19 Dec 09 Affiliate Marketing for Complete Idiots
Well, if you are reading this that does not mean that you are a “complete idiot.” The purpose of the title was not to tell you that, but when it comes to online marketing and its various tools, even season professionals of the offline world act like an idiot, not because they are, but because the field is entirely new for them.
So, what is affiliate marketing?
Let’s understand it with an example. Let’s say I am planning to sell a ball point pen on the Internet. How will I do it? I will start an e-commerce website and start promoting my product using several tools. I will use SEO, I may run a PPC campaign, rear-up a blog, participate in forum etc.
But,
Despite, what I do, I can only sell in proportion to the visitors that will come to my website. Isn’t it? And there can be only so many doors through which people will come to my website to buy the ball-point pen that I am selling.
How to increase the number of doors?
Affiliate marketing is the answer. Increasing the number of doors to your website is one way to ensure that you are selling a lot. And this increasing the number of doors is called affiliate marketing.
You contact (or help other affiliate find you out) different businessmen on the Internet who are interested in selling other’s product. You pitch them your idea, and if they like it they will pick it, and will start promoting your product. They will also do all sort of thing to make people buy your product. This way the marketing effort to sell your product increase, and the more affiliate you hire the more set of door and windows you make to pull customers. Affiliate marketers do this for a hefty commission.
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Gossimer Press Releases
- Gossimer Puts Indian Domain Extensions Up for Sale February 21, 2010
Gossimer, the fastest growing domain name registration and web hosting company has announced a sale on Indian domain extensions. During the promotion period, domains ending with .in will be offered at discounted price. [PR.com] […]
- Gossimer Unveils a New & Improved Payment System February 14, 2010
The Melbourne-based (Florida) web hosting and domain name registration company Gossimer has announced the inclusion of three more payment options in its system. From today the customers and the web hosting resellers can use AlertPay, WebMoney, and Liberty Reserve to pay for the domain registration as well as web hosting services. Gossimer already offered Pay […]
- Gossimer Has Opened Its Treasure Chest for Webhost Resellers January 16, 2010
Gossimer, the fast growing domain name registration and web hosting company has yet again opened its door of their reseller program. This program offers a comprehensive web hosting product portfolio for resellers and resellers of Gossimer’s resellers. [PR.com] […]
- Gossimer Invites Customers to Try Digital Certificates for Free January 2, 2010
Gossimer, the fastest growing domain name registration and web hosting company is offering 21 days free trial on digital certificates. This trail will allow webmasters to understand the role Https plays in building visitors’ confidence in their website. [PR.com] […]
- Gossimer Announces Special Domain Name Registration Deals December 25, 2009
Gossimer, the fastest growing domain name registration and web hosting company has announced a special deal on 12 top domain extensions and that includes some CTLDs as well. This promotion is available on the registration of new domain names, and you can register as many domains as you want. [PR.com] […]
- Gossimer Announced a Transfer-in Domain Promotion to Allow Customers to Consolidate Their Domains Into One Account November 7, 2009
Save money on domain name transfer to Gossimer. Gossimer is currently running an attractive promotion on domain transfer-in that will save a lot of money for the domain portfolio builder. You can transfer as many domains as you wish under this promotion. [PR.com] […]
- Gossimer Became Reseller of the Month for October October 17, 2009
October brings another piece of good news for Gossimer. The fastest growing web hosting and domain name registration company has been chosen as the Reseller of the month for October by ResellerClub. [PR.com] […]
- Gossimer Offers One Year Free Extension on Domain Transfer October 3, 2009
Gossimer, the fastest growing domain name registration company, is offering one year free extension with every domain name transferred to its system. This service when coupled with other services puts Gossimer in the position of price leadership. The company offers the most economic rate for domain name registration and webhosting services. [PR.com] […]
- New Deals Make Gossimer Bigger, Better and Smarter October 2, 2009
October is going to be hot with offers, extended support, and enhanced serviceability, as Gossimer has acquired HiTek Networks, and launched new and improved Support desk. The web hosting world is abuzz by the two important developments in Gossimer. [PR.com] […]
- Gossimer Offers Unlimited E-mails for $1 September 28, 2009
Gossimer, the fastest growing domain name and webhosting company, has announced a no-upgrade “The Ultimate Email Plan” that will give the buyer an access to unlimited email accounts for just $1/month. [PR.com] […]
Gossimer Promotions and Announcements
- TechSupport Notifications February 28, 2010
Technical support information and notifications […]
- PHP4 Discontinuation - 18th September September 7, 2009
As announced earlier, PHP4 will not be supported on our Linux Hosting Servers from the 18th of September, 2009. Please pass on this information to your Customers and Resellers to ensure that they can update their websites to work with PHP5. […]
- .CN Launch - Coming Soon August 16, 2009
We are glad to announce the launch of .CN - the most popular and fastest growing ccTLD worldwide. The .CN domain extension has seen an exemplary growth since its launch throughout the world. Earlier this year, .CN crossed over 13 million registrations to become the second most registered domain extension after .COM. Moreover, with China now representing the […]
- Live Chat Product Discontinuation - Moved to 18th August August 16, 2009
Based on feedback that we received from several Resellers, we have decided to postpone the Live Chat discontinuation to the August of 18th, 2009 at 12:30 UTC. From the 18th of August, it will not be possible to purchase new Live Chat packages but exisiting packages will continue to function normally. […]
14 Jan 10 Using Social Networking To Drive Your Business
Having a website for your business isn’t enough anymore. The web has become so commonplace, you have to evolve with the rest of the internet to keep driving new clients to your business. You just can’t rely on search engines and your website to do your talking. In the era of social networking you have to get involved in the world around you, not just provide a resource for anybody that’s searching you out.
Now internet advertising consists of making a social networking presence. You need to have a blog, Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter account, to really make your company known. So first things first, set up a company blog. This will be a resource to write about the goings on with your corporation, and provide insightful social commentary on culturally relevant news. So you want a decent writer who can write regular, engaging content.
Now you need Myspace and Facebook accounts. Both are essentially the same, just with minor differences. Keep the page professional, and a resource to sell products and ideas as well as provide news. Myspace has been in decline, so that doesn’t have to be as big of a priority. But at the moment Facebook has been holding strong, and could end up being a great interface with your customers. Listen to them, and communicate with them. This way you can learn what selling tactics will work, and what your customers expect from you.
Finally, the Twitter account. This will probably be the most important, because here is where the most people are going to turn for news and information regarding your company. Linking a blog with your Twitter and Facebook accounts will create a wealth of resources to contact your customer base, and do your own free research into what they expect. You grow name recognition, and also get a great customer data tool, all rolled into a few easy to use websites.
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