Affiliate Marketing Strategies #32 – Offer a Bonus Item And #33 – Create a Resource Page

 Offer a Bonus Item

One of the reasons people get minimal results with affiliate marketing is they don’t give people a reason why they should buy through an affiliate link.

The trick is to offer a bonus offer IF a person buys through your affiliate link.  What I like to do is point out a “negative” in the product I’m

promoting. Then I’ll position my bonus as something that fills this void. This

is a great way to incentivize an affiliate offer.

Offering a bonus item is a great way to motivate those subscribers who are on the fence.     Remember, people follow you because they like your personal brand. So offer them a bonus YOU have created.

Create a bonus that complements an affiliate product. Only offer this to people who buy through your link. Even better…Point out a product defect and then position your bonus as a solution.

Create a Resource Page

This tip works great if you have a large content site like a blog. Odds are you have posts that cover a variety of topics. And they’re probably spread out over weeks, months, even years.

What you can do is a set up a resource or “money page” that provides a reader with additional content that can’t be found on an ordinary blog post.

Think of this page like a “101 class.” Put it in a logical order.  Then link to any product that’s relevant to these articles.

As an example, I’ve developed a few resource pages on topics like:

•      Affiliate Marketing

•      How to Start a Website

•      Internet Marketing Tools I Use

These are just a few pages I’ve developed. By the end of 2012 I hope to have at least 30+ pages dedicated to a specific topic that people want to learn.

My advice is to create a resource pages for the topics where people really need help. Group together the articles on this subject. And then add affiliate links where they’re relevant.

Affiliate Marketing Strategies #27 – Flipping Websites And #28 – Become a CPA Affiliate

Flipping Websites

Domain flipping is similar to what’s done in the real estate market. You buy a “fixer-upper” website, make improvements on it, and then sell it for a premium price.

In theory it sounds easy.  But you need a good eye for sites that don’t live up to their profit potential.          Look for sites that get traffic or rank high for a keyword phrase. But also try to spot one MAJOR flaw that’s preventing this site from really making money.

You don’t necessarily have to sell the website. What you can do is fix-up this website and turn it into another source of affiliate income.

The best way to get started is to check out the “Buy, Sell, or Trade” section of the Digital Point Forum.  Here you’ll see a bunch of listings and how much it costs to sell a specific domain. Also, Flippa is another good resource for buying and selling domains.

Plus if you’re already in a niche, check out the search engine listings for specific keywords. Probably you’ll find a bunch of sites that haven’t been touched in months – Even years.  Contact the owner and make an offer.  You’d be surprised at some of the valuable properties you can purchase for a few hundred dollars.

Become a CPA Affiliate

CPA (Cost-Per-Action) is a great affiliate technique that has the potential to become really profitable. Instead of trying to get people to buy a product, you refer “leads” to an existing marketing funnel. You make money for every referral that you make – Sometimes as high as a $20.

There is a bit of a science to CPA marketing.  For the most part, you’ll promote mass market offers like dating, making money, real estate, and losing weight. These markets are usually full of experienced affiliates who know what they’re doing. So do careful research before jumping in.

One trick I’ve seen people use is to build up a Facebook fan page around a specific trending topic. Like Justin Beiber’s new haircut. Get people to “like” this page. And then send these followers the occasional CPA offer.

AZoogle Ads is one of the better sites for CPA offers.  Again, I recommend you learn everything you can about this technique before getting started.

Affiliate Marketing Strategies #24 – Create Niche Specific Review Sites and #25 – Build Small Niche Affiliate Sites

Create Niche Specific Review Sites

Writing reviews for products is a great way to hop on a popular trend. The trick here is to be “forward thinking.” Look for products that are about to bereleased. Then create a website that reviews this product…with your affiliate link of course!

This is similar to technique #19 where I talk about piggybacking on popular trends. The only difference is you’ll target offers where people seek additional information.

Also, you don’t necessarily have to build individual websites for this technique. Here are a few ideas:

•      Build a website that reviews all of the products in a specific niche

•      Create a Squioo lenses that do the same thing

•      Upload YouTube videos that target the title of the product, author, and

review keyword

People will always use Google to research a product. You can leverage this fact by creating quality, in-depth reviews.

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Build Small Niche Affiliate Sites

Small niche websites are a great way to create additional income for your Internet business. These are different from authority sites because they tightly focus on one topic.

Here are a few ways to monetize a niche site:

•      Google Adsense

•      Affiliate Marketing

•      Cost-Per-Action (CPA) Offers

Niche sites are great because they’re relatively easy to replicate. You can easily create one every week. In a year you’d have a portfolio of income-generating businesses.

