Marketing With Chris Imamshah

Quote For Today-By Oprah Winfrey

September 3, 2008 on 8:00 pm | In Affiliate Marketing, Must See, Random Thoughts | No Comments

While you may or may not like Oprah Winfrey you have to respect her success. Perhaps this quote has been a guiding attitude for her that has helped her to achieve the level of success that she has.

” The more you praise and celebrate life, the more there
is in life to celebrate.”

Oprah Winfrey

I’m a firm believer in the principles discussed in The Secret and I found this quote along those lines as well.

Just wanted to share a positive quote with you today.

To Your success,
Chris

Affiliate Marketing Is A Win-Win Proposition

September 3, 2008 on 1:28 pm | In Affiliate Marketing, Must See | No Comments

Affiliate Marketing, when working as it is designed to work, is extremely beneficial for both the affiliates and the product owner/developer. It is a very simple concept that works very well for both parties involved.

Here are some benefits of Affiliate Marketing looking at it from both sides.

1. Affiliates Benefit#1:

They do not have to have their own product so they can jump right into being in business simply by selecting other people’s products to promote and derive a commission from. A lot of people don’t have the time, money or expertise or any inclination at all about creating their own product, so affiliate marketing is a great way to make money off other peoples hard work. This also means the affiliate doesn’t have to worry about researching the market to find what people want. Instead they only have to find which products are selling well and choose to promote those.

2. Affiliates Benefit #2:

No customer support is required (this is one of the major headaches in most businesses so is a wonderful thing to be able to not have to contend with). Anyone who has ever had their own product will tell you that customer support is one of the worst parts of running a business. Affiliates get to keep their share of the profits without ever having to worry about having customers contact them with issues or complaints about the product. All the problems are dealt with by the product owner’s customer support department.

3. Affiliates Benefit #3:

To get started a very small investment is all it takes relative to traditional businesses. So it is an easy business to get involved with. There aren’t many business models which allow you to start up with virtually no investment, but affiliate marketing is one of them. Most Affiliate Marketers use methods that create free traffic to their affiliate promotions so in this case the Affiliate’s only investment is time. Of course, there are also paid methods of traffic generation also, but in general becoming an affiliate marketer is a low cost business with the potential to become highly profitable.

4. Affiliates Benefit #4: Working from home / any place of choice.

It is many people’s dream to work from home and be able to control their own hours. This is not something you can do if you have a 9 - 5 job. Affiliate Marketing isn’t paid by the hour, rather you get paid when someone goes through your affiliate link and purchases the owner’s product. So, in many cases, once your have your promotions in place you can choose the hours you want to work. It is important to remember though, that the more effort you put into Affiliate Marketing (like with any venture really) the greater the rewards are usually.

Go here for an excellent guide on Affiliate Marketing

Now let’s look at some benefits for the owner’s of the product that the affiliates promote;

1. Product Owner’s Benefit #1:

Exposure is magnified greatly. With the help of Affiliates the owner’s product is exposed to a much bigger potential audience than the product owner could reach with his/her own marketing assets so the potential for profit is also much greater.

2. Product Owner’s Benefit #2:

Less effort is needed on the product owner’s part to drive traffic to his salesletter / website. Getting traffic to a website can be a time consuming process, so to have a large amount of affiliates doing this for you is a huge advantage for any product owner. Since by using affiliates the product owner has to spend less time worrying about getting people to the sales page this leaves more time for other areas of the business. Leveraging other people’s effort for your own business is a great way to make a lot of money. The truly wealthy all know this to be fact.

There are many advantages of Affiliate Marketing for both the affiliates and the product owner which is why it has proven and continues to be such a successful business model. Affiliate marketing has generated many people a substantial income in their online businesses, and there doesn’t seem to be any reason that this should change.

Get started right away with your Affiliate Marketing business.

To Your Success,
Chris

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Boost Your Subscriber Profits

August 28, 2008 on 1:34 pm | In Must See | No Comments

5.5 Tips That Boost Your Subscriber Profits
By Brian Terry

Have you ever wondered how you can make the subscribers on your list
more responsive? Here’s what I mean… I’m sure you’ve done this
before, you send your subscribers one email after another full of
valuable, useful content, then you make a recommendation to a product
and virtually no one orders through your link. Sound familiar?

It took me many years of trial and error to create this list of 5 tips
that help you boost your subscriber profits.

Pay close attention to what I’m about to reveal because it can and will
increase your listbuilding profits.

Tip 1: Use double optin subscriptions
Getting people to confirm their subscription ensures you have people on
your list who definitely want to hear more from you. This is one of the
most important steps to take because it helps you to build a quality
subscriber list. Remember listbuilding is about quality not quantity.

Tip 2: Use personalization
It’s been proven time and time again that personalization significantly
increases the effectiveness of your communication with your
subscribers. By including your subscribers name in the emails you send
them gives the message a sense of it’s being sent just for them and
no-one else.

Tip 3: Train your subscribers
For every 2 emails you send out that are content orientated send out 1
email that’s an honest recommendation you make for a product you think
will help them. Train your list to expect to receive offers from you
that will be of use to them.

Tip 4: Regularly survey your subscribers
Find out what your lists wants, then give it to them. Simple. You could
ask them questions like what’s their biggest problem online as well as
ask other demographic style questions. This helps you to build a
profile of your subscriber and gives you great understanding as to how
you can help them better and what offers they’re more likely to respond
to.

Tip 5: Give your list special offers
It doesn’t matter if you own a product or are an affiliate, make your
list an offer only they’ll be getting. It could be for the next 48
hours you’re offering 20% discount on your product. Or you offer an
extra bonus but only if they order something through your affiliate
link.

Tip 5.5: Keep in regular contact with your subscribers
It’s when you email your list 2 times a month that they begin to forget
who you are. Stay in regular contact and people will begin to know,
like and trust you. Above all don’t forget this one golden rule of
listbuilding… the money is in your “relationship” with your list not
it’s size.
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About the Author
Brian Terry is the Co-founder of ListHero where he provides you with
the fastest, easiest way to build your list for free.
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