| Affiliate marketing is undoubtedly a great | | | | at all then you will know the importance of |
| way to make a living online. The attraction | | | | building your targeted email list. A powerful |
| for me was the fact that I could sell other | | | | way to capitalise on each email address is to |
| people's business products and services | | | | have it automatically linked to your |
| without the usual nightmare of customer | | | | autoresponder which will send a series of |
| service and product delivery. The added bonus | | | | followup emails automatically to help close |
| of being able to virtually automate my entire | | | | the sale or bring your prospects back to your |
| affiliate business, makes this line of | | | | site. |
| "work", if you could call it that, a dream | | | | |
| come true. | | | | If you are offering a free email course from |
| | | | your site then your visitors will be |
| I have been a successful affiliate marketer | | | | expecting your email but even if you offer a |
| for a few years. If you are entering the | | | | free download in return for their email |
| business or are already making strides to | | | | address you should still followup. Don't |
| find your own success you will find these | | | | forget to remind your readers who you are and |
| three tips will dramatically increase your | | | | why you are following up. Maybe you could ask |
| affiliate commissions: | | | | in the first email how they liked your ebook. |
| | | | Anything along these lines should suffice. |
| 1. Write free reports and ebooks to offer | | | | |
| your website visitors - Online browsers love | | | | 3. Moving from the strategy of list-building, |
| freebies and are more likely to remember you | | | | another powerful way to increase your |
| and return to your site if you give them | | | | affiliate commissions is to contact the |
| something useful for free. I tend to create | | | | product owner and ask them to increase the % |
| pdf reports with my links generously | | | | of your commission - If you are already a |
| displayed throughout the report. You could | | | | successful affiliate marketer and/or have |
| even compile a few of your articles in one | | | | made some sales for the product or service |
| pdf file. | | | | then the owner of the product or service |
| | | | should be quite receptive to your approach. |
| These files are easily and quickly downloaded | | | | After all, he does not want to lose you |
| for viewing on your prospects P.C. So, | | | | completely and may not mind increasing your % |
| encourage them to save your download on their | | | | by even a little more than others are |
| desktop. No telling how much later your | | | | receiving. |
| visitor may decide to have a browse through | | | | |
| your report which will likely lead to another | | | | Any increase at all can significantly |
| visit to your site. | | | | increase your income if you are making a lot |
| | | | of sales. Obviously! |
| 2. Collect the email addresses of your | | | | |
| website visitors before they can download | | | | Implimenting the above strategies may be a |
| your free reports - There is no such thing as | | | | no-brainer to some of you but even the most |
| a free lunch so the deal is; a useful report | | | | basic of strategies can be all new to those |
| on the topic of your market at no cost in | | | | just getting started in the business. |
| return for your prospects' email address. I | | | | Regardless of whether you are just starting |
| don't think that is a bad deal. Do you? | | | | or not, the above strategies can make a big |
| | | | difference to your bottom line in a short |
| If you've been online for any length of time | | | | spcae of time. |