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How to start affiliate marketing from scratch

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I. Affiliate marketing guides

When it comes to starting out as an affiliate marketer, the most common hindrance is a website. Many

new to affiliate marketing stumbles from the fact that unlike well-known super affiliates they do not

own a website to start selling in the first place. It can be quite intimidating, but it really is an easy task to

overcome. Yes, you can sell from scratch.

There are affiliate marketer’s whose primary selling point is through PPC advertising, that is, placing and

paying for ads on the search engines and having a website for several landing pages for those ads. If you

don’t have the means to reach to this medium, you can start small by focusing on your organic efforts.

First, the product: Almost all affiliate products can be targeted from what the current trend is to what is

familiar. It is mostly free to join affiliate programs in networks like Clickbank and KeywordSpy. If you’re

just getting started, choose a product that’s already known to you and thus would be easier to market.

For more tips on this, check out this article on falling for the right affiliate program.

Second, the website: There are lots of mediums to start promoting affiliate sites. Blogs are the most

common. Wordpress and Blogspot are the commonly used blogs for affiliate marketing and they are

easy to use. For webpages there are also Squidoo, Yahoo! Geocites, and Hubpages. Start by registering

(for free), then creating your blog or webpage is as easy as following a step by step procedure, and in a

few minutes, voila! You are ready.

Do not be intimidated in posting your affiliate links or graphic ads when HTML codes are not really your

forte. Blogspot, for example, offers an easy enough process in adding elements into your blog. Go to

Layout, add a gadget to the sidebar section of your blog, add an HTML box, and paste your HTML code

and save.

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Templates and free designs online are there to help you set up the overall look of your website. After

that, it is all about keeping your blog/website updated with relevant information about your products.

Other techniques you can invest your time on to start organic traffic is submitting to directory listings as

well as participating in related forums and blogs to link back to your site. Write a informative articles

and submit them to article directories to reach out to more audiences and inform them about your blog

or website. And absolutely no careless linking to other websites for the sake of backlinks, spamming may

give you, and your site, a reputation that would not help your affiliate sales.

Nowadays, you can create and learn almost anything online for free. And I mean ANYTHING. Take this

advantage to download ebooks and read about website promotion and affiliate marketing for beginners

to get familiar with tools and techniques. Start small but keep learning to master your skills.

II. Affiliate marketingstrategies

Affiliate marketing is a low-cost

way for merchants to build

awareness and showcase their

products and services. The model

is simple; it works as a

commission-based referral

system. A partner or affiliate

markets a merchant's products

for a "piece of the pie."

Affiliate marketing experts often make an income that can tally over five figures

per month, however only 1 to 5% of thousands of marketers achieve this level.

When an affiliate reaches this elite level they are often referred to as a "super"

affiliate.

How does one become a super affiliate? Can anyone do it? Super affiliates have

common tactics that they embrace and put into place. Anyone can become a

super affiliate, but it will not come without blood, sweat, and a hefty time

commitment. The typical super affiliate possesses the following traits:

Persistence

Patience

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Thirst for Knowledge

These three traits combined with the following strategy gives you the formula for

the makings of a "super" affiliate.

1. Find a Unique Niche

The mistake that many affiliate marketing hopefuls have in common is that they

try to offer everything under the sun rather than focusing on a specific niche

market. Do not scatter your efforts, focus on your niche, promote it, and sell it

well.

2. Search Engine Marketing

Once you've built your affiliate storehouse you will need to promote it. Many

affiliates use pay-per-click engines. I suggest that you learn how to achieve organic

search results or hire a search engine marketing company. This will save you from

spending all your profits on pay-per-click engines. Only use pay-per-click engines

if you know what you are doing, otherwise all your profits may end in the hands of

Google Adwords or Overture.

3. Know Your Product, Know Your Audience

Create a resource. By taking the time to learn about the products and/or services

that you are offering you can create information that builds your credibility. That

credibility builds trust. If your viewers do not have trust in you more than likely

they will not purchase from your storehouse. If you want more information on the

psychological process that an online buyer goes through I suggest that you read

my article on the Five Levels of Internet Marketing and the Sales Process. This will

help you in creating a web site that converts well, which in return will increase

your cash flow.

4. Don't Put All Your Eggs in One Basket

Promote products from different merchants. This way if you have a problem with

receiving payment from a merchant, or their products do not convert well the

effects on your business will be minimal. Watch out for exclusivity agreements;

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remember this is your business. Protect yourself and diversify so that you do not

feel the famine effect if something goes wrong. There is absolutely nothing wrong

with promoting niche products from different merchants.

5. Seek Knowledge and Embrace Change

If you are familiar with Internet marketing at all you know that what worked three

months ago may not work today. Stay on top of the trends. Seek knowledge, start

by learning something new about affiliate marketing daily. For example remember

those marketing tools called "banner" that use to drive sales at an astronomical

rate a few years ago? Well those banners developed a term called "banner

blindness." That means most online viewers will not click on banners even if they

do pertain to what they are looking for. To be a "super" affiliate you must always

spend time reading, learning, and embracing the changes in Internet marketing.

6. Don't Give Up

It's hard to do, and most of the time those dabbling in affiliate marketing give up

way too soon. Monitor your statistics, watch to see what is working and what is

not. Make changes when necessary. Do one thing daily to promote your storehouse

and be patient. Before you know it you will start getting payments.

Remember that it will not happen overnight. Encompass and develop the

persistence, patience, and knowledge. Then follow the tactics I've mentioned

above and you are on your way to becoming a "super" affiliate.