Reach-Millions

The tools

YOU NEED A WEBSITE

Some say you don't need a web site to make a sell, but the truth is that  you need it to optimize your efforts. Consider that there is a growing number of people getting into online affiliate business each hour around the world. You and them will spend money on a web site, so make it on the affiliate format:  promote it and get commissions per sale.
    Most people cannot afford a complete marketing system from the begining, having to grow from the lowest payment levels; yes, there must be some payment to have a real presence. These are the first tools to pay for:

• Get a .com Domain Name for less than $9.
• Web site hosting on shared Linux server. Free hosting does not support the tools needed. 100 mb would suffice.

Broad concepts

PRICE AND REACH

A cheaper product reaches a broader market. Selling a $100 product will give you a bigger commission per sale than a $10 dollar product. But the cheap product will sell much more in total than the more expensive one. Because there is a bigger number of people able to pay that.
      Reach is also about if you can apply from any country. There is a growing number of people outside USA, willing to get into the affiliate way. Most of the best affiliate programs are based on Clickbank, but they don't use to tell you that South America citizens are not applicable as Clickbank affiliates, that's a whole continent. Just recently, Chile has been added as the sole allowed south american country. But there are many other affiliate networks and programs with worldwide application. If you live in South America, I have found that you can still apply to Clickbank with a service like skybox.net to have an US address, and jump over your national mail. For those who are advertising worldwide, make note this.

Smart advertising stream

THE MUSCLE ACTION OF EVERY EFFORT

Newbies tend to fail because they rely too much on what they offer. That's fine but this skeleton needs to be moved by the advertising muscle. It is not about any advertising type, it must be targeted advertising. Raw advertising is a waste of time. Most programs don't emphasize enough how important it is the advertising stream you need for every venture. Mastering a smart advertising stream lets you go into any business succesfully. Now you know this is crucial to succeed: you need a lot of targeted advertising. Get it by these methods:

• post your site to search engines.
• post comments on forums, blogs, comment lists and others.
• paid advertising.
• article marketing. Recommended by top marketers.
• multimedia marketing has a free entry level.
• find out the new methods appearing as you read this.

That said and applied, the web site gets a well selected traffic. Then the content of the site must be smart enough to drive the sales process, by having these tools well combined:

• squeeze page (splash page). A welcome page with an opt-in form.
• sales letter (sales pitch, copywrite, copy). This needs skills, learn it. Professional writers are very well paid.
• email autoresponder. Able to send follow up emails to your customers list, hoping to get a sale at about the 8th email sent, each one with a tailored sales letter.

This, or more, not less, is a marketing campaign for consistent results, then rinse and repeat. See the links for details.