1. Affiliate Product Review Page
The affiliate product review page is a must on your blog if you want to make affiliate sales.
It is the most important money-making page on auto pilot of your entire blog.
Why?
It targets people already looking to buy a specific product.
Check out the screen shot of one of my review posts below.
I once made an affiliate sale in 9 days after publishing an affiliate product review page on a blog that received less than 10 daily views (the entire blog).
You’ve seen product reviews, perhaps you’ve even purchased products from them.
Your affiliate product review breaks down the components of the products you promote such as:
- eBooks
- Video course
- 1-on-1 coaching course
- Amazon products (Valentine’s gifts, for example)
The choice of which components varies (features, benefits, target audience) and so do your opinion sections (PROs, CONs, your likes, dislikes, areas of improvement).
Why Affiliate Product Review Pages Make Affiliate Sales
Your visitors want an inside peek before buying. Think of
this like a taste-test at the grocery store or picking up the puppy at the
animal shelter or pet shop.
Earn their trust with your opinions, especially what you do
not like about the product (what it lacks, which alternate products you like,
how to improve it). It makes you look honest and authentic. You earn your
visitor’s trust this way by looking like a consultant, not a salesperson.
Advanced Reason It Converts
Most of your visitors who land on an affiliate product review page are in a buying frame of mind. They’ve gone through the majority of the buying cycle.
Your posts educate them (identify problem, provide a solution) but your affiliate product review page recommends the tool that solves the problem.
It’s your call-to-action (CTA).
You visitors will arrive to this page in different ways:
- Link from your newsletter emails
- Links from your educative posts
- Directly from Pinterest
- Related posts widgets in other posts
- Paid ads (Google AdWords, Bing Ads, Pinterest Ads, solo ads- paid ads on other bloggers blogs or newsletters, etc.)
- SEO (searches from Google, Bing and other search engines)
Not all the traffic converts at the same rate.
Why not?
Because each targets a different consumer mindset.
A person who chooses to click on an ad or a search result most likely was looking for a review of that particular product.
In other words, they were considering purchasing before landing on your page.
The other paths mentioned above that lead to your affiliate products review pages work too, but require being led by the hand through the buying cycle.
You want to become their entrusted source of helpful recommendations. Therefore, your newsletter emails must display your unique brandable style of advice and way of packaging useful information that they want in order for them to trust paying for an affiliate recommendation (or your own products).
Q & A Affiliate Product Review Pages
“Do you I need to personally use the product to promote it?”
No, but you should at least inspect it and “package” your observations in way that illustrates how it can solve your visitor’s problems.
“Can I make affiliate sales with low levels of traffic?”
Yes, I have made affiliate sales with less than daily 10 views (not even visitors) on one of my blogs (the entire blog).
I started to make regular monthly affiliate sales after I passed 100 unique visitors a month. Which with the help of Pinterest and Tailwind can happen quickly (most likely within 1 – 3 months).
“Can I get affiliate products for free to review?”
Yes, contact the affiliate manager. Find their contact information within the affiliate dashboard or affiliate sign up page.
I’ve had to purchase a few because the affiliate manager did not respond to my request.
“What if I don’t find an affiliate product that I like?”
I highly suggest creating your own products to solve your visitors’ problems that affiliate products do not. This helps you brand your unique style of providing advice.
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2. Affiliate Recommendation on Thank You Page
Another ideal place to promote your affiliate product is on the thank you confirmation page after a subscriber opts-in to your newsletter.
Right underneath the message that thanks them and explains how they can access their free gift (your lead magnet).
Here’s a pic of one of mine from my blog InfidelityFirstAidKit.com
Options
Try different methods to see which one converts the best or whichever you prefer that involves the least amount of time investment (preferably something you can reuse or repurpose).
The one above happens to be the fastest to implement. You could complete everything in minutes.
It’s the first method I recommend on this list below.
Headline-Image-CTA Link to Affiliate Sales Page
The image above shows you that I simply added a banner image of the product and linked straight to the affiliate’s sales page. (I got the image from the product’s affiliate dashboard).
I make a few affiliate sales a month for each product I represent. It’s quick and simple to add to your “Thank You” pages.
And you can make sales very soon, possibly even today.
Short, Simple Review
Here you could add a short review in text form right on the Thank You page below a call-to action headline.
Still add a product image and a CTA button that links to your affiliate product sales page.
Video Review
Instead of a text formatted review you could do a short video instead (7-10 minutes maximum).
A simple way to do this is to create slides with PowerPoint or Canva.com.
Each slide could display a section from your text formatted review.
I prefer to use a presentation mode on Canva.com because it’s simpler.
