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5 Common Mistakes Affiliates Make

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

by John Neyman

Avoiding some of the common mistakes made by affiliate marketers should quickly and easily improve your chances of making affiliate sales. Here are five of the top mistakes:

Common Mistake #1: Not researching the affiliate program before your start promoting it - it really is amazing just how many affiliates grab the first affiliate program that comes along or signup simply because it has a high commission rate or promote it because every other marketer is also promoting it. If the program does not complement the overall theme of your site, you may find it difficult to convince your subscribers to purchase the product if it does not have anything to do with the area you are targeting.

Common Mistake #2: Not using your signature file correctly - many affiliates will add a signature file to all of their out-going email messages and message board posts that is totally inappropriate. Twenty lines of text full of affiliate links, is not considered a signature file - it’s usually considered ’spam.’ Try keeping your signature file under five lines with an attention grabbing or intriguing first line.

Common Mistake #3: Not writing your own ad copy - there’s nothing worse than seeing the same advert all over the Net or in an email message from ten different marketers. How much perceived value will your message have when it arrives and the reader is seeing it for the tenth time? Take the time to tweak the ad to suit your target area and readership before sending it out. Personalize it; make the ad your own.

Common Mistake #4: Not paying for your own domain name and hosting account - yuck, nobody wants to visit a site that looks like www.somefreeserver.com/thisavenue/overhere/mysite.html with a contact email address of bobsnetbiz@somefreeemail.com. It’s very unprofessional and suggests to your subscribers that you haven’t made any money on-line because you don’t know what you’re doing and are too stingy to spend any money on setting up your business properly. $8.95 a year for a domain name at GoDaddy.com and around $4 per month for a small hosting account won’t break the bank; it may just help to add to the bank in the long run.

Common Mistake #5: Not capturing your leads before you send them through to the affiliate product site - if you can actually get someone to click on one of your affiliate links and they leave the product site without purchasing, what have you gained? Nothing! Nothing that is, except the expense and/or time to get that one click-through in the first place. Set up a squeeze page so you can capture your lead’s email address before you send them onto the product site. That way, if they don’t buy, you can follow up with them later and try again (and again and again and again). Priceless!

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Marketing Services for the Internet

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

by Gary Terrazas

In order for an Internet business to be successful, first-rate Internet marketing activities need to be drawn-up and implemented.

However, it is not an easy task to find good Internet marketing service or a good Internet marketing affiliate program. This is because there are just as many bad Internet marketing affiliate programs out there as there are good ones too.

Therefore, the very first key to finding Internet services for your company is to be able to tell the overall difference between the good and the bad Internet marketing service programs.

Being able to tell the difference right off will prevent a promising company from being ripped off by those out there who prey on businesses in need of Internet marketing services for their company.

A super tool to make use of is one known as affiliate marketing. But before you investigate this route, know that Internet marketing services affiliates that are of any worth do not charge you to subscribe to their membership or charge you for services that have not yet supplied. Therefore it may be best to avoid any marketing affiliate programme that requests money before you receive any value.

Another opportunity to make the most of is called search engine marketing. You first choose your target market, then secondly choose search engines which reach this segment and thirdly you optimise your website to achieve high rankings with those search engines. Yahoo and Google are very popular search engines with a variety of users. Ascertain whether the search engines you have chosen will assist you reach the objectives you have set.

By understanding how the individual search engines operate, you will have a better idea of what search engine techniques will effectively raise your ranking and which techniques are mediocre at best.

PPC is an Internet marketing medium that can also be used for greater exposure. Contact a search engine to work with them on a paid per click programme or otherwise find a website with high traffic and advertise with them.

Be aware that you don’t unnecessarily place your advert on high traffic websites, but that the traffic is of no relevance to your business. For example, it may not be wise to place an advert for flowers on an industrial metals website.

If you decide to use the services of an Internet marketing company or consultant take care to pick the best. Take time to make adequate research into their pedigree and history. Look at past projects they have done. Ask them for their resume, ask if they have existed under any other name in the past and research that too.

Determine their capabilities by asking the Internet marketing company you identify how they foresee themselves adding value to your business. Keep in mind that lousy companies keep their secrets to themselves but honest companies are happy to share information with you.

Choose the best from the many Internet marketing companies available to ensure that your business is successful.

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How To Make Great Flyfishing Header Graphics

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

by Craig Petersen

All Right, so you’re a fanatic about flyfishing, and you need to produce a outstanding website to show the public your genius. Or you’re expecting to sell your exceptional flyfishing products, or to market your accomplishments in your neighborhood as a flyfishing guide. Whatever your rationality for needing to create a site, there is one matter you truly need to dress it up: a flyfishing header graphic that stands out from the rest. There are two basic means to get one: hire someone to plan a beautiful unique header for you, or create it yourself.

The Hiring Route

If your gifts belong more in fishing than in graphics, you in all likelihood should go forward and engage a pro to design your flyfishing header. Lead Off with getting an idea of the specific artwork you want: do you have pictures, or do you require a more lively feeling? Is there a focus you need to further your business, or are you open to ideas? Is it simply a header, or are you searching for something that goes up one side and across the top, hugging your content?

Once you recognize what you want to see, it’s time to line up your graphic designer. You can search in scores of places: Elance, for example, furnishes you with freelance graphic designers for hire at reasonable prices. RentACoder is another first-class site to hire independent talent, or GetAFreelancer. At these sites, you can either put your job out for bid, and select the freelancer you like the best, or you can look through hundreds of portfolios and solicit a freelancer directly.

If money’s not a problem, locate some sites with great looks - not only fishing sites, but other action sites as well - and email the site owner, asking him to recommend the artist to you. It’s uncommon that they will turn you down.

Deliberate, though, if you’re going to have someone produce your graphics for you, that you may save some money in the long run and end up with a genuinely great looking site if you employ them to do an total theme, with buttons and smaller versions of your flyfishing header graphics, instead of just a flyfishing header.

Do It Yourself

If you’re a do-it-yourself kind of person and you do possess some artistic talent, there are some excellent programs out there that you can utilize to create your flyfishing header graphics. Start, though, by charting out precisely what your header should appear like, utilizing graph paper to keep you in line. Once you have a clear vision, start shopping.

For photo-realistic effects, you can’t beat Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro. Either delivers great graphical capabilities, optimize pictures for the Web, and Paint Shop Pro has a fantastic utility named a picture tube that drops series of images on your sheet for you. You can discover great pictures at sites like istockphoto or stock.xchng, or you can find free GIF images at sites like gif.com to use in your header. With good planning, you may be able to design a flyfishing header that suits your intentions just fine.

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