Now…to be perfectly honest, I’ve only just started building niche websites. So my experience is limited with them. To more about this project, I recommend you check out my Niche Affiliate Income Series.

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Affiliate Marketing Strategies #22 – Build Adsense Sites and #23 – Increase Google Adsense Click-Thru-Rates (CTR)

 Build Adsense Sites and

Google Adsense is a great income model if you hate worrying about converting traffic into affiliate sales. The idea is simple.  You create content around a specific topic. Then you embed contextual advertising (like Google Adsense) into these articles.

You make money every time somebody clicks on an ad.  This can be as high as a few dollars per click. When you do the math, these clicks can add up to a substantial amount of income – If you’re getting thousands of page views each day.

One way to profit from Google Adsense is to build a series of small, niche- specific websites. Each laser-targets a topic and ranks for specific keyword phrases. People will click on ads because they will be directly related to what they want.

Now, I know there are literally thousands of paid products for Adsense. But the most useful information I’ve found is a blog post by Lisa Irby: How to Make Money with Adsense.

Lisa gives specific examples, case studies and videos about making money with Adsense. In addition, she provides a completely free (ie: no opt-in) ebook on this subject.

I’d start with her site if you’re interested in Google Adsense.

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Increase Google Adsense Click-Thru-Rates (CTR)

One more thing about Google Adsense…

You’d be surprised at how often a few simple tweaks can double, even triple your earnings.

For instance, back in 2005 I made a full-time income from Google Adsense.  I’ve since moved on to revenue streams; but I still remember the importance of ad position in relation to web content. At one point; I averaged a 25% click thru ad; which produced a nice income; despite my low number of ‘page views.’

Now, Google Adsense has changed a lot of their rules in the last few years. So what I “know” about this income model has probably changed. The important take-away is to track ad positions and tweak ad styles till you get (at least) a 15% click-thru rate.

The best way to take action on this is to use a content management system (CMS) like WordPress to host your Google Adsense site.

WordPress offers a variety of plugins that automatically insert ads. Use one of these tools to instantly test and tweak different ad styles.

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Affiliate Marketing Strategies #20 – Sell High-Ticket Amazon Products #21 – Offer Low-Ticket Amazon Products

Sell High-Ticket Amazon Products

Normally I don’t promote products with small margins. But, Amazon.com is the exception to that rule!

While their affiliate commission rates starts at 4% and caps out at 8.5%; you can make good money by promoting their products.

You do this by building niche Amazon affiliate websites. The commission rates aren’t that high.  But there is a potential to make a huge profit if you can generate a lot of web traffic.

What you want to do is look for “buying keywords” people use to find specific products.  These are people who are ready to make a purchase right now, but need a little more information. They come to your website and read the “presell” information. YOUR job is to redirect them to Amazon where they’ll purchase the item and you get a sales commission.

My “sweet spot” for Amazon products is the $50 to $200 price range. This is a price point where customers generally make quick purchasing decisions, while also giving YOU a solid commission.

The best overview of this process is Chris Guthrie’s course on Amazon Niche Profits. {affiliate link}

He’s done really well with Amazon products – Making over six-figures a year from these sites. The trick I’ve learned is to follow a proven system. I like Chris’s product because he gives step-by-step detail; without a lot of fluff.

Overall, I think there is an amazing potential with Amazon. I think it’s going to be bigger than Wal-Mart!

Promoting products from this site can give you another nice source of affiliate revenue.

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Offer Low-Ticket Amazon Products

Okay its math time!

Imagine two scenarios:

In the first you sell 100 Amazon products priced at $100. According to Amazon’s referral rate chart; you’d get a 6.5% commission which means you’ve earned $650.

In the second, you sell the same amount of products at the same price. Instead of the 6.5% commission rate, your earnings are at 8.5%. That’s a total of $850! So basically you’ve earned an extra $200 for the same amount of effort!

How is this possible?

Well, Amazon has a sliding scale when it comes to their commission rates. It caps out if you sell over 3131 products in a single month:

So you’re probably wondering: “How do I sell 3131 products in a single month?”

It’s not that hard if you build sites that sell a lot of little things. Like Kindle eBooks, cell phone covers, and low-cost toys.

This technique is an untapped market. Your average Amazon affiliate marketer goes after the big bucks. But you can actually make good money by going after a volume of small niche sites.

If you’re serious about building Amazon sites then I recommend creating income streams where you promote both large and small ticket items.

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