Guerilla Affiliate Marketing

[AndrewPavelski]

Hi, is anyone a hardcore internet affiliate marketer? I am going to do some affiliate marketing and would like to know where to start!

[beautyscientist]

I am afraid I don't know what you mean, Care to explain?

[AndrewPavelski]

"Internet marketing intended to get maximum results from minimal resources." Basically, I'm looking to make money online via marketing (& selling of) products.

[beautyscientist]

Was your post part of your campaign? Was your intention that I click through to your website and help your plan in some way?

[AndrewPavelski]

No my intention was to attract someone who is experienced in affiliate internet marketing to help tell me where to start.

With that said, I don't mind you clicking through my website and helping me plan

[beautyscientist]

I have just done so. Actually I do recommend your site to others. If I describe it, it will sound really tawdry but it has an honesty and straight forwardness that is quite refreshing.

All the best.

[AndrewPavelski]

The site is definitely straightforward! I appreciate your support and recommendation.

[1000feet]

Basically all you need is to set up software of your own that can register affiliates and track referrals. The hard part is getting people to sign up as affiliates - there's sites like clickbank that list affiliate programs but I'm not sure how to get on to them.

[AndrewPavelski]

Cool. Yeah, I've been reading many blogs interested in affiliate marketing and one guy is making ~1,000 a week through Clickbank. I am just trying to figure out where the best place to start is... I have a Clickbank account, so I might look into that. I've also heard of Commission Junction...

[alexinspire]

Here's one simple way to quickly kick start your affiliate business.

1. Think of what you are interested?
2. Go to Free Keyword Suggestion Tool from Wordtracker and type in the word to find how many people searching that word in yahoo.
3. Choose one market which you think there's a product to sell and you are good at that topic.
4. Buy a domain name(godaddy.com), web hosting service (hostgator.com), paypal account(paypal.com) and autoresponder (aweber.com). You need roughly $30 monthly for your affiliate business.
5. Create your landing page where people want to give you their name and email to get something for free(related to the market you choose). Sample: in my signature about downloading the free report.
6. Write emails which you want people to receive in Day 1 till Day 7 to build relationship with them and give them free knowledge on what they are interested.
7. In those emails, promote the product you are selling. Find this product in clickbank.com There will be a product definitely that fits your market.
8. Attract people to your website by commenting on related forums or related blogs.
9.Repeating 6 and 8 almost everyday consistently. You'll see results.

This is the easiest way to do affiliate marketing.

[Kevin Givens]

Originally Posted by beautyscientist

Was your post part of your campaign? Was your intention that I click through to your website and help your plan in some way?

Funny stuff. And I thought I was the most paranoid person in the world about being "tricked" by clever marketers. Now I am an online marketer. The irony.

I am going to do some affiliate marketing and would like to know where to start!

Three major Affiliate Programs for bloggers

• Amazon.com Associates: The web's most popular and successful Affiliate Program
• Digital Products Retailer: Affiliate Program & Sell Online - ClickBank
• Commission Junction - A Global Leader in Affiliate Marketing, Online Advertising and Search Engine Marketing

Within sites like clickbank and CJ you can find complimentary products to promote via text links, banners, etc. You can also search for affiliate programs direct from a product or service site you want to write about.

For example, if you want to do an article about your experience with online dating, you can search Google for "online dating sites" and visit each site and look for an "Affiliates" link (usually at the bottom of the page). You can try their service and sign up for their affiliate program (if you would recommend the product/service to your readers).

Resources for affiliate marketing
A lot of the time, companies have a bunch of their own resources to help your affiliate marketing efforts (because that of course, helps them). Utilize those as much as possible.

I just read Yaro Starak's book Moonlighting on the Internet
which is a decent look at the different business models you can use to build your online business(es). His blog is also a good read. Internet Business Blog - by Yaro Starak

Download all the episodes of the Internet Business Mastery podcast at Internet Business Podcast, Resources and Community or via Itunes

If you haven't already, visit Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging - ProBlogger which is a great resource for affiliate marketers.

