Affiliate Links do not work - they cost you sales.

Affiliate links don't work, they cost you sales. It's as simple as that really and the thing is, it's completely avoidable. There's no need for this to happen and the professionals in Internet Marketing have known this all along, you just never got told it yourself. Until now that is. Let's look at Affiliate links as a typical example of a beginner's mistake and my tip for dealing with it.
When I find my own subscribers or people I am coaching making this mistake, I insist they consider rectifying it before they move on.

There is so much income lost because of this simple and very common mistake.

Ok, so when you join an affiliate program, you get what is called an affiliate link, which will be something like www.yourusername.theopportunityname.com or www.theproduct.com/yourusername

Something along those lines anyway and the thing is, not only does it look messy and unprofessional, it can lose you sales for a number of reasons.

1) your prospect will see you as an amateur and will not want to work with you for that reason.
2) your prospect will just remove your username and go straight to the main merchant page, meaning you lose the sale.
3) your prospect will type it wrongly and get someone else's affiliate landing page.
4) your prospect will simply forget it as it was too long to remember.

Whatever the reason that you lose your sale, the bottom line is the same, you lost it.

I always tell my mentees that before they put an affiliate link infront of any prospects, they must get themselves a domain that is relevant and catchy. One that has a name that will create interest in their prospects and get them to click on it.

Your ability to choose a domain name that will entice prospects to take action is something that will improve with practice.

The most important thing to do, is get that domain and forward and mask it so that when a prospect sees your domain and clicks on it, they are directed to your affiliate landing page but they never get to see your affiliate link.

So how do you do this ? An easy 3 steps;

1) First you need to get your domain name and the cheapest place to do this is without doubt Godaddy, so go to Godaddy and create your account there.
2) Once your account is created, it's time to choose your domain name. So be sure to get one that is relevant and that is catchy enough to provoke action from the prospect.
There is a search box at godaddy for entering your chosen domain name and then the system will check to see if your chosen domain name is available.

 

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