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Affiliate marketing travel sites
In this file, you can ref free useful materials about affiliate marketing travel sites and other materials for
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I. Affiliate marketing guides
At the heart of online marketing are the connections made between businesses and consumers. Affiliate marketing takes these connections to the next level and broadens the range. Affiliate
marketing contributes around 5% of the total income of the worldwide travel industry. It is an essential part of the industry and involves companies of all sizes.
Essentially, affiliate marketing is the relationship between a business, a publisher and the consumer. The business (or advertiser) is always looking for ways to promote their product - for
example, airline tickets. An affiliate (publisher) is an individual or company willing to promote those tickets online and share their traffic with the advertiser in return for commission. And the consumer is the person (or people) who see that advert and act upon it.
Affiliate marketing provides incentives for both the affiliate and the advertiser. So why use
affiliate marketing? Here is a rundown of some of the benefits for both affiliates and businesses. Low cost
Online advertising and marketing often have a high price tag attached when starting out. This
isn't the case with affiliate marketing. All you need is a website and you can set up an affiliate program for a minimal cost.
Pay for what you get
As a business involved in an affiliate marketing program, what you are getting is essentially free advertising. By only paying for the service if a sale is made - and this sale wouldn't have happened without the affiliate's website - it is money well spent. Equally, as an affiliate you are
not incurring unnecessary costs either.
Increased reach
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Even if a sale is not made, inbound links will increase the number of visitors to your site when you are an affiliate. The links also act as a great way of increasing brand recognition. When
combined with a range of marketing techniques, affiliate marketing enables a business to expand its reach.
Search engine ranking
Google is constantly changing its algorithms to ensure that users are seeing the most relevant search results. Much debate has taken place around inbound links - do they count or don't they?
The truth is that well-placed inbound links will help your page ranking to a degree - yet another benefit of affiliate marketing.
Use quality marketers
Go for quality over quantity. As a business, you want your link to appear on as many sites as possible, but unless they are generating traffic and sales it is probably not worth the effort. As an affiliate, you want to be linked with credible businesses that are relevant to the industry - so
choose wisely.
Stay in control You determine how your affiliate program works - you can create profiles for affiliates, set
commission rates and process orders with ease. You stay in control throughout the process.
II. Affiliate marketingstrategies
Affiliate marketing is a low-cost
way for merchants to build
awareness and showcase their
products and services. The model
is simple; it works as a
commission-based referral
system. A partner or affiliate
markets a merchant's products
for a "piece of the pie."
Affiliate marketing experts often make an income that can tally over five figures
per month, however only 1 to 5% of thousands of marketers achieve this level.
When an affiliate reaches this elite level they are often referred to as a "super"
affiliate.
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How does one become a super affiliate? Can anyone do it? Super affiliates have
common tactics that they embrace and put into place. Anyone can become a
super affiliate, but it will not come without blood, sweat, and a hefty time
commitment. The typical super affiliate possesses the following traits:
Persistence
Patience
Thirst for Knowledge
These three traits combined with the following strategy gives you the formula for
the makings of a "super" affiliate.
1. Find a Unique Niche
The mistake that many affiliate marketing hopefuls have in common is that they
try to offer everything under the sun rather than focusing on a specific niche
market. Do not scatter your efforts, focus on your niche, promote it, and sell it
well.
2. Search Engine Marketing
Once you've built your affiliate storehouse you will need to promote it. Many
affiliates use pay-per-click engines. I suggest that you learn how to achieve organic
search results or hire a search engine marketing company. This will save you from
spending all your profits on pay-per-click engines. Only use pay-per-click engines
if you know what you are doing, otherwise all your profits may end in the hands of
Google Adwords or Overture.
3. Know Your Product, Know Your Audience
Create a resource. By taking the time to learn about the products and/or services
that you are offering you can create information that builds your credibility. That
credibility builds trust. If your viewers do not have trust in you more than likely
they will not purchase from your storehouse. If you want more information on the
psychological process that an online buyer goes through I suggest that you read
my article on the Five Levels of Internet Marketing and the Sales Process. This will
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help you in creating a web site that converts well, which in return will increase
your cash flow.
4. Don't Put All Your Eggs in One Basket
Promote products from different merchants. This way if you have a problem with
receiving payment from a merchant, or their products do not convert well the
effects on your business will be minimal. Watch out for exclusivity agreements;
remember this is your business. Protect yourself and diversify so that you do not
feel the famine effect if something goes wrong. There is absolutely nothing wrong
with promoting niche products from different merchants.
5. Seek Knowledge and Embrace Change
If you are familiar with Internet marketing at all you know that what worked three
months ago may not work today. Stay on top of the trends. Seek knowledge, start
by learning something new about affiliate marketing daily. For example remember
those marketing tools called "banner" that use to drive sales at an astronomical
rate a few years ago? Well those banners developed a term called "banner
blindness." That means most online viewers will not click on banners even if they
do pertain to what they are looking for. To be a "super" affiliate you must always
spend time reading, learning, and embracing the changes in Internet marketing.
6. Don't Give Up
It's hard to do, and most of the time those dabbling in affiliate marketing give up
way too soon. Monitor your statistics, watch to see what is working and what is
not. Make changes when necessary. Do one thing daily to promote your storehouse
and be patient. Before you know it you will start getting payments.
Remember that it will not happen overnight. Encompass and develop the
persistence, patience, and knowledge. Then follow the tactics I've mentioned
above and you are on your way to becoming a "super" affiliate.