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December 30, 2021 by Roaster Rick Leave a Comment

10 Simple Freebie Ideas and Examples for Content Creators (in any Niche)

Giving away a freebie (or lead magnet) will accelerate the speed at which you add to your email list or build up a fanbase of supporters who trust your advice and take your recommendations.

One of the easiest ways I get my subscribers to open their emails is to offer them a gift related to the topic of the blog post they chose to read.

This gift helps them solve a problem. These simple freebie ideas will show you how to easily make something useful to your visitors that will turn them into subscribers.

But you don’t have to start from scratch and cause yourself a headache when creating your lead magnet.

All you have to do is use the content you already have and recreate it to a different format.

Check out these ways in which to recreate your existing content into a freebie.

It’s right after you give away the freebies that you have their full attention and one of the most opportune moments comes as an online marketer or online hobbyist…

Your new subscriber is ready to take MORE action RIGHT NOW.

Therefore, present another a Call-to-Action such as

Get another freebie,
Purchase a product of yours
Leave a comment,
Send you an email,
Start a trial of yours,
Start a trial of the affiliate program you promote or
Buy an affiliate product you promote.

Here’s one way I convert affiliate sales right after giving away a freebie to new subscribers.

Examples of Existing Content Turned into a Freebie

I’ve done each of these simple freebie ideas myself, in some cases, to give to my current email subscribers instead of offering them in exchange for a new subscriber’s email.

1. Formulas/Templates

Formulas and templates make for a useful training freebie.

And it works for any niche.

Your audience can simply swap out elements on a template or fill in the formula to customize it to their own needs.

Here are some examples of templates:

Social media images
eBook covers
vocabulary tables
printable cards
calendars for different occasions
idea maps
brainstorm lists
categorized checklists
eBook designs and layouts
Recipe cards for food or drink

And here are some examples of formulas:

Fill-in-the-blank headlines
Step-by-step blueprint of action steps
Any pattern to follow (in learning foreign languages, reading music, for test-taking)
Fill-in-the-blank phraseology scripts
A simple memorization technique or acroynm to help accomplish a task

I’ve created fill-in-the-blank text message scripts for women to follow and customize their own to send to their boyfriend or man they are dating.

2. Copy-and-Paste, Ready-to-Send Examples

One of my favorite examples of a freebie to grow my email list or even create a product for sale is a list of copy-and-paste, ready-to-send phrases.

One of my most successful examples of these freebies (and products for sale) is an eBook of copy-and-paste flirty text messages that women can send to men.

These are similar to templates except they are not as artistic, just straight-up text.

And they’re designed for communications; either how to engage in a conversation, respond to someone else, or just to make someone feel good.

Here are some examples of these that your subscribers can copy, paste, and then send:

General jokes to make people laugh
Inspirational quotes
Lead generation emails to set up sales appointments
Heart-warming compliments to loved ones
Sales rebuttals to prospect objections
Conversation starters for couples
Conversation starters for meeting new people
How-to replies to difficult questions
Questions to get someone to open up and share feelings

I love copy-and-paste lead magnets because I already made the content elsewhere. They are the easiest of all the simple freebie ideas you’ll find.

Sure you can use a fancy tool like Leadquizzes or even try out Typeform for free, but I simply use Google Forms.

Watch some YouTube videos on how to make a quiz.

I creatively built one to teach my subscribers how to write successful flirty text messages to get the best responses.

Just create multiple-choice quizzes and provide an explanation of what makes one choice better than the rest.

The explanations are what teach and share the knowledge of the material.

Check out these examples of quizzes that teach:

Foreign language vocabulary and grammar
Industry terminology
Arrange the steps in order of any “How-to” process
Exam prep course
Choose the best blog post headline for traffic
Choose the best ad headline to convert clickthroughs
Select the best image for this ad headline
Fix this problem, choose the best solution

4. Quizzes to Measure Level of Knowledge

You can apply also determine how well your subscribers know a topic by providing a scorecard for the number of correct answers to a quiz.

