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Affiliate Webinar SeriesWebinar 3: How to Maximize Income from Your Website

Affiliate Success Tips: How to Maximize Income from

Your Website

Who’s Speaking Now?

Tina Kesova, Affiliates & Events Manager

A Bit of Housekeeping

• 30 mins presentation

• Q&A afterwards

• Submit your questions in the “Questions” panel

• Recording and slides will be available

• Fill in the survey after the webinar

A Secret Recipe To Become a Super Affiliate?

Well, no.

Or maybe yes.

CREATE QUALITY CONTENTTrustworthy, valuable content or service brings you

quality, relevant and repeat traffic.

Pure aggregation of affiliate links doesn’t

work anymore.

Successful Strategies

• Niche news

• Website service checks (whois, uptime monitoring)

• Tutorials & how-to articles

• Service sites whose audience needs hosting (templates, plugins, maintenance services)

BUILD TRUSTVisitors who trust you are tree times more willing to

purchase a product or service you recommend.

• Show that you are real - picture, social media, about me page

• Show that what you offer has value - demonstrate your success

• Show your expertise - link packs/recaps

Some Ideas

BUILD A MAILING LISTNewsletter/mailing list subscribers are king.

Your email list can drive revenue even

before sending out an actual newsletter.

Getting Subscribers: Static Banners

Getting Subscribers: Opt-in Popups

Getting Subscribers: Giveaways/Contests

ENGAGEEngaged audience is loyal audience that brings you new traffic, new content ideas and will subscribe for your

newsletter.

Engage Your Subscribers

• Optimize your confirmation email

• Optimize your verification & thank you page

Engage Your Site Visitors

• Social shares buttons - new traffic

• Stimulate comments & ask questions - loyalty, new content ideas

PROMOTE SMARTBe personal. Promote vendors that are only relevant to

your overall content and audience.

Write Personal Reviews• Test the product/service you are reviewing

yourself

• Prove your audience that you did test the product

• Quote testimonials from other influencers

Optimize Your Review for Conversions

• Use images and make them affiliate links

• Add product links in the copy

• Add CTA after the review

Long Term Conversions

• Link in the main menu, feature on main page

• Create a recommended/resource page

• Create deals/offers page

• Cross-sell

• Place vendor banners (Cautious!)

Keep It Going

• Subscribe for vendor newsletters

• Turn relevant vendor news in new content

Take the Most of Promotions

• Write a blog post

• Change the banners (we change them automatically)

• Send a dedicated newsletter

• Create sense of urgency - numbers are magic!

• Unique content is powerful

• Engaging your audience is powerful

• Subscribers are powerful

• Personal and smart recommendations are powerful

Our Previous Webinars

Webinar 1: SiteGround Affiliate Tools

Webinar 2: How SiteGround Compares To Other Hosts

Webinar 3: Earn More from Your Website

http://blog.siteground.com/category/webinars/

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Questions?

Thank You!