How To Set Up A Business In Affiliate Marketing

One of the most common mistakes to avoid is to direct traffic exactly to your affiliate link.  By doing so, you will not see the income potential a squeeze page can add.  A squeeze page allows you to create a page specifically for the product or service that you are marketing.  It also includes a request form for the name and email address of the site viewer.   

If a person has an interest in finding out more about your product or service, they can fill in their contact information on the form.  Once this happens, they will be led to a thank you page that includes an exact link to the specific product or service.  Yes, an exact link, not a homepage where they’ll have to comb over every detail amidst of everything you offer before finding what it is they’re looking for.  The exact link will provide additional information about the product or service that they’re interested in.  From the customer’s point of view, it is a very positive detail to not be directed to a general website that has nothing to do with what they want. 

Another thing to keep in mind with squeeze pages is that you’ll need to have a separate one for each product or service that you market.  It’s recommended to start out with a single affiliate program where you can focus on just a couple of products through the use of squeeze pages.  This will greatly increase your opportunity for a successful business. 

There are also some options that will cost nothing to you, but will provide a strong advantage to your marketing techniques.  One example is to create a blog.  Go to www.blogger.com for a free one.  If you’re not familiar with a blog, it won’t be hard to figure out how they work.  A blog is an online journal that is frequently updated and contains posts from viewers who want to leave a comment or question.  There is much freedom in choosing a topic for the blog, which can correspond to any affiliate programs that you join. 

Another example is a free website, which you can get from www.freewebs.com.  It’s also a good idea to get your own domain name for your website.  If you go to www.co.nr you can get a free one without any ads, which is also a bonus. 

Once you’ve got a blog and a website, make posts to your blog and set it up to notify other sites each time you’ve updated your site.  This is called pinging and will work to your advantage with search engines because your rank will increase.  At the same time, your site’s popularity will increase because it will be triggered by indexing spiders.         

Another way to use your blog is to create posts that include a link to your website.  You also may want to create a post that includes an affiliate link that pertains to your blog topic as well.  This is a good way to advertise without being overbearing.  Another benefit this offers is that the number of links to your site will increase, thus your rank on search engines will also increase.