Then you could use a screen recorder for the video. I have used both PowerPoint and Screen-O-Matic. I prefer Screen-O-Matic because it’s simple to use, inexpensive and you can record up to 30 minutes on its most basic subscription plan.
I’ve also used Jing’s free version to do screen recordings but it only allows you to record 5 minutes. (This is changing sometime soon to a new tool in early 2020).
Or instead of creating a short review directly on the Thank You Page link to your more in-depth affiliate product review page.
Why Thank You Pages Convert Affiliate Sales
Visitors who subscribe to your newsletter are telling you that they like your style of advice.
They have taken action and voluntarily given you their contact information.
And the fact that they’ve taken action to seek information to solve a specific problem they are likely to take more action right now in the moment while they are in the mood.
Now, more than ever, is the perfect time to align them with a more advanced tool (your affiliate product recommendation).
They want to solve their problem sooner than later.
Q & A Affiliate Recommendations on Thank You Pages
I don’t have a newsletter yet. Can I still do this method?
Yes, you can still offer a free gift, called a lead magnet. Make a simple PDF (eBook, checklist, list post saved as a PDF) or video (embedded on a designated page).
Place your affiliate links within the PDF or page where you embed a video.
After someone opts-in to your newsletter redirect to the Thank You Page.
Technically you do not need a newsletter to offer a free gift that in turn goes to a Thank You Page…
HOWEVER, you should.
And with that you will need an email service provider to collect the email addresses.
Later you can send emails to invite your subscribers to visit your blog posts or promote other affiliate offers.
You will make more sales with a newsletter because you have more opportunities to earn their trust to recommend products.
I use the paid-for version Mailchimp for my email service provider which allows me to send automated emails.
But you can use the free version to use for your first 2,000 subscribers.
It will take you a while to get to 2,000, so this is a good option.
What’s the best email service provider?
I use the paid-for version Mailchimp for my email service provider which allows me to send automated emails.
But you can use the free version to use for your first 2,000 subscribers.
It will take you a while to get to 2,000, so this is a good option.
How do you make a Thank You Page?
I use one of the most known landing page creators Leadpages.net
You can use Mailchimp to create Newsletter Opt-In Pages and Thank You Pages too.
However, Leadpages is easier to use and creates more attractive pages that will convert better.
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3. Problem-Solution Posts
Essentially, everyone who comes to your blog looks a solution to problem, not for entertain purposes.
The earlier in the buying cycle a visitor finds themselves the more likely they still need to identify the exact problem they face before looking the solution.
They might know something is not working, but don’t know exactly what is wrong.
Therefore, you can create blog posts that help someone pinpoint what the problem is that ails them and prevents them getting what they want.
The more specific the better because it shows that you understand their pain on a deeper level and they will more likely trust your advice.
Check out these examples from the relationship niche.
Identify the Problem (in question form)
This is the pain that your visitor or subscriber feels.
Here are some of the questions your target audience may ask themselves in the relationship niche.
- “Why does he or she not text me first?”
- “What kinds of texts can I send to get him to flirt with me?”
- “How do I know that the guy I am dating wants to an exclusive relationship with me or just wants companionship?”
- “What is a flirty way to respond to a guy who messages me from a dating app that will show him that I’m interested without looking desperate?”
- “How can I flirt with a guy a work while keeping remaining professional?”
- “How can I get the guy at work to ask me out?”
- “How can I figure out if the guy I am dating is cheating?”
- “How can I get my man to open up, express his feelings and thus feel emotionally closer to him?”
- “What is some flirty body language to show I am interested, get his attention and the courage to talk to me?”
This list could go on for an eternity and the better you get at identifying specific fears without generalizing the more trust you earn.
Trust allows you to ask your visitors and subscribers to take action (subscribe to other newsletters, purchase).
And from these questions that your target audience asks themselves you could create blog posts that explain why these problems happen.
Here are some sample ideas for problem-identifying blog posts:
- 10 Reasons He Doesn’t Text First
- 10 Reasons He Sends Serious Texts and NOT Flirty Ones
- 10 Text Message Signs I’m Stuck in His Friend Zone
- 10 Desperate Dating App Messages that Turn Him Off
- 10 Unprofessional Ways to Flirt with Him at Work
- 10 Reasons He Thinks You Do NOT Like Him
- 10 Commitment Fears that Prevent Him from Moving Forward
- 10 Cold Body Language Signs that Scare Him Away
You see how specific they get?
Dig deep into the problem.
Provide the Solution
Check out the examples below that solve the above problems.
You can put these solutions into your blog posts.
Either in the same problem-identifying posts at the bottom after you examine the details of the problem.
