3 Simple Strategies Needed to Achieve Affiliate Marketing Success

Are you determined to achieve affiliate marketing success and realize you dream of working form home? Are your current efforts not getting you the results you expected leaving you frustrated and confused? Even though affiliate marketing has been touted as one of the easiest and most cost effective ways to start an online business there are a few areas that will require both your implementation and focus to insure your online success.

The basis of affiliate marketing is to sell other peoples products and then make a commission on each sale. Now let's consider the best approach to maximize the results from our own marketing efforts. What can we do to make ourselves stand out and not only attract online shoppers but persuade them to make their purchase with you?

Let's have a look at 3 simple strategies every affiliate marketer should include in their business plan:

1. Pre Sell Page

Although every affiliate product has a 'mother' site, the website established by the product creator to actually sell the product, affiliate marketers need to have a website of their own (pre sell page) in which the prospective buyer lands on before heading to the main sight for the product itself. The tone of this site should NOT be hard sell but instead gently reminding the visitor of the reasons they are interested in the product to begin with. Why they need or want the product and how it is may be the solution to the problem or pain they seek to solve.

Consider that the visitor may want an opinion on the product. This is a very natural process most people go through when making a buying decision. On your site you can offer them a 'review' or opinion of the product without applying pressure to them to make the purchase.

2. Complimentary gift

Capturing the names of people who have shown interest in the products you represent allows you to promote directly to them in the future. Common practice is to offer something free in the form of information or software in exchange for their contact information.

Where you elect to capture these names is up to you although most marketers use a separate page that precedes their pre sell page. Keep in mind however visitors will not see your pre sell page if they choose not to leave contact info.

You may also set up a 'capture' box right on your pre sell page if your prefer for them to see this page whether they leave their contact information or not. 3. Traffic Generation Strategy

You'll want plenty of traffic to your website in order to sell anything and having a solid plan on how to do this is a MUST.

There are an ever growing number of ways to attract visitors to your website and we won't be covering them here due to the magnitude of choices available. Some are free and others you pay for. Some traffic can be generated quickly and other forms may take some time to develop. At the end of the day the choice is yours depending upon your patience, willingness to work, or budget.

If this type of online business is for you affiliate marketing success can be yours by implementing these 3 simple strategies on a consistent basis. Let online success be yours!