Most people don’t read the Terms section. It’s a fact. And affiliate marketers don’t make an exception.
Today I’ll reveal four types of traps that sometimes are included in the Affiliate Terms and seriously jeopardize your commissions.
The most unpleasant consequence of some of these traps is that if you don’t read and understand the Terms, then you’ll not be able to detect the trap and you’ll keep promoting such a program.
Awful. A continuous loss of commissions. (more…)
Placing affiliate banners on your blog is one of the most common blog monetization techniques.
Not the most or the least effective. In-between.
Since the case when (almost) no one clicked a certain banner is not very uncommon, let’s analyze together why such an unpleasant situation usually happens and see what you can do to avoid it.
Speaking about solutions, the easiest one is to remove all banners. Remove all so called distractions and you won’t need to read further. There’s a huge disadvantage though… (more…)
One of the most effective ways to make money with your blog is writing product reviews.
Since the role of a product review is to pre-sell the product, one of the most difficult decisions you have to take is related to this question:
“How to deal with the cons of that product?”
You want to make money, right? So the first idea that you may have is that you don’t make money by showing how bad a product is.
That’s not an unrealistic point of view, but I have to confess that I was a little bit tricky… (more…)
Affiliate marketing is a numbers game. The more quality traffic you drive to your affiliate review, the more sales you make.
The question is, “How to reach a wider audience?”
You could increase your marketing budget. You could also work more and promote harder your review. Both are solutions indeed.
But what if I tell you that there’s a third solution that doesn’t involve money and it isn’t related to the time you spend promoting your review?
Got your attention? Keep reading, the solution is coming your way… (more…)
You promote a biz opp or an affiliate product by using different marketing techniques. For various reasons, some techniques will get better results than others.
How do you know what marketing actions you should stop or improve? How do you know what you should focus your energy on? There’s only one answer: you have to use an ad tracker. Otherwise, you’re a blind marketer.
Within the next minutes I’ll review the free plans the ad tracking companies offer. (more…)
