge 7.5% + $1 for every sale made. $47 sale = $42.47 profit.

You’re in business with your first product that can be selling on autopilot while you’re out having fun!

Tapping Into CB’s Affiliates

To make the maximum amount of sales, set up your Clickbank affiliate program

Offer the highest commissions possible, which is 75% (consider bonuses)

Don't worry about paying commissions. Clickbank handle everything and affiliates GROW your business!

Have an affiliate tools page and link to it on the CB Marketplace.

Get Traffic & Make Money

To make money as a Clickbank affiliate or a vendor, you need traffic (i.e. visitors)

A perfect salesletter + no traffic = no money. An average salesletter + targeted traffic = 6-figures.

Having had years of experience in this business, I recommend paid traffic over “free” traffic.

Free traffic costs you time and is unscalable and unpredictable.

Traffic Techniques

Direct banner buys

Solo ads in email newsletters

PPV traffic

Pay-per-click

ULTIMATE TIP: If you can profit from paid traffic at the point of sale, you can reinvest and scale.