“All 10 Correct= Expert Level”, “Only One Correct= Time to Study Harder”.

The quiz examples above in number 3 suffice, the difference is the scorecard at the end.

How you present the results and scorecard is up to you.

You can ask them to opt-in to receive it or provide it before opt-in and then offer another enticing freebie to subscribe.

The scorecard can be a PDF, blog post, or even a video of you explaining the results.

5. Slide Shows

Not many know this, but Canva is a great tool to create slide shows with audio. You can now also create video screenshots.

Slide shows work well for How-to’s or to repurpose another piece of content you’ve created.

For example, choose your favorite pieces of advice and explain each in more detail.

Here are some simple freebie ideas of slide shows you could use:

Tips to potty train babies

How to train a dog to do tricks

Visual recipes, step-by-step guides

Checklists of tools or supplies (for recipes, photography sessions, campling trips, etc)

How to create digital products for personal use (budget tables, spending trackers, shopping lists, inventory tables)

… or even to convert your list posts into visual displays to make them more appealing to view.

Here are some examples of list posts turned into visual slide shows:

My 10 Favorite Romantic Small Town Getaways
My Top 10 Favorite 90+ Point Cabernet Sauvingnons from (name of your wine delivery membership)
Best Cocktail Bars in 10 US Cities I’ve Visited
Most Scenic Botanical Gardens in North America
5 Simple Energy-Packed Breakfast Recipes for Busy Moms
One Simple Magic Trick to Entertain and Impress Your Customers

6. Short Selfie Video Series

Make short videos with your phone sharing some of your best advice or stories. You can house the videos on a page that you only give access to subscribers. First, upload them to your YouTube channel then embed them on the page.

This involves less editing and many of your subscribers may wish to see your face and hear your voice.

This can come from personal experiences, business or personal ideas you’d like to try, questions you have for your audience to start a conversation, FAQs just to name a few.

Here are some real-life examples of short selfie video series freebies:

3 Changes I Made to FINALLY Start Boosting 100+ Visitors a Day to My Blog
ONE Change I Made in My LIfe to Lose 20 Lbs in the Last 3 Months
3 Flirtiest Texts to Send Your Man to Drive Him Wild
5 Questions to Get Your Customers to Engage in Conversation
ONE Thing I Changed in (Year) to Get My Kids to ACTUALLY Listen and Help with Chores

7. Checklists

We need a list of supplies or action steps to complete many tasks. This is where checklists come in handy. You can easily create checklists with Word or Google Docs, but the most visually appealing-looking ones I’ve built with Canva.com.

This is one of the easiest and sought out freebies to giveaway.

Check out these checklist ideas you can offer as a freebie on your blog or social media pages:

Tools needed to complete a task
Art supplies for a project
Ingredients for a recipe
Emergency prep supplies and equipment
Basic pages and posts to start a blog
First 10 pages and posts to publish for a travel blog
Best sites to see in (name of city)
Best breweries, cocktail bars, or wine bars to visit in (name of city)
What you need to create your first online video

8. Puzzles

Create fun crossword puzzles, word searches, or vocabulary images-to-word-matching puzzles. I’ve created these for an old Spanish-teaching blog but Canva makes the job much easier.

Make it more interesting to offer scoreboards for bragging rights when you can.

Check out these simple freebie ideas for puzzles you could give away as a freebie on your blog or social media pages:

Opposites for foreign language
Word soup of travel destinations
Unscramble words for cooking terms
Match image to vocabulary for 50+ year old adults beginning bloggers
Reorder steps for recipes

9. Printable Cards

Date idea cards, vocabulary cards, recipe cards, etc. make for one of the most favorable freebies to giveaway to new subscribers.

Here’s one I jumped into heavily and created not only freebie lead magnets but Etsy products for sale.

