Email marketing.
It’s one of the most important marketing avenues for just about any business.
This is especially true for affiliate marketers.
Because, affiliate marketers have the awesome advantage of not necessarily having to create their own products.
That Doesn’t Mean That Affiliate Marketers Shouldn’t Create Their Own Brand, Though!
After being an affiliate marketer for a long time, there’s one asset that has provided the most value to me.
It’s not any of my blogs, any of my online courses, it’s not my books, the one thing that has proven the most valuable, is my email list.
Email Marketing Can Help You To Establish Yourself, And Yes, Promote Any Product You Want
That’s why ClickFunnels can be a huge boon for all affiliate marketers.
Because, if you want to generate targeted visitors to your affiliate links, you’re going to need to convince others to check out what you have to offer.
What better way to accomplish this than with an awesome email list, that’s liberally stuffed to the brim with awesome subscribers?
So You Can Share Awesome Content, Help Your Prospects, And Pitch Your Affiliate Offers!
Email marketing will allow you to generate massive rapport with your audience, and it’s a great mechanism to share content, to teach, and of course, to poll your audience.
When you poll your audience, you’re going to have a much better idea of what types of frustrations they’re having.
So you can literally ask your email subscribers questions about what’s going on in their life that’s pertinent to your niche or marketplace that you’re playing in.
You can also directly invite your subscribers to ask you questions.
When You Invite Your Subscribers To Ask You Questions, A Few Awesome Things Are Going To Happen
The first thing that’s going to happen, is that your subscribers are going to appreciate that you’re helping them.
You’re going to stand out as an authority who cares deeply for the welfare of your audience.
Not only that, but you’re also going to develop an unshakable understanding of the pain points that your prospects have.
Why is this such a powerful thing?
Because, if you’re intimately familiar with the problems that your audience has, you’ll be able to brainstorm awesome affiliate marketing promotions that are geared toward the exact problems that they’re telling you about.
It All Starts With Building An Awesome Lead Magnet With Accompanying Lead Capture Page!
Ideally, you really want many different lead magnets.
So you can split test them, and see which ones garner the best interest amongst your prospects.
However, the first step is to have ONE lead magnet that rocks.
A lead magnet that helps your audience, and a lead magnet that’s so valuable, that your prospective subscriber would jump out of their chair and say “Heck yes, let me in!” without a moment’s hesitation.
So, what is that lead magnet?
Well, that’s for you to decide.
I would hope, that you know who your prospective subscriber is, enough to the point where you can brainstorm a ton of awesome lead magnet ideas.
Once You Have A Lead Magnet In Mind, You Need To Build A Beautiful Lead Capture Page
If you don’t have the biggest budget in the world, and if you’re not a computer science nerd, then it might be tricky to build an awesome lead capture page, let alone an entire lead generation funnel.
That’s why I’m always recommending ClickFunnels, because it’s a really powerful way to build beautiful lead capture pages, sales pages, webinar registration pages, download pages, and just about any other type of page. You can build all of these pages, without hosting a single website, without having your own domain, and without knowing how to write a single line of code.
So, If The Technical Complications Of Building An Email List Has Prevented You From Taking Action…
Then ClickFunnels is a really cool marketing resource that will help you to build your email list, to generate leads, and then to sell your prospects awesome content in the future.
Now of course, it’s also important that you brainstorm a long-term content strategy.
What The Heck Is A Long-Term Content Strategy?
Once a subscriber agrees to download your lead magnet, and subscribes to your email list, a potentially beautiful relationship takes place.
I always strive to maintain those relationships over the long haul.
For example, ask yourself, what type of affiliate promotions are you going to launch on your first month?
What about your second month?
What about, 6 months down the line?
What about, 6 years down the line?
What Type Of Content Are You Going To Share With Your Email Subscribers Down The Line?
This is a direly important question to ask, especially if you want to build a wholesome, prolific, and awesome email list.
Why waste a potentially awesome asset, which is an email list stuffed with subscribers?
Why not plan for the long-haul?
So you can have a devoted tribe of subscribers who heed your advice, who ask you for help, who love hearing from you, and of course, who love to click on your affiliate links.
That, In My Opinion, Is The Highest Level Of Affiliate Marketing.
It’s when you have an email list; an audience, who knows you, likes you, and trusts you.
Sure, this strategy of building a long-term email list requires much effort.
But ask yourself this one question…
Have You Ever Been Frustrated Because NOBODY Ever Clicks On Your Affiliate Links?
Maybe you have the coolest affiliate products in the world to promote.
Maybe you have the best intentions, and want nothing more than to actually help your prospects?
Maybe you’d be willing to bend over backwards in order to provide assistance to all those who ask, however, even after this strong urge to actually help others, NOBODY ever clicks on your affiliate links?
A lack of website traffic, a lack of rapport, and a lack of authority can be the final nail in the coffin for absolutely any affiliate marketing business.
That’s Why Affiliate Marketing Combined With Email Marketing Rocks! And Is A Genius Strategy.
So.
Here’s how to get started.
Start to brainstorm an awesome lead magnet that your prospective audience would love.
Design a sweet lead capture page that promotes that lead magnet.
And then, promote that lead magnet absolutely everywhere you can.
Promote it on your blog, on social media, in your books, in your courses, in your forum signatures, and even with paid advertising.
Then, Your Main Focus Is To Create Awesome Content That Actually Helps Your Audience
Share awesome stuff with your audience.
Ask them what types of problems they’re having.
Deliver crazy amounts of value.
And, once you figure out what problems your prospects have, you’ll be able to plan genius affiliate marketing promotions that few others can muster.
The funny part, is that after you start generating leads, you’re going to have such a fulfilling role of helping subscribers.
And, I think that you shall find, that your subscribers will appreciate the heck out of your hard work.
Thanks So Much For Checking This Out!
I thank you cordially for checking this out.
Please remember that I spend at least an hour per day brainstorming with awesome students, subscribers, readers and viewers just like you.
So if you have questions about the world of technology or marketing, please never hesitate to give me a buzz.
I look forward to hearing from you, and bid thee farewell.
Cordially and humbly…
Mike DeVincent
MrComputerScience.com
