We must have come across sites where the owner talks how they make a decent amount of money (say $1000! per month) just through Affiliate Marketing. In the beginning even I used to think that it’s all bluff and exaggeration of the whole thing. But as I delved deeper, I realized that my assumptions were not right. There are a lot of bloggers who generate a substantial amount of income by promoting a few but good products. So, how do they succeed in Affiliate Marketing?
The Myth
You must be thinking about any of these:
1) They must be promoting a lot of products at a time.
2) They are those lucky popular people from whom people love to buy.
3) They are just bluffing around ………
4) Would they ever buy and use the product which they themselves are promoting??
The Truth: How to succeed in Affiliate Marketing?
Well, here is what my conclusions have been after a thorough research on the above points. I have found that most websites that earn good income through Affiliate Marketing do have some of these features mentioned below:
Promote Few Good Products
1) The bloggers who actually earn good promotes very few products. However, the way they present their products is fascinating. They would implement all the tactics that are needed for the sale but without letting you know so. Pick up any good blogger and read their articles on any one of their affiliate products. See how well written it is……….just a perfect combination of all the information needed without overdoing anything…
In short,
Good affiliate marketing article= quality content+ good information+ balanced marketing.
If you have all these ingredients, people would be drawn towards buying your product.
Providing Ample Information
2) Of, course they are popular among their readers not because they are good at selling things rather they have provided ample wealth of information to the readers. They have constantly produced real and quality content. People have benefitted from their blog. So, when they are promoting something, people do believe that it would be useful too in a way. The key to their huge traffic and substantial income is that they produce Quality Content and know how to monetize it.
Capable of Generating Good Income
3) I do agree that at some point there may be people who will exaggerate their income to attract viewers but there is no doubt that you can earn a handsome amount through Affiliate Marketing. Just to illustrate my point, I have seen that becoming a hosting affiliate fetches you a good amount of money. Their commission amount is really good. So if you are smart enough to sell hosting services, your earning can go sky high. People have earned upto$20, 000 dollars per month just by becoming an affiliate for a single hosting service.
But the task of generating this huge amount takes a lot of hard work. People dedicate their sites to a particular niche in order to attract the readers. They merely do not put an ad on their websites and relax for the earnings to generate. They refer the guidelines, tutorials and videos provided for the product. Apart from that they enhance their knowledge on the niche before jumping into the sales thing. With constant hard work and effort, they reach to this zenith of success.
Use Products/Services that you Promote
4) You would be surprised to know that most of the products that a successful affiliate marketer promotes are used by themselves first.
The Reason: To retain the trust among their readers. They want to make sure that the products recommended by them are worth using.
Let me give you an example to this. Suppose you are a hosting affiliate for a hosting service. No matter how much you know about its services, you wouldn’t be able to confidently convince your readers about the products. However, if you have yourself used the services you would know exactly how the service is…like the uptime, the customer support, the additional features, etc. If you are satisfied with the product as a user, your readers too will be happy. Always remember, people would purchase your product because they find your recommendation trustworthy. A single mistake can cause a loss of this trust. No one would want to lose trust at the expense of few.
The Summary
So to be a good Affiliate Marketer, you need to have the following:
1) A good website with quality content
2) A good traffic
3) Good knowledge of the affiliate product (it is better if you use it)
4) Skills to write smartly about your product
It is highly recommended not to flood your website with ads of your products. None of the successful bloggers do it.
The Cause: Viewers’ gets irritated by this and this creates a bad impression on your website. Choose some good and worth earning products to start earning well.