Check out this list of printable cards ideas:

Birthday
Baby Shower Game
Name Cards for Wedding Reception Tables
First Date Ideas
Vacation Activity Cards and Box for First Anniversary Trip
Jokes to Cheer People Up
Get Well Soon
Filing System

10. Printable Labels

Address labels, gift tags, motivational quote stickers, food labels, brand labels templates, salutations, etc.

Your subscribers simply download them then print them on sticker paper sheets.

Look at these examples of freebie printable labels you could give away:

Dry Goods
Condiments
Christmas Gift Tags
St Patick’s Day Stickers
Valentine’s Day Stickers
Treasure Hunt Stickers (Directions to lead a loved one to hidden gift location)
Laptop Stickers
Famous Quotes from Walt Disney

BONUS: Roundups

Done in video, text, or audio format, if you can gather expert opinions of notable figures in a specific industry then you have something of value to offer to new subscribers and even to re-engage current ones.

Here are some examples of a roundup freebie from different blog niches:

Tips to Get Your First 1,000 Email Subscribers
Most Important Blogger Tool
Best Resume Tips to Land the Interview
Networking Tips to Find First Real Estate Customer
How to Land First Paid Travel Blog Gig
Best Ways to Attract Guest Bloggers to Your Site
How to Make Your First Affiliate Sale
Best Tools to Create Online Courses
Lessons from Personal Financial Coaches How to Get Rid of Debt in One Year and Save Next $1,000

What Simple Freebie Ideas Have You Tried and Had Success With?

December 30, 2021 by Roaster Rick Leave a Comment

Blog Post Examples of Gift Ideas for Him or Her

Raise your hand if you’ve ever struggled to find the perfect gift ideas for your partner.

I guess we should all raise our hands.

Someone out there needs your good recommendations for gifts.

My list here of blog post examples of gift ideas for him or her will instantly supply you with content to publish to your blog.

Valentine’s Day, Christmas, a birthday, or even just a surprise…

There’s always a reason for getting your partner a gift.

And this is what makes gift ideas blog posts vital to attract traffic to your dating and relationship blog.

Why do we find it so hard to choose gifts for one another in relationships?

Because we put it off until the last second and scramble to find something that doesn’t embarrass us.

This is where your lists of gift ideas save the day for your readers.

First, I have a suggestion for you and your readers to remove some of the stress in shopping for gifts.

Here’s My Easy Tip to Find the Perfect Gift for Him or Her

Suggest this to your visitors…

First, don’t wait until the last second arrives to start looking for the ideal gift.

Instead, start RIGHT NOW to compile a list of gift ideas for him or her.

And the easiest way to do so is by creating gift lists with your Amazon app.

Save ideas THROUGHOUT THE YEAR to your lists. Do this while you ride as a passenger in a car, plane, or subway, while you sit on the toilet, or while you watch Netflix.

The ability to send gifts for next-day delivery (or even the same day) comes especially handy when you forgot about someone’s birthday until the last second!

Because of this exercise, I already have gifts ideas for my girlfriend for next Valentine’s Day and her birthday. And I will continue to add more gift ideas to her Amazon list.

It will make life a lot easier, especially if you plan on buying the listings you found on Amazon.

And if you want complete control of your gift-giving without the worry of the items arriving late- then FINALLY do what I did…

… and subscriber to Amazon Prime.

Now let’s move on to the topic of how to find quality gift ideas posts for your blog.

Check Out RelationshipBrew.com’s Gift Ideas Posts

20+ Last Minute Valentine Gifts for Her

10+ Top Gifts for Couples to Improve Quality Time Together

10+ Last Minute Valentine Gifts for Him He Wants and Needs

25+ Cool Travel Gifts for Women for the Wanderlust Girl

Lists of Gift Ideas for Relationship Blog Posts

Because you never know exactly what your audience will choose to read, it makes sense to start somewhat broad in scope, but not too general.

Stick with Occasions for your first few posts.

Hobby and Passion Gift Ideas for Blog Posts

Now go a little deeper and think of what matters most to people.

