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Making
Extra Money On
The Internet Is A Technique, Not A Mystery
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©
by John
Baril
Making
extra money with
affiliate marketing is definitely a technique, not a mystery.
There’s nothing
secret about it. If you’ve tried and failed and started to
become frustrated
with your attempt for making extra money online with affiliate
marketing, the
problem is your technique.
Anyone
can master a
technique if they just apply themselves correctly.
This
simply means that if
you apply yourself to the techniques of making extra money on the
internet,
then you will make money. But, those who don’t, will not make
money. It’s a
very simply concept. There’s also the problem of applying
yourself to the wrong
techniques. This will leave you frustrated because you’re
working hard and
getting nowhere.
You’re
probably wondering
what the techniques are that lead to internet affiliate marketing
success. So
let’s get right into it.
Here’s
what the process
would look like:
1.
Find a lucrative niche
market. (Do not start with products. That’s the wrong
approach.)
2.
Once you find the niche,
find an affiliate product you think would solve a problem which that
niche
market is experiencing.
3.
Create a web page that
focuses on the problem and provides the benefits of solving it. In
order to be
effective, you must use emotional triggers that are going to make
potential
prospects take action. Push their hot buttons! Don’t be
afraid to use as much
detail as necessary to get your point across. Long copy on websites is
not
something to be afraid of because it is an excellent way to establish
your
credibility and expertise as the expert in the field you are dealing
with.
4.
Your goal isn’t to sell
the product, but rather offer a free and unique report that addresses
the
problem and the solution in more detail. Invite your visitors to access
the
report by filling in a simple form on your website.
5.
When your prospects fill
in the form to access the report, they will provide you with their
first name
and e-mail address. Don’t ask for too much of their
information if you want to
get a good response rate. The information will be managed by your
autoresponder, which will direct the prospects to the download page
where they
can access the free report or find out how to access it via their
e-mail inbox.
6.
As well as containing
comments of information about the topic of concern, the report will
also
include links to your product sales page. Remember, the product that
you are
offering is the solution to the problem under discussion. If you have
targeted
your market well and presented them with the information they need, and
offered
a product which is the ideal solution for them, you can expect to
achieve
relatively high conversion rates from those prospects who actually open
and
read the report.
7.
At the same time you
will be able to communicate with your prospects via your autoresponder
by
sending them e-mail newsletters. You will continue to promote your
product via
one or two discrete links in the newsletter because not everybody will
read the
report, and not everybody who does read it will buy the product the
first time
they are exposed to it.
8.
Find new products and
services to offer to your list and include information about them in
your upcoming
e-mail newsletters.
Using
these eight steps as
a guide will help you set yourself up for internet marketing success.
If you
happen to not succeed the first time, just remember that practice makes
perfect. You’ll get a feel for how things are done and how to
eventually
generate a profitable level of sales.
The
next article will look
at ways to attract people to your website so that they can see your
initial
free report offer and, hopefully, sign up to your list.
I wish you the
best
of success,
John Baril
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