If you’re selling an affiliate product, you get an affiliate link that leads to the product’s web site or sales page, right? Well, lots of people think that you can’t also be list building when you have that kind of set up. Guess what? They’re wrong.
The thing is that you can use any means of selling the product that’s not against the owner’s terms of service or affiliate agreement, or that’s not illegal. Spamming, for instance, would be against both of those conditions, probably in all cases. But you can do anything else to sell a product that you want. In fact, the more creative you are about it, the better success you’ll have and the happier the product owner will be, too.
One way to build your list while selling the other person’s product is simple. You set up a squeeze page, and in that page, you give people a review of the product. If you’re selling it, you had better be using it and know that it’s a great product. Give it more than a testimonial, actually give it a good review. You can do that in 250 words or less.
Your review should include information on the features that benefit the user. It should also give the cons of the product. Nothing is 100% great. Usually, there are small things that you would change, if you had a magic wand. Let people know those, too. If your review is too glowing, it won’t seem real. Make it real. Here’s what I mean:
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This isn’t really a good example because an affiliate link for MyFirstList would lead to another squeeze page. It’s best not to use this method when that’s the case because people are shy to opt-in twice before they even see what the product is about. However, if your affiliate link leads to a sales page or a main website, writing something like this and then, adding your opt-in box shouldn’t be a problem.
Anyway, after people opt-in to your list, the “thank you” page will be your affiliate link to the product. You set this up in your autoresponder. Then, once the person has confirmed their subscription to your list, the thank you page gives them further information and an opportunity to buy the product that you reviewed for them. It’s easy to do and you should always be list building, any way you can.
The fact is, the vast majority of anyone who does any type of affiliate marketing is doing that kind of stuff. It’s very easy to do. I mean, that’s all I do. You can review a product in an email that goes out to the list you already have, or you can do a product review on a web page and add an opt-in box and be adding to that list at the same time.
The main thing is, buy someone’s product, use it, and then write something about your actual experience with it. Have your affiliate link and tell your story about how great it was, and how much it improved your business or your life, if it did. That’s really all there is to it.
I mean, I do it differently every time. Anyone’s list you’re on that promotes someone else’s product is ultimately reviewing and then promoting someone else’s product, too. Does that make sense?
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