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I will tell you right here and now you do not need to have a website to be
successful in internet marketing.
There are some essential tools you will need, but a website needn’t be
one of them.
Ok, a website is useful, even more so if you sell your own products. But if
you are an affiliate salesperson, you don’t need your own site.
For affiliate marketing, there is in truth only one tool you need and that
is an autoresponder. You need a great autoresponder that will allow you broadcast
messages to the contact list that you will build. I have found that the free
autoresponder programs will not let you do this, so you need to invest about
$15 per month in a good autoresponder. Believe me this will be one of the best
investments you ever make in your online business. And, since autoresponder
programs are affiliate programs themselves, you can promote your autoresponder
program and sooner or later have it pay for itself.
This is a straightforward marketing system that will promote your affiliate
program without your own website:
1. The marketing system is to establish yourself as an expert on the products
you are promoting. You wil do this by creating content: first, by posting in
related content forums and submitting articles to article directories, secondly,
by starting your own ezine or newsletter, and thirdly, by personally contacting
ezine owners and offering your article for publication in their ezine. For a
free list of article directories I submit to, send a blank email to directories@homebasedbusinesstraining.com
2. You MUST promote your affiliate product or program in the resource box at
the end of your article. Write a brief description of who you are, what you
do, and how readers can learn more. For more detail, see my resource box at
the end of this article.
3. The secret to promoting your affiliate product is to promote it via your
autoresponder. Since you have written an article about what you are selling,
you will have the prospect looking for more information. If you wrote an article
on dog training, write something like, “For more free tips on training
your dog, send a blank email to info@yourautoresponderaddress.com”
4. In your autoresponder, write a series of short emails with a few tips in
each email and most importantly a sentence that refers your readers to your
sales product or affiliate program.
5. So, Not only have you been promoted your product for a very
very low cost, the cost of your autoresponder, but you have been collecting
names that you can offer more related products to again and again. The names
also become your list for your newsletter and joint marketing ventures with
other marketers.
6. Try to write a brand new article every week or at least every 2 weeks, and
continue sending it to your list and article directories, and continue posting
in forums. In no time you will have a nice list built. And this is all without
your own website!
About the Author:
Edward Green is the owner and operator of a successful online business. Ed has
over 15 years in corporate business operations which include guerrilla marketing
skills, customer service and Professional networking capabilities.
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