by Michael Southon
Free Articles continue to be one of the most effective But how can you use free articles to promote an - people can easily remove your affiliate ID - an affiliate link makes you look like just another So how do you use articles to promote affiliate (1) Turn your website into a 'Marketing Resources On your website display book covers and provide brief You could divide your directory into categories: Web In your Resource Box at the bottom of your article you (2) Write a Free Report Write a free report on web marketing and turn it into Your free report might have 5 or 6 chapters, each In each chapter you would include recommendations (and
ways of quickly generating traffic and sales, without
paying for advertising.
affiliate link? Putting your affiliate link in your
Resource Box is not going to work, for a number of
reasons:
and just visit the main website of the affiliate
program (you get no commission)
beginner, instead of an expert with something
unique to offer
products? Here are some strategies:
Directory'
reviews for a range of eBooks or software that deal
with web marketing.
Marketing (general), Affiliate Programs, Search Engine
Positioning, Email Marketing, Copywriting, Ezine
Publishing, etc.
could say: John Doe shows webmasters how to succeed in
online business. Visit his collection of marketing
resources at: http://www.yourdomain.com
an exe format free eBook.
chapter dealing with a different aspect of web
marketing (Affiliate Programs, Search Engine
Positioning, Email Marketing, Copywriting, Ezine
Publishing etc).
your affiliate link) for eBooks or software that deal
with that topic.
Your Resource Box could say: John Doe shows webmasters (3) Customize the affiliate links in Free eBooks Most web marketers produce free or trial versions of You could build a directory of these free eBooks, each The Resource Box at the bottom of your article might (4) Use your Resource Box to get new subscribers to This is the strategy most people use. But promoting (c) 2002 by Michael Southon About the Author
Michael Southon has been writing for the Internet for over
how to succeed in online business. Download his free
report, 'Web Marketing In 5 Easy Steps':
http://www.yourdomain.com/free_report.html
their eBooks, and in many cases the order links in
these free eBooks can be customized with your
affiliate link.
customized with your affiliate link.
read: John Doe shows webmasters how to succeed in
online business. Visit his collection of free eBooks
today: http://www.yourdomain.com
your Newsletter and then promote your affiliate
programs in your Newsletter.
your affiliate links in a weekly Newsletter is a
subtle art - the best way to learn is to join the
Newsletters of marketers who specialize in this and
study their techniques.
3 years. He has shown hundreds of webmasters how to use
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