The pillars of Affiliate Marketing

You Don’t Have to be a Genius to Master Affiliate Marketing

You’re not interested in lame “get rich quick” schemes. You’re not looking for a magical silver bullet that involves no work, no time, and no sense.

You don’t have to be Einstein to “get” this stuff. But  you’d have to be an idiot to believe some of the stuff peddled by traditional Internet marketing “gurus.”

Relationships

Creating strong relationships with an audience is critical to everything we do here. Rather than constantly hunting down new customers, we’d much rather create a valued environment that benefits our existing readers and customers and keeps pulling them back. We don’t advertise in the traditional sense; instead, our readers do a great job of “spreading the word” for us.

• It’s about having consummate respect, always, for your audience and your market.
• It’s about focusing almost obsessively on their needs, over and above your own (and getting what you want, almost magically, in the process).
• It’s about making a commitment to creating a quality experience for your readers and subscribers.

 Direct response

We certainly stay abreast of the latest social media trends (and sometimes create them), but underlying everything we do here is solid  techniques. Starting with a killer headline and moving strategically through the copy to a stirring call to action, traditional  techniques work amazingly well in social media.
“Old-fashioned” advice can mhttps://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6695450038151372670#editor/target=post;postID=7089182482022190106ake all the difference between a business or blog that limps along and one that truly thrives.
We’ll show you precisely what we mean in the initial issues of the course.

 Content marketing

What’s the backbone of the  formula? Deliver great content.
Then keep delivering great content, but in a strategic and focused way.
Every once in a while, make a great offer that benefits the reader and involves the exchange of cash money.
Of course, we’ll give you some more specifics on how to do that once you’re on board.

 Have something worth selling

 Everyone is selling something. It might be a product, a service, a download, an idea, or a worthy cause.

Whatever you’re selling, it’s got to be worth the price. (And never forget that reader attention is a valuable commodity that’s in strictly limited supply.)
Whether you’re asking for dollars, euros, yen, or valuable time and attention, you’ve got to deliver something that towers above your asking price.

Bringing it all together

Each of these four pillars enhances the others. Together, they’re much stronger than they would be if any of the pillars were missing. Internet Marketing for Smart People is a free 20-part course and ongoing newsletter that’s delivered via email. Each week you’ll get a new lesson on one of the four pillars.

You’ll get lots of pointers to archived content, but with a new frame that will help you “connect the dots” and start putting this advice to work in your own business. Of course, our advice will be supplemented and ever-evolving as the Internet marketing space changes (which is fast).

To make it work even better, we’ll also be including “behind the scenes” lessons that show you how we put our own marketing systems and launches together, and the role each piece plays.