Tips and Tools for New Clickbank Affiliates

Saturday, May 16th, 2009 at 7:10 pm

If you have been active in internet marketing for any amount of time, you have probably heard of Clickbank, which is currently the largest online affiliate program for software and digital information.

You have also probably heard of the Clickbank super affiliates making a thousands of dollars a month promoting these products. Most successful affiliates are using Pay Per Click advertising through Google Adwords.

However, most new affiliates are not likely to have this degree of success from the start. It takes hardwork, dedication, tweaking ads and websites, with a bit of luck thrown in to become a successful super affiliate. With hundreds of thousands of internet marketers using Clickbank, the competition is fierce but it is very doable. Many of the best selling products on Clickbank offer 50% or more of the total sale to the affiliate. But Clickbank is by no means a get rich quick method.

For beginning affiliates, there are many companies on the web offering advice, tips, and services to help boost your Clickbank sales. Some are free, and some charge a fee. Some of these services can be a great benefit and actually help you increase your sales but unfortunately, they do not offer guarantees. However, if you are not willing to spend some money to advertise and sell your products, you will have a much harder task of being successful.

Two of the programs with the best advice in my opinion are Affilorama and Maverick Money Makers. With the combination of the two, you will have more than enough information from professionals in the field to get started… the correct way.

Of the many affiliate programs out there, Clickbank is one of the easiest to join. It’s as easy as opening an email account. Just pick a user name and password, and visit their marketplace to find products you are interested in selling. Currently, there are well over 10,000 products on Clickbank and if you don’t know what to look for, you will become overwhelmed.

The things to look for when choosing a product includes, the percentage of each sale you will receive, the cost of the product to the consumer, the percentage of referred sales, and the gravity of the product. Products with a higher gravity are those that are performing better than products with a lower gravity.

Once you have chosen the product that you would like to market. Do some research. Don’t just sign up for an adwords account and start throwing money at a campaign. Use tools like Micro Niche Finder to find out how much competition is in your niche. Develop a strategy for selling your chosen product. Will you use article marketing, email marketing, SEO, Viral Marketing etc.., Or will you use a combination of methods?

Many people online suggest staying away from Clickbank claiming that the markets are oversaturated. However, keep in mind that with internet marketing, you will be marketing to millions of potential customers from many different countries. Don’t be afraid to get started. Your hard work in the beginning will pay off in the long run.