Affiliate Marketing Tips

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Tuesday, February 08, 2005

The Niche Marketing Movement

By Bobby Walker

If you are a marketing veteran or just beginning, you have seen the words "Niche Marketing" mentioned a time or two. Internet Marketers are diverting their attention from trying to sell their products to each other and start selling products to people who really want to buy them. Because of "market saturation" and "script immunity" it is becoming very difficult to sell your product or get your message across to other internet marketers. How many times have you looked at your email and just started deleting messages based on what the headlines read?

What about all the sales scripts that you read every day while you are yawning? Sure, every once in a while you find something that will peak your interest, but 9 times out of 10 you are clicking to another site. Internet Marketers don't want to buy your products, they just want to sell their own!

Why is that? People who are promoting their products always think that their products are the best, so they pay no attention when something really great passes their way. And what makes it snowball is the fact that almost everyone has the same mindset!

Try this tomorrow, stop and examine at least 25 opportunities and products that people are selling, it may be something you really need for your business. As internet marketers, we have become immune to what we see on a daily basis, thus decreasing the effects of our business advertising.

The one really great thing that has come out of this, is now we have the very best long form sales letter anywhere! If we are still selling our products to other internet marketers who have seen everything, imagine what you could do with that same sales letter when you put it in front of a gardener, hiker, mountain biker, or anyone who has never seen that type of advertising?

You are bound to make money as long as you have done your homework to make sure that you have a viable market. Does your market have between 30,000 and 100,000 searches every month? Does your market have their own magazine publication? Are they passionate about what they are doing?

Let me ask you a question? What would happen if you put yourself in front of a moving train and stayed on the tracks? That's right, you would get run over. Now, what would happen if you put yourself in front of thousands of customers wanting software to write a children's book and you had the software? That's right, you will get run over.......with sales!!

Why are you putting forth all the effort to market your products to other internet marketers? Think about how many sales you could make if you made the same effort marketing your new product to turkey farmers? These are obviously just examples, I'm just trying to make my point.

There is still a ton of money to be made on the internet, and it can be done much more effectively in markets other than our own. Am I saying there is no money to be made marketing to other marketers? No, there absolutely is, but you can't grab the first product you see, spend money doing promotion, and expect to have 30 email payment confirmations in your inbox tomorrow morning!

Your product must be centered around the industries needs, not what you think will sell.

That is working your business backwards. Would you buy basketballs and try to sell them to football teams? No, because that would be stupid! So don't buy the resell rights to an ebook on how to make a gazillion dollars on the internet and expect to make millions, unless you are Corey Rudl.

I can give you a great example of a product that every business needs. How many of you have tried to use Google Adwords? It can be very frustrating your first time using it. It actually takes a lot of trial and error, and a lot of money to experiment with. It is also one of the cheapest and most effective forms of advertising if you know how to do it.

That's why I starting selling a course on how to beat the Google Adwords system. It's not really a product that I wanted to sell, until I started my own Google campaign, and saw what a pain in the butt it was! But I did some research on advertising, and found that this course is a very viable market to promote. In my opinion, it is a superior product compared to others.

So, to sum everything up, do your research, pick your product according to the market, put yourself in front of your customer, make your niche in the marketplace, and make money with the products you promote.

I'm sure it won't take long for the "Niche Marketing" craze to start making waves, just make sure you have a surfboard when it does!

About the Author:
Bobby Walker is an internet marketer from Dallas, Texas.
Beat the Google Adwords System!
http://www.googlesystem.official.ws

Tuesday, February 01, 2005

The 6 Best Ways To Make Money Online, Part 2: Building an Opt-in List

Remember when I told you that some of the best products and services to sell online are 'shovels?'

The people who really got rich back in the Forty-niner Gold Rush days weren't those out looking for gold. It was the people who sold them the 'shovels' and other items they
needed.

In the online world, some really terrific examples of 'shovels' are lead generation programs and autoresponders.

Anyone who is trying to build a business online needs these two services. You simply can't build an opt-in list and effectively work it without them.

So what could be better than using a lead generation program to build your list AND earn an income from it at the same time?

As you start building your online business, always keep in mind that you'll make more money - and build a more stable income - with several income centers.

Let's say that you've done a survey of network marketing and affiliate programs in deciding what you want to sell online. You decide to join a network marketing program that has a
variety of vitamin products.

As you build your downline in that program, and make sales to customers, you'll have one income center. But keep in mind that to make money, you need to sponsor new people into
your program.

A good lead program will give you the prospects you need. And will help you start building a large and profitable opt-in list.

But it will also give you a second income center. Don't forget - those people you sponsor aren't going to stay in your program very long if they aren't making any money. They need to also be sponsoring new people. And since you are their sponsor, they're going to ask YOU how to do it.

That's where your lead program comes in. It not only helps you sponsor people into your primary program, but it ALSO gives you a legitimate second program you can offer your group. A leads program certainly doesn't compete with your main program, so you don't have to worry about offering them something that will take away their focus. What you are offering is a way to build their income in your main program, and a second one as well. This is a win-win
situation for everyone.

Not only will your leads program help you earn money in both programs. But it will help your DOWNLINE earn money in both programs. And in the long run - you earn MUCH MORE because they are actively building as well. And remember - one of the reasons that network marketing programs are so profitable is that you can earn monthly income from the work of other people.

If your downline is working, you'll be earning an income off the people that they sponsor - into both your main program and your leads program. Believe me, folks, this kind of income can snowball rapidly!

That's why I recommend very highly that you start building your opt-in list by joining a good leads program.

This is exactly how I've built my list over the 5+ years that I've been online. I currently belong to several good leads programs, plus I generate and sell a lot of leads on my own. I spend hundreds of dollars every month on leads, and they pay off for me big time! At last count, my opt-in lists totalled over 180,000!

That means that when I join a new network marketing program, or find a great new product that would interest my list, I immediately have people to contact. I can add hundreds of people to a new downline, or sell hundreds of dollars worth of product with just one email.

You won't build a list that large in just a couple of months. But if you start now at the level you can afford, and then keep building on it every month, it won't be long before you have a large list as well.

Remember, you are not going to get rich overnight online. But if you start building right now, and then continue to do it every month, you can build any income you can imagine.

So where should you start?

My top choice for starting out is Traffic Oasis. There are many fine leads programs online, but Traffic Oasis will give you the highest-quality non-shared MLM leads that you are likely to find anywhere online.

Plus, they include an autoresponder system for members so you can email those leads without having any problems with your own ISP.

If you're a network marketer, Traffic Oasis membership will help you become more successful in any program you promote. But keep in mind that they have their own high-profit compensation plan as well:

- 3x5 Forced Infinite Cycling Matrix
- New Matrix Follows the Line of Sponsorship
- Never Lose Your Downline--They Follow You
- Extremely Lucrative and Fast Payments
- The Highest Possible Residual Income
- Infinite Powerline Earnings
- Instant Permanent Matrix Qualification
- FIVE different income streams in one plan!


If you are brand new to email marketing, Traffic Oasis Leads gives
you a terrific way to get started quickly. You'll get leads. You'll get an autoresponder. You'll also get some top-quality training that you won't find anywhere else. Included in a Traffic Oasis membership is Fred Stege's bestseller "Recruit Your Way to Millions." Fred is the CEO of Traffic Oasis and knows what it takes to succeed in network marketing and online. That means you're going to start making money a lot faster than if you had to do all the setup yourself!

Your ultimate goal should be to build a list of at least 10,000 subscribers as quickly as possible. Using Traffic Oasis Leads is going to give you a big jumpstart!