Some websites can do the job directly by offering a product for sale on a page with compelling and persuasive advertising copy, commonly known as a salespage.  Other websites simply capture leads with an email signup tool of some sort.  These tools capture the email address of visitors and allow the site owner to correspond with them using email – often times the most effective ’selling’ technique that a site owner can use.

I’ve discovered a really nifty tool that can help any site owner, blog owner, or list builder increase their list subscribers.  Get all the information about this cool slide up ad / email collection tool.  The slide up ad is much better at converting than popup ads or hover ads because the position of the ad is not obtrusive and doesn’t require ‘closing’ for your visitor to continue using your site.

Aside from being a high conversion rate list building tool, it offers the flexibility of being used as an ‘announcement’ banner which can include hyperlinks to areas of your website that you would like to attract initial visitors to.  It contains over 72 professionally created graphics templates, but also allows you to create your own custom templates.  I consider it the best slide up ad / best footer ad.  Check it out!

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You have probably read a lot of headlines that sound similar to this one above, or make promises like this one seems to. You have probably even read some of those articles all the way to the end, even clicked on some of the links in the article and read all the information on those links. And after finishing, you probably have thought to yourself, what a bunch of hooey… no way can I make money doing that; I can’t promote that, do that, write about that, endorse that… or whatever that! IT WILL RUIN MY BRAND!

Well it doesn’t have to be that way. I’m going to give you some tips that will give you an opportunity to monetize your website or blog, while preserving your brand. One of the best and easiest ways to monetize your online properties is to join some affiliate programs and advertise them on your site.

Affiliate programs are the answer

Why affiliate programs? Simple. Affiliate programs allow you to have a product to sell without having to build or create it yourself. All the work of writing an eBook, or recording an audio track, or programming a software product is taken care of by someone else. But the benefits don’t stop there. You also don’t have to create any marketing materials – those are all created for you by the person who builds the product and is running the affiliate program.

Another great benefit is that you really don’t have to keep track of finances or money. Most good affiliate programs will provide the members with a login to a sophisticated affiliate management program that is based on one of the leading affiliate software programs. These programs make it easy for you to follow how the ads you place on your site are doing, and how much commission you are earning.

Five tips for choosing affiliate offers to promote

1. Look for good earnings potential – You want to make sure that if one of the people you refer to an affiliate offer buys, that you will make some decent money. Some experts recommend that you look for high percentages. I prefer to look for opportunities where you can make a ‘big hit’ from a sale. This affiliate program for promoting music teacher websites offers the opportunity for you to earn $200 for a sale with monthly recurring income of $10.





2. Choose programs your readers will like – It is critical that you choose affiliate programs and offers that your audience will appreciate and be interested in. It wouldn’t be too smart to choose to promote affiliate programs and products for adult content movies on a site that is dedicated to toys for toddlers. However, if you have a website that helps people find careers is sales, it would be great to promote something like How to Get Into Medical Sales.





3. Look for affiliate programs powered by software – When you sign up for an affiliate program it will quickly become obvious if the owner of the program is serious about helping affiliate members be successful. If you are automatically redirected to a page powered by a fully-featured affiliate marketing software program, you can infer that this is a serious affiliate program. If you get an email message that says ‘here is you affiliate link’ and ‘we’ll let you know if you earn anything’ you should think carefully about investing any time. Their are several top name brands like iDev Affiliate, LinkShare, and JROX JAM. My favorite is JROX JAM, which you can get for free here: http://websitesthatdrivesales.com/recommends/free-affiliate-management-software.htm





4. Make sure the website is NOT anonymous – What I mean is, make sure that there are real people standing behind the website, people with good reputations, who take customer service seriously. People who let you know who they are, give you contact information with phone numbers aren’t very likely to be fly-by-night. They aren’t likely to ‘forget’ to pay you the commissions that you have generated. If you can find a picture, bio, and phone number of the affiliate site owner, chances are they will behave legitimately. You will also be able to ‘Google’ them to find any complaints about their program. Peggy McKee, the Medical Sales Recruiter, is one of the country’s leading sales recruiters – she proudly announces her site ownership on the about pages like this one: http://30-60-90-day-sales-plan.com/about/





5. Choose affiliate programs that have support programs – If you are choosing a piece of software to buy, you probably wouldn’t purchase it if there was not support mechanism in place. You should use the same criteria when evaluating affiliate programs. If the vendor doesn’t have a support system in place – something like a help desk or help desk software – then they probably don’t care about their customers. If they do, then you can be fairly sure that they are trying to keep customers happy. If they AREN’T trying to keep customers happy, their poor service will reflect poorly on you, and tarnish your brand.

There are a couple of affiliate programs that hit on all cylinders, that I could recommend if your site’s visitors would be interested in these subjects. One is an affiliate program for a sales interview tool that targets sales professionals – you can check it out here: http://30-60-90-day-sales-plan.com/affiliate-program-details/. The other is a program that has a broader appeal – it targets people who own businesses that either have no web presence or under performing websites; you can get all the information for it here: http://websitesthatdrivesales.com/blog/home/affiliate-program/

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Ah, if it were only as simple as that!  There are thousands upon thousands of small business owners in the world with superior products and services – but their businesses are stagnant or faltering. How can customers come and beat on a door that they do not even know exists? And how do they know if the door they DO find is actually WORTH beating on?

You already know the answer: Marketing.

But flyers, business cards, brochures, yard signs, Craigslist, newspaper ads, direct mail, referral rewards, word of mouth, discounts and coupons, t-shirts, caps, pens, bumper stickers, magnets, sponsorships, and even free hot dogs outside Home Depot can only do so much.  Most of these approaches take valuable time and money to implement, and do not have a high rate of effectiveness. They use up your precious time and resources for very little return.

And then there is the internet. When people want to find something, they go on their computer and do a search.  They want to spend the LEAST amount of time possible to find the product or service that will meet their need. So when the search results come up and YOUR business is right there on the first page, there is an excellent chance that a customer is going to check out your website.

Let’s think for a minute about what comes next.  Put yourself in the customer’s place. Let’s say that you are new in town and are looking for a piano teacher for your child.  You do a search, and a bunch of the listings that show up are national sites that have all kinds of useless links to teachers that are not even close to your area. What a waste of time!

Next you find a website for a teacher that has all kinds of information about his background, degrees, performance history, and even a page where you can buy his CD, but very little about how he teaches and exactly what he teaches. Hummm. Keep looking.

You click on the next site and are instantly pleased.  Right there in front of you is a slide show of children at a piano. The teacher’s picture and information are all right there – what to expect when you take lessons, where to click for rates, and clear directions to her home using a Google map.  There are links to articles about children and music, informative blog posts, resource links where you can find music games and quizzes, and a page full of glowing testimonials complete with pictures of her students. WOW!

Are you going to keep looking after you see this site? Or can you pretty much tell that this is the person you want as your child’s piano teacher?

Fact: This teacher now has a new client because 1) you were able to easily find her and 2) you liked what you saw. There are probably 30 other piano teachers in your area, but you don’t know anything about them. Your search is over.

So now comes the question: Are YOU a great teacher? If the answer is YES, then you need to let the world know it!

Let us help you put your passion, knowledge, and teaching accomplishments on display for everyone to see, 24/7.

Let us help you easily connect your current students to valuable information and resources.

Let us help you make YOUR business thrive!

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