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Affiliate Marketing 101

Monday the 13th

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Tip! Get Organized – The longer you are involved in affiliate marketing the more activities you will have to manage on a daily basis. As an affiliate you will more than likely be involved with several different merchants and affiliate programs.

Affiliate marketing programs are a great way to get
income for your website, and a great introduction
to e-commerce. The more people that drop by your
website, the great your chance will be at creating
an excellent income.

Affiliate marketing programs are where a company
offers to pay you a set amount for either a click
through from your website, or a set amount for
visitors signing up, or even a percentage of a
purchase made by visitors as a result of being
referred from your website.

Even if visitors don’t make a purchase immediately,
almost all programs offer cookie duration, normally
consisting of 30 – 90 days. What this means, is
that as long as the visitors have the cookie in
their cache, you’ll still recieve a profit from
the sale.

The biggest amount of time in maintaining your
site will be searching and implementing affiliations
with various companies. Even though there’s a lot
of money in affiliate marketing, you have to take
the time to search for the best programs.

One thing that you may not be happy with, is the
idea of other companies banners littering your
website. If you use too many banners or links on
any web page, it can confuse and help to irritate
your visitors. More than one animated element on
a web page can be very distracting as well.

Affiliate tracking can also be a problem. Once
you have applied to become an affiliate for a
company, they’ll usually supply you with a
personalized link or code. It’s very important
that you implement this code into your page
correctly, or you may be sending visitors to the
company without recieving any profit.

A majority of snippets in the code will contain
a unique user ID, which the company uses to
distinguish which site sent traffic.

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The death of Internet marketing…?

Saturday the 11th

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Remember the hype about “The Death of AdSense” a while ago? Of course, we now know that this guy was just a search engine spammer and couldn’t cope with the changed SEO algorithms…

So what are we to think when Mike Filsaime releases a free report called “The Death of Internet Marketing”?

FREE REPORT: THE DEATH OF INTERNET MARKETING

At first glance, I thought Mike was going to give away this report and then try to sell me something by displaying an OTO after my opt-in.

Guess what?

I was wrong!

Mike has put together an incredibly thoughtful and content-packed report which he really is giving away for free…

… and no, there is no sales pitch!

I recommend you take a break from whatever it is you are doing if you can and get access to this report now:

DOWNLOAD THE DEATH OF INTERNET MARKETING

Your friend in success,

Detlev

P.S.: I read the report and I must say that I completely agree what Mike says about the hype and the product launches “overkill”. And he’s revealing some of the insights from his now famous Powerpoint presentation which he did in London.

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Ad Tracking Success

Wednesday the 8th

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Tip! Never Stop Learning � Make it a point to learn something new everyday. Affiliate Marketing is a constantly changing landscape.

It’s no secret that there’s a lot of money involved with affiliate marketing. This is only true however, for those who are serious and hard working on their affiliate program. The biggest part of succeeding depends on your perseverance and determination.

Even the best of affiliate programs won’t prosper if you don’t build the business on a solid foundation. Nothing happens if the banners and links you place on a website just decorates the pages. The affiliate must convince visitors to click on the banner or link then proceed to the program to buy products.

Affiliate marketing can be easy if you have planned your campaign well and have taken the right steps towards success. Choosing the right product and designing your website with banners and the right material are keys to making things happen.

An ad tracker is a software program or service that will allow you to trace and monitor every click that is made by visitors through your referral link. To make things even better, you know exactly where you placed the link. You can either use an ad tracking service provider or purchase ad tracking software.

My recommended ad tracking service of choice is Goto-Pro.com by my good friend Frank Bauer from Australia. In fact, he’s a German, too ;-). He moved to Australia just recently. You can pick up a membership for his famous ad tracker at less than what you would have to pay for a family meal at your local McDonald’s!

With ad trackers, you can monitor the progress of your advertising campaigns, even for offline advertising campaigns. If you are advertising on the Internet and you want to know where your sales are coming from, you’ll definitely need this service.

Each and every decision you make should be well grounded in facts. By using an ad tracker, you’ll be able to generate traffic reports for your personal sales page. Armed with the proper knowledge and an ad tracking software program, you’ll have no problems succeeding in the affiliate marketing world. You can drop the losing campaigns as soon as you have enough data and focus on the winners. This will make you a lot more money than just “shooting in the dark” and not knowing where your sales are coming from!

It can be tough to get started – although once you start making money you’ll be glad you took the chance to actually track your ads!

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5 Qualities For Affiliate Marketing

Sunday the 5th

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Tip! Some affiliate marketing programs will pay you for sending them quality ‘leads’. A lead is usually considered a visitor that will either sign up for a service or purchase a product.

More and more people these days are turning to one of the most popular businesses around – the business of affiliate marketing. In this business, there are no bosses, deadlines to meet, or piles of work that have to be finished by the end of the day. In order to succeed, you only need the necessary tools.

There are basically five things you can’t do without if you want to make it in the business of affiliate marketing. Below, you’ll find each quality you’ll
need.

1. Desire to learn

The first quality you must possess is the desire to learn, coupled with the willingness to be trained. Treading through unfamiliar territory is tough indeed, especially if your lacking the right knowledge. This is a combination of the right frame of mind, coupled with a strong work ethic.

When starting out, you’ll need to be willing to keep your eyes and ears open, using the experience of others to learn more as you go.

2. Invest time and effort

The second quality you must have is the willingness to invest time and effort in helping your business grow, even if you don’t see immediate results. Even though weeks may pass without hearing good news, it’s very important for anyone who wants to get their foot in the business world.

3. Determination

The third quality you’ll need is determination. If you want to make it in the world of affiliate marketing, you must possess to push yourself forward. The ability to push yourself to greater heights will determine what type of future you have.

4. Discipline

The fourth quality is self discipline. If you teach yourself to work everyday with all of your
heart and soul, you’ll be that much closer to reaching your goals and making your dreams come true.

5. Optimism

The last quality you must have is optimism. Bad attitudes should never discourage an affiliate marketer from pursuing their dreams in order to make life better for themselves or anyone around them.

The attitude you have towards the business should always be good, because you’ll have to realize that you’re the captain of your ship and your the one steering it towards destiny.

If you put the above tips to good use, you’ll go farther than you ever thought possible in the world of affiliate marketing. You’ll need these qualities to succeed, as affiliate marketing can be a cutting edge career. With the above qualities, you’ll do just fine in the industry.

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Quick Reminder – Only 24 Hours Left For Bonus Download

Wednesday the 1st

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Hi there,

I am posting this quick reminder to let you know that the bonus which I offered in my blog post yesterday will only be valid for another 24 hours. You need to get your copy of Dennis Becker’s “5 Bucks A Day” through this link below to qualify:

Click here to get your copy of 5 Bucks A Day

Read yesterday’s blog entry if you don’t know what I am talking about:

goto-pro.com/go/to.pl?l=5bblog&cu=1&u=660

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NEW MAILING LIST BUILDER TOOL FOR AFFILIATES:
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This bonus offer will also be valid if you get a copy of a new tool I discovered. It’s called FlurryPop and will build your mailing list even if you are sending visitors to a website via your affiliate link.

It will grey out the merchant’s website and put a pop-up in front of the visitor asking him to opt-in. It’s one of the most innovative ideas I have seen in a long time:

Click here to discover Flurry Pop Software

The price is going up after every sale. The last time I checked it, it was around $10. Be sure to click on the “Click Here To See FlurryPop In Action!” link in the yellow box to see what is so great about it.

That’s it for today. Have a fantastic day!

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