How To Build A Downline?
This subject is something that causes most users of safelists and traffic exchanges to spin their wheels for a long time.
You see the owners will tell you that you must promote your affiliate links so that you can build downlines, these will generate extra traffic for you and everyone who upgrades will mean that you get a commission. Now although technically true what you’re doing here is building up their business and getting yourself stuck in newbie mode.
The true way to build a downline is to think bigger and promote one downline builder in your marketing funnel.
In terms of downline builder I would recommend 3 main sites, but as you can see by looking at the banners and badge I’m using as a lead magnet you should be able to see which one is currently my favourite.
First up is TrafficHoopla or the breakway site ListHoopla
The USP here is testing and results. Each week the list of sites gets updated so you’re always promoting all of the top sites through one single link. The downside is that you get very little self branding and you will need to create your own splash pages, and effectively by promoting it directly you’ve still got the issue that your hard work is building Bill’s business rather than your own.
Second is Affiliate Funnel
I think the motto at the top of the page say’s it all – “Build YOUR Business – Not Someone Else’s”
The reason I love Affiliate Funnel is that it gives you complete control over your affiliate links. It allows you add your own picture for personal branding, and even better you can add your own autoresponder code into the squeezepages.
This really is massive as it’s giving you the leads and allowing you to follow-up with them. Even if they decide not to join Affiliate Funnel you have them on your list and this gives you the chance to form relationships and make sales in the future.
The last cool thing you can do is to put 8 of your favourite sites together and promote them via 1 single link.
Here’s my unique downline builder page – http://www.affiliatefunnel.com/ymp/4/shugster
Last up is ClickTrackProfit
Straight away you will notice that this affiliate link has massive branding as the video is me talking directly to you.
The real power of this downline builder is that it’s actually a training site, so the real massive benefit is that by getting people to take part they will become part of a very unique community where sharing knowledge and trying to focus in on long term self development is key.
I personally find it refreshing that when someone joins and starts pushing affiliate links for crappy triplers and sites that prey on the vunerable that they are told the wrongs of what they are doing. Plenty of people will dislike the TimTech training but personally I find it a refreshing change that will hopefully flourish in 2012.
Summary – How I Build My Downlines…
I promote myself and my own products first, and then include the 3 downline builders above in my marketing funnel. You can see the banners on this blog, they are also on various download pages, and in SafelistSecrets I teach you step by step how to set up Affiliate Funnel.
Hope this helps you
Andrew Stark
Be Passionate Like Gary Vaynerchuk: 3 Ways To Crush It in 2012
As you know I do like buying real books, and the last book I actually read cover to cover was by Gary Vaynerchuk
What you will pick up from Gary is the real passion in the way that he wants to help you achieve your goals. Rather than work a dead end job for someone you hate and doing something you don’t like he explains how to make money by following your passion.
You see I’m actually lucky as one of the things I’m passionate about is science, and I get paid to experiment in world class chemistry labs and make molecules that could one day become a medical drug. Now I’m also wise enough to realise that you can’t rely on a job for life anymore, so I would take my passion for setting up marketing funnels and set myself up as a freelancer doing lead generation for the thousands of small companies in the Manchester area who have no existing websites.
So if you’re looking to “crush it” in 2012 here’s my top 3 tips…
Outcare Your Competition
This is mainly aimed at those of you who already have a website or business. Given the choice people will do business with people that they like, care, and trust. Sadly many companies don’t understand this, here’s an example of my dealings with 2 different websites selling clothes.
Last week I ordered some new action trousers from the bear grylls store as they half price, I had to pay an extra £4.95 for delivery and the only contact I’ve had from the company was the orignal email to tell me I’d placed an order. Call me old fashioned but if I’m paying extra for delivery I expect next day delivery to be the very minimum.
Compare this to seven clothing who I bought a shirt from last year. The price and delivery was excellent, and the people who run the shop are obviously passionate about the clothes that they well. I follow the shop on twitter and the company actually want me to do business with them, I have received a physical postcard with an exclusive promotional code to get money off.
If you thing about the traffic exchange industry the guys over at TimTech as obviously obvious readers of “The Thank You Ecomony” and when you know that customers are well looked after you don’t think twice about working with them and promoting their products.
Create quality online content
This should be fairly obvious, but writing about something you’re passionate about is so much easier than trying to write an article for a specific keyword that some software you bought for a small fortune told you would make $5 per adsense click if you ranked #1 in google for it.
It’s super simple to create a wordpress blog and just by keeping a diary about your passion it’s amazing how people with the same passion for a subject will find you. Just think if were to add a signature line with a link to your blog at the forum that you spend too much time on how much you could be making with simple monetization widgets for sites such as amazon that will sell items relating to whatever niche it is that you’re passionate about.