Brainstorm a list of hobbies and passions.

Tip: use Amazon for ideas on how to categorize your gift ideas blog posts.

Gift Ideas for…

Travelers
Golfers
Cooks
Bakers
Musicians
Music Lovers
Writers
Wine Lovers
Beer Fans
Sports Fans
Hunters
Campers
Winter Sports Fans
Comedy
Photography
Home Bar

Baseball Fans
Football Fans
Basketball Fans
Survivalists
Gardeners
Motorcycle Enthusiasts
Joggers
Beach Lovers
History Buffs
Readers
Drawing Fans
Painters
Gamers
Coffee Lovers
Journalists

Gift Ideas for Collectors Blog Post Examples

Get even more specific by considering collection hobbies.

Sports Cards
Comic Books
Pins
Coffee Mugs
Records
Figurines

Coins
Toys
Plush Dolls
Insects
Beer and Wine Bottles
Movie Memorbilia

Gift Ideas for Occasions Blog Post Examples

And compile a list of less common occasions.

Tip: for occasions view any gifts website’s menu for ideas.

Wedding Anniversary
Dating Anniversary
Holidays
Last-Minute (Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Birthday, etc.)
New Job
Promotion
House Warming
Business Launch
Winning an Award
Surprise Gifts

January 29, 2020 by Roaster Rick 2 Comments

5 Fast Ways to Affiliate Sales for Relationship Blogs

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:

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:

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?

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:

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?”

“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.

Ask Your Question Here, Contact Me

Click here to contact me and ask your question.

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!

January 29, 2020 by Roaster Rick 2 Comments

How to Offer Bonuses to Make Affiliate Sales in Relationship Niche

Sometimes your visitors want to buy, but they hesitate and leave. To help solve this challenge offer bonuses.

This gives them a more enticing reason to buy dating or relationship affiliate products through you.

Think about it.

Have you ever hesitated to buy a product somewhere, then ended up getting it somewhere else because they gave you an irresistible offer?

Or perhaps you just didn’t feel ready to “pull the trigger”.

So, you waited and bought it later at a different store then the first store you saw it.

This regularly happens to affiliate marketers like you and me.

That’s exactly why you want to offer bonuses to your visitors and email subscribers.

But I know what you’re thinking?

“How do I offer bonuses? What can I give away?”

We will cover that in this post.

And a few strategies to help you separate paying customers from people who only want free information.

Offer Bonuses to Make Affiliate Sales

What can you offer?

Should you purchase bonuses to give away?

You could and here are some ideas.

Paid for Bonuses

…but this could get expensive.

AND if the customer gets a refund for the sale of the affiliate product then you would lose your commission AND the money invested in the bonus.

That’s one reason that I suggest that you create your own bonuses.

Plus your bonuses will match your brand.

And your brand comprises of different components:

Your style of offering advice (direct and to-the-point, delicate, supportive)
Teaching style (examples, analogies, stories)
Specific phrases you use
Page Formatting (lists, headline styles, call-out boxes, images, graphics, fonts)
Media Formats (Videos, PDF downloads, MP3s, Podcasts, Emails)
Page Formatting (lists, headline styles, call-out boxes, images, graphics, fonts)

Anyone willing to purchase an affiliate product through your site trusts you.

They like you and buy into your style.

Therefore, they know what to expect with your bonuses and trust that they’ll satisfy their needs.

As far as what bonuses you could create check out this next list.

More Ideas to Offer Bonuses: Create Your Own

Re-purpose existing posts (save a post as a PDF)
Make videos of existing posts or lead magnets
Videos of you teaching a lesson or examining specific parts of your PDFs or blog posts
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.)

All of these are simple ideas that you certainly could handle.

Think of it this way.

Imagine lead magnets that you could make to get visitors to subscribe to your newsletter.

So, instead of designating them for lead magnets, set them aside for bonuses to offer in exchange for affiliate purchases.

Designating them just for bonuses makes them exclusive.

