Why Some People Get Affiliate Referrals So Easy

Posted by Melvin 23 November, 2008

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Most of you here are bloggers and when you started months ago or even until today you place some affiliate links on your blog. On the sidebar, maybe in posts or in footers/headers. But well to be honest, I’m sure we’re all not getting the referrals we thought we could get when we were starting out. The truth about it is that you will really get low conversions on referrals and thats the bitter truth about it. People nowadays, because of information overload or maybe what you can call it, have become skeptic on things like these. Not so long ago you can do a review of something w/your affiliate link and have people jump on the bandwagon immediately. But then its different now.

Saying it doesn’t mean you can’t do anything about it. :-) Of course there are ways to increase affiliate earnings from your blog. This is different so to speak with the whole affiliate marketing but I believe affiliate links on blogs can itself buy you a shirt and shoes every month. W/o further adieu, here are the tips:

  1. Don’t make them sign, if you yourself haven’t made money w/it. – this is mostly the case a lot of people don’t get. Ok they’ve read this program pays $10 per signup, then they sign w/it, promote the program itself and say to their readers “this program is great and you should try” but the real reason is that it gets them $10 which I feel is cheap. I believe if you can show people your account or how you’ve fared w/them, then you can more likely encourage them to sign up under you. Like here, you’ve seen me made some posts w/pepperjamnetwork. Apart from me getting nearly $20 on every posts of it, is that I really make money w/them even outside this blog( and bigger amount). They’ve had some nice dating offers and I had a lot of campaigns w/them before so I promote them. Show proofs!
  2. Have a Nice Rep First – As I’ve said earlier, its hard to make tons referrals from blogs. But make no mistake w/guys like Zac Johnson and some other big affiliate bloggers. I mean Zac is earning a thousand dollars from affiliate earnings from his blog alone! Why? Because he’s a super affiliate! Its the human psychology that when they see someone making a lot with something, they tend to think that hopefully they can too w/the same program the person is using. And I believe Zac uses a lot of affiliate networks to make a living so just guess how many people signs on almost all program under him. Again it helps for you to have a great rep first.
  3. Be transparent and honest – Wth my ancient post about whether you are signing under aff.links or not, I mentioned that if it really gives out value, then I signed through the link. I mean the guy who showed me that must be compensated for the thing right? Most people want to cloak links, mask them and try to look it natural. But I got to differ. I am a big believer that people don’t care if its an affiliate link or not. Some bloggers even say, that the certain link is an affiliate link. If you have the former 2 things mentioned above, I dont see the need for not being transparent.

This blog hasn’t really made thousands of affiliate referrals every month. But then for me to see it makes hundreds and see people saying “I will sign under you” is something that makes me feel well. Not all that worked for me will work for them and I know by being too good to be true and to honest w/my posts, they understand it well.

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    15 Comments

    Comment by Ajith Edassery
    2008-11-23 01:57:01

    One this is very clear – unless you provide enough proof, people will not even click your links :)

    Another problem I see is that, some smart people ‘do not want to buy with your referral’. They will read all your reviews and stuff and go to the site directly and buy :lol: without using the ref link

     
    Comment by Harish
    2008-11-23 04:03:26

    Ah great tips Melvin.The only problem is that I have never tried or I never no it use Affiliate marketing.But MMO with affiliate marketing sounds good.I have got to try it soon.

    Comment by Melvin
    2008-11-24 12:45:52

    It has tons of products to promote actually..

     
     
    2008-11-23 06:07:11

    Great post melvin! This is something I am really trying to start working on with my blogs.

     
    Comment by Farrhad
    2008-11-23 07:32:59

    This is one of your best posts :)
    Loved reading……

    Comment by Melvin
    2008-11-27 03:07:25

    I thought you will not come back to this blog anymore? ;-)

     
     
    2008-11-23 14:07:38

    It certainly helps when you blog about the affiliate network. Let people know the benefits and how easy to earn money from those affiliates

     
    Comment by AverageGal
    2008-11-24 03:54:03

    I’m a firm believer in promoting programs or products that you’ve actually used and enjoyed. The review is often times much more insightful and brings true content value to your readers.
    In the long run it will pay large dividends!

     
    Comment by Pradeep
    2008-11-24 04:41:10

    Liked this factual post Melvin.This is one of your best posts I have read

     
    Comment by Ganesh
    2008-11-24 13:59:33

    If you do an honest review of some product on your blog then people are sure to sign up under you. I can’t say that this always works, since I don’t have much experience in gaining referrals. Once I did a review about some service on my blog. I did not think that it would give me so many referrals. After a few weeks, when I checked my stats, I saw that I had earned a lot. That’s a good thing. :)

    Comment by Melvin
    2008-11-27 03:08:50

    I agree it doesnt work that well and again conversions are pretty low but then the reputation that you can gain is for me the important thing…

     
     
    2008-11-25 22:15:17

    i dont make any money on affiliate marketing …sniff , snifff

     
    2008-11-25 22:15:52

    papperjam rejected me …:(

    Comment by Melvin
    2008-11-27 03:09:59

    maybe because you misspelled their url? :-)

     
     

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