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How_to_Build_a_Huge_Opt In_List_as_an_Affiliate
| How to Build a Huge Opt-In List as an Affiliate...
Copyright 2005 Kurma Group
One of the biggest mistakes I see affiliates making everyday is
that their building a short-term business where they just make a
small sale – one sale at a time. If they stop running ads today,
their business would shut down! The strategy we’re going to
discuss now will allow any affiliate to build a long-term
business. This strategy will allow you to upsell your visitors
for expensive services. Even more importantly, by using this
strategy you’ll soon become recognized as an expert in your
field and making money will be all the easier!
So what is this strategy? … … You guessed it, it’s building an
opt-in list – a newsletter/Ezine.
By having an opt-in list you’re building a customer base instead
of just small sales! You can sell the same customer over and
over without having any more advertising costs. You build a
trust with your readers that allows them to be loyal in doing
business through you affiliate link!
So, as an affiliate, how do you build an opt-in list?
=============== How to Build the List ===============
The simplest way I have found is to start deferring all of my
traffic that I pay for to an opt-in page. After the person
opts-in, have them land on a thank you page where you pre-sell
them for the affiliate product.
So, you’re probably already building traffic to your site – now,
instead of sending that traffic directly to your affiliate link,
send it to a page that has an opt-in.
========================== How Should My Opt-In Page Look?
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The next most popular question is how to make the opt-in page
look. Believe it or not, there actually IS a strategy behind
this. Your page MUST be small, short and to the point. This
means that you should NOT have a long sales letter type page to
get them to opt-in.
Your entire opt-in page should fit in one screen with NO scroll
down bar. Have a strong headline, 5-6 bulleted benefits and then
a nice big opt-in. You’ll be amazed at how high the results can
be…
======================= Quick Ways To Generate Traffic
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The point of this article is not to teach you how to drive
traffic to your website, but here are 5 really quick techniques
to use so you can test what you just learned.
1. Article Submissions – Submit articles around the web
regarding your niche and have your biography link go to a opt-in
page. You’ll be amazed at how well this technique works in
building a list.
2. Pay Per Click – The easiest way to immediately begin getting
traffic. Send all of your paid traffic directly to the opt-in
page, then have the person land on a page that pre-sells the
product they were looking for. Make sure to test this, sometimes
your conversions on the front-end can fall, but they increase
over the long-run.
3. Ezine Ads – I have found Ezine ads a great way to quickly and
cost effectively boost my list. Write an ad promising a “fr^^ ee
membership or information” and send the traffic to an opt-in
page.
4. Viral Marketing – This form of marketing takes some time to
kick in but can be extremely effective! Other people will spread
your message and your message will have links to your opt-in
page.
5. Linking strategy – This option is a bit more work, so only
use it once you have tested and know that you have a winner.
Start trading links with related websites and you will see a
great boost in traffic.
========= Conclusion =========
In conclusion, make sure you understand that you should be
building a long-term affiliate business and not just something
that makes you a few dollars on one sale. If you ever stop
advertising, you want to be in position to still have a powerful
business. Building a large opt-in list will also position you as
the expert in your niche.
Finally, remember to make sure that your opt-in page fits on one
computer screen and is small. Always test the page by quickly
driving some traffic.
About the author:
This article is written by Anik Singal, founder of
AffiliateClassroom.com. Anik Singal has developed his own
affiliate system that helped him earn well over $10,466 in just
60 days. Now, he's looking for a few students to train one step
at a time. Click the link below to get your FREE course:
http://www.AffiliateClassroom.com/free-course.html
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