Online Affiliate Marketing

BY NOW, you should be well advance in your 10,000hits MPAM, so it’s time to start on another project... one you can work on daily.

Daily Massive Traffic Strategy #1.

Write articles and submit them to e-zines in your particular target market.

This will get your name out there fast. If you work on two or three articles each week and submit them to other e-zines, you will see an instant traffic increase.

You can get lists of e-zines in your target market by visiting any of the following sites…
(Remember to read each site’s guidelines carefully before submitting)

E-zineArticles.com
Ideamarketers.com
WebSource.net
Certificate.net

You can get the names of publishers in your particular target market, and also book short e-zine ads at lifestylespub.com. I have listed some other (inexpensive) e-zine advertising resources on my updated resource page.

However, the ultimate search resource for e-zines can be found at http://www.e-zinesearch.com/search-it/e-zine/

E-zinesearch.com allows you to drill down by subject category, then by e-zine to find the publishers' names and e-mail addresses.

So here’s your plan of action… Start your own database of names and (using Mailloop) send out your articles DIRECT to the e-zines that you think are best suited to your subject. Use the name of the publisher along with each of the publications names.

Work on writing articles daily and read as much as you can on a large array of subjects. This way, you will expand your knowledge beyond your own field.

The main purpose in writing E-zine Articles is to get them published in E-zines (I guess that’s fairly obvious). And that, on its own, will bring you a lot of highly targeted traffic. But the benefits don't stop there.

When your Articles are posted on other people's Web sites you get free links from your Resource Box (the sig. File at the end of your article) back to your Web site - more traffic.

This increases your link popularity and so your ranking in the Search Engines goes up - more traffic.

Eventually you'll find your Articles appearing in Free E-books - even more traffic.

As you can see, this kind of Multiplier Effect rapidly builds up its own momentum - after a certain point it's virtually unstoppable.

Unless you have just a mini-site, add articles to your Web site. Make sure you let anybody linking to your site know that they have full license to post them on their Web sites as long they include your Resource Box (sig file).

Think of it… YOUR articles (with YOUR links) all over the Web… FOR NOTHING. This is serious traffic pulling, ladies and gentlemen.

The acknowledged expert at this traffic-pulling technique is Michael Southon, who uses the technique to promote his own site.

Check it out, and then start writing, because THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST UNDER-RATED FREE TRAFFIC GENERATORS AVAILABLE.

If you want to REALLY attract attention to your articles, OFFER AN INCENTIVE. (Give them this book if you want).

Otherwise, for a full list of inexpensive incentives, and instructions on how to use them, Roger Aderholdt’s “Ultimate Guide To Incentives and Promotions" (314 + pages), will tell you everything you want to know as well as providing you with access to his Private Members Only Web site.

Daily Massive Traffic Strategy #2 (A LONGER TERM PLAN)

If you read my sales letter on thetrafficjam.com Web site, you will possibly notice that, in one or two places, I refer to a “crazy” formula, or a “radical” idea.

Well here comes the next “crazy idea”… WHICH WORKS like a magic potion.

Write your own (short) e-book and GIVE IT AWAY FOR FREE. Yes, you will give your first e-book away for free.

Once you create your e-book, submit it to loads of e-book directories and download sites. This technique will see your name spread around VERY quickly.

It will make you an “expert” in your field. Someone that other people will refer to.

You can advertise your next product as being “from Jane Doe, author of “Blah Blah Blah”.

And when THAT happens, you’ll see you traffic leap every time your name is linked to a product.

If you feel you would like some guidance on writing your e-book, one of the most straightforward and knowledgeable sources of help is Neil Shearing’s Internet Success Blueprint.

This book doesn’t just cover the “how to” of writing but, if you aim to sell your e-books, the whole Internet Marketing angle too.

The Internet Success Blueprint starts with one of Neil’s “Amazingly Useful Insider Tips”. He says…

”To succeed online, you must learn what really works. Not what everyone else expects, believes or claims to work.”

Which proves three points:-
1. He and I are in total agreement.
2. I really DO buy the products for which I am an affiliate.
3. I read at least the first three pages of his book!
(Just joking – I read it cover-to-cover. Darn good, too!)

Okay – back to submitting YOUR book to loads of e-book directories and download sites…
Here are a couple of e-book Submission Sites:
http://www.free-e-books.net/
http://e-books.searchking.com/

You must do this to gain a rapport with future prospects. E-books act as another communication tool that will bring in visitors to your site for just a little work.

It is also worth spending a small amount of money on e-zine advertising. You want people to know how to get their copy of your free book, don’t you?

I have included a few “low cost ads and hits” sites on my resources page.

By spreading the word in this fashion, you will be reaching a large audience. Recognized publishers may pick up on your book and put it in their newsletters or post it at their sites. Publishers and Webmasters are always looking for new, fresh content.

For example, as I write this (August 2002), for $30 you can place an ad in 18 different e-zines with a total of about 50,000 subscribers. (Where? HERE)

Imagine if out of that 50,000 just 300 people download your e-book, and then each of them give it away to 1 other person. That's 600 owners.

If you include a link in your book to subscribe to your e-zine, that’s 600 possible subscribers to YOUR newsletter.

Do you see the synergy?

What would happen if you spent $150 and placed your message and your free book in front of quarter of a million subscribers? How many new subscribers would you get to your e-zine then?

And don’t EVER forget what I said in chapter 5… If you want any chance of online success, you need to capture the e-mail addresses of your visitors… This is a BASIC PRINCIPLE. It is the foundation of your future empire

Try a solo ad mailing in some e-zines in your target market. Solo ads are one of the best-targeted ways to get people to buy. But remember – TEST, TEST, TEST. Offer your e-book as a great way to exchange links with related Web sites. Just approach each webmaster individually and ask them to download your e-book. If they like it, ask them to host it at their site (for free). That way you are giving them an excellent reason to exchange links.

So here’s what you need to concentrate on RIGHT NOW…

1. Write articles on your choice of subject and let other e-zines use them for free. Make sure you have a link to your site and that you are credited with having written the article.

2. Write a short e-book then start planning how to give it away for maximum impact. GET YOURSELF KNOWN.

Moh. Ali Albar
I rewrite this article of E-book “TheTrafficJam™ Formula” by Graham Hamer