An affiliate program is a program that allows other website owners to earn a commission from a sale of another website owner’s product simply by placing a link on their website. If a visitor clicks on that link and makes a purchase, than the affiliate makes a sale but also the person promoting that affiliates product will make a commission from that sale simply by referring that visitor to that particular link. It's an easy way to add some extra income to your website. But best of all, making money online through affiliate programs is simple.
There are numerous marketing strategies to improve your income through the promotion of various affiliate programs. One of the best methods of promoting an affiliates product is through an opt-in page also known as a newsletter sign-up page or name squeeze page. The purpose of this page is to gather the name of your visitor so that you can later follow-up with them. The page of this name squeeze site provides key information about what they are going to get if they sign up.
A sign up page should have an attention-grabbing headline which will tell the visitor what you're going to do for them and how you plan to solve their problem or how you plan to teach them how to do a certain task. A simple sign up box should be there where they can enter their names and email addresses. Ensure them that you will protect their personal info and will not send them junk mail.
Another great way to promote an affiliate's product is by writing a review of their product. But don't write a bunch of reviews on the same page. It is better to write your review as a single paged website which aims at promoting the product you are selling through that review. This strategy helps you to get highly targeted traffic and provide that traffic with the exact information they are searching for. Your website visitors will be focused on that single page. They won't be distracted by other links and information. This focused strategy will make them more opt to buy the product that you have reviewed. So, always make sure that the
web design firm which you assign the project to takes care of this factor while designing your website.