7 Ways To Increase Your Affiliate Commissions

Written by Chris Coffman


Suppose you could launch an online business inrepparttar next ten minutes? Suppose that this business did not require your own website, dealing with customers, refunds, product development or maintenance? This isrepparttar 102210 ideal world of affiliate marketing.

Made popular onrepparttar 102211 internet by Amazon.com, marketers can now earn a referral fee for directing visitors to countless merchants’ website. According to Forrester Research, affiliate program earnings will represent $53 BILLION of all e-commerce sales by 2005. How could you earn a sizeable piece of this pie? Here are some powerful tips that would get you rolling in those big commission checks and laughing allrepparttar 102212 way torepparttar 102213 bank.

1. Know what programs and products to promote.

Of course you will want to promote those programs that will bring yourepparttar 102214 greatest profits inrepparttar 102215 shortest time. There are several factors that play into selecting such a program. Choose programs that have a generous commission structure, products that fit in with your target audience and a solid track record of paying their affiliates on time. If you cannot recoup your investment, then prune such programs and keep looking for better ones. There are tens of thousands of affiliate programs online so you can afford to be picky. This is a case where you will want to choose justrepparttar 102216 cream ofrepparttar 102217 crop and so reducerepparttar 102218 risk of losing your advertising dollars.

2. Write free reports or short ebooks to distribute from your website.

Most likely you will be competing with other affiliate marketers who are promotingrepparttar 102219 same program. If you write a short report on a related topic torepparttar 102220 product that you are promoting, then you can distinguish yourself from all other affiliates. In this report you can provide valuable information for free with a “recommendation” ofrepparttar 102221 product. This is often referred to as a ‘soft sell’.

The report or ebook allows you to develop credibility with your audience and your readers are more likely to follow your recommendation. There is less resistance to this type of selling becauserepparttar 102222 prospect doesn’t feel ‘sold’, just informed. The next step is to make this ebook ‘viral’ by allowing those who boughtrepparttar 102223 product through your link to ‘brand’repparttar 102224 ebook for their own promotional use.

3. Collectrepparttar 102225 email addresses of those who download your free ebook.

Research has shown that over 60% ofrepparttar 102226 sales of any product are made afterrepparttar 102227 fifth exposure torepparttar 102228 sales message. In other words, most people do not make a purchase onrepparttar 102229 first solicitation. You may need to send your marketing message over six times before a sale is made. This isrepparttar 102230 reason why you should collectrepparttar 102231 contact information of those who download your report. You can then follow up on these contacts to gently remind them to makerepparttar 102232 purchase.

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