Today’s post more of a tactical one. :) (I like to switch it up!)
When I ran a survey asking what you were most interested in, many people said they’d love more affiliate marketing tips.
So here’s one of my favorite tactics for evergreen affiliate promotions. It involves making an $8 or $9 investment that for me, has always paid for itself many times over.
See, there have always been a few problems with affiliate marketing the traditional way.
First, when you decide to promote something, you typically get a long, ugly link. It just doesn’t look good.
And seeing that link gives people a chance to wonder. Do you really love what you’re promoting? Or are you trying to make money?
(This isn’t just in internet marketing, by the way. I know people who have tested this across multiple niches.)
Here’s how to make this process a LOT easier:
Step 1: Have easy-to-remember, roll-off-the-tongue links that don’t seem “salesy”.
Now, of course you should always be honest. I’m not advocating hiding anything.
But when you’re talking to someone, it can be MUCH easier to have a ready-to-go name that doesn’t give any reason for people to feel weird.
For example, the other day I was at a seminar. Someone told me how hard it was to find GOOD tech people. I said, “Oh yeah! I love MyWebSupportTeam!”
That page goes to my affiliate link. I’d happily volunteer that if asked. But the conversation I was having just kept flowing nicely. There was no “disconnect” that gave the other person any reason to feel discomfort.
(In print, you need disclaimers on your stuff. And I’m not a lawyer nor giving any legal advice.)
If the program you’re promoting allows it, buy easy-to-remember domain names that sound like the service you’re recommending. Here are a few more of mine so you have more examples:
MyFancyHands.com – I use this to talk about my favorite assistant site.
YayHostGator.com – I use this to recommend HostGator.
MyMiracleNoodles.com – When I had my health site, I made tons of sales from this link.
YourGetResponse.com – The autoresponder service I’ve recommended for years.
Again… I am not advocating lying in any way. Be honest that these are affiliate links. But just make it EASY for people.
Step 2: Give people reason to WANT to type in your affiliate link. Often.
There are many ways you can do this.
For example, I used to do a lot of coupon marketing. The premise was that I’d give coupon codes to different websites (let’s say Target) and whenever people clicked through my link and ordered something, I earned a commission.
So then, for all affiliate programs that allowed me, I’d get domains that had their company name + Sale (like TargetSale.com or WalmartSale.com). This was my affiliate link that redirected to all the clearance items at a company’s website.
Because many people were only interested in checking out a company’s clearance items, people would start typing in my domain name without any involvement on my part. They’d go right to TargetSale.com or WalmartSale.com and I was soon making thousands of dollars a month without doing anything.
Another thing you could do is have a link that redirects to all the new books in Kindle for a certain niche (i.e. NewBooksOnScrapbooking.com).
You could also redirect to peoples’ new products, like prolific product creators such as Jason Fladlien or Wil Mattos. Get a domain name like NewRapidCrushProducts.com (if they allow that). This provides major value for people AND earns you cash.
Taking the extra step with a redirected domain name makes the affiliate process much smoother for everyone involved.
And as long as you’re honest about what you do, I highly recommend it.
Hi, how do you get a domain that will redirect to your affiliate link? I’m not sure how to do that. Thanks. Any site suggestions that will do this for me?
Hello, we use WordPress and the plugin ‘Safe Redirect Manager’. :)
Wonderful post today, Rachel… As always! BTW: Where/How DID you get your new email ‘look’?
Great ideas! And much more creative than I come up with on my own :-) And lots of useful information in the comments. Thank you!
Great stuff, Rachel. Really appreciate your insight here. Thanks for sharing!
This is great advice many thanks Rachel. I must say that all the things that you put out are always really pleasing to look at. Do you sie special tools or just standard HTML code to build your links? cheers
That nice Iowa kid Fladlien and his fellow new daddy sidekick Will Mattos have a great product too called Easy Redirect Script which can be open or stealth. I use that a lot of the time or a WordPress Plugin by Janis Elsts called link-cloaking-plugin-for-wordpress/.
The Rapid Crush boys app is awesome and we all need to help a farm kid and a new daddy eh Rachel?
Good strategies to implement. I’ve used linktrackr for a lot of my affiliate hiding and the domain names have been something I’ve used for quite some time now. The more I used coupon codes and attached numbers and examples to how much they could save the more I started to see a higher ctr of people using my coupon codes.
Especially with Hostgator I say a huge advantage when showing people their first month will only be $0.01 or 25% for a dedicated server of some sort.
these are nice tips. thanks. i will use it
Hello! Would you mind if I share your blog with my twitter group?
There’s a lot of people that I think would really enjoy your content. Please let me know. Many thanks
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Thank for your excelent post. I am looking forward to your site
This is so clever! This trumps link "shorteners" that make your links seem suspicious, and is definitely better than having to use full affiliate links.:) Google doesn't like such affiliate sites, but it really doesn't matter when you're referring visitors to it yourself.:) Thanks for sharing, Rachel!
This is so clever! This trumps link "shorteners" that make your links seem suspicious, and is definitely better than having to use full affiliate links.:) Google doesn't like such affiliate sites, but it really doesn't matter when you're referring visitors to it yourself.:) Thanks for sharing, Rachel!
This is so clever! This trumps link "shorteners" that make your links seem suspicious, and is definitely better than having to use full affiliate links.:) Google doesn't like such affiliate sites, but it really doesn't matter when you're referring visitors to it yourself.:) Thanks for sharing, Rachel!
