subject: Affiliates: How You Can Increase Your Income By Recommending Products [print this page] Today's online shopper is quite sharpToday's online shopper is quite sharp. They have access to some of the same marketing materials that you do as an affiliate marketer. Making your job even more demanding is the fact that it's becoming easier and easier for your customers to find what they are looking for on the web without any assistance from you thanks to the dozens of different search engines out there.
So how can you profit ? While search engines can find a product, they can't compliment any given product over another. A human has to do that. You - as an internet marketer.
If you can grasp the technique of contrastig and recommending products, you will always have a steady stream of buying customers and income. Why? Because people feel comfortable in knowing that someone has gone before them and used a product and can now tell them about it before they spend their money. People like encouragement so give it to them; honestly and accurately. You will profit big-time in the end and, you will be giving your customers what they are looking for. That is what product recommendation is all about.
Here are four important tips you will need to keep in mind to successfully recommend products and help your customers.
1) Do not recommend junk products. Do your own research and thoroughly analyze a product before you recommend it to your customers. Many times the author of a product will furnish you a free copy to evaluate if you ask for it and tell him that you would like to promote his product. This is the best way to evaluate a product to see if you should recommend it to your customers.
2) Don't exaggrate just to sell a product. Tell your cusomers what you don't like about a product. Is it really true that every product on the market only has good points and no unfavorable aspects? If your customers only hear how great all your products are, they will soon lose faith in you and go somewhere else. Conversely, They will stick with you if they know you are not afraid, and conscientious enough, to point out the kinks as well as the positive beneficial aspects of a product.
3) Offer a freebie or bonus with your recommended product. That is simply the norm today and people online have come to assume it. Don't just give away any old freebie though. Offer a bonus or product that is associated with the one you are trying to sell. This creates value for your customer. When people feel that you are concerned for them and not just yourself, they will buy from you.
4) Do whatever you need to do to test the customer support offered for the product you are offering. Selling products that leave your customers on the rocks when they need support is a sure way to destroy your credibility. So call the support line. Ask a question. Are you impressed and delighted with the response? Your customers will probably view things the same way. Do I need to tell you how your customers will feel if you don't like the service you get? I didn't think so.
That's primarily it. Set up your website where you will recommend products for your customers. Don't endorse junk; don't exaggerate just to sell; offer freebies; check out customer service.
Affiliates: How You Can Increase Your Income By Recommending Products
