Are You Using This Internet Marketing Secret?

Published by Gilles Goyette — 02-28-2019 10:02:07 AM


If you are trying to sell a product or service on the Internet, then you are probably doing so through an affiliate program. You signed up as an affiliate (usually for free) and they gave you an affiliate ID (user name or number). They may have even given you a basic marketing package which includes text ads, banner ads, and solo ads with a link to your affiliate sales page. All you have to do is use these tools to get traffic to your affiliate sales page.

Well that sounds pretty easy, doesn't it? This process actually works too, except that your probability of converting your traffic into sales is very, very, very low.In other words, you may have to have thousands of people to visit your affiliate sales page before you ever see your first sell. Now those aren't very good odds, are they?

Unfortunately, that is what most people do. They spend a lot of time, effort, and money getting all of those people to that affiliate sales page and then they finally make a sale and earn a referral fee or commission. But wait, it can get even worse. Let's say that you made one sale and earned a $10 commission.

That's great, right? Well not really, because in the terms and conditions of your affiliate program, you don't actually get paid until you have accumulated at least $20 of commissions. So get back to it and get another sale and finally get paid. Good grief!

Don't quit! Internet marketing is a great way to make extra money, but you have to know some of the secrets. Here's one. "Don't advertise your affiliate program directly." You must use a four step process instead.

Four Step Process

1. First, you must provide something of value. The easiest valuable thing that you can give away is information. An informative email course, special report, or ebook are all great ways to give away free information.

2. This step goes along with the initial step above. Don't give away your free information until you get an email address. You must capture the name and email address of your prospective sale in order to be able to implement the next step.

3. If the information that you are providing is good and helps people, then you will earn some trust. If someone gives you some information that saves you time, money, or effort; then you are going to closely read anything that they send you - as long as the information is still valuable. This is why it is so important that you get that name and email address before you start giving away your information. Now you can keep the information flowing through an occasional email to your prospect.

4. Finally, if you have been providing valuable information and earning trust from people, it is much more likely that they will buy something that you recommend. This is especially true if you can convince them that what you are recommending will help them and that it is worth their money.

The easiest way to do this is to recommend something that you have actually purchased and use yourself. Just tell them how it helped you and why you think that it was worth what you paid for it!


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About Gilles Goyette

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Hello Everyone, My name is Gilles Goyette, I am married and have 3 wonderful children. I live in Quebec, Canada. My first language is French and I am work from home for more than 10 years. I have been marketing online since 2005. Over the past 13 years I have invested a vast amount of time and money in my business education, my area of expertise is in photo copier and offset press services. I turned to internet marketing in 2008 because our local economy and too much competition in that particular domain. Marketing online in my opinion is much more rewarding and offers the freedom over time restraints that a traditional business has. I have enjoyed my online marketing very much. It took me 5 years of jumping from business to business banging my head against the wall before I figured out how to profit online. You are not alone there is a solution. I am working on a step by step formula on how to help my coworkers to see the light at the end of tonal. I will = Failure. Action = Success So keep focusing on your goal. Build your list! P.S. Check out my favorite programs