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| 5 Deadly Mistakes In Affiliate Marketing. |
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| Written by Charles McDuffie |
| Sunday, 02 November 2008 08:10 |
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It's not just beginners who're prone to making mistakes in affiliate marketing; the experienced souls, too, sometimes fall prey to their wrong decisions and ruin their progress. Mistake #1: Preparing Someone Else's List Creating someone else's list at your own expense can (and should) be avoided by simply recording your clients information when (s)he visits your website. You must have a squeeze page that records the names and e-mail addresses of each and every client who visits your website. This method builds you an invaluable opt-in list of individuals, that you can approach again and again to sell other products and/or services you may have in the future. The gold is in the list. Mistake #2: Not Keeping In Touch With Your Prospects. If you're going to take your affiliate marketing campaign seriously, then you simply can't ignore, forget about or take your prospects for granted. You've spent a great deal of time and effort enticing these individuals to visit your website, now you must follow up with them so they keep your name, website, product or service uppermost in their minds. Don't forget, there's a lot of competition out there all vying to get the attention of your customer. And if you don't service them; someone else will. Do you have any newsletters, articles or free reports that you could send to your prospects to keep in touch with them? How about any updated or valuable information about your products and services? These are all ways that you can keep in contact with your prospects. But bare in mind here that you're walking a tight rope between stalking your prospects, and keeping in touch with them. Mistake #3: Being Too Aggressive With Your Prospects. Despite having a fabulous website and/or products, you must realize that most people usually don't purchase something the first time around, for a variety of reasons such as: they don't have the money, or they may feel that your product/service doesn't meet their needs, or maybe because it's just not the right time in their lives. Remember, in real estate the phrase is: location, location and location. With affiliate marketing it's: timing, timing and timing. So, it's useless (even bad) to send e-mails asking, "Why haven't you bought my product?" or "Don't you want to get rich?" Such e-mails put you in a bad light. They may even ruin your prospects. Patience is the key to successful build up of clientele. Mistake #4: Promoting Multiple Offers In One Mailing. The last thing you want to do is confuse -- and possibly alienate -- your clients by sending them multiple offers that they didn't ask for. Just stick to one program, product or service in the beginning. Then after you've established some credibility with them over time, you'll be in a better position to have them consider your other services or programs, provided they've been satisfied with your past offer(s). Mistake #5: Marketing Several Affiliate Programs At The Same Time. Can you date 5 women at a time? No. (We won't argue with those who attempt to say "Yes"; but this is marketing guys, not dating!) The best way to become successful is to concentrate on one affiliate program at a time. Get loads of experience, dexterity, and money from one program and then think of expanding your venture. If you've already committed any one or more of the above mistakes, don't panic. Correct it quickly or else remember, you'll be out of the web scene soon. About the Author: Chuck McDuffie has been in the Internet/Affiliate Marketing Industry for over 10 years, and has been associated with numerous mail order, multi-level marketing and affiliate companies both on and offline. To learn more about the "One and Only" Internet Money Making System Of It's Kind, that can help you avoid the 5 Deadly Mistakes In Affiliate Marketing, click here. Kindly provided by MoneyHunter.org You are welcome to use this article on your own website, if you include the link just before this text. |
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