ClickBank Secrets-2

Best Ways to Promote ClickBank

Niche Websites/Blogs

There's no doubt that a niche website is the best place to promote Clickbank products because you can subtly recommend them within your content.

Email

Email marketing is also an effective way of promoting products. Be careful, though. You don't want to continually pitch products to your subscribers.
That's not a good strategy.

Just like with your website, you should aim to provide nothing but quality, and promote products on occasion.

Use your list to inform your audience of important site updates, special news and provide exclusive offers. Weave in relevant product links every so often.

Social Media

If you have a large following (especially if it's very niche), you can also make money promoting products via social media.

Just remember, you can turn your followers way off by being overly aggressive with affiliate links. However, a casual, relevant mention here and there is fine.

And you don't even need a website to promote Clickbank products. You can just promote the hoplink I showed you how to create above.

However, I've always found it to be more effective to mention products within articles rather than just promoting affiliate links by themselves.

So instead of just tweeting a link to a product you are promoting, tweet a link that provides a relevant how-to article that includes a link to the product in the copy. That's a much better strategy.

What About Article Marketing?

ClickBank recommends article marketing on their tips page, but I honestly don't think this is a very effective way of marketing today.

Not only has it lost much of its SEO value, but most people who go to article marketing sites are not looking for information, they're marketers looking to get traffic to their own articles.

I'm not saying there is absolutely no value in article marketing, because there may be some -- especially with very tight/defined niches. However, I believe it is an expiring marketing strategy.

Using Banners to Promote The Products

If the product you are promoting has banners you can use, there is usually a link to the affiliate program located at the bottom of the main sales page. This is where you can often find banners for your website.

For example, for my ebook, Niche Website Success, there is a link to the affiliate page at the bottom of the landing page. That's where I provide the code for affiliates to add banners/links into their sites.

Don't Promote Crap!

Because ClickBank has no screening process for the products people can sell, you can run into a lot of low-quality products that were thrown together.

It may be tempting to focus on the amount you will earn per sale, but don't put greed over quality because it will hurt your reputation.

I only promote products that I have personally purchased myself. While the commission amount is something I pay attention to, the actual quality of the product comes first.

Selling Your Own Digital Goods on ClickBank

Clickbank makes it incredibly easy to sell your own products. So if you've been thinking of creating an ebook, for example, you can use Clickbank as the vendor.

All you do is upload your product to your website, create your sales page and sign up to be a vendor. The cost is a one-time fee of $49 and they take 7% of every sale you make.

You can set your price and choose what percentage you want to offer for your affiliates. Once your product is live in the Clickbank marketplace, your affiliate links are automatically created for you.

eJunkie is another egoods marketplace that you also may want to consider. I believe Clickbank has the better overall affiliate system, but eJunkie lets you create discount codes and does not take any money per sale. However, they do charge $5/month. So eJunkie and Clickbank both have their pluses and minuses.

I create my ebook covers with Photoshop using a program called Cover Action Pro. However, if you don't have Photoshop, there's an easier and free way to create them using MyeCoverMaker.

Creating Sales Pages for Your eBook

If you're a WordPress user, there are some pretty cool plugins out there to help you create stylish landing pages to sell your product.

OptimizePress is a quite popular, and it was specifically designed to create sales pages and increase conversions. I've never used this plugin, but plan on trying it out for future projects.

CopyBlogger Media has a plugin called Premise. It allows you to create a landing page on your WordPress site, and you can customize it with email sign-up forms, order buttons and more.

I use this plugin for my WP Starter Tips.

Clickbank is Not a Scam

I've heard people say that Clickbank is a scam because they don't ever make any money, but here's the deal. No matter what program you join, it takes work to convert your traffic into sales.

I have been an affiliate for Clickbank since 2000 and have never had any problems getting my check. They pay every month like clockwork and it goes directly into my checking account.