When it comes to finding products to promote online, the sky is the
limit. These affiliate opportunities are everywhere. I see many here at
Squidoo that use Amazon, but Amazon is just one in probably a million
options. Now that I am a full time affiliate marketer, I find myself
checking almost all sites I visit for an affiliate program. It's usually
all the way at the bottom of a site where you will find a link that
says affiliates. I have registered with so many that I have forgotten
about a lot of them.
I have recently quit smoking and was googling electronic cigarettes the
other day. Practically all electronic cigarette companies have an
affiliate program. Best Buy
has an affiliate program, how cool is that. Dell you know the computer
people, well they have an affiliate program complete with banners and
tools.
When I search for affiliate programs, I simply google the product that I
want to promote with the word "affiliate" behind it and ta da, usually I
find what I am looking for.
Not all affiliate programs however are created equal. I usually check
them out before I join one. I search for reviews and take into
consideration how professional the site is or is not.
One of the first products I ever purchased and promoted was Pot Pie Girl's One Week Marketing which is why I am such a Squidoo Fan! It works. Another great guide that I am checking out is Squidoo Shortcuts, I have heard great reviews on this.
The Truth About Clickbank and Squidoo
Amazon is not the only way to earn money at Squidoo.
There are so
many digital marketplaces such as Commission Junction, Clickbank,
Payloads, E-Junkie to name just a few. Clickbank is my personal
favorite. There are endless possibilities. At Squidoo though, I have
heard many refer to these digital
marketplaces such as Clickbank as taboo. I think it's because many
spammers got a hold of
it and just used it all wrong trying to make a sale. That's a shame
because there is a lot of money to be made at these other market
places, including Clickbank.
I was talking with a fellow Squid the other day and his view was that
clickbank had low quality products and he wouldn't promote crap. This
really isn't true. There are some really good products on in the
marketplace. If I am going to promote a product from from this market
place, I purchase it and review it first. This way you can have
confidence in the products that you promote.
I make good money with multiple affiliate centers. My last paycheck just
from Clickbank was just short of 3 grand. I am not writing this to be
bragging, I am writing this to hopefully help others make more money by
offering quality content when it comes to promoting and reviewing these
digital products. If I can make 3 grand now in a two week period,
imagine what I will be making a year from now if I just keep doing what I
am doing.
Many give up when they don't see fast results. That I believe is the
reason most fail with these digital products. I have had one digital
product that I was promoting that did nothing for a year. One day I woke
up and it seems Google had just found it overnight. There are many
factors that play into this and the Google ranking games.
Domain age name, fresh quality content and keyword research and search
engine optimization all make a difference in how successful you will or
will not be. If you can learn to master these things, you will make
sales, that and a little patience.
How To Add Clickbank Links in Squidoo
There are numerous ways to add your affiliate links into a Squidoo Lens.
The first and easiest way is by adding the Big Arrow Module in the edit
mode. Then you simply copy and paste your link there, give the module a
title paste your link and you are done.
Another way is the link module. It works much the same way as the Big
Arrow. There is also a reorder option so that you can add more than one
link to more than one product. Creating a lens with no valuable content
and just links though won't work with Squidoo. They really do want some
valuable content. I usually write at least three original text modules
with topics that relate to the product and place the link last after my
text modules.
There is always the option of linking certain words in your text modules
to your hoplinks or other affiliate products with a simple html code.
Squidoo does not have a WYSIWYG editor in it's text modules but you can
use html instead, creating anchor text links. Simply Google "creating
anchor text links and you will find instructions. I can't post the code
here as Squidoo reads it and converts it to a link instead of the actual
code to use.
Remember this though. Huge caution here. Don't over stuff your links in
your lens. This is when it turns to spam. I never link the same product
more than 2 or 3 times in a lens. It only takes once to make a sale.
Linking to more than one product on a lens though is certainly an
option. Always read the terms of service before you create your lens to
avoid issues later on.
Below is a short Video with step by step instructions how to add clickbank automatically using Squiduitls.
