Changing Your Affiliate Formula

Becoming an affiliate is one of the easiest ways to start a business online.
To start an online business, you are in fact using someone else's product or
service as leverage to create an income stream for yourself.

Not all Affiliates have grasped the correct formula it takes to succeed as
an affiliate. Some affiliates go from one program to the next instead of
choosing one and sticking with it until success comes. It takes perseverance
and commitment to gain success as an affiliate.

There is no one exact formula that works, but if you are using a formula or
method that is not working, then it's time to change your affiliate formula.
You may be promoting the wrong program; one that doesn't pay out enough to
sustain you or you may be using ineffective methods or formula for
advertising.

Most affiliate programs come with longer URL's than normal domain names. If
you are using your long affiliate URL, go to www.tinyurl.com to get a
shorter URL link. It will take the user back to your affiliate page, but it
gets rid of your long URL, which I think looks very tacky anyway. People
won't take you seriously if they see a long URL link like that of an
affiliate link.

If you are advertising on free classified ad sites, you may be wasting a lot
of your productive time and that formula may not work for the item or
service that you are promoting. Decrease the time you spend posting on free
classified ad sites and use your time to write an article or articles and
submit them to ezine owners or article directories. You can go to google or
yahoo and do a search for "ezines, ezine directory, article directories,
submit article." You will find a list of places that accept article
submission. Submit your article to no fewer than 10 ezines and 10 article
submission sites. Commit to writing at least 2 articles per week and submit
them. If you can do more, then that will greatly increase your bottom line
and enhance your formula. When you submit your article or your site to
various online directories, you generate hundreds of quality one-way links
to your site and anyone who searches these directories may find your article
or your sites description interesting & visit your site. From this you get a
large targeted audience. Make sure you pack your articles with targeted
keywords, but make sure that you don't overdo it. Give your audience good
information.

Do you know how to blog? If you don't know how, then do a search using the
popular search engines. Use keywords like, "blog, blogging," to search for
information on blogs. You can also go to blogger.com and wordpress.com to
create one. It can be done in three easy steps. You will get a blog URL
after you have created your blog. Submit that blog URL to blog directories,
which you will also find by searching the popular search engines. Make sure
you blog subject targets the audience you are trying to reach.

Have you tried google adwords yet? Google adwords formula is very effective
if you have a strong headline and eye-catching ad. You can go to
google.adwords.com to learn more about google adwords. Start out with $25
per day and as soon as you start receiving hits from you google ad, go ahead
and reduce your daily amount.

Another formula you can use instead of free classified ad sites is
discussion forums. Be careful when using discussion forums or you will be
considered a spammer. Create a profile and include a signature line with
your affiliate link. Introduce yourself first to the forum. Browse the forum
to learn how others are posting and if you make contributions to the forum,
make then count. Don't ever post ads to the forum. To find discussion
forums, go to google or yahoo and search for the type of discussion forum
you are looking for. If you go to www.big-board.com, you will find a big
list of forums to choose from.

If you want to continue to use your ads, use them in ezines as classified
ads or solo ads. This formula is much more effective. You an also try to
find a website owner who compliments your product or service that you are
trying to promote and ask them to do a joint venture with you. It can create
a win/win solution for all involved.

If you are not familiar with joint venture, I am going to recommend a free
ebook that will help you. It is free to download at
www.moneywithjointventures.com/freeoffer

Lastly, another formula that words is google adsense. Open a google adsense
account at google.adsense.com. Use the script that will be provided and
include it in your articles. Buy a domain name at godaddy.com and upload the
google adsense article to your hosting account. Google loves content rich
websites. Be sure to include your affiliate link in your article. You will
also make some extra money with the google ads that will be displayed in
your article from the script provided by google.

Changing your affiliate formula to one that works will guarantee your
success as an affiliate. If one formula doesn't work, try another, but don't
ever give up. Give the formula at least 30 days to see some glimmer of hope.
Try hard before abandoning your efforts. What works for one may not work for
the other. Keep on affiliating. It will pay off.

About The Author: Cheryline Lawson is the author of this article. Ms. Lawson
is an Internet entrepreneur who owns several websites that are providing
monthly residual income for her. Please visit her at
http://www.moneywithjointventures.com,
http://www.fiveincomestreams.com, and
http://www.jointventuretoday.com.