Affiliate Marketing 101
The Basics
Affiliate marketing is basically a profit sharing arrangement between the affiliate (you) and the vendor (us). The affiliate sends visitors to the vendor's website and if any of those visitors make a purchase the affiliate makes a commission.
It's reeeeeaaaally that simple.
For the 14-Day Rapid Fat Loss Plan, we pay out a very generous 75% commission to our affiliates. This commission also applies to all up-sell offers within the sales funnel (there are currently 2). The total commission you could possibly receive if a customer purchases ALL products in the sales funnel is just over $75 USD (varies based on local taxes)!
We are able to give you these high commissions because the product is a digital download. It keeps our expenses very low compared to selling physical products.
The high commissions make it worthwhile to you as an affiliate to put forth the time, effort, and money needed to successfully promote the program.
OK, now I'm going to be very blunt for a moment.....
Although it has its 'perks', affiliate marketing is a business just like any other. It requires time and effort to become successful.
This is NOT a get rich quick scheme.
If you've been involved with or heard of affiliate marketing before today, you've probably come across at least one grand claim of generating massive wealth with very little work required.
We hate to rain on your parade, but that just doesn't exist. It still takes time and effort like anything else.
Luckily, many people before you have already made A LOT of mistakes in this industry and learned over time how to be successful.
You can learn from these people (including us) and we're gonna show you how....
The #1 Secret To Success...
In all honesty, affiliate marketing is all a 'numbers game'.
The #1 secret to success is to generate lots of visitor traffic (the more targeted, the better) to your website and the final offer. Only a small percentage of people who see the offer will actually convert into a sale.
The more people who see the ad = the more sales you're likely to make.
One of the key metrics you MUST track is your conversion rate.
The conversion rate compares people who viewed your offer against people who viewed your offer AND made a purchase. It shows the number of sales per one hundred visitors.
For example, if 100 visitors see the sales page and 1 makes a purchase, the conversion rate is 1%.
IMPORTANT: Conversion rates will vary a lot depending on the source of the traffic.
Referral traffic or 'warm' traffic usually converts a lot higher than cold traffic (i.e. paid traffic).
Also, the 'market' you've targeted with your advertising will also affect conversion rates.
Attracting a million sumo wrestlers to view the 14-Day Rapid Fat Loss website is obviously not going to convert as well as getting a million young adult males to view the site.
Your main objective is to attract traffic with the greatest potential for conversion into sales.
This is what is referred to as "targeted traffic" and your level of income relates directly to your ability to attract lots of targeted traffic.
In the case of 14-Day Rapid Fat Loss, it's for people who want to rapidly burn fat in a very healthy, yet effective way.
Recommended Affiliate Resources:
Here are 2 affiliate/Internet Marketing resources we recommend to anyone who's "new to the game".
1. Copyblogger's "Internet Marketing For Smart People" [Free]
Copyblogger is one of the most popular Internet and direct-response marketing websites on the Internet. They are always releasing new killer tips and tricks to improve your Internet marketing skillz.
They have a FREE 20-day email course called "Internet Marketing For Smart People". We think the title says it all. :)
2. Dynamic Web Marketing Secrets (How To Generate More Traffic)
Author: Matt Dietz
TWO Free Reports: Search Engine Optimization Made Easy and 4 ways to increase sales in any online business!
