the affiliate diary
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
One way to make piles and piles of cash is with an opt-in list. I remember a
talk I had with a friend who was pretty short term about the returns he wanted
from affiliate marketing – “I don’t care about having an asset, I am just
interested in the immediate returns for minimal effort”.
Hmmm…
And so it is for 90% of people out there. But, at the same time, a lot of the
money is really in the list. And a lot of short-term money is in the promotions
that you can cue up from day one. The idea is simple; someone signs up to one
of your mailing lists, and gets 10 e-mails recommending a few different
products within the first month. At some point in the chain, they make a
purchase (by day 30 they have been hit by so many different sales letter
techniques, and so many pre-sells, that they have to admit defeat and
purchase at some point!).
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