Sunday, July 26, 2009

Are Sales Page Opt Ins Decreasing Your Affiliate Commission?


There are over a hundred affiliate marketing businesses running actively nowadays with people striving to earn a stable income online. One of the most popular trends is to become an affiliate of Clickbank products and to sell these to interested customers through a sales page. But of course, with such a strong competition and lack of knowledge on how to effectively sell these digital products, a lot of internet marketers tend to lose the will and the resources to continue selling as they encounter problems and issues regarding the products they sell, the links being used, and the like. For this article, the issue whether sales page opt ins are a factor of decreasing commissions will be discussed to provide insight and understanding as to how this internet marketing tool works and how one can actually benefit from it.
As we all know, the role of the affiliate is to sell the product through a sales page to customers online. The sales page would normally contain the content introducing the product, the link that will lead them back to the main website where they can purchase the product, and of course an opt in list for the customer to receive mails and updates with regards to the product. These opt ins are usually paired with freebies and bonuses that the customer can avail of, so by entering their email addresses in the opt in box they are not only signing up for the bonuses and email updates but crediting your page for commission. But the issue raised here is whether or not the affiliate still has a role in the business if the customer simply opts in without actually purchasing the product. Will that decrease one’s chances of earning commission?


The truth is affiliate marketing systems as well as Clickbank websites track the referrals of their affiliates through cookies and the IP address used, in which the former would normally be saved into the computer not less than 60 days at the most. So most likely if the customer decides to opt in to the mailing list of the vendor, the ID of the affiliate will be identified and the sales will be credited to his or her account. Though there is no assurance that the customer will buy the product, the fact that he or she found his or her way to the mailing list through the affiliate’s sales page will already indicate that the commission will still go to him or her and that he or she will still be paid months from now.


But of course, there are certain possibilities that you as the internet marketer would lose commissions if there are opt ins on the sales page. Supposing the customer decides to opt in into the mailing list but decides to check out the product a little later. If he or she erases all cookies in the PC or decides to use a different browser to buy the product, then most likely the commissions won’t go to you.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Make Use of Offline Method to Promote Online Business

When you hear the word “internet marketing”, you would normally assume that everything from transactions to communication, payments to refunds, and the like, all take place in the World Wide Web and nowhere else.

This kind of trend has been going on for years now and to such extent that people from all over the world are actively buying and selling through internet marketing and all of its fields and categories in order to make a stable passive income online. But lately, especially with the use of outsource services and automation these days, there have been cases where people are able to make money offline but provide a particular kind of service that they would be interested in online. The offline factor points to the customers themselves, in which actual advertisements are being used to attract them to the sales page or website for more information. This idea is not only a great way to save up on costs for online services but can actually expand one’s business in both ways: offline and online.

If you’re wondering how to make use of offline method to promote online business, it’s actually very possible and is even slowly becoming the hottest internet marketing trend today. How so? Let’s look at it through an example: Because of the financial crisis plaguing the country, a lot of business owners (those who own actual establishments like restaurants and stores) are having a difficult time keeping their businesses running and are spending a lot of money on advertisements and agency services.

They are especially aiming for a website to promote their businesses online but are hindered in finishing the transaction by the expensive charges most web designers are imposing on them. So you can just imagine how valuable you can actually be to these people if you provide them with all their needs for just a few hundred dollars a month. You just need a few important tools to make use of offline method to promote online business: knowledge on internet marketing (PPC, SEO, etc), outsource services, and good communication skills. If you’re able to pull all of these things off, you can already earn as much as $10,000 per month and not have to sweat too much on the hard work.

So what actually happens when the website is finished? The advertisements are still in place, but with the new website posted as well. Once customers see that there is a website and a few contact numbers, they would visit the website and read what the business is actually about. If interested, the customer can sign up in the mailing list and will receive email updates such as events and promos going on in the business, breaking open the opportunity of earning hundreds of dollars through a few emails alone.

It is actually a very simple process and very possible to expand and grow, but it also takes good people skills and the ability to assure clients that they are being offered a greater deal than what the advertising companies and web designers are actually offering to them.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Making of Internet Marketing Skills to Make Money Offline


The World Wide Web has become the ultimate and most convenient source of information for people all over the world, which explains why a lot of internet marketers are striving hard to earn a stable income through their online businesses. Trends of all kinds have evolved, been adopted by hundreds of online businessmen and women, and are constantly being used to make sales and break quotas for many years. But there is a new trend that enables internet marketers to actually expand their businesses and services even more, and that’s through offline internet marketing. The term sounds like an oxymoron, but it is possible and has proven to be very lucrative to many internet marketers already.


Internet marketers all over the world are now learning how to making of internet marketing skills to make money offline. They do this with the help of outsourcing services and automation in terms of advertising their businesses to offline customers. This enables them to save time and effort on the actual work with regards to the website and at the same time can appeal personally to their clients the services and benefits they are going to get through their internet marketing skills. For example, an internet marketer can set up ads about his or her business all over his or her area in order to get the potential customers’ attention. They place the website of their business, contact numbers, email addresses, and wait for the calls and emails to start coming in. They then hold meetings, rendezvous, and all kinds of get-togethers to be able to explain how the system will go, how the website will bring in the benefits and profits, and how much they are going to be spending every month.

Your clients will probably be wondering what they are going to get from the websites, which is your cue in letting them in on the possibilities that internet marketing can provide. For instance, if the website you are building is for a restaurant, customers who are interested can easily access the official website, read through the content, and if they are interested can sign up in the mailing list to be able to get updates such as events, promos, new menus, etc. Not only is traffic going to build up but sales will be booming through several well-written emails alone. This scenario is internet marketing working at its best already.

When it comes to making of internet marketing skills to make money offline, personality and communication skills are also very important. This is so because you will be dealing with clients who more or less do not have an idea of how much they will be spending for internet marketing services, how much they are going to earn from the websites to be built, and the like. By offering them a price that they cannot refuse and are very affordable as compared to the expenses on actual advertisements, you can easily get your clients hooked on to you like never before. What’s more, you don’t have to be the one working day and night in creating websites and hosting them up online since there are very trusted outsourcing companies all over the world who can do that for you. All it takes is a few hours per day monitoring the system and progress of your clients’ websites and you’ll be earning over $10,000 per month.