Thursday, January 1, 2009

Explode Affiliate Marketing

By Dirk Andersen

There is stiff, very stiff competition in affiliate marketing these days. A lot of people are pushing the same products, and several websites are doing it well. It is incredibly hard to beat the competition. If someone says I am wrong, shoot them, or at least stay away from them. You may be an affiliate marketer right now, but are you maximizing your results?

I have listed just a few ways you can take your income to the next level by offering incentives:

You need to be a unique marketer. You need to be at the center of your campaigns building yourself up as an expert. You need unique advertising to really spin yourself away from the competition.

Make it worth the money. You need to do whatever you can to bring a customer to buy a product. Create things that are hard to refuse. Rebates, packages, bonuses. You have to get your prospect excited about buying through your affiliate link.

Don't stray from your product. If you want to offer incentives they need to be like your product. Do not start to offer a bunch of bonuses that your prospect is not going to be interested in. Offer things related to your target market.

You have to be inventive. Normally you can just mimic what other people do successfully. This business is cut throat, however, and you have to be unique. You have to find ways to market the product differently and more efficiently than your competition to make that extra buck.

You need to offer urgency in your incentives. Make the person feel like if they don't take advantage now, they are going to lose out. Offer a period of time like twenty four hours a few days or so on. Or you can mention that bonuses are only for so many people like the first one hundred. Once the limit is reached eliminate the offer to keep your credibility.

When you are unique you will always be on top in business, especially when it comes to products. Affiliate marketing is no different. Once you generate a loyal following of customers, you will always be able to increase your affiliate marketing. - 16089

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