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By:
Angie
Dixon
The
best way to boost your affiliate sales is to create
something original and let people know about it--break
out of the "me, too" crowd and do something
different.
There is a common misconception among affiliates that
they are "stuck" with the marketing materials
the product owners provide, and unable to do anything of
their own.
This is, by and large, not true. If you're not sure,
ask. Most affiliate managers will okay outside materials
if they can see them first.
Your first step is to create a free report. This
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sounds
like a monumental task, but my own free report,
"Ahead of the Pack," available at my web site,
shows you how easy it is.
The
easiest way to write a report is to compile a list of 5
or 7 tips, and write a few sentences on each one. If I
were an affiliate for a book on resumes, I might write
"5 Tips for a better resume." Then I'd use the
report to lead to my web site selling the resume book.
The next step is to set up a way to capture email
addresses - either by
offering
the report as an autoresponder series or by requiring
signup to your newsletter to download the report. Tips
reports work very well as autoresponder series, and you
can follow up periodically.
Finally, let people know about your report using a press
release. My free report "Power Press Releases"
makes this super simple.
Basically, you need to write Who (the person who
benefits, not you), what (the free report), when
(available now), where (at your web site), why (why this
report is available) and how (how it provides the
benefit).
I realize time is scarce, and people who don't write for
a living often think it's much harder than I do. But I
can almost guarantee that if you sit down and write a
quick report and publicize it with a release distributed
by the top free distribution services, you will make
more affiliate sales and it will more than make up for
the time you invest.
Article
Source:
http://articles-4-free.com
Angie
Dixon is a professional press release writer. Get a copy
of her free report, "Articles: A Dead Marketing
Tool?" at www.xpressreleases.com.
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