I’d recommend that you create a package of bonuses to make it more enticing to purchase the affiliate products through you.

Some of these will be shorter and not go into as much details.

But at least ONE of your bonuses should thoroughly explain how to achieve something in dating or relationships; show multiple examples, scenarios or case studies or both.

(I won’t cover how to go deeper into topics, but you can click here to see how I do it on another blog post of mine X).

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 below of a sample affiliate bonus package page from the dating and relationship niche I have for my blog InfidelityFirstAidKit.com

Next let’s look at how we can create these bonuses.

Re-purpose Existing Posts into eBooks

This is super simple.

Copy and paste the blog post into your favorite word processor and then save as a PDF.

Make sure you edit after you paste to make it look right.

Microsoft word let’s you create tables of content with internal links to jump to specific sections of the eBook.

You should make a cover with an image.

Only choose high-quality with royalty free images.

I get free ones from Pexels.com, Picabay.com, LibreStock.com and even Canva.com

However, the one problem you run into is that many other relationship bloggers use the same images.

But I want at least some of my images to stand out and get the attention of my potential subscribers and customers.

Therefore, I pay for a subscription to download unique images that not everyone else has access to.

You can pay for images at many good sites such as:

But these cost more than I want to spend.

That’s why I currently get my pics from Storyblocks.com.

(This is NOT an affiliate link, and neither are the rest of the stock photo links).

I pay $150 per year and have access to over 10,000 images.

You can get upgrade to higher subscription level to access thousands of audios and videos too.

For now, I’m good with just images.

Make Videos of Existing Posts or Lead Magnets to Offer Bonuses

Most people find in more compelling to learn in different ways.

Therefore, it makes sense to offer your bonuses in a variety of formats.

To make this simple and efficient choose PDFs or posts that you already created and turn them into videos.

Specifically, a combination of slide shows with audio of you explaining the key points.

[Video + Visual + Text] = more engaging content

I have created slide-show videos like these with PowerPoint and then recorded them right within the program.

PowerPoint gives you many in-slide animation and slide-to-slide transition options.

However, it requires many steps and several minutes to upload it to YouTube.

For now, I prefer to use Canva.com to create my slides because it’s easier than PowerPoint, albeit with less animation features than PowerPoint.

Then I create my videos with Screencast O-Matic because it’s the most affordable option to screen record, I’ve found.

Plus, you could upgrade your membership to self-host your videos so that you don’t need to upload to YouTube.

But for now, I upload to YouTube and save them as unlisted videos so that the only people who have the link to them can watch them.

Q and A Sessions

(could be webinars, PDFs, videos or a combination)

Everyone who arrives at your blog looks for answers to questions regarding relationship topics.

Why not turn them into Q and A sessions?

One of the affiliate programs I promote offers these in webinars.

That’d really only work if you have a sizable newsletter subscriber list or build a funnel with advertising.

Nevertheless, you could still simply create PDFs or slide-show videos or both.

I create member pages where my subscribers (or visitors) can access multiple formats.

With member access pages you can monitor analytics more thoroughly than just emailing your bonuses.

More on that in a moment (inter link to this section).

Interviews of Other Dating or Relationship Bloggers or Coaches

Another creative, yet simple idea for bonuses are video conference interviews with dating coaches or other relationship bloggers.

They might specialize in specific area of relationships and have more expertise than you (online dating profiles, meeting people IRL, texting, getting over a break up, etc.)

Ideally, you’d interview someone from one of your affiliate programs. Or create one with them using basic, affordable affiliate program softward such as Samcart or Sendowl.

At the minimum you could barter: give them backlinks to their website or even pay them for their time.

To conduct the video conference interview use Google Hangouts, Skype or Zoom.us. With all of these you could do this for free.

I admit that I have only done these for guest posts, but they certainly could work for bonuses.

Surveys or Polls

If you get enough traffic to your site you could embed polls and then record their replies on a PDF. (I use the free plugin Crowdsignal- formally Poll Daddy).

