Affiliate Marketing is a great way to get into the world of Internet Marketing. The techniques you learn from promoting other peoples products such as on Clickbank will help you in the future if you decide to step into the realm of being a Vendor.
The main problem new Affiliates have when they just start out is deciding on which Affiliate Programs to promote as there are soo many! It requires a lot of careful thinking as if you choose to promote the wrong Product it could be a big waste of time and and even worse money.
My Top Tips for New Affiliates:
1. Research the Product Niche
* If you spend time researching the Niche of the Product you intend to promote then you will quickly identify if the time and effort you put in to your marketing campaign will be worth it.
By researching a Niche i mean taking advantage of a few free tools such as Google Keyword Selector. This tool allows you to search for specific keywords related to a Niche and then you can gauge whether the search volume and competition is really worth your efforts. This next screenshot shows the Google Keyword Selector Tool and for the purpose of this post ill be using the competitive keyword “weight loss”.
Google Keyword Selector Tool
You can enter as many Keywords as you like in this box and this Google Tool will return a long list of related Keywords.
Google Keyword Selector Tool "Weight Loss" Results
Now in this screenshot i highlighted “weight loss resources” as a keyword which i would personally use in a few Articles as it gets 5000+ searches a month and the Competition is reasonable. You could write a full Article on weight loss resources available online from forums to blogs and then in your Bio box at the bottom slap in your referral link to your chosen product on Clickbank for example…
Looking for Fast Weight Loss Results with minimal effort? <a href=”clickbank URL”>Check This</a>
Easy!
2. Picking the Right Product
* I recommend you stick to promoting products on ClickBank with a minimum gravity of 60. The products gravity is a clear indication of how it is performing in terms of sales by its Affiliates so the higher the gravity the better.
Gravity is however not always a clear indication on the performance of a Product on Clickbank as its very easy to “cheat” Gravity with prelaunch mailouts and hype.
3. Free Marketing Methods vs PPC (Pay Per Click)
* Make sure you only promote Rebill or high fee products by PPC to ensure you get the maximum ROI (Return on Investment). If you use free internet marketing methods such as by the use of Articles then it would be best to promote simple small one time fee products.
If you are just starting out as an Affiliate then stick to free internet marketing methods as you could end up losing a lot of money on PPC if you do not know what you are doing.
