Whether you are a new or seasoned affiliate marketers, you should know what are the best practice in the market. Knowing them would help you to avoid unnecessary pitfalls and save you times. It may be hard to be successful. Improving your knowledge will never do any wrong. Here are some tips to share with you.
Dos
1. Look for high quality affilliate product that you think you would consider purchasing yourself. If you cannot convince yourself on the affiliate product, how could you be confident in convince others to buy. Promote affiliate product that you really believe that it will bring good benefits to the buyers. This will make you better at promoting it.
2. Promote product which you feel passionate about instead of popularity.
3. Take advantage of the useful information that the vendors offer on their Affiliates pages. of their sites. Useful information includes keywords, graphic, customer testimonials, author background, product description, product benefits and offers.
4. Test your HopLinks frequently to ensure they’re working properly.
5. Spend time to explore various promotional techniques. You can find free affiliate marketing tips in net or try observing how other affiliate marketers promote their products.
6. Be flexible about your techniques, and be willing to make changes if something isn’t working. Different techniques work for different types of products, so what worked for you in the past may not work in the future. The business of affiliate marketing changes very quickly, so you always need to be ready to adjust to market trends, new products, and other unforeseen circumstances.
7. Store copies of your HopLinks in a file on your computer. It’s also a good idea to include a note about which product the HopLink corresponds to, and any additional details you want to remember about the product.
8. Choose an inoffensive account nickname. While your nickname doesn’t have to be perfect (see the Don’t below), it will be visible to customers, so it’s a good idea to make it something that won’t offend anyone or make them decide not to purchase through you.
Don’ts
1. Don’t spam. There are a number of reasons not to spam other people with affiliate promotions. Spamming can causes your affiliate account suspended.
2. Don’t use “negative” advertising campaigns. While some affiliates think it’s a good idea to create ads like “Is Product X a scam?” and then link to the product. Many vendors are opposed to people associating their product with being a scam. It’s better to highlight the benefits of a product right off the bat, instead of introducing fear about a product and then trying to sell a customer on the product anyway.
3. Don’t feel that you must purchase the product you want to promote. You’re never required to purchase a product to be able to promote it, though sometimes owning and using the product can lead to new ideas on how to promote the product.
4. Don’t offer bonuses of cash or cash equivalents (such as gift cards) for customers who purchase a product through your HopLink. Such practice is usually baned by the Affilliate Marketer Contract. You can, however, offer other types of bonuses, such as additional ebooks or related products, to customers who purchase through your HopLink.
5. Don’t expect to quickly generate a lot of traffic using free promotional techniques. While free promotional methods such as search engine optimization (SEO) and social media can eventually lead to lots of traffic, beginner affiliates will likely not drive much traffic from these methods until they’ve had time to build up their efforts, reputation, and search engine rankings.
6. Don’t mask or store your HopLink in a frame. For your HopLinks to be properly tracked, they must not be stored in a frame. If your domain is masked, your HopLink will be stored in this manner, and therefore will be unreliable.
Don’t promote the “resolved” form of a HopLink. An example of this would be www.examplesite.com/?hop=yournickname. Instead, you must use the HopLink format ending in hop.clickbank.net so the Hop can be tracked correctly, ensuring you receive affiliate credit on the sale.
7. Don’t use your password as a Tracking ID. If you choose to include a Tracking ID on your HopLink, it is visible to anyone who clicks your HopLink, as is your account nickname. Having both of these pieces of information visible to others may invite unauthorized access to your account.
8. Don’t be overly concerned with picking a “perfect” ClickBank nickname. Your advertising efforts are what really count, not the nickname you use.
