Henry Winkler once said, “Assumptions are the termites of relationships.”
That saying is not only true in our real-world relationships, it's true in our online relationships….especially our online relationships with members of our opt-in lists.
Of course, first you have to HAVE an opt-in list before you can begin to build a solid, termite-free relationship.
The ways to build an opt-in list are many and varied but the most tried and true methods are:
- Offering an opt-in incentive that has real value (example: an eBook, report or software)..
- Being an active poster of online blogs and forum communities that relate to the products and/or services in your niche.
- Writing thoughtful and informational articles and ebooks about your niche topic and submitting them to article banks and eBook repositories.
The three most important things in the real estate market (according to the real estate gurus) are location, location and location.
According to internet marketing gurus, the three most important things for a profitable website are content, content and content. But new content doesn’t grow on trees.
If you have more than one web site, finding the time to write your own content is nearly impossible - even for a full time internet marketer. Still, we know we need content, lots of it, and on a very regular basis.
First there was Clickbank standing alone in allowing affiliates to sell digital products. Then along came PayDotCom and took them on. Clickbank responded to this challenge by giving their site a long overdue makeover and tweaking their system a bit.
Both networks have survived in the market place and both continue to prosper. It was only a matter of time before someone decided to challenge them and create another network.
Enter 
Some people are unfortunate enough to know that you can have a very popular website on the internet and still not be making any money.
In order to resolve this situation, the first thing you need to do is get traffic, and then, most importantly, sell your products and services to that traffic.
If your website visitors come to your website and read every word or every piece of content that you have posted, and then don't buy anything, you don't make a dime.
Affiliates SHOULD sell their own products!
You've heard this before - it's not new advice by any means. Being an affiliate is a great business, but if you want the quickest way to double your business - you need to also launch your own product.
Some people just don't want the headache of developing a product (they think they don't have great ideas!) They're just happy marketing to their list, or making money with Google Adsense.
People are funny. They are so funny that years ago the late Art Linkletter even had a whole television show that was named "People are Funny." Isn't it funny how people HATE advertisements, but they LOVE information that they deem relevant and helpful?
The best advertisements are information. The information in an advertisement is written to convey pertinent facts about a product to prospective buyers.
But because people don't like advertisements, your sales and pre-sales copy needs to be written in a way that doesn't sound like advertising. Instead, it should have the appearance of information being shared and a product being recommended.
When I get to The Affiliate Summit this July 7th, I'm going to first run around the hotel looking for Scott Hazard (never met him before), but apparently I've learned recently that he gives a mean hug.And, you know what, it was a tough last year, lots of stress - I could really use a good hug, or a "ScooterSqueeze" as he calls it (trademarked term, so be careful)!
Scott has come together with Affiliate Summit for a great cause and all affiliates, yes, including YOU, should support this. For a small donation of $20, not only will you get a comforting "ScooterSqueeze," but you'll get a shnazy T-shirt!
All proceeds go to the "
