subject: How do I start off as a Forex Affiliate [print this page] It is easy to sign up for a forex affiliate program and it is also free to join. Anyone can make money online with forex trading and become an affiliate of the program. In fact, these are the two ways that you can profit online successfully.
To get started, all you have to do is to go to the merchant site and click on the affiliate link, complete the short application and log into the affiliate portal.
When you log in for the first time, you will usually see promotional resources and marketing tools as well as information that show you the different methods of affiliate marketing.
Another way to get started is to go to clickbank.com, which is an affiliate market place that hosts a variety of affiliate programs that affiliates can promote for profit. You would sign up for a free account at clickbank.com and log in to your account.
The next step is to enter the market place and put in a search term such as forex affiliates, or forex marketing, and then you will choose from the number of products or services resulting from your search.
Those products that show up at the top of the list are the ones that are the most popular and have the highest gravity percentage. This means that there are a lot of other forex affiliates that are marketing this product and people are buying as well.
As a clickbank member, your affiliate profits will be paid directly into a bank account or by check through clickbank. The merchant uses clickbank to manage their affiliate program. You will be able to see how much you make every day by logging into your account.
The Goal
As a forex affiliate, your job is to get prospective clients to the sales page and be able to convince them why they should sign up for the membership to begin forex trading or purchase the forex system. Every time someone signs up for membership or purchases a system, the affiliate makes a commission or residual income.
There are different methods to attract customers and drive visitors to the sales page. The primary method is to use forex reviews and articles. People prefer to read unbiased and honest reviews about a product or service that they may be interested in.
Writing reviews is easier when you have more knowledge or experience of the product or service. Therefore, it may be the best decision for an affiliate to purchase the product that they are trying to promote so that they can have firsthand knowledge of how to explain it to the prospect in a review.
The easy start
The first thing you need to do as a forex affiliate is to create a simple blog. Make sure that you post to this blog daily. Add forex strategies and tips to help your visitors. Provide links to the products or services that you are promoting.
Add product reviews to the blog on a weekly basis. Make sure that you review two or three products at a time to let your prospect decide which one meets their expectation. They will value your suggestions. Be sure though that you are promoting all of the products that you are reviewing.