Without enough traffic you won’t get sufficient enough participation.

You’d want at least several hundreds, preferably in the thousands per poll to get reliable data.

As an alternative to polls you could do surveys with multiple questions.

Some bloggers or businesses use Survey Monkey for this.

Which makes sense if you want to send the survey to a large audience.

However, if you get decent traffic to your blog you could create free surveys with Google Forms.

Over time, you could get a large amount of responses by sending visitors or subscribers to it.

Interactive Exercise

Another option to offer bonuses from Google Forms that I like are quizzes or interactive exercises.

One of the affiliate programs I promote did this so I gave it a shot.

You can give feedback or lead them down a customized path of questions based on their replies or even grade them via the quiz format.

Bonus Member Pages

I saved the best for last.

(The video towards the top of this page is another example of a member page.)

If you want to tip the scales in your favor and convince someone to purchase affiliate products through you and not someone else then offer bonuses with a package of bonuses.

House everything on a member access page.

Send your customers the page link after you get proof of purchase (more on that in a moment).

Password protect your pages or at least set the pages up to block search engines from finding them.

Consider using a member site plugin after you begin to see regular conversions such as:

(list of member site plugins)

I’ve heard Teachable.com works well for some bloggers, but you will pay a portion of your earnings to Teachable.

However, it can get expensive and you don’t need them.

For now, just create pages within your own blog.

I prefer to make the design of the pages more visually appealing by using the editor plugin Elementor. (I use the free version).

You can choose from many different editor plugins or perhaps even your WordPress theme includes one.

Condition your audience to expect multiple pieces of content from initial contact (upon opting-in).

Offer packages of free gifts in exchange for signing up for your newsletter.

Your bonus packages, however, must exceed your opt-in packages in quantity and value.

Make your bonuses more in-depth and cover multiple angles of relationship topics.

[Click here] for ideas on how to go deeper into your relationship topics.

Contact Me with Questions About How to Offer Bonuses

Email Me at Rick@RelationshipBrew.com

Now, I’m sure you’re wondering, how do you promote your bonuses.

I’ve used a couple ways, both work.

Ways to Promote Your Bonuses

For existing newsletter subscribers, you could detail the directions and rules in an email.

Make sure that you state them clearly but also simply to remove ambiguity.

The most important rules are:

1. They must click your links in the email.

2. They must show proof of purchase with an order number. (Find this in your affiliate dashboard.

3. You’ll deliver their bonuses within 24 hours of them providing proof of purchase and it matches up with the order number in your affiliate dashboard.

You could promote your bonuses with your subscribers via campaign launches.

Here you’d send several emails leading up to a launch day.

Or you could insert your bonus promotions in your on-going automated emails (say, every 10-15, depending on how often you email your list- do not bombard them).

One downside I’ve run into with promoting the bonuses through email is that your email service provider might flag your account for placing too many affiliate links in the email that you blast out to your subscribers.

That’s just one reason I prefer to create a landing page for my bonus promotions.

The Bonus Promotion Page

(This is just an image- not a video.)

I set up these promotion landing pages once and point links in emails to it as well as straight from blog posts.

Anyone visiting the page can click my trackable affiliate links that go straight to the affiliate programs sales page.

Landing pages make the information much more visually appealing, easier to read and you can insert videos.

With video you can record yourself guiding them through the instructions.

I screen record my landing pages and guide them step-by-step through the instructions.

A few additional advantages to a promotion landing page are the ability to run analytics and you can easily duplicate them for multiple bonus offers.

Landing Page Creator

I don’t recommend that you make these pages on your blog because there are too many distractions on them.

Unless your theme allows you eliminate both headers and side bars.

I don’t know of a theme that eliminates headers, though.

It’s just easier to use a landing page creator like Leadpages.net.

That’s who I’ve used for years plus I create all my subscriber opt-in pages and pop ups with them.

