Promote Your Products For Free by Secret Affiliate

One of the things that strikes you as soon as you make the decision to start affiliate marketing is this: the dearth of helpful information on what you can actually do to get your affiliate marketing efforts to pay off. Of course, bare-bones guides tell you that you can start by registering a domain name and creating a sales page. Then all you have to do is register with some service for pay-per-click ads and money will start flowing in, they say.

Unfortunately, this is a "pipe-dream!"

But it is possible to promote without spending a fortune on advertising. There are several ways to generate free traffic to your domain name that actually work...

1. Forums

With their popularity rising every day, forums offer you a great opportunity to promote your affiliate link. Visit forums related to your product and give helpful suggestions or useful information. Don't forget to include your signature file at the bottom of the post. This is how interested clients will find you.

My guarantee: if you've contributed something useful, you will see an immediate rise in traffic through your link.

2. Blogging

Search engines simply love blogs. So you really can't imagine earning 'super' money without setting up a blog. There are a number of free blogging services available. Sign up with one of them and follow their easy instructions. You will be ready to go in less time than it takes to bake a cake!

Target your blog tightly around the exact niche you are promoting and add to it regularly. The incoming traffic will blow you away! This is one of the top ways to earn affiliate income from your domain.

Another neat technique: Visit related blogs and post your comments. This will bring links back to your own blog. Of course, spamming is a big NO!

3. Set up a fantastic squeeze page

Your 'pre-sell' page or landing page is like the appetizer before the main course: just good enough to whet your reader's appetite for more. Just give your visitors enough to make them leave their email address with you.

Squeeze pages help you build your most important affiliate tool - your lead list. This list is the pulse of your online business because it contains the names of all those people who might be interested in the product you offer.

Another important tip: Utilize technology to your advantage. Place a short video or audio on your squeeze page. This is the easiest way to punch up customer responsiveness.

4. Write a complimentary report

The web is all about offering quality information for FREE!

Write a free 5-8 page report and advertise it using blogs, forums and social bookmarking sites. Include your affiliate link in the report. If your report is genuine, many people will check back and discover your product.

Paid ads can break your marketing budget even before you start. So stay away from paid advertising.

A new affiliate marketing campaign must always start out with the lowest possible investment on your part. If your product is brand new in the marketplace, diving directly into a Pay Per Click campaign will lose you money. Before making the decision to pay for ads, exhaust all free methods. Once the existing channels start paying up, you can experiment with paid advertising.

This simple blueprint will help you generate massive income from your site.

About the Author

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