Two Simple Steps To An Affiliate Marketing Fortune
By Rockford Tapscott
After watching hundreds of students build web businesses in a wide range of niche markets, I've concluded that there are really only two critical steps to succeeding as an marketer. Many people make their journey towards success a lot harder than it really needs to be and this article aims to help you to shortcut your learning curve towards becoming a super affiliate.
Ok, so what are the two critical steps?
Step 1 - Choose a niche that has thousands of passionate people already spending real money online on HIGH TICKET products and services
Your niche should also have a variety of membership sites or other forms of continuity products you can promote that have ongoing monthly fees. It doesn’t matter if you aren't an expert in this niche, by spending a few days or a week researching, you will know as much as 90% of the other people involved and you will be able to hold your own when writing articles and creating content for your website, newsletters or your blog.
The other critical element in niche selection is to make sure there are TWO TIER programs available so you can not only get paid for your direct referrals, but you can become a Joint Venture Broker and earn second tier commissions as well for introducing others to the program.
Do some research and find an program that offers -
* A two-tier structure so you can get leverage on what you do and earn commissions from the work of those you recruit into your team
* A full time manager who is there to answer your questions and help you to promote the program (and increase your commissions) in every way possible
* A range of pre-written promotional materials and an automated, step by step sequential marketing system that continuously follows up with the prospects you refer
* A range of high ticked products and at least one monthly membership program that automatically earns you commissions month after month for every member who continues their subscription
* Bonuses and incentives for high-earning affiliates to encourage you to become a peak performer
Step 2 - Promote your program by using Articles submitted to article directories and ezine publishers
The problem with entering niche markets that have high ticket products and lots of competition is it's nearly impossible to generate enough visitor traffic to your website or blog to make any headway. This is where writing and submitting articles and press releases gives you a major advantage over people who are working their tails off trying to get pages ranked well in the organic search results or who are buying traffic using PPC.
However, by finding keywords that aren't as popular as the top 50 words that everyone else is building pages for, or the keywords they are bidding several dollars a click for using PPC, you can run rings around most of your competition and clean up while they all slog it out and get nowhere.
What you want to do is find long-tail, multi
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