Great stuff, Rachel. Really appreciate your insight here. Thanks for sharing!
Great stuff, Rachel. Really appreciate your insight here. Thanks for sharing!
Great stuff, Rachel. Really appreciate your insight here. Thanks for sharing!
That nice Iowa kid Fladlien and his fellow new daddy sidekick Will Mattos have a great product too called Easy Redirect Script which can be open or stealth. I use that a lot of the time or a WordPress Plugin by Janis Elsts called link-cloaking-plugin-for-wordpress/.
The Rapid Crush boys app is awesome and we all need to help a farm kid and a new daddy eh Rachel?
That nice Iowa kid Fladlien and his fellow new daddy sidekick Will Mattos have a great product too called Easy Redirect Script which can be open or stealth. I use that a lot of the time or a WordPress Plugin by Janis Elsts called link-cloaking-plugin-for-wordpress/.
The Rapid Crush boys app is awesome and we all need to help a farm kid and a new daddy eh Rachel?
That nice Iowa kid Fladlien and his fellow new daddy sidekick Will Mattos have a great product too called Easy Redirect Script which can be open or stealth. I use that a lot of the time or a WordPress Plugin by Janis Elsts called link-cloaking-plugin-for-wordpress/.
The Rapid Crush boys app is awesome and we all need to help a farm kid and a new daddy eh Rachel?
That nice Iowa kid Fladlien and his fellow new daddy sidekick Will Mattos have a great product too called Easy Redirect Script which can be open or stealth. I use that a lot of the time or a WordPress Plugin by Janis Elsts called link-cloaking-plugin-for-wordpress/.
The Rapid Crush boys app is awesome and we all need to help a farm kid and a new daddy eh Rachel?
Wonderful post today, Rachel… As always! BTW: Where/How DID you get your new email 'look'?
Wonderful post today, Rachel… As always! BTW: Where/How DID you get your new email 'look'?
Wonderful post today, Rachel… As always! BTW: Where/How DID you get your new email 'look'?
I have nothing to say except that when I look at you I……….
(Isn’t there a song there somewhere?)
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Great ideas! And much more creative than I come up with on my own :-) And lots of useful information in the comments. Thank you!
Great ideas! And much more creative than I come up with on my own :-) And lots of useful information in the comments. Thank you!
Great ideas! And much more creative than I come up with on my own :-) And lots of useful information in the comments. Thank you!
Thats kool thanks Rachel – will check out the easy redirect script. cheers :)
Thats kool thanks Rachel – will check out the easy redirect script. cheers :)
Aww, thank you very much Carl! :) I use a lot of redirects with Namecheap, and then for redirects, I use WP Linkster. Easy Redirect Script is also stellar. <3
Aww, thank you very much Carl! :) I use a lot of redirects with Namecheap, and then for redirects, I use WP Linkster. Easy Redirect Script is also stellar. <3
This is great advice many thanks Rachel. I must say that all the things that you put out are always really pleasing to look at. Do you sie special tools or just standard HTML code to build your links? cheers
This is great advice many thanks Rachel. I must say that all the things that you put out are always really pleasing to look at. Do you sie special tools or just standard HTML code to build your links? cheers
This is great advice many thanks Rachel. I must say that all the things that you put out are always really pleasing to look at. Do you sie special tools or just standard HTML code to build your links? cheers
Aww, thank you very much Carl! :) I use a lot of redirects with Namecheap, and then for redirects, I use WP Linkster. Easy Redirect Script is also stellar. <3
Thats kool thanks Rachel – will check out the easy redirect script. cheers :)
that's another super-solid point!
that's another super-solid point!
Yes, very true. I did those for about ten of my affiliate websites and it went really well and sold them pretty easy.
Yes, very true. I did those for about ten of my affiliate websites and it went really well and sold them pretty easy.
Thank you so much for commenting. :) I LOVE that idea!! It definitely makes it much easier for people to want to purchase through you when you have some kind of service like that. <3
Thank you so much for commenting. :) I LOVE that idea!! It definitely makes it much easier for people to want to purchase through you when you have some kind of service like that. <3
Good strategies to implement. I've used linktrackr for a lot of my affiliate hiding and the domain names have been something I've used for quite some time now. The more I used coupon codes and attached numbers and examples to how much they could save the more I started to see a higher ctr of people using my coupon codes.
Especially with Hostgator I say a huge advantage when showing people their first month will only be $0.01 or 25% for a dedicated server of some sort.
Good strategies to implement. I've used linktrackr for a lot of my affiliate hiding and the domain names have been something I've used for quite some time now. The more I used coupon codes and attached numbers and examples to how much they could save the more I started to see a higher ctr of people using my coupon codes.
Especially with Hostgator I say a huge advantage when showing people their first month will only be $0.01 or 25% for a dedicated server of some sort.
Good strategies to implement. I've used linktrackr for a lot of my affiliate hiding and the domain names have been something I've used for quite some time now. The more I used coupon codes and attached numbers and examples to how much they could save the more I started to see a higher ctr of people using my coupon codes.
Especially with Hostgator I say a huge advantage when showing people their first month will only be $0.01 or 25% for a dedicated server of some sort.
Thank you so much for commenting. :) I LOVE that idea!! It definitely makes it much easier for people to want to purchase through you when you have some kind of service like that. <3
Yes, very true. I did those for about ten of my affiliate websites and it went really well and sold them pretty easy.
that's another super-solid point!