"Best Affiliate Program For The Newbie: Identifying An Affiliate Program That Matches Your USP"

Written by Karl Augustine


When a newbie begins an online business,repparttar temptation can be high to join most any affiliate program they see inrepparttar 102292 hopes of making extra money. Givenrepparttar 102293 amount of products and services that newbies get presented with, and since newbies have a burning desire to make money fast, it is easy to see howrepparttar 102294 online newbie can get lured into joining a lot of affiliate programs without knowing if they should join them or not.

Forrepparttar 102295 newbie,repparttar 102296 danger in joining lots of affiliate programs is multi-faceted. Joining affiliate programs takes time, timerepparttar 102297 newbie could be using defining their USP, learning about getting targeted traffic, or learning other Internet marketing skills that will actually generate revenue for them. In addition,repparttar 102298 newbie who joins lots of affiliate programs inrepparttar 102299 hopes of making instant profits, is at risk of being disappointed when they don't make money by joiningrepparttar 102300 latest affiliate program and that leads to yet further "unproductivity" and poor use of time.

So, what steps do newbies take to identifyrepparttar 102301 best affiliate program(s) that matches their USP?

It will differ based onrepparttar 102302 goal of each newbie Internet marketer, but here's a small set of steps that are useful to start with:

*Define howrepparttar 102303 affiliate program's offering complements your USP. You should be able to clearly map out whatrepparttar 102304 affiliate program's offering (product or service) will be useful to patrons or visitors of your web site, list or customer base. Ifrepparttar 102305 product that you will be promoting is something that will be useful to you and people you sell or try to sell to, it may be a useful affiliate program to join.

*Make sure that you fully reviewrepparttar 102306 product offered byrepparttar 102307 affiliate program, use it, and make your own assessment of it. Don't promote a product from any affiliate program unless you ownrepparttar 102308 product yourself and love it. If you own and loverepparttar 102309 product that you are promoting, you will be able to sell it more effectively because your energy and excitement level will show through inrepparttar 102310 deliver of your message to would be customer. In addition, you will be able to list and explain in detailrepparttar 102311 features ofrepparttar 102312 product or service thatrepparttar 102313 affiliate program is offering.

*Make certain thatrepparttar 102314 web site that sellsrepparttar 102315 affiliate program is set up correctly to sellrepparttar 102316 product, and sell it well. The web site that sellsrepparttar 102317 product ofrepparttar 102318 affiliate program should be professional in its layout, design, sales copy, and delivery ofrepparttar 102319 product itself. The web site should have a mechanism to capturerepparttar 102320 names and emails ofrepparttar 102321 visitors. The web site should also have a strong auto responder series in place to follow up with and sellrepparttar 102322 visitors of that site onrepparttar 102323 product.

*Check to see ifrepparttar 102324 affiliate program should be tracked with cookies so thatrepparttar 102325 referring web site will get credit for each affiliate sale, evenrepparttar 102326 sales that come as a result ofrepparttar 102327 auto responder series. Ifrepparttar 102328 affiliate program doesn't use cookies to track referrals, do not sign up.

Top 5 Super Affiliate Tips – What's Your USP?

Written by Mike Merz


It's a known fact that establishing a USP (unique selling proposition) is an essential part of any business plan ...

But what about your affiliate marketing campaigns?

What makes your promotions unique fromrepparttar hundreds ... or even thousands of other affiliates pushingrepparttar 102291 same merchant's products and services?

Well ... nothing, if all you do is cut and pasterepparttar 102292 same merchant provided ad copy as everyone else, or just toss a bunch of links, banners, and buttons on your site.

What you must do is make yourself stand out ... grabrepparttar 102293 interest of your prospect, and qualify your offering to meet their needs.

Here's 5 quick tips to getrepparttar 102294 most out of your affiliate promotions.

1) Learn all aboutrepparttar 102295 product/service you're promoting.

The more you know about your promotions,repparttar 102296 more credible your promotional content. If you don't ownrepparttar 102297 product, do your best to scourrepparttar 102298 merchant's site for info that you feel best explainsrepparttar 102299 benefits of it, which leads to number ...

2) Write your own ad copy.

It'srepparttar 102300 credibility factor again ... you're selling yourself, establishingrepparttar 102301 bond between you andrepparttar 102302 prospect, in an effort to win their trust and interest. If you do ownrepparttar 102303 product, or have access to it by permission ofrepparttar 102304 merchant, write a detailed review. You can even use yourself as a case study to provide an eye witness account ofrepparttar 102305 satisfaction potentially derived from using it. If not ... and in addition to your own accounts, listrepparttar 102306 testimonials of others.

3) Establish a line of communication withrepparttar 102307 merchant.

You might have to settle forrepparttar 102308 affiliate program manager, or a related department, butrepparttar 102309 idea is to try to acquire anything you can, above and beyond what is offered to regular affiliates, that will help you gain a promotional edge. Branded articles, ebooks, special offers, free trials, etc. You might even be able to gain access torepparttar 102310 product or service you're promoting if you explain that you'd like to review it for promotional purposes (it can't hurt to ask ..;)

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