3 Ways To Find Products to Promote Via Affiliate…
One of the most common questions that I receive from new affiliates pertains to their indecision over the products and services they plan on promoting using affiliate marketing.
While there are numerous methods of selecting affiliate offers to promote, I've stuck to a three-pronged approach, which has done me proud over the years.
Promote Products & Services That You Are Passionate About
Let's face it, affiliate marketing isn't easy. Promoting products and services that you already use and believe in will help you pump out great content on a consistent basis. If you're marketing a product that you don't care for, nor have an interest in, it can easily lead you down the path of affiliate site abandonment. {Raise your hand if you have one or more abandoned affiliate sites. I know I do!}
Don't Market What Everyone Else Is Marketing
If you plan relies on simply copying the products that other successful affiliate marketers are promoting, you should just give up now. These successful affiliate marketers got successful for a reason and they are light years ahead of you. You'd be hard-pressed to generate the same amount of traffic to your affiliate sites that they can for the same product. It's just not worth it.
Find the Next Big Thing in YOUR Niche
If you're a smart cookie in a particular niche, use that to your advantage and create content around it. Look to tools such as eBay Pulse and Google Insight which deliver a good snapshot into popular products that people are already searching for. Find the next big thing in your niche and get a jump start on marketing it.
Monitoring Google Alerts, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and TV advertising are other good avenues for finding products that people are talking about.
Trying to figure out what to promote through affiliate marketing does not have to be frustrating. With a little “sleuthery” and diligence, you can be well on the road to finding a winning affiliate campaign.
Missy Ward
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6 COMMENTS
Hi Missy, Faithful Feedfront Reader and aspiring Affiliate Marketer here. Appreciate that advice, I knew nothing about Google Insight until I read this article…Thanks Missy.
I’d like to be on the list as well if possible.
Missy –
I’d like to see a followup with more specifics as to where to find offers – for example, how to find PLRs, how to source the most productive offers from CJ and other networks, lead gen sources such as TradePub and Madison Logic, etc. The more actual hard sources the better!
On my list 🙂
You hit the nail on the head with this one for sure. I have a question for you if you know. I promote stuff that isn’t IM. I was wondering if you have ever heard of a site that is like JVnotifyPro but for stuff not related to IM.
I have searched hard but had no luck so far. I would like to be able to find out about some launches before they drop.
Any help is appreciated. Hope all is well.
Hey Brett — off the top of my head, no. But if I come across anything I’ll be sure to hit you up!