How To Maximize Your Affiliate Profits!

By Devin | 2 comments

I originally wrote this article for a JV Blog post over at our most recent product VoxFlair, but I figured it could help out some people here as well!

Who am I? Well if you’ve been to any of Mike Filsaime’s recent legendary parties in Vegas, then you’ve met me in person! But for those of you who haven’t yet made it to one of our events (or were too drunk to remember me), my name is Devin Chipman and I’m Mike & Omar’s marketing manager over at HigherLevelStrategies.

You do NOT need to have a giant list to make some serious money as a affiliate marketer.

Sure, having a giant list helps, but it is not the only factor that matters! You need to do the best with what you have!

What I’d like to share with you today is just 1 simple concept that, when properly executed can help you maximize your profits and compete with the super affiliates! Even if you have a small list, this will help you make the most sales (and commissions) possible.

Before I tell you, I’ll just show you some recent real world results. As many of you know, Mike Filsaime recently re-launched his 7FigureCode product as a special promotion a couple months ago. He hosted a huge affiliate contest with some of the biggest names in the industry promoting for him. The promotion went live on Dec 15th 09 and the contest ran for 1 week. Hundreds of JVs and super affiliates were able to promote the exact same offer, at the exact same price, and let the best man or woman win!

Omar and I here at HLS entered as an affiliate under Omar’s name. Take a look at a screen cap from the 7FigureCode Leaderboard! We ended up maintaining our 6th place rank out of hundreds of affiliates. What’s so impressive about that? Well first of all, those are some serious big time names on that list, just scroll down and read through them! But even more impressive than that, we accomplished it using a list that was 1/5th the size of anyone on that top 10 leaderboard (and many of the top20 as well). Even though we all offered the same product, we simply had higher conversions!

As always, Mike is super generous to his affiliates, and he rewarded the top 2-10 places with a $1,000 chip, and first place a $10k chip, to play on the private roulette table he had at his Affiliate Appreciation Weekend in Las Vegas. Here is a shot of us all crowded around the roulette table to see who would hit their number!

So what was one of the major strategies we used to make as many sales as the big dogs, but with a smaller list?

A kickass, well executed bonus offer!

People already love getting a good deal, but they love getting free stuff added to that good deal even more! We have proven time and time again that a great bonus offer can make a huge impact on your conversions. Here are a few tips to make the most of your bonus offer page.

• People don’t like to read – Make a voiceover or video (using VoxFlair!) explaining your bonus offer!
• Explain everything in detail – Tell them exactly what they are getting and why it is valuable.
• Scarcity – Limit your bonus offer to a specific amount of the fast action takers to create urgency.
• Value – Don’t just give away junk, that will actually HURT your conversions. Give them stuff that is relevant and useful, and list the values.
• Creativity – Create a bonus item that is unique and cannot be offered by anyone else!
• Get help – Fellow marketers that you’ve previously partnered with might contribute items you can use for a bonus.
• Remind them – They only get the bonus if they use your link, so educate them on clearing cookies and verifying affiliate links before purchase.

If you want to see an example of a well done highly converting bonus page, check out the bonus offer we used to achieve the awesome results during the 7FigureCode re-launch.

I hope you guys use this info to your advantage. You could spend this weekend killing time OR you could spend a few hours putting together an awesome bonus page that helps you make extra money on launch day! Trust me, it’s worth the effort!

Don’t forget, VoxFlair launch day is Tues Feb 16th 2pm!