Follow alexinspire's advice:

1. Think of what you are interested?
2. Go to Free Keyword Suggestion Tool from Wordtracker and type in the word to find how many people searching that word in yahoo.
3. Choose one market which you think there's a product to sell and you are good at that topic.
4. Buy a domain name(godaddy.com), web hosting service (hostgator.com), paypal account(paypal.com) and autoresponder (aweber.com). You need roughly $30 monthly for your affiliate business.
5. Create your landing page where people want to give you their name and email to get something for free(related to the market you choose). Sample: in my signature about downloading the free report.
6. Write emails which you want people to receive in Day 1 till Day 7 to build relationship with them and give them free knowledge on what they are interested.
7. In those emails, promote the product you are selling. Find this product in clickbank.com There will be a product definitely that fits your market.
8. Attract people to your website by commenting on related forums or related blogs.
9.Repeating 6 and 8 almost everyday consistently. You'll see results.

Remember that your #1 goal is to provide value to your readers. Write good content, build your email list, and people will listen when you promote a new product or service.

Hope that helps!

[AndrewPavelski]

Thank you for sharing Alex, nice plan. Are you currently involved in affiliate marketing?

Originally Posted by alexinspire

Here's one simple way to quickly kick start your affiliate business.

1. Think of what you are interested?
2. Go to Free Keyword Suggestion Tool from Wordtracker and type in the word to find how many people searching that word in yahoo.
3. Choose one market which you think there's a product to sell and you are good at that topic.
4. Buy a domain name(godaddy.com), web hosting service (hostgator.com), paypal account(paypal.com) and autoresponder (aweber.com). You need roughly $30 monthly for your affiliate business.
5. Create your landing page where people want to give you their name and email to get something for free(related to the market you choose). Sample: in my signature about downloading the free report.
6. Write emails which you want people to receive in Day 1 till Day 7 to build relationship with them and give them free knowledge on what they are interested.
7. In those emails, promote the product you are selling. Find this product in clickbank.com There will be a product definitely that fits your market.
8. Attract people to your website by commenting on related forums or related blogs.
9.Repeating 6 and 8 almost everyday consistently. You'll see results.

This is the easiest way to do affiliate marketing.

[AndrewPavelski]

Hello Kevin,

Thank you for sharing a bit of insight. I will definitely look into what you recommended.

Thanks again,

Andrew

Originally Posted by Kevin Givens

Funny stuff. And I thought I was the most paranoid person in the world about being "tricked" by clever marketers. Now I am an online marketer. The irony.



Three major Affiliate Programs for bloggers

• Amazon.com Associates: The web's most popular and successful Affiliate Program
• Digital Products Retailer: Affiliate Program & Sell Online - ClickBank
• Commission Junction - A Global Leader in Affiliate Marketing, Online Advertising and Search Engine Marketing

Within sites like clickbank and CJ you can find complimentary products to promote via text links, banners, etc. You can also search for affiliate programs direct from a product or service site you want to write about.

For example, if you want to do an article about your experience with online dating, you can search Google for "online dating sites" and visit each site and look for an "Affiliates" link (usually at the bottom of the page). You can try their service and sign up for their affiliate program (if you would recommend the product/service to your readers).

Resources for affiliate marketing
A lot of the time, companies have a bunch of their own resources to help your affiliate marketing efforts (because that of course, helps them). Utilize those as much as possible.

I just read Yaro Starak's book Moonlighting on the Internet
which is a decent look at the different business models you can use to build your online business(es). His blog is also a good read. Internet Business Blog - by Yaro Starak

Download all the episodes of the Internet Business Mastery podcast at Internet Business Podcast, Resources and Community or via Itunes

If you haven't already, visit Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging - ProBlogger which is a great resource for affiliate marketers.

Follow alexinspire's advice:


Remember that your #1 goal is to provide value to your readers. Write good content, build your email list, and people will listen when you promote a new product or service.

Hope that helps!