Friday, May 15, 2009

Don't discount REAL WORLD advertising!

Dear friends.

I want to let you in on something. Affiliate marketing may be something that resides on the internet, but that doesn't mean you can't advertise in other places!

In fact; spreading out your advertising is the best thing you can do to boost your sales! In particular I want to talk about flyers, business cards, and leaving your track everywhere you go.

For an example I'll show you a flyer and cards I just created that took me less than 20 minutes of actual time to make.

Here's the flyer: http://i42.tinypic.com/123y3ab.jpg
Here's the small cards with links: http://i44.tinypic.com/11c4nx4.jpg

So here's the process you want to follow, easy as pie! (whoever invented that term?)

#1 Go to www.clickbank.com or any other affiliate website you'd like to join. Remember every affiliate website has different rules and reading them is a must before you start selling! Sign up.

#2 Find a product you like near the top with high gravity. For internet you don't want to pick one that's gravity is TOO high because you have competition, but for real world advertising the highest gravity is great. Especially pick one's that have been backed by official places like CNN, FOX news, readers digest, Business bureau etc! Click recurring payments.. those are way better than one time ones! You get money every month for ONE signup!

#3 Create a hoplink (the link that people go to that will give you a commission) It's quite ugly so either buy a domain name for it, or use a free one. Tinyurl is very newbie looking but most people offline won't be that insulted by it. I'd suggest using something better though. For the moment I'm using TK (I'll get to you later if I find something better but tk rocks)

#4 Copy parts of the web page (make sure you have permission) by using image clips and putting them on your desktop screen. Put them together in Photoshop (if you have it) or a free program like GIMP.

#5 Add text or whatever you think is appropriate. Leave some room on the bottom for the paper they can take with your link on it.

#6 make sure it looks all nice and professional. Think about if you were looking at this flyer, would it look professional? Legitimate? Interesting? Motivating? Emotional? Feel free to search google for motivational quotes to get people to visit and buy!

#7 open a new project in photoshop or gimp or other program. (you could even use paint if really desperate) Use the text tool and make this an image. Put the title, the link, and one small line underneath. There's an example in my images above.

#8 print out both of these papers for a test. Make sure everything's working okay. If not you can edit and print out more later.

#9 Either use scissors or go to a place like kinkos where they have a cutter (cutter recommended) which is a big sharp thing used to cut papers. I recommend buying one!
Get a stapler too. Now cut all those link cards out.

#10 take a piece of white paper on the small space you left at the bottom of the flyer. Wrap a little around the bottom and staple the corners. Flip it over and bend the top of the paper right under the last text on the flyer. Use the cutter and cut away the rest of the paper, save it for your next flyer. You will now notice you have a little holder at the bottom of the flyer! Now stick in your little website cards there. And you've done it! Just rinse and repeat!

#11 Most importantly! Print out as many as you can! Put them everywhere! Bathrooms, cafes, libraries, bars, salons, cars! Everywhere you go. You can take out some of the website cards and put them in places as well. If you're leaving around 50 laying there you're bound to get at least 1 or 2 customers.

Even if you only get One person to signup at your link you're making money. 10-70 dollars first and then if you chose a recurring affiliate program you'll make 10-80 bucks every month as well!

Now think if you could refer 10 people a day! Get to work and live well.

Yours truly,
~Sierrabell

p.s. I am going to add a video soon!

1 comment:

  1. Wow! This is great advice! Before I found this article I was doing this exact same thing! 4 weeks from then I made 400 my first month. After 3 months I added a classified to the paper and started handing out cards as well as net article marketing and social bookmarking. I started making 4k a month.

    This article is great for beginners! Just add content more frequently and you'll be set. Can't wait for your video.

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