Such as in these examples:
- 10 Reasons He Doesn’t Text First … (and change that to get him to fear losing you)
- 10 Reasons He Sends Serious Texts and NOT Flirty Ones … (and how to turn the tables and get him to chase
- 10 Text Message Signs I’m Stuck in His Friend Zone … (and how to escape, turn him on and chase)
- 10 Desperate Dating App Messages that Turn Him Off … (and 10 strategic flirty ones that make him think about you all day)
- 10 Unprofessional Ways to Flirt with Him at Work … (and 10 irresistibly flirt, yet professional ways that get you a date this week)
- 10 Reasons He Thinks You Do NOT Like Him … (and 10 ways to show him you do without looking desperate and to make him chase)
- 10 Commitment Fears that Prevent Him from Moving Forward … (and how ease those fears for him and get him to need you)
- 10 Cold Body Language Signs that Scare Him Away … (and how to get him to approach and even ask you out)
Note: Do not place the specific extension headings that I put in parentheses in your blog post titles because they will make the title too long.
Thus, no one will see them in search engine results or even in Pinterest Pins.
Instead place them in the blog post or Pin descriptions.
Separate Solution Posts
Or instead of putting the solutions and problems in the same blog posts you could create separate posts in which to place the solutions.
The visitors who have identified the problem already would prefer to go straight to the solution. They may not click-through to a post that discusses the problem, but would instead choose to read a post that promises a solution.
Recommend the Tool
After you share the strategies that work to get your visitors what they want, then you can recommend affiliate products that will show them step-by-step how to do it.
The model for this follows a simple path.
Your blog post identifies “The What’s Wrong” è then shows them “The What They Need to Fix It” è then finally the “How to Fix It Step-by-Step” (this is your affiliate product recommendation).
Why Problem-Solution Posts Make Affiliate Sales
Simply, you’re ending the visitor’s pain.
You’re giving them what they want.
You lead them straight down the path to what they set out to find when they hopped on the internet to begin with.
The visitor cannot resist the value proposition that your headline promises.
From one step to the next you take them by the hand down the path to the final step: the affiliate recommendation.
And there’s really no commitment to scare anyone off- they only have to read.
Hopefully you’ve created many of these posts already and either just need to add the affiliate recommendations or just the solutions.
You might have to create brand new posts, though.
Which means this will take more work then just adjusting your Thank You Pages but still less work than creating an entire sales funnels with numerous emails.
Q & A Problem-Solution Posts
“Should all my non-review posts be problem-solution posts?”
It depends.
How much times and energy do you have to create content?
If you have gone a long time working on your blog creating content and not converting affiliate sales then you should focus just on money-making posts.
Review posts and problem solution posts are two of a few of those money-making posts.
“Is there a formula to make my posts more specific?”
Yes.
Think of these key specificity factors:
- Who is the post for, who would benefit most from reading it?
- Single women?
- Married?
- In there 20s, 30s, 40s, etc.?
- Divorced?
- Busy and independent?
- Getting over a break up?
- Been single a few months, a few years, many years?
- Never been in a relationship?
- Shy?
- Only meets people online?
- Overconfident?
- Does it define the problem?
- (optional) Does it promise a solution and define it?
- How soon does your value proposition solve their problem?
- Is there an affiliate program that aligns with your solution?
Just keep asking questions until you answer all of them or at least all except the time frame.
“What do I do if I don’t see an affiliate program that I like?”
For the sake of making affiliate sales with your blog, you should first look for the affiliate program that you believe in before creating any content.
If you’ve already created a bunch of posts and lead magnets then cross sell any affiliate program that is good enough.
Example
Let’s say you feel competent teaching mid-life women in their 30s-50s, divorced or who’ve spent a long time single how to create the ideal dating profile to meet relationship-minded men in similar circumstances.
You could still cross sell eBooks and dating coaching services that help them understand men’s relationship fears and needs.
Plus, you could promote text men products, since virtually texting men you just met through a dating app is about the same as someone you met in person.
Also remember you could evaluate your favorite dating apps or website and break down their PROs and CONs.
Then again you could create your own eBook for sale.
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4. Problem Post => Lead Magnet Solution
(preferably use an existing LM or repurpose a blog post)
Again, hopefully you’ve already created this content.
Then you can implement this money-making method today.
This method is very similar to the previous one except that you propose the solution in a lead magnet.
Honestly, this is better because you will make more money with an email subscriber list since you can warm them up and earn their trust.
Plus, you can go more in-depth with your lead magnet and thus earn the new subscriber’s trust more easily.
Place your affiliate links inside the lead magnet or on the lead magnet access page.
Place the newsletter opt-in link or box at least twice on the blog post.