Try out Leadpages for a free 14-day trial and get my free bonus promotion template and checklist PDF.

How to Automate Your Bonus Promotion Page

An advantage that choosing the bonus promotion route over putting all the details in email gives you is automation.

With Leadpages I set up an information collection page where my subscriber or visitor can return to and insert their first name, email address and product order number.

I receive an email when someone fills it out.

The best part is that this data automatically gets added to my buyers list (which identifies and separates paying customers from everyone else). So, later I can send one email to the list.

After they fill in their information, I redirect them to a confirmation thank you page so that they see I got it.

Plus, I remind them that I must first confirm the sale and will get back to them within 24 hours.

To summarize, you’ll need three pages to set up the automation:

1. Bonus Promotion Page

To announce your bonus offer and the rules.

2. Data Collection Page

To gather their first name, email address and product order number.

3. Thank You Confirmation Page

To confirm you got their information and to remind them that you must confirm the purchase and then get back to them.

Want to know how I set up my bonus promotion pages?

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(transition into the best people to market to who are more likely to take you up on your offer)

Offering bonuses incentivizes your visitors and subscribers to purchase affiliate products through you, thus increasing your affiliate sales conversion rates.

But if you want to increase them even more than you can take an additional step.

Identify buyers.

How can you do that?

Three ways that I know of.

Buyers List and Tripwires: Separate Buyers from "Window Shoppers"

People who pay for one item, likely will buy more items later.

You can reel visitors onto your newsletter list with free lead magnets, but most will not pay for anything.

1. Buyers List

So, the first way to identify paying customers is to create a separate list for anyone who takes you up on your bonus offers.

Do this is in your email service provider.

2. Tripwires

The second way is to offer quality, but low-priced pieces of content that your subscribers or visitors cannot resist.

(What is Tripwire marketing?)

After they purchase you can set up a simple sales funnel that triggers them to receive a short series of emails with the last email presenting your bonus offer in exchange for an affiliate product purchase.

You could even offer it for a limited time to stress urgency by placing a timer on the bonus promotion page.

(Leadpages gives you this feature).

The strategy behind it is you identify a problem in the first few emails (traditionally 3-5) with the promise of the solution in the last email.

The solution itself is a strategy how to accomplish something in relationships.

Here are some examples…

Solution Examples

The affiliate products explain how to accomplish these goals.

And thus, of course, you recommend them in the final email.

Since, they’ve already proven to be buyers many will likely take you up on your offer.

Often times they will even purchase the upsells that the affiliate programs offer.

These low-priced products at the beginning of a sales funnel are called tripwires.

What You’ll Need to Offer Tripwires

You’ll need a safe online shopping cart to take credit card payments (I currently use Sendowl) and a payment gateway to accept payments and deliver the money to you via Paypal or straight to your bank account (I use Stripe).

Of course, you could use Paypal as your shopping cart, but this limits who can buy your trip wires, preferably you’d want to offer Paypal and credit cards.

That’s why I chose Sendowl.

It’s simple to use and affordable.

Although I may go back to upgrading my Leadpages subscription in order to create shopping carts right from my landing pages and integrate them with Stripe.

Honestly, this converts better because the visitor never leaves the page. The shopping cart appears right on the page instead of being redirected off to a separate page.

It’s just pricier than using Sendowl.

Plus, Sendowl offers more features that I may use in the future.

Stripe is free to set up for your payment gateway, but they do take small percentage per sale.

3. Sell Your Own Products

The third way I know of to identify buyers is to sell your own products.

You’d need the same tools (online shopping cart, payment gateway) to sell your own products.

These simply could be the same products as your bonuses.

Then that way your visitors and subscribers would have two options to get your content:

1) Paying for them

2) Earning them as bonuses

Then, of course, you’d place them on your buyers lists and present more bonus offers to them in the future.

Sell your products for less than the price of the affiliate products you recommend to give them a legitimate alternative to buy them.

People like choices and they might now even like the affiliate products you recommend but might be willing to pay for yours.

