Promote Your Products For Free

One of the things which hits you in the face as soon as you decide to become an affiliate is this: the dearth of helpful information on effective strategies to get your affiliate marketing efforts to pay off. Of course, bare-bones guides tell you that you can start off by registering a domain and creating a sales page. Then all you have to do is register with some service for pay-per-click ads and money will start flowing in, they say.

Sadly, this is a "pipe-dream!"

But it is possible to promote without spending a fortune on advertising. There are numerous ways to generate free traffic to your site that are quite effective…

1. Forums

With their popularity rising every day, forums offer you a great opportunity to promote your affiliate link. Visit forums related to your product and give helpful suggestions or useful information. Don't forget to include your signature file at the bottom of the post. This is how interested web users will find you.

My guarantee: once you have contributed something useful, you will see an immediate rise in traffic via your link.

2. Blogs

Search engines simply love weblogs. So you really can't dream of earning 'super' money without setting up a blog. There are a number of free blogging services available. Sign up with one of them and follow their simple instructions. You'll be ready to go in less time than it takes to bake a cake!

Target your blog tightly around the exact niche you are promoting and contribute regularly. The incoming traffic will really surprise you! This is one of the top ways to earn affiliate income from your domain.

Another neat trick: Visit related blogs and post your comments. This will bring links back to your own blog. Of course, spamming is a big NO!

3. Set up a fantastic squeeze page

Your 'pre-sell' page or landing page is similar to the appetizer before the main course: just good enough to whet your reader's appetite for more. Just provide your visitors enough to make them leave their email address with you.

Squeeze pages help you expand your most important affiliate tool - your lead list. This list is the pulse of your online business because it holds the names of all those people who might be interested in the product you offer.

A little tip: Utilize technology to your advantage. Place a short video or audio on your squeeze page. This is the easiest way to punch up customer responsiveness.

4. Write a free report

The web is all about offering quality stuff for FREE!

Write a free 5-8 page report and advertise it using blogs, forums and social bookmarking sites. Include your affiliate link in the report. If your report is genuine, many people will check back and discover your product.

Paid ads can break your marketing budget even before you start. So stay away from PPC advertising.

A new affiliate marketing campaign must always start with the lowest possible investment on your part. If your product is brand new in the marketplace, diving straight into a PPC campaign will lose you money. Before deciding to pay for advertising, exhaust all free methods. Once the existing channels start paying up, you can try paid advertising.

This simple blueprint will help you generate massive income from your site.

To see a great example of a video squeeze page (mentioned above), and to get more insight on driving traffic to your website, visit TheSecretAffiliateFormula.Com. For a limited time, you can also sign up for a free training course worth $67.

- Secret Affiliate