Archive for January 28th, 2010
Working with Affiliates
We all recognize that there’s plenty of money to be made on the Internet. It seems that everyday you hear about a new entrepreneur turning a simple, practical idea into a veritable goldmine. But the odds of your coming up with a revolutionary new idea that sets the Internet afire is relatively low. Most startup ventures get ahead by partnering with affiliate sites.
There’s an old saying that you’re undoubtedly familiar with: If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. Logic dictates that setting up a completely independent online business entity is infinitely more difficult than using a proven money making system. Affiliates do most of the work for you—which is one of the reasons that an affiliate marketing program is so attractive . They provide the inventory and knowledge necessary to make a business plan work. Most of your efforts can then be directed toward marketing.
Twitter Tools for Affiliate Marketers
Twitter can be enormously useful for affiliate marketers, but the downside is that Twitter can also tie up a lot of your time if you don’t have the right internet marketing tools for the job.
Although your specific needs will vary a bit depending on whether you will be pushing endless streams of affiliate links or building a real brand that you can maintain for years, there are a few needs that all Twitter marketers have in common.
The Need to Follow Many Accounts –
It’s not enough to “tweet” cool stuff and hope that people find you. You have to go out and actively search for people related to your niche and then follow them in hopes of getting them to follow you back. There are a couple of great tools for doing just that:
- Twadder Pro
- SocialOomph
The Need to UnFollow Many Accounts –
Unfortunately, Twitter limits the ratio of users followed to users who follow you back. If you are following 2000 people, you won’t be able to follow anyone new until your own follower count nears 2000. If you’re been following a lot of account and you need to quickly unfollow those who aren’t returning the favor, you can use the tools below:
- Twadder Pro
- SocialOomph
- Twitter Karma
The Need to Schedule Tweets –
With any kind of social media marketing, it’s important to be consistent. Unfortunately, life doesn’t always make it easy and it’s not at all difficult to forget about tweeting for a few days here and there. If you schedule a large number of posts ahead of time, though, you not only save time by batching, but you ensure that your messages are delivered consistently.
- SocialOomph.com
By adding a few of these tools to your Twitter marketing arsenal, you’ll be watching the profits pile up in no time.