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Earn Money with Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing, simply stated, allows you to make money by earning commissions promoting products and services designed by other people.
There are thousands of programs looking for affiliates. Becoming an affiliate is the easy part. Learning how to be an effective affiliate takes a little time.
All marketing is based on a simple strategy. Getting a message in front of a prospective purchaser. Why do you think there is such a hubbub each year about Super Bowl ads? Simple. Lots and lots of people watch the Super Bowl. Advertisers pay millions of dollars to get a message in front of all those eyes.
Effective Affiliate Marketing
Understand the Internet
If all marketing is based on the simple strategy of getting a message in front of prospective purchasers, affiliate marketing has that same strategy. Your message must find its way in front of as many eyes as possible. The Internet makes that possible...and...at the lowest cost.An old worn out term once described the Internet as the Information Superhighway. Even though we no longer use the term, it's true. People use the Internet to find information. In other words, they are looking for text, photos and videos that will make them happy.
With millions and millions of web pages trying to attract millions and millions of eyes each day, how do you get those eyes to see your message. Simple. We take a lesson from the professionals. Who thought drinking milk could be sexy? Well, somebody did...and "Got Milk?" became a standard.
You might have the best message and the most important information in the world, but if no one sees it, it has no value. Photos and videos attract attention to your message. (See videos below)
Once you get those eyes to your message, you need to have a compelling message. Remember, people are looking for something to make some part of their lives a little happier.
How does your message do that? The answer is simple: good copywriting. The methodology, however, requires learning.
Internet Marketing Copywriting
How to Write Effectively
Copywriting and copyrighting are two different animals. Writing good copy is what you are after. (Note: any original content you write is automatically copyrighted to you.)Certainly you must begin with a powerful headline. And that should be followed with a compelling subheading. Your first paragraph should draw people down into the content. That sounds simple enough, doesn't it?
If it is truly that simple, why isn't everyone doing it? Why, pray tell, is there so much junk pretending to be good information?
Here's one of my greatest pet peeves: if your promotional material is full of misseplled words, I'm not going to buy your super duper product, even if it is only $3.93. Closely akin is another turn off for me. I have purchased quite a bit of stuff from entrepreneurs living outside the United States. However, if the grammatical structure is something like me love you long time, well...no thanks.
Every Internet marketer needs to know HOW to write that powerful headline, WHAT to say in your compelling subheading, and WHICH words to use in the all important first paragraph.
That brings me to a guy you should know. My friend Joe teaches Effective Copywriting, and he doesn't charge for it. Wow! Let me introduce you.
How to Write Effective Copy
Meet the Guru
Joe doesn't like the term guru so I apologize to him for that reference. But, if anyone is a guru when it comes to writing effective copy, he is it.Joe was hired to produce a full page magazine ad and a direct mail package for an International Database Developer Software company. He graciously admits he did not have a clue what type of business it was or what they sold when he began. Not only that, it took him a week to translate their techie language into plain English so he could know what he was supposed to do.
Joe had a secret. He knew that a lot of potential customers would not understand all that techie language. After all, many of those potential customers were newbies looking for a program to help them. Joe wrote the sales package in easy-to-understand layman's language.
The company's sales increased 400% with the new marketing copy.
You mean he really teaches effective copywriting for free? Yes, he does. What's the catch?
Joe is an Internet marketer. He has his own affiliate program, and he teaches copy writing for free to his affiliates. Ahhhhhhh...so how much does it cost to be an affiliate? Nothing.
Click here to join Joe's Affiliate Program. Yes, that is a php click counting link because I'd like to know how many of you clicked on it. I want to know if you find information on this lens to be helpful to you. And, trust me, you'll be glad to be an affiliate of Joe. Certainly you can learn from him. He also has come great products you can promote.
Good Reading from Amazon
Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive
Amazon Price: $16.50 (as of 12/03/2008) 
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Collins Business Essentials)
Amazon Price: $12.21 (as of 12/03/2008)
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Amazon Price: $16.50 (as of 12/03/2008)
The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use News Releases, Blogs, Podcasting, Viral Marketing and Online Media to Reach Buyers Directly
Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 12/03/2008)
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Posted September 01, 2008
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Your lens has a lot of helpful information and answers some of my Affiliate questions. 5*
Posted September 01, 2008
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Draw Attention with Videos
Videos are a great way to draw attention to your message.
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