The Real Secret Of Online Affiliate Marketing

The Real Secret Of Online Affiliate Marketing
Copyright © 2008 Charles Boustany
Download Free Copy Of Affiliate Marketing Guide
In an industry as well known as affiliate marketing you would think there would not be any more secrets. However based on the abysmal failure rate of 95%, it is obvious that many people still have not caught on to the proper way to build an affiliate marketing business.

In this article let's talk about the real secret of online affiliate marketing and break it down into steps you must take to have a successful business of your own.

The bottom line when it comes to affiliate marketing is you must get quality traffic to your own webpage. If you were to analyze the number one reason that people fail as an affiliate marketer you would see that they do not get enough meaningful traffic on a regular basis.

Many people who come online to do affiliate marketing do not have a budget to promote their affiliate sales page. Therefore they stumble around trying various free methods, but never become successful at any of them.

When it comes to getting quality traffic you must master one form of traffic generation and become an expert at it. This may very well take you hundreds of hours to learn the secrets of traffic generation.

However, only when you become an expert at getting traffic, and apply what you have learned will you ever began to make money with affiliate marketing.

It is important that the traffic you are getting be sent to a pre-sell page that you create yourself. This allows you to differentiate yourself from your competition and to warm up your customer in your own words.

So when you have developed a knack for getting quality traffic, it is also important where you send that traffic. By sending it to a pre-sell or review page first, you can write your content based on personal experiences in a way that the reader can relate to it.

At the bottom of this page, or somewhere on it, you should have a sign up form where you can get your visitors a name and email address and follow up with them in the future. This is known as list building and is another important step when it comes to making money with affiliate marketing on the internet.

In summary the real secret of online affiliate marketing is traffic generation, and converting some of that traffic into sales or subscribers to your list. If you put 100% of your effort into driving quality traffic to the right place you will make money.

Charles C. Boustany is the webmaster of http://www.godoitrightnow.com Sign Up for my "FREE" Affiliate Marketing Articles and receive your "FREE" bonus ebook on Making MONEY ONLINE Today! http://www.godoitrightnow.com/newsletter-signup.html

Sphere: Related Content