Once high up in the top third and the other at the bottom.
Here’s how it will all look.
Blog Post ->the “What” Identifies the Problem
Lead Magnet-> Promises to Deliver the “What You Need to Fix It”
Affiliate Recommendation in Lead Magnet-> Promises the “How to Fix It Step-by-Step”
Why the Problem Post => Lead Magnet Solution Method Makes Affiliate Sales
This gives the visitors who are most serious about solving their problem and relieving themselves of the pain the opportunity to stand out from the rest.
Offering a lead magnet gives them an action to take and visitors who take action are valuable in identifying better candidates to sell to. Not as valuable as paying visitors, of course, but more on that later.
Plus, offering a free gift creates goodwill.
And the more specific a lead magnet solves your visitor’s problem the more likely they will trust taking your advice.
It also creates mystery and increases desire and the value of the lead magnet since it requires action to receive it.
Q & A Problem Post => Lead Magnet Solution
“Is it a good idea to convert a solution post I already have on my blog into a lead magnet?
Yes.
In fact, it is a phenomenal idea because it is super simple to copy and paste it and then save it as a PDF.
The more efficient the better.
Do not assume that all your visitors will visit all of your blog posts, even your subscribers who read more than the average visitor.
I have repurposed many of my blog posts into lead magnets and gotten many visitors to opt into them.
However, keep in mind that you do want to reserve some of your content exclusively just for your subscribers (and make sure they know that it’s exclusive).
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The best method comes next and you can combine it with all the other methods.
5. Offer Bonuses (Highest-Converting Method)
Rarely can you get the best results with a relatively low amount of work in the usually time-consuming world of blogging.
But I present to you the best one.
Offer bonuses to tip the scales and incentivize your subscribers and visitors to purchase an affiliate product through you.
What Can You Offer as Bonuses?
While you could offer digital Amazon gift cards, other gift cards, discount coupon codes (if the affiliate program offers them) or even cash back rebates (if the affiliate program allows it).
However, you could create extra lead magnets instead.
But instead of using them to obtain newsletter subscribers set them aside exclusively as bonuses for the purpose of affiliate products (through your links of course).
Here are some ideas:
- Repurpose existing posts
- Videos of existing posts or lead magnets
- Q and A Sessions
- Interviews of other dating or relationship bloggers or coaches who specialize in an area that you don’t
- Package lead magnets (a combination of videos, PDFs, survey results, interactive quizzes, MP3s, slide shows, etc.)
The more that you stick around in the blogging world and take courses to advance your experience level you naturally find more ideas and get more creative.
Watch this video of a sample affiliate bonus package page I have.
Simplest Ways to Offer Bonuses in Exchange for Affiliate Product Purchases
You need proof that your visitor (or subscriber) actually made the purchase.
Here are a couple ways to do it:
- Ask them to forward you the purchase confirmation email that includes their name and purchase ID number.
- Ask them to send you an email with their name and the purchase ID number.
With their name and the product purchase number, you could check your affiliate dashboard if it matches up with the information, they sent you.
Why Offering Bonuses Helps You Make Affiliate Sales
Visitors and subscribers can purchase the affiliate products you recommend from anyone and at any time.
You will make many affiliate sales from the above-mentioned methods because some people want to end their pain now.
They’re impatient.
However, you could combine the above methods and convert more by giving them a reason to purchase with you by offering them bonuses.
Make sure that your bonuses add value to the affiliate product or fills in a gap that the affiliate product does not solve.
Affiliate Product Review Pages Q & A
“Where can you offer bonuses for an affiliate product purchase?”
- On TY page or link to bonus page from review page
- On a separate landing page
“What if I don’t have many lead magnets to set aside for bonuses?”
You can easily convert solution blog posts into PDFs or create slide shows that you then screen record into videos.
“What other ideas for bonuses convert well?”
Bonus packages that teach your lessons through a variety of formats (videos, PDFs, survey results, interactive quizzes, MP3s, slide shows, etc.)
“Can you show me how to do it?”
Yes.
[Click here] to check out my more in-depth post how to offer bonuses in exchange for affiliate product purchases.
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Summary: Fast Ways to Make Affiliate Sales with Your Relationship Blog
STOP creating so much content and giving it away for free!
Set aside some content to help you make affiliate sales.
Focus on money-making efforts using the content you already have.
Or start focusing your time on content that you can point your subscribers and visitors to today and regularly to in the future time and time again.
TODAY you must start focusing on sales funnels.
Take advantage of these simple and easy-to-do methods to make affiliate sales fast.
I’ve been using these methods for years to make affiliate sales every month.
Please contact me with any questions.
I want you to stop losing time and energy and start making money right now!
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