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6_Affiliate_Mistakes_Youre_Probably_Making
| 6 Affiliate Mistakes Youre Probably Making...
Copyright 2005 Anik Singal
Everyday I see more and more affiliates making the same
mistakes. The worst part is that they’re just doing what they’re
taught by the so-called “experts.”
It’s no shock to me that 95% of affiliates make no money. The
problem isn’t that some people are just “better” than others –
the problem is just the way the 95% are running their business.
That’s why I’m going to diagnose the 6 most common mistakes
AffiliateClassroom.com sees affiliates making everyday.
The 6 Mistakes you better learn to avoid like the plague:
1. Not Building For Search Engines:
If you’re an affiliate and want to be successful at it, you
better learn to make search engines your best friend. Search
engines are a better source for long-term, targeted and FREE
traffic. Make sure to build your site in clean HTML coding,
provide good content and optimize all your pages (not just the
home page).
I firmly believe that all affiliates need to study search engine
optimization closely. If you want to learn how to optimize
websites quickly without spending years studying, check out my
“push-button” system at http://www.DominateSearchEngines.com
2. Not Enough Text – Too Many Banners:
This might be the #1 problem – I come across hundreds of these
sites almost daily. Think back to why “YOU’RE” online – to find
information right? What good are banners to you? Do banners
provide you any good information? Absolutely not.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t discourage using banners – I just
say to only use them after you have content on your website. And
stick to just 1 or 2 banners. The goal here is to hook someone
with good content, then urge them to click the banner to learn
more. Don’t just slop up a bunch of banners and expect to become
a super affiliate…
3. Promoting Only One Product:
This was something I learned from Ken Envoy and it made no sense
to me until I tried it. Let’s use an example to illustrate:
Let’s say you’re looking for a car and you ask someone “Hey,
which one should I buy?” Would you rather have the person show
you 3, give you the positives and negatives and then “suggest” a
car or just shove one of them down your throat and refuse to
talk about anything else?
I think the answer is clear – you much rather have someone
RECOMMEND something. So, do the same on your websites – let your
consumer choose what link they click on (your conversions will
go through the roof).
4. Not Giving Away FREE Products:
Another mistake I see done on almost 98% of the websites I visit
– they have absolutely no viral marketing build into their
system. If you want to hook someone and build loyalty, put some
of your best information into a small PDF – give it away for
free and watch your sales and traffic multiply. NOTE: This is a
more long-term strategy so be patient…
5. Hard-Selling:
If you know anything about affiliate marketing, then you’ve
heard of “PRE-SELL” – well it’s a shocker that most people never
use it. PRE-SELL is when you warm up to your visitor with some
good content and information and then slowly “recommend” them to
buy something.
I also never thought this would work until I tried it.
Hard-selling is what your merchant should be doing, you,
however, should avoid it at all costs.
6. Too Much Going On…
This mistake is a bit related to the “Too many banners” mistake.
I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I have WANTED to
buy something but just couldn’t find the right link to do it.
Some affiliate websites have a million things going on – the
reader gets so confused that they hit the back button and
“poof,” never come back. Keep your pages targeted and clean – go
for ONE goal – to get the click over to the merchant(s) you’re
promoting.
Golden Rule: The more you show them, the more confused they get.
I highly suggest reading those 6 again – they are very important
to master if you want to become a super affiliate one day. Even
I am going back to my old projects and still fixing my mistakes
– they’re all over the place. But, the second I fix them, I see
an enormous difference, you will too.
About the author:
Anik Singal is a 21 year old successful entrepreneur online. If
you want to learn more about exactly how to become a super
affiliate and received Step by Step coaching from a team of
affiliates, please immediately visit:
http://www.AffiliateClassroom.com If you visit now, you can also
sign-up for our Absolutely FREE Course…
http://www.AffiliateClassroom.com
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