Want to expand the reach of your business and find new audiences for your products and services? An affiliate program could be the answer for you.
Copyblogger’s affiliate programs run like a well-oiled machine, and in this episode of Hit Publish, you’re going to find out why.
We want you to take advantage of our hard-won knowledge so you can put together an affiliate program that expands your reach and boosts your profits.
It seems that a huge segment of the online content industry that had been previously vilified by “respectable” online “journalists” (use of quotation marks intentional and appropriate) is also finally being seen as another savior of online content.
Some are even trying to call it “commerce journalism.”
It’s actually called affiliate marketing. And it’s been around online at least since Amazon launched its Associates Program in the 1990s, but never given proper credit as a “respectable” monetization avenue.
Until now.
What’s one of the most reliable ways to earn an income online?
If done right, affiliate marketing is a hard model to beat.
Problem is, there’s a lot of bad (and unethical) advice out there on how to approach it. So, I’ve invited Sonia Simone and Jessica Commins to jump on the line today to counter that bad advice, and offer their best strategies for effective, ethical, and profitable Affiliate Marketing.
Where do you begin? How do you attract customers? What are the pros and cons of various Affiliate Marketing business plans? How do you make money by building a loyal audience?
Everybody’s talking about it.
Most of it is rumor, hearsay, and innuendo …
We idolize the exploits of the people we look up to, and try to skirt the mention of our own experiences (and shortcomings).
No, I’m not talking about sex — I’m talking about split-testing.
What does split-testing have to do with sex?
Actually, quite a lot…
If you’ve read the Federal Trade Commission’s new 81-page Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising, you might think the FTC is a really nice bunch of guys trying to do the right thing by consumers — which, for the most part, is true.
And yet, I just don’t think they give most consumers enough credit.
Whether or not the Freelance “X” Factor course is right for you, it might be of interest to your audience. So, after making sure everything is running smoothly over the last 4 days, we’re opening up the affiliate program to Copyblogger readers.
The program is with E-junkie, and the commission is 50% of the $87 sales price.
Sign up for the affiliate program here.
And if you’re interested in the course itself, there are still a few spots open for the 3 bonus Q&A calls. Check out the details and hop on board.