Which are the two most important ingredients to affiliate marketing?

[TheAuthor]

In my opinion and experience, I'll go with Content and Time. :great: Content that your visitor can actually use, and enough time for your presence to get recognized. Share your thoughts on this.

 

[petesede]

Maybe even as important as your own content is the actual credibility of the product. There are a lot off hucksters out there trying to sell garbage products or get-rich-quick schemes... If you are doing an affiliate program and trying to sell someone else´s product, make sure that product is something people really want to buy. Seems obvious.. but for example, a lot of people will get triped up because some ´crazy herb´ gives a 40% commission meanwhile a boring vitamin gives 5% commission.

My other advice is not to even get involved with affiliate marketing until you have good traffic. Too many people spend way too much time ´evaluating´ affiliate programs while they have litttle reliable traffic, which gives very unreliable traffic to judge different affiliate programs. Get your content up, get your visitors up, then worry about affiliate programs.

 

[Melissa16]

In affiliate marketing, it is important that you have to know what your audience wants, what exactly they need, or what product you are selling is right for them. So to do that, conduct users survey to find out what the customers are thinking.

Furthermore, you must know how to attract and convince potential customers so that they actually end up buying the products.

Marketing needs good and effective strategy.

 

[Henrywrites]

When one realizes that in the world of affiliate marketing, what people tend to look at first before coming closer to your products/information you're trying to push through is trust. Yes, trust is a huge asset that can even make your consistent clients refer others to buy from you and once you have earned the trust of many in affiliate marketing, which in my opinion has to do with how consistent you're in providing the products you sell to your clients on time as agreed will make them come back next time they need the product.

Also, there is a saying that we tend to do well on things we have passion for and that can be said when it comes to this type of online business in the sense that many clients look out for affiliate marketers that have the intention of what they do at heart and not those that are into the business just to make money and leave. once, you treat selling those products with the mindset that it is yours which can be seen in the way you market those products as also the way you link up with clients. Then, you're bound to succeed in the world of affiliate marketing.

 

[vicsylicious]

Affiliate marketing is pretty awesome. Especially once you find a profitable niche market that you like. Most people are a part of several profitable niche markets via their hobbies. This is a good place to start when you're already familiar with how the people in the niche think and the products in it. Aweber is pretty much the standard when it comes to e-mail marketing. It's good to learn how to build a site own your own domain, too, though. Having your own site allows you to build a brand in your niche, have control over the content on your site and to get accepted into certain programs.