[Whitehat] Basic ClickBank Affiliate Marketing

Sunday, November 30, 2008 4:08
Posted in category Affiliate, Clickbank

Today’s post is pretty long. I recommend grabbing a cup of coffee and then sitting down and having a read. There is a lot of information to take in, so make sure you read through carefully and don’t skip vital steps. Have fun :D

In this method I will teach you how you can make an easy $100+ through doing this simple yet very effective method. If you do not want to work, do not expect money to be coming in at a rapid rate. How hard you work will show how much money you will make.

Okay the method you are going to be learning today is how you can profit from selling another person’s product. This is a pretty easy way to make money if you are lazy or a newbie and have no real ideas for creating your own product. Before you pick your product, try to do some research on the other people or companies selling the product. You may find that a lot of products will already have large companies. You can still make money in these markets but in my opinion it is best to keep looking for an untapped market, which is something that a lot of people are looking for but there aren’t a lot of providers.

Choose Your Topic
When I first started out, I went for a topic I liked and enjoyed studying. That was sport and relaxing (health). Anyway, don’t stress that is probably the main point in this, spread the method out over time. Don’t go trying to make $1000 in the first day; you’ll blow your brains up! So get out a piece of
paper or open up ms word and write some things you enjoy doing. Once you have a respectable list, you will need to check if it will make money for you.

I would recommend you to start out using Clickbank.com – it has 1000’s upon 1000’s of products just waiting to be picked up and sold. Now, the products are very easy to setup and since it is all organized and paid through Clickbank there are no hassles. Now to find out whether the product is actually worth your time, simply check out the website. If you can signup to the emailing list, feel free to it will show you how the affiliate treats there members.

Now an important thing to remember when selling the product is to make sure that there payment button links to Clickbank. If the sale goes through via phone or straight to there paypal, you will not get paid even though you referred the person to the link.

If you can’t find anything on Clickbank you can find many other affiliates for physical products. Amazon and Commission Junction are perfect affiliates to use for this type of thing. You won’t get as good a cut as you would be selling a digital product due to the included postage and handling plus other matters. You may however succeed if people are really interested in your market and willing to buy. All you have to do is simply find the product you think will sell and more on to the next step.

Research
This is a very important part, this is where you find if people are searching for your product or not. You may be selling a particular brand of health or sport items so you could be limited and give the secrets away when notifying your customers. It is good to find a good product that is searched a lot and can be spoken about without giving the entire method away. Okay so there are numerous programs you can use, you want to find a product that is searched a fair bit but seems to have not much competition in selling. Below are some markets I have found profitable, some more then others but all have done well.

Making Money Online
Weight Loss
Quit Smoking
Building Muscles
Running a Home Business
Learning Techniques such as Memory, Speed Reading
Learning a Language

Using the bellow links you can find some pretty helpful information on what is getting searched and how many times your product is being searched.

https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
http://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/keyword-researchtool.shtml
http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com

By now you should have found a reasonable good product and on your way to making some money. On to the next step we go!

Okay you’re not going to be buying traffic but I will explain three methods on how you can get people to your affiliate link. Follow this link

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1B3GGGL_enAU254AU254&q=adult+free+classified+ads&btnG=Search and find a free ad classified site that you like. Find the state or country that gets the most traffic, mainly the capital cities. In the title you say something that will make people want to click. If you are doing weightless you could say something like:
Lose Pounds The Easy Way – Money Back Guarantee!

Just make sure it is appealing, the better it sounds and the more people will click. Now in the main post you basically write what you are guaranteeing and make sure you post that they are getting a money back guarantee. If you are stuck with ad classifieds I recommend
http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites.html or
http://www.gumtree.com – Just look around for one you like and you will do well. Yahoo classifieds, Myspace classifieds, whatever you want, use it!

The second way you can promote this product is through the newspapers, thousands and thousands of people get the newspaper and chances are they will come across your ad. Just like with ad classifieds, make sure you post in your description that you will offer 100% money back guaranteed. Many users will see this and will purchase your Clickbank product thinking that they can get a refund. You won’t have to refund, as the site you are promoting will do the refund, so you will still make lots of sales.

That concludes the method, good luck and get earning!

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One Response to “[Whitehat] Basic ClickBank Affiliate Marketing”

  1. Erwin Tan says:

    December 2nd, 2008 at 12:29 am

    Great share.. All those who wants to learn how to make some good cash should really read this post.

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