Affiliate Marketing Tip - Using Twitter to Find Your Target

If you are participating in Skip McGrath's affiliate program, here is another tip for promotion. Leverage the power of Twitter which has between 10 and 15 million users (depending on which authority you reference). This must be done carefully and professionally.

1. Shorten your affiliate link to Skip's free newsletter using TinyUrl.com or another link-shortening site. You can save the shortened link to use over and over again. Twitter only allows 140 characters so we want to maximize the space with real words that can be searched on.

2. Go to Twitter and start searching for words and phrases that could indicate someone is looking for a way to work from home, make money online, or has changed job status. Some suggestions are:

lost my job
lose my job
downsized
out of work
laid off
quit my job
work at / from home
make money from home
home business

The search box looks like this:




3. Next, look through the results. You will see a lot of junk that won't apply. Look for people who may be a candidate to read Skip's newsletter and learn about eBay. Here is an example of a tweet you could reply to:



4. Respond to comments with your target keywords using the @ symbol. In this case, I would say something like,



Not only will that person see your tweet, but others will see it also and anyone who searches for the keywords in your tweet will see it.

Remember that you want to get people to sign up for the free newsletter. People love freebies and this gets the person into the system so if they buy anything within the next year, you get the commission. Let Skip do the selling through the newsletter.

Add this technique to the other affiliate marketing techniques. Spend at least 15 minutes a day on these online marketing tasks and allow at least 90 days to start seeing results.

Other Strategies:

Add affiliate links to your About Me Page

Tap into Your eBay Customers

Leverage the Power of Facebook

Affiliate Marketing Tip - Using Facebook Correctly

For those of you participating in Skip McGrath's affiliate program, here is another tip for promotion. Leverage the power of Facebook (which now has has over 400 million members). You have to do this carefully and professionally. The most important point to remember:

DON'T SPAM AND DON'T INVADE ANYONE'S PRIVACY BY POSING UNSOLICITED COMMENTS ON THEIR WALL.

Here is how to promote anything on Facebook the right way.

1. Post updates on your status. Only post these a couple of times a week. Don't post these links non-stop all day long. Your friends will get sick of it and they will un-friend you. Focus on the free stuff like the newsletter and the 77 Tips. People love freebies and this gets the person into the system so if they buy anything within the next year, you get the commission. Post updates like:

Free newsletter for eBay sellers!

Free eBook! 77 Tips for Successful eBay Selling


2. Answer questions in your groups. If you see any questions or comments in your groups about someone wanting to work from home, losing a job an needing income, or related topics, post the same links as above. You won't be pushing someone to buy anything, only pointing them to a free resource. Don't post this on other people's walls.

3. Include a link under your own post on groups. Facebook isn't set up to give you a signature line like in other groups or forums. Make your own! After you post something on a group, put your name at the end of your post like this:

Suzanne Wells
Free eBay Newsletter for Sellers
(your affiliate link)

4. Post your link (only when appropriate) as a comment on someone else's update. For example, if someone on your news feed has a comment like, "Looking for a way work from home so baby doesn't have to go to daycare!" This is a perfect opportunity to direct the person to the free newsletter. Explain that you are an eBay seller and it works for you and the newsletter will help them learn more. (Be prepared for rejection, not everyone likes eBay.) Look for opportunities to lead people to the free newsletter if they are seeking work at home jobs, are out of work, want to stay home with kids and make money, etc. Spend a 5-10 minutes a few times a day reading your news feed and looking for opportunities.

Remember, it is much easier to give away something free than to sell something. Let Skip do the selling. Focus on leading people to the free newsletter.

More affiliate marketing tips:

Tap into Your eBay Customers

Less is More

Happy Selling!

Affiliate Marketing Tip - Tap into Your eBay Customers

For those of you participating in Skip McGrath's affiliate program, you may have seen that I am the top affiliate right now. Here is a strategy I am using to get those sales. You don't have to have a blog, Facebook account, Twitter, etc. You just have to be an eBay seller!


Here is the process:

1. Promote the free newsletter. It is much easier to give something away than try to sell something. Let Skip and his newsletter do the selling. The free newsletter sign-up will get the person “into the system” so to speak. If they buy anything within the next year, you will get the commission.

2. Create a form letter that you can copy and paste into your own email to the customer. Mine says, “Your order has been shipped from Atlanta, GA via USPS mail. You should receive your order within 3 business days. If for any reason, you are not satisfied with your purchase, please contact us PRIOR to posting feedback and we will make arrangements with you for a refund, no questions asked. Would you like to learn to sell on eBay and make money from home? Subscribe to the oldest and largest FREE newsletter for at home eBay sellers. Click here to subscribe.” Include your affiliate link to the free newsletter product. Keep this form letter in WORD.

