Smart Affiliate Marketing Advertising...Effective Use of Free Online Classifieds
What makes free classified advertising smart affiliate marketing advertising? Well there are three reasons. It is free, it is simple to do, and it requires very little time. The problem that most people face when attempting this affiliate marketing method is that the majority of people do not do it properly and therefore achieve poor (if any) results. There are always very subtle applications that can make or break any affiliate advertising campaign, and I am going to teach you how you can use free classifieds with the absolute best results.
In this article I am going to share with you the exact process that I have used time and again to achieve outstanding results with free online classified ads. It is simple, time efficient, and when done correctly can produce very substantial results. And now you are going to learn how to do it right.
Smart Affiliate Marketing Advertising
This is perhaps one of the simplest affiliate advertising methods available, and one that has ALWAYS produced great results for me and those who apply this method. Many others have not achieved good results with online classifieds, but once they begin doing in the way you are learning here, they started getting really terrific results. When I started promoting my very first affiliate program, I was fortunate enough to learn how to execute this smart affiliate marketing advertising technique in the right way. Because of this, I was able to generate anywhere from 5-15 fresh leads every day. In my best month with this method, I sponsored over 100 people and had a number of paying customers, all within 30 days time.
There are 3 factors that are essential to this smart affiliate marketing advertising method. The first is finding the perfect locations to post your ads. I cannot simply tell you my favorite sites, because if I did they would lose their potential, and they would not be as profitable for you or me. If everyone swarms to a certain classified site, it gets overpopulated with advertisers, your ads don’t hold their top position as long, and you will have a greater level of competition (rather than low competition and many potential leads.)
It’s best to locate free classified advertising sites that have not been saturated by competitors in your same market. To find potential sites to utilize, use your favorite search engine and do a search for "free classifieds," “online classifieds,” or something along those lines. Start at the top of the results page (these will most often have the highest traffic) and do a little research within the site, using your judgment about how good it is. See how many possible categories there are that would be fitting for your affiliate product or program. Is anyone promoting your same program or product? A quick search within the site should uncover if there is. Use your judgment to decide whether a site has really great potential, or poor potential, in which case you should move to the next listing in the results. With thousands of possibilities, it is definitely worth your time to do a little research and locate several sites that will be profitable for you.
The next factor in utilizing this smart affiliate marketing advertising strategy with the best results is deciding on the best times to post your ads. This has two parts; the time of day and the days of the week. Internet traffic fluctuates greatly at different times of day as well as on specific days of the week. It’s advantageous for you to schedule your advertising efforts around the highest traffic times of the day, and also to put more effort in on the days of the week that see the most traffic. This will get your ad maximum exposure.
Daily traffic is the highest around noon. It continues to have high traffic until 10:00 p.m. After 10, it drops a substantial amount. It will stay low throughout the night, until around 9:00 a.m. At 9 it jumps up, stays steady until noon, at which time it again reaches the highest point of the day. At the highest traffic times, your advertisements have the best chance of being seen by the greatest number of people. New ads are placed on top of existing ads, and so throughout the day your ad gets lowered down into a lower position, decreasing its visibility. Because of this fact, I have always had the best results when I made it a point to post my ads at times with the best traffic (early afternoon has always worked best for me.) I will often post a number of ads from 11-noon, therefore getting many ads ready for the 12 o’clock traffic rush.
The days of the week have an even higher fluctuation in Internet traffic. While I generally post ads on a daily basis, the highest traffic days get more attention and I make it a point to post several ads on several sites. The lower traffic days still get used, but I focus on my best sites, and don’t spend as much time posting, usually just a few. The highest traffic of the week happens on Tuesday, for whatever reason. This is the day to really post a lot of ads. It then decreases daily all the way through the weekend, Saturday and Sunday are the slowest days. Monday makes a large upward climb in traffic, and then Tuesday comes and the traffic skyrockets, and then the process repeats.
The last part to smart affiliate marketing advertising with classifieds is by far the most important. Creating an ad that grabs attention is where an ad campaign is either successful or becomes a failure. There are two parts that make up an effective ad, THE HEADLINE AND THE AD BODY.
THE HEADLINE is by far the most important part of the equation. Why? The headline is the first thing people see when scrolling the ads. In fact, it is the only thing anyone will see if the headline does not compel them to click and view the rest of the ad. You can have the best ad copy possible, but if you don't take time to create a great headline that attracts people, it won't matter and that ad will practically be invisible. So we come to a simple conclusion.....the headline has got to have POWER.
What creates a powerful headline, a headline that causes people to click and read the rest of your ad? Headlines always work the best when they immediately offer a benefit to the reader. It’s a fact of life that most people have only one thing on their mind, "What's in it for me?" This is a perfect opportunity to tell them why they need to view your ad, what they can expect to gain. You will also want to use words that create excitement and emotion in the mind if the potential lead. A thesaurus has been a part of my advertising toolbox since the beginning, and I use it often when coming up with great headlines. Remember that a boring headline will get skipped and will never get noticed. A powerful headline on the other hand will inspire action, and your ad will get read by a number of people.
Once you have people clicking to view the main body of your advertisement, half the battle is aleready one. As long as you create decent body copy, you will have the majority of people clicking on your affiliate link.
To make sure that everyone that reads you ad body takes action to click your affiliate link, your body copy should further pre-sell your offering, creating excitement and emotion in the reader. Apply the same technique that you did in the headline, only now you have more space to write. You should again focus primarily on your potential customer. What do YOU have to offer THEM. A great ad is never all about "me, me , me" it is about "you, you, you." Keep the customer in mind and do things from their point of view. What would make them want to click your affiliate link to learn more? Face it, people aren't interested in you or anything about you, except for how they can benefit from you and whatever you are promoting. This isn't a problem, it is an opportunity to tell them exactly how you can benefit them, and therefore compel them to take action.
Here is another thing to keep in mind that will add a great deal to the effectiveness of your smart affiliate marketing advertising. MOST PEOPLE WON'T ACT UNLESS SPECIFICALLY TOLD TO! People respond much better to a direct command. This is a very simple yet powerful thing to do. Simply tell the reader what action you want them to take. Don't be pushy in any way, but word it in a way that again reminds them of the benefit you are offering them. "Click Here to learn how this can change your life!!" or "To get started absolutely free visit us HERE today!"
Smart affiliate marketing advertising is pretty simple huh? Yeah it is, and it can be very effective when you follow these steps.
By following these three simple steps, you can utilize free online classifieds to promote your affiliate links with great results. As I said, I've used this method exactly as described with terrific results time and again. Smart affiliate marketing advertising is free, simple, and effective, as long as you take the effort to do it right.
Best of luck with all of your smart affiliate marketing advertising, and I hope you achieve outstanding home business success!!