Introduction
Getting affiliate links from e-commerce companies or any other company offering an affiliate program is the first step to starting your affiliate marketing journey.
Sometimes a list of products and links can do wonders and many other times genuine reviews of the products after thorough research, comparison of products, Q&A of the products, and finally sharing own experience and feedback of the product.
- Do Not Fool Your Readers
This may sound rude but it is always true. Create content based on reviews that are relevant, useful, helpful, and genuine often give good sales conversion. So, do not write some crap under product review as most of your readers will be checking similar product reviews before or after reading your review. They can find out how worthy your content is. Keep in mind that there is a huge competition out there and you need to stand above those competitions to get a sale. Merely clicking the link will only lead to your landing page but from there becoming a sale is all in your content only.
2. Be Specific
Be specific to your niche-related products. Obviously, you need to write reviews, comparisons or your experience using the product should always be niche products and related ones. Limit yourself to those products and do not try to promote totally unrelated products. For example, if you are promoting soccer products please stick to only soccer products and related ones. Promoting cat foods on your website along with soccer products looks weird and absurd. Your credibility will be damaged if you try to push miscellaneous products, not at all connected with your niche.
3. Share Your Experience
As discussed in the introduction to connect with your audience you need to share your personal experience of using that product and vouch for the product. Your own testimonial will help to ensure better sales conversions than narrating some other users’ experiences. Please include your proofs in the form of photos or numbers to back your claim. This really creates trust between you, your product, and the user who is eager to purchase the product.
4. Write Content By Keeping Your Audience In Mind
Another way of connecting with your audience is to write your content keeping in mind what your audiences expect from your content. Addressing the common misconceptions or opinions about the product you are promoting by providing valuable content with data back up This can be a Q&A product review, comparative analysis, how-to guides, or a simple list.
Write more informative content loaded with data, graphs, and statistics for the audience who are aged between 30 to 65 years of age consisting mostly of men. Write contents that are not loaded with statistics and data but are more interactive with pictures, videos, and fewer sentences for visitors that are teenagers, young age, and female audience.
5. Both Evergreen And Seasonal Contents Require New And Repeated Visitors
Evergreen content like how to lose weight, make money online, fitness, yoga, and seasonal content is divided into time-based ones like winter, spring summer fall, and even based ones like Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, or 4th July.
Evergreen contents also require constant new content, and updates to keep your visitors engaged.
Seasonal content is changing every year and you need to post fresh content every year to keep your blog or website up to date to get more conversions.
Both evergreen and seasonal contents need a constant flow of new and repeated visitors (including Organic, Email lists, social media marketing, or Paid Traffic) to increase the sales graph. To get more organic traffic you need SEO to rank high in search engines. (SEO strategies are discussed in this blog Please check)
Conclusions
Creating quality content that engages positively with your audience like posting comments, inquiries, shares, and likes are sure signs of successful affiliate marketing and sometimes it takes weeks or months, or even a few years to be able to get the traction it demands but once your content reaches that level then you don’t need to look back.
Contents that always float above other contents need regular updates; fresh posts that are relevant, engaging, and interesting, and add value to readers ensure a regular, consistent flow of new and repeat visitors to your blog. These factors culminate in sales conversions.