3. You won’t be able to send the form letter from your eBay messaging system because it won’t allow HTML. You must send this from your own email account.

4. When you are shipping your eBay orders, keep a window open with your email account and the WORD document. Copy the customer’s email address from your eBay selling manager and paste it into your email. Paste in the form letter. Add the shipping information for each particular customer. This will take a few extra steps and a few extra minutes, but think of each customer as an opportunity to help you make money for the next year. Your only investment is a few minutes of your time sending out an email.

5.This is not considered spamming because you are sending the customer information about his order and since money has changed hands, you have a relationship with the customer. To play by the rules of email etiquette, tack on your affiliate link to the shipping information so that the email won’t be construed as spam.

6. Give this strategy time to work. You don't buy something the first time you see it, so don't expect anyone else to. Why do you think corporate America runs commercials over and over again? People have to see something several times before reacting. If you are the person to get someone to sign up for the newsletter, you will be the one that earns a commission when the sale happens later. Give this strategy 90 days to start working for you. It is a numbers game. The more sign-ups you get, the more opportunities for a commission.

After creating your clickable link, ALWAYS CHECK IT to make sure it works!

If you are not part of this affiliate program, sign up now. I will be showing you many different ways to promote this program and make some extra money.

Happy Selling!

Affiliate Marketing Tip - Less is More

For those of you participating in Skip McGrath's affiliate program, I am going to be offering some regular tips on how to maximize your commissions and introduce you to some affiliate marketing techniques so you can make more money! Over the past year, I have been an avid student of affiliate marketing and have tripled my monthly earnings from affiliate programs. I am now making almost as much doing affiliate marketing as I made as a full-time seller on eBay. I will always love eBay and sell on eBay, but setting up passive income streams with affiliate marketing is a business model that can't be beat.

The first and most important tip about affiliate marketing is:

Choose your affiliate programs with discretion!

Website visitors prefer an uncluttered clean page to one that is covered with confusing ads. (The example above makes you dizzy, doesn't it?) A confused mind chooses nothing. Don't try to promote everything you come across online. Furthermore, the more you have on your page the longer the page takes to load and you will lose visitors in those critical few seconds. Too many choices are overwhelming and confusing to the visitor and they will click away and leave - which is exactly what you do not want.

For example, you will see some of the same affiliate programs over and over again on eBay sellers' About Me pages. Some of these programs only pay only pennies for a sale or referral. Why waste your time on those? Why put those ads in front of your visitors when other ads can make more money for you? Choose affiliate programs with higher payouts! When you promote Skip McGrath's eBay Business System, you make $38.80 per sale. Reduce the number of options on your page and the visitor won't have any choice but to click on the higher paying programs - resulting in more commissions for you.

Whether you are promoting affiliate programs on your eBay About Me page, your own blog, or your own website, choose them with discretion. You can always rotate your ads to see which ones perform the best. No one can sell everything all the time. Choose your ads carefully! Get rid of ads that are not performing (generating income) and replace them with new ads from Skip's program. Leave the ads in place for 2-3 weeks and see if you get any hits.

If you have not signed up already, click here to join Skip McGrath's affiliate program. The payouts are 40% of each sale. This can be some serious money if you are willing to learn how to be a good promoter. I will be posting more information on how to promote these products so if you are new to affiliate marketing, don't worry! I will walk you through the process and explain how it all works.

Happy Selling!

New eBay Seller's Affiliate Program Pays 40% Commission

My boss and eBay mentor, seller, and consultant Skip McGrath has a new affiliate program! The payouts are 40% of the sale - one of the highest paying affiliate programs on the internet. This is big news is you are looking for additional streams of income without having to buy and ship any items!

Example - If you sell his Complete eBay Marketing System your earnings are $38.80. You have probably seen his products on my blog and articles. Skip's products are the real deal and pretty much sell themselves. I have read all of them and use them in my trainings with my eBay coaching clients. All of his products come with a 100% money back so if someone you sell one to isn't happy, they can get a refund and you won't be left holding the bag!

You can add this affiliate program to your eBay About me page and promote it in many other ways:

On your Facebook page

On Twitter

On your blog

In groups and forums

On article sites that allow affiliate links

Via email (email your eBay friends)

(You may NOT promote this or any other affiliate product on your auctions!)

This is what affiliate marketing is all about. Finding an information product to promote that relates to what you are already doing on the internet. You are already out there every day, maybe talking with other eBay sellers, why not promote a few great products and make some money? Works for me.

Click here to learn more and sign up. It is free to join.

Happy Selling!