5 Ways You Can Promote Affiliate Programs If You Dont Have A Mailing List

If you are looking for ways to promote affiliate products that do not require you to have your own website or mailing list, you have come to the right place. These methods all work - if you work them. So take a look and find one or two ideas that feel comfortable for you, and get started. The worst thing you can do is... do nothing! The only definite result of doing nothing is that your affiliate marketing dreams will never come true, so skim through this article, pick even one method and get cracking. It is not that hard.

1. LOTS OF PEOPLE LOOK FOR FAQs, SO CREATE ONE

I read recently that one successful online marketer always includes a FAQ in his autoresponder email series. It seems that a lot of times people have questions but they dont like to ask.

Maybe they think their question is "dumb" and who wants to ask a dumb question! So what this guy does is write down all the questions he can think of about the product, and answer them. It's an easy way to put together a short but helpful piece of promotion. Again, include your affiliate link in the 'About the author' panel at the end.

2. JUST WRITE ABOUT HOW IT HELPED YOU

One great way to get people interested in the product that you are promoting is to write a review explaining how good it is. Explain in simple terms how it helped you. One thing to avoid is over-praising the product. Your testimonial will appear to be more balanced and credible if you include some minor negative. Or something you wish the author would add next time he revises it, etc.

Make sure you include your affiliate link at the bottom with a few words to entice them to click on your link. And then post it to sites like EzineArticles.com and GoArticles.com.

Need more places to post it? Here is a list of online article directories: http://eprofitnews.org/artdir

If you think you couldn't write to save yourself, check this out. It's called The lazy man's guide to writing articles and you'll find it here: http://eprofitnews.org/article-writing

It explains a simple system where the work of researching and writing is reduced to a very do-able minimum.

If you're not that great on spelling, run your article or report through a spell checker. Your computer probably has one already.

3. USE THE FREE RESOURCES OF BLOGGER.COM

Another good idea is to make a FREE blog at Blogger.com. Post your review or article on the blog with your affiliate link. After that, "ping" your blog at Pingomatic.com and the search engines will pick up your new blog site. Make a new post about your affiliate product or something related to the topic every 2-3 days, I would suggest.

I've seen my blog posts appear in Google within as little as 9 minutes. You can search for them at blogsearch.google.com

The great thing about blogging is... it's very informal. Write like you talk. Forget your English teacher. No need to worry about perfect sentences or stuff like that. Just imagine your buddy is interested. Now what would you tell him? -- then write it down and post it to your blog.

Wondering how to include a clickable link in your posts? It's explained here: http://eprofitnews.org/marketing/ways.html#clickable

4. GET INTO THE FORUMS AND POST EVERY DAY

Here's a list of internet marketing forums: http://eprofitnews.org/marketing/forums.html

Join one, or several of them. Read for a while so you get the idea of how they work. Then start posting. Either ask questions, or add a comment into a discussion. Or simply express appreciation for what you learned from a poster. There are lots of ways to start to get involved with forums.

Include your link in your forum signature (find the 'Edit your profile' section to insert or change your signature). Every time you post a reply or thread, your affiliate link or banner will automatically get posted, resulting in many different people noticing your link and some of them clicking on it.

5. PRESS RELEASES -- NOT AS SCARY AS YOU THOUGHT

Sounds a bit daunting , doesnt it? Well, after you read a few press releases at PRweb.com, you'll see it's not that bad. Find one you like, and use its layout as a template for your own press releases.

Many of the sites which distribute press releases on the internet are free to use. Do a Google search and you will be sure to find some. Then read over several news releases that others have issued. When you find one you like, use it as a template for your own... though there is one extra thing I should mention. Press releases are usually about your own product or website or your own business, so you may have to create an angle or a hook to make it your own somehow.

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