How to Build a
Huge Opt-In List as an Affiliate…
By Anik Singal
One of the biggest mistakes I see affiliates making everyday is that
their building a short-term business where they just make a small sale
– one sale at a time. If they stop running ads today, their business
would shut down! The strategy we’re going to discuss now will allow
any affiliate to build a long-term business. This strategy will allow
you to upsell your visitors for expensive services. Even more
importantly, by using this strategy you’ll soon become recognized as
an expert in your field and making money will be all the easier!
So what is this strategy?
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You guessed it, it’s building an opt-in list – a newsletter/Ezine.
By having an opt-in list you’re building a customer base instead of
just small sales! You can sell the same customer over and over without
having any more advertising costs. You build a trust with your readers
that allows them to be loyal in doing business through you affiliate
link!
So, as an affiliate, how do you build an opt-in list?
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How to Build the List
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The simplest way I have found is to start deferring all of my traffic
that I pay for to an opt-in page. After the person opts-in, have them
land on a thank you page where you pre-sell them for the affiliate
product.
So, you’re probably already building traffic to your site – now,
instead of sending that traffic directly to your affiliate link, send
it to a page that has an opt-in.
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How Should My Opt-In Page Look?
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The next most popular question is how to make the opt-in page look.
Believe it or not, there actually IS a strategy behind this. Your page
MUST be small, short and to the point. This means that you should NOT
have a long sales letter type page to get them to opt-in.
Your entire opt-in page should fit in one screen with NO scroll down
bar. Have a strong headline, 5-6 bulleted benefits and then a nice big
opt-in. You’ll be amazed at how high the results can be…
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Quick Ways To Generate Traffic
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The point of this article is not to teach you how to drive traffic to
your website, but here are 5 really quick techniques to use so you can
test what you just learned.
1. Article Submissions – Submit articles around the web regarding your
niche and have your biography link go to a opt-in page. You’ll be
amazed at how well this technique works in building a list.
2. Pay Per Click – The easiest way to immediately begin getting
traffic. Send all of your paid traffic directly to the opt-in page,
then have the person land on a page that pre-sells the product they
were looking for. Make sure to test this, sometimes your conversions
on the front-end can fall, but they increase over the long-run.
3. Ezine Ads – I have found Ezine ads a great way to quickly and cost
effectively boost my list. Write an ad promising a “fr^^ ee membership
or information” and send the traffic to an opt-in page.
4. Viral Marketing – This form of marketing takes some time to kick in
but can be extremely effective! Other people will spread your message
and your message will have links to your opt-in page.
5. Linking strategy – This option is a bit more work, so only use it
once you have tested and know that you have a winner. Start trading
links with related websites and you will see a great boost in traffic.
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Conclusion
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In conclusion, make sure you understand that you should be building a
long-term affiliate business and not just something that makes you a
few dollars on one sale. If you ever stop advertising, you want to be
in position to still have a powerful business. Building a large opt-in
list will also position you as the expert in your niche.
Finally, remember to make sure that your opt-in page fits on one
computer screen and is small. Always test the page by quickly driving
some traffic.
This article is written by Anik Singal, founder of
AffiliateClassroom.com. Anik Singal has developed his own affiliate
system that helped him earn well over $10,466 in just 60 days. Now,
he's looking for a few students to train one step at a time.
Click the link below to get your FR^^ EE course:
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