7 Sure-Fire Ways To Find Profitable Affiliate Products To Promote.

In my recent post, The Nuts And Bolts Of Affiliate Marketing, I talked about the basics of affiliate marketing and how you can make a decent living online using this internet marketing method. Today, as a sequel to that post, I am going to talk about how you can find profitable affiliate products to promote in your niche.

Choosing the right products to promote is vital to be a successful affiliate marketer. Products that are in demand and of high quality are the ones you should really work on promoting as endorsing low quality products or the products not related to your topic is severely going impact your affiliate marketing endeavor.

Most affiliate marketers are lazy when it comes to promoting affiliate products. Investigating and researching on the merchant and the products before actually promoting it, really makes a huge difference. To get any significant payout from affiliate products, make sure to promote the ones that are in demand and with the best commission rates. It is not a bad idea to promote more than one product or service. However, this should be done in balance so that you can still generate good sales without confusing your audience with a big ‘A to Z’ list of affiliate products.

The best way affiliate marketing is going to work for you is if you promote the products or services you have personally used. Personal recommendations with a review work wonders as they attract more attention. Plus, you can use testimonials of people that have used the product so that it can help psychologically persuade your audience to purchase the products you endorse.

Finding the right affiliate products to promote is a challenge for somebody that is fairly new to the affiliate marketing game. If you are one of those having a hard time finding the right products, here are 7 awesome tips that can help you get started:

1 Using search engines like Google:

One of the easiest ways to find the affiliate product of your choice is to google the keywords that are relevant to what you want to promote along with the word ‘affiliate’. For instance, if you have a fitness blog, you might want to search for keywords like workout affiliate, weight loss affiliate or you can even use brand names like Bowflex affiliate, Gold gym affiliate and so on.

2 Go to the direct source:

This is really an awesome way to find affiliate products to promote if you have a decent number of regular traffic in your site. This might not work for you if you have small number of traffic. But as you gradually build your traffic, you are going to be in a position where you can approach the manufacturers directly for products to promote. The good thing about this method is you get a head start in promoting the products and get ahead of the competition. Plus, you don’t need to worry about all the hassles of researching on the various merchants and their products.

3 Through Google AdSense ads:

When you search keywords relevant to your topic in Google, the AdSense ads that appear on the web pages are most likely to have an affiliate programs attached in them. This is a great way to research and be familiar with various different affiliate products. You can also directly contact the AdSense advertisers that bid on your keywords. If an advertiser is bidding on keywords with a high payout, this could work out perfect for you as you don’t need to spend too much time researching on different affiliate programs.

4 Checking out your competition:

Another very easy method is to check out other sites in your niche and see what they are promoting. This method can reveal a lot of affiliate products as well as relevant advertisers you could promote. However, keep in mind that your chances of making significant profit is minimal if you promote the products a lot of other people are already promoting.

5 Explore affiliate networks:

Affiliate networks act as an intermediary between publishers and merchant affiliate programs, which allow you to find and participate in desired affiliate programs very easily. There are quite a number of reliable affiliate networks that catalog affiliate programs on various niches. You can look for the affiliate programs of your choice in these affiliate networks simply by searching the keywords related to your topic.

Some popular affiliate networks that I recommend are:

- Clickbank:

Clickbank is the largest online market that houses thousands of digital products, like e-books and downloadable software, from a wide variety of niches. This affiliate network not only enables merchants to list and sell their digital products online but also encourages the affiliates to promote and sell the products for commission. The main benefits of Clickbank include their high commission payout (some up to 75% of the cost of the product) and the products can be instantly downloaded when sold, which means instant payout without having to wait for days or weeks to receive the payment.

Clickbank also offers stats and info regarding each and every products, which helps you quickly evaluate the products you want to promote. It even has the gravity indicator to tell you about the demand of the product and how well it is selling in the market place.

- Commission Junction:

Commission Junction (CJ) is an online affiliate network that has been around for a while. Unlike Clickbank, CJ offers affiliate programs from a wide categories of physical products online. The one little drawback about CJ is that the percentage of the payout is not as huge as Clickbank’s. But if you are thinking about being an affiliate of physical products, this is an awesome place to get started.

6 Search online stores:

Online stores, particularly Amazon, have enormous number of products you can browse through for your affiliate product research. Amazon is real flexible for you to develop your own affiliate campaigns or even create your own amazon store in your site. Amazon’s commission are not that enticing, 4% to 15% depending on the product, but if you are still building your brand, this is a great place to start your affiliate marketing endeavor. If you want to promote affiliate products from Amazon, make sure to endorse the products with the higher selling price so that you can receive higher commission.

7 Visit affiliate directories:

To find the right products to promote, you can also visit various affiliate directories in the internet. Affiliate directories are similar to affiliate networks which consist of a categorized listing of affiliate programs for you to promote wherever you want. Some of the affiliate directories have thousands of pages of affiliate programs listed, researched recommendations with useful tips and even an affiliate forum to help you become a successful affiliate marketer.

Final thoughts,

Your success as an affiliate marketer very much depends on the quality of the products you promote and your online reputation. Hence, to have a significant long term success with this internet marketing method, you really need to work on building up your online presence and your brand.

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To your successful affiliate marketing endeavor!

-Adam Paudyal

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