Sure affiliate marketing can be highly profitable but if youre not using the right methods you could actually be driving away your customers. Here are 6 things to avoid in affiliate marketing: 1) Dont distract visitors with too many offers. You may think by listing a whole bunch of different programs the better your odds of making a sale, but if you give your visitors too many choices chances are theyre going to go into information overdrive and not buy anything at all. 2) Dont go for the sale immediately. People need to be warmed up before they purchase from you. Give them information, advice, substance and then and only then should you make an offer. 3) Dont use exclamation marks!! Exclamation marks and other hype language will make your offer sound like a sales pitch and nobody likes a sales pitch right? Speak in a genuine way and try to avoid too many exclamation marks. 4) Dont Just Let Them Leave. Chances are your visitors arent going to buy from you the first time around so dont let them leave your website without collecting their email address. You need a way to follow up with them. Send them valuable information through your mailing list along with the relevant offers. 5) Dont OVER sell a product. Product reviews work really well with affiliate marketing but you need to make sure your reviews are honest. Come one lets face it no product is perfect. Be honest in your reviews, if you wish the product offered had a certain function then say so. People will trust you more if they know youre reviews are honest. 6) Dont review products you dont own. This can be a killer. Its so much easier to promote a product you own and use and it will come through in your writing. If youre reviewing a product take the time and make the investment and actually purchase the product and use it. |