Summary

Give your subscribers a reason to purchase through you.

Offer them bonuses, preferably several.

Your subscribers are more likely to take you up on your bonus offer since they trust you and like your brand of advice.

Choose a system that you feel most comfortable with.

You might feel that promoting and delivering bonuses via email suits your experience level better.

Of if you’ve already gained experience creating landing pages then it makes sense to go that route.

Or, better yet, try both.

Again, people like options.

Some people will feel weary about interacting with your information collection landing page.

But they find the email method more trustworthy and less overwhelming.

Examples of Existing Content Turned into a Freebie

1. Formulas/Templates

2. Copy-and-Paste, Ready-to-Send Examples

3. Quizzes to Teach and Share Knowledge

4. Quizzes to Measure Level of Knowledge

5. Slide Shows

6. Short Selfie Video Series

7. Checklists

8. Puzzles

9. Printable Cards

10. Printable Labels

BONUS: Roundups

What Simple Freebie Ideas Have You Tried and Had Success With?

Why do we find it so hard to choose gifts for one another in relationships?

Here’s My Easy Tip to Find the Perfect Gift for Him or Her

Check Out RelationshipBrew.com’s Gift Ideas Posts

Lists of Gift Ideas for Relationship Blog Posts

Most Popular Gift Ideas for Blog Posts

Hobby and Passion Gift Ideas for Blog Posts

Gift Ideas for Collectors Blog Post Examples

Gift Ideas for Occasions Blog Post Examples

1. Affiliate Product Review Page

Why Affiliate Product Review Pages Make Affiliate Sales

Advanced Reason It Converts

Q & A Affiliate Product Review Pages

“Do you I need to personally use the product to promote it?”

“Can I make affiliate sales with low levels of traffic?”

“Can I get affiliate products for free to review?”

“What if I don’t find an affiliate product that I like?”

Recent Posts

Ask Me Your Question Here, Contact Me

2. Affiliate Recommendation on Thank You Page

Options

Why Thank You Pages Convert Affiliate Sales

Q & A Affiliate Recommendations on Thank You Pages

Ask Me Your Question Here, Contact Me

3. Problem-Solution Posts

Identify the Problem (in question form)

Provide the Solution

Separate Solution Posts

Recommend the Tool

Why Problem-Solution Posts Make Affiliate Sales

Q & A Problem-Solution Posts

Ask Your Question Here, Contact Me

4. Problem Post => Lead Magnet Solution

Why the Problem Post => Lead Magnet Solution Method Makes Affiliate Sales

Q & A Problem Post => Lead Magnet Solution

Ask Your Question Here, Contact Me

5. Offer Bonuses (Highest-Converting Method)

What Can You Offer as Bonuses?

Why Offering Bonuses Helps You Make Affiliate Sales

Affiliate Product Review Pages Q & A

Ask Your Question Here, Contact Me

Summary: Fast Ways to Make Affiliate Sales with Your Relationship Blog

Offer Bonuses to Make Affiliate Sales

Paid for Bonuses

More Ideas to Offer Bonuses: Create Your Own

Re-purpose Existing Posts into eBooks

Recent Posts

Make Videos of Existing Posts or Lead Magnets to Offer Bonuses

Q and A Sessions

Interviews of Other Dating or Relationship Bloggers or Coaches

Surveys or Polls

Interactive Exercise

Bonus Member Pages

Contact Me with Questions About How to Offer Bonuses

Ways to Promote Your Bonuses

The Bonus Promotion Page

Landing Page Creator

How to Automate Your Bonus Promotion Page

1. Bonus Promotion Page

2. Data Collection Page

3. Thank You Confirmation Page

Want to know how I set up my bonus promotion pages?

Buyers List and Tripwires: Separate Buyers from "Window Shoppers"

1. Buyers List

2. Tripwires

Solution Examples

What You’ll Need to Offer Tripwires

3. Sell Your Own Products