Even better would be to take the best posts from your blog and create an ebook on the subject so that you have a lead magnet to use for listbuilding.
Have An Opinion
With all the social media available it’s amazing how interconnected the world is, and if you want to get noticed then tweeting and liking articles relating to your passion is a great way to get noticed. Even better is to blog about news items and give reviews of things that you have bought.
In the world of internet marketing it’s almost impossible to get an imparial review as splogs everywhere will be trying to presell you the latest course that will make you millions with no effort on your part apart from a one off payment.
But when people read an honest review and realise you have actually bought and read the information it helps to make you become seen as an authority figure in the niche. As I said earlier people will buy from people they like, care, and trust.
The simple act of posting your opinions rather than affiliate links will help you become a leader in your chosen niche.
Just remember, if you’re passionate the buyers will find you
Thanks for reading
Andrew
The Zen Of Creating The Perfect Marketing Funnel
If you want to succeed as an affiliate marketer then I hope by now that you realise just promoting the same affiliate page as everyone else is just not good enough in 2012. For example if I just promoted the standard ClickTrackProfit affiliate link in rotation then I would just be yet another newbie wasting my time and effort.
So in case you don’t know what a marketing funnel is then here’s a graphic I borrowed from the internet.
The whole point of this is not to sell, but generate leads who are interested in the niche that you have selected.
For example I would use a service use as AdKreator to generate the eye catching graphics and headline. If you can’t think of a good headline then use google to find templates for examples. In fact the headline of this post is one of 52 I’m working through!
Now that you’ve caught someone’s attention through a clever and effective splash page this is where the Zen feeling will occur.
You see the traffic now reaching your desired “action” page is now ready and waiting to do exactly what you want. As you’ve already seen in my best converting squuezepage I make it clear that I’m an expert when it comes to safelist marketing and the people who enter their email will see an example of the content included in the report and if they warm to my style of marketing then the sale is so much easier to make than had I just send all my traffic to the main salespage.
Checking your stats and finding that someone went into the top of your marketing funnel and came out the bottom as a customer really is one of the best feelings you can expericence online. If you’re looking for a resolution in 2012 I suggest you make it creating a marketing funnel.
Andrew
p.s. If you create a marketing funnel for an affiliate site then it will get you noticed by the product owner and good things should happen to you for your hard work.
Internet Marketing – It Is Not All About Sales…
So it’s been a fortnight since I’ve had time to post here.
During that time I’ve been busy getting back involved with traffic exchanges, and last night I watched an excellent video from Patrick Griffin inside the members area of ClickTrackProfit.
He suggested that taking time to help others could actually help you achieve your goals.
This flies in the face of every other area of internet marketing where you’re constantly told to sell sell sell, and if possible upsell then make sure that you cross sell and load up the back-end to squeeze as much money as possible out of the fresh new lead who’s bought into the idea that you can make money online with no prior knowledge of business.
If you thought that last sentence was an excellent idea then please send me $197 to my paypal account and I’ll make sure that my telesales team contact you immediately and max out your credit cards.
Now enough of the cynicism, and back to the real content that I want to give you today.
Each and Every One Of Us Is Capable Of Starting An Online Business
We have unique skills and talents that’s what makes the world go round rather than just staying still.
Just remember that when you start an online business to use your brain and don’t think that you can start an online business teaching people how to make money online when you haven’t made a dollar online yourself.
The best reality check is to think about the real world.
If someone walked up to you in the street and said that for $10 they could tell you how to make $100 would you give them $10? Should you part with your $10 all you get is a piece of paper that says to make $100 print out this piece of paper ten times and then go find 10 people who are daft enough to buy it from you for $10.
Essentially the world of internet marketing is build upon this classic scam, I hope that thankfully we’re reaching a tipping point where the online general public are starting to realise that being the person selling imaginary $10o notes to strangers is not a good long term business.
Start A Business Based On Your Passion
Now sadly I don’t think I have the deep pockets required to set up my own chemical company, but should I ever decide that the corporate ladder is not where I want to end up I know that I have passion and knowledge about list building to start consulting on the subject.
Now think about all the knowledge that you have in your head relating to any part of online business, and start thinking about how you could become a consultant? For me I could easily look up the free business guide that gets delivered through my door each month.
These companies still rely on direct mail for business, and when you look at the company website they’re advertising it has no listbuilding at all. It would blow their mind if I told them putting an opt-in box with a 5% discount code on their website could result in real people entering their details and then recieving an automated series of messages about the service they provide.
I hope that you can see that success in internet marketing is not about selling, but finding a way of creating real value, and then sharing it with others. Just remember that if you let your brain get filled with the idea of selling imaginary $100 bills you won’t have any room left for the clever ideas that will allow you to start a business about something you’re passionate about.
Andrew
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