Copyright © Tim Stokes
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One of the keys to obtaining affiliate success is to set up multiple streams of income. There are several reasons for taking this approach. The top reason is the more services or streams you have to offer the more potential you have to succeed in making your online business venture succeed. If you only concentrate on one service you are really depriving yourself and your potential customers of thousands of dollars of potential income and invaluable services you can offer to others. There are hundreds of affiliate programs out there. Do some research and check out the business forums to see what may be of interest to you.
The hardest part of getting your online business going is getting your website noticed. There are several ways of doing this and I recommend doing a lot of research before committing your hard earned money towards something that just will not work. Some of the most popular methods are buying leads, setting up an account with a traffic exchange, posting blogs and posting original written articles. All of these will get your website noticed but the most successful method I have found is by posting blogs and articles.
You can write your own blogs and post it on your website or have a service post it for you. This gets your voice and opinions posted on the web and will also get your website noticed.
Posting articles is probably the greatest advertising tool that you can use. By writing an article of 500 words or more in an area of expertise you are comfortable with, you can get the search engines to stand up and take notice of what you have to offer. Once you write your article or have a professional write it for you, just have one or better yet several of the hundreds of article directories post it. You will then start seeing your article posted on the web. Just make sure you have a resource box at the end of your article directing any potential client to your website.
If you’re like me, time is definitely one of my greatest enemies. This is where automation comes into play. Using an automated system to answer and send out e-mails to your customers and potential customers is definitely a great way to save time. If you have a customer that is on the edge of committing to your venture but hasn’t taken the leap yet, an auto responder can be used to send a series of follow up messages with more information that may be helpful in getting this customer to take part in the services you offer. This alone is a huge time saver.
The last bit of advice I can offer is to keep doing research. Read what people have to say and what is making their affiliate venture successful. A great web tool is the online business forums. Check out the marketing section and see what is making some a success and some not so successful. I wish you good luck and great success with your new affiliate business.
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1 comment:
Article writing is one of the most economical and yet most effective methods of getting your business noticed on the Internet.
Research is also vital. The more you read, the more you can write, and the more you write, the more your online presence will grow.
Good luck.
David Hurley
Best Internet Marketing Strategies
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