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Four Simple Ways to Generate Leads

Referrals

In our constantly connected social media world, it’s easy to forget that effective marketing and lead generation can take place offline. Share the opportunity and .WS domain with your network. If you find some people uninterested, dig deeper to see who they know who might be interested. Your friends can then refer these people directly to you to find out more. These referred people are great, qualified leads.

Your Website and Contact Form

Adding a contact form to your site is a simple way to generate leads. People can easily input their information that will go directly to your email, allowing you to follow up with anyone who has reached out to you through your site. Simple ways to get people to fill out contact forms are asking them if they would like to learn more or to leave any questions. Get creative with your contact form but don’t overstep your bounds.

Free Education and Reports

This is something you may have seen on many websites and not thought twice about it. But free reports, information, and education that you have to sign up for are usually lead generating tools for these sites. So take advantage of it for yourself. Create a small breakdown of what you have learned working with GDI and how others can benefit and offer that as a free report to anyone who requests it. You will be getting contact information from the requester and helping them to get started. Any bit of education you can offer can count as a free report, so start creating them and sharing them with your new leads!

Video

Much like free reports, video is just another way to share your unique knowledge of GDI experience while creating a bigger online presence. Positioning yourself as a thought leader is a great way to generate leads. Create videos that showcase your knowledge and entice people to find out more. Present clear information for people to take the next steps to contact you to learn more.

 

Four Sites to Take Advantage of Right Now

There are many sites that can help your share your business, build networks, and get your questions answered. Here are a few sites that can benefit affiliate marketers.

SlideShare for Presentations and New Audiences

SlideShare is a site that allows anyone to upload presentations and slideshows created with PowerPoint and Keynote. The presentations then live on the site where anyone can browse them or watch. SlideShare helps to get your presentations out to new audiences while offering some powerful SEO in the form of links back and another site where you and your message can be found.

Twitter for Network Building

Twitter is about content sharing in a short, digestible way. In this way Twitter is great to get your message out and find others who care about it. Start an account with Twitter to share your content and WebSite in 140 characters of less, but to also find others with similar interests. Retweet, message, and follow others like you to build your network easily.

Quora for Leading Discussions and Getting Answers

According to its website: “Quora connects you to everything you want to know about. Quora aims to be the easiest place to write new content and share content from the web.” In short, Quora is a smart question and answer site where people wanting to gain and share knowledge meet. Quora can be helpful to answer some questions you have about your business, but also to share your knowledge. You can start an account with the site and search for questions your have special knowledge on. This can help to build your persona as a thought leader and also grow your network.

Google News Alerts for News and Information

There’s a lot going on in the world of affiliate marketing and your GDI colleagues. To make sure you don’t miss a news story or a chance to connect, you can set up a Google Alerts. Google Alerts can be made for anything you wish to know about. Click on the link above and type in your search terms. You can then add settings so that you will be emailed whenever your search topic has news. You can also subscribe to an RSS feed for your alert to see your search whenever you log into your reader. Set GDI as a search term to find other affiliates and build your network.

 

 

10 Quick Tips to Help You Succeed as an Affiliate

  1. Ask others for feedback. Share your site with friends and family and ask their opinion. Is you site clear? Appealing? Attention grabbing? Make changes accordingly.
  2. Have a call to action on your WebSite. What do you want people to do when they visit your site? Ask them to do this with a clear call to action.
  3. Get active on social networks and share your site. Social networks offer a huge opportunity for affiliates to network and share.
  4. Blog, guest post, and leave comments. These help to give you a bigger foot print online and show your commitment to building your business.
  5. Market offline. Online isn’t the only area to market your program. Reach out to local businesses or even consider flyers.
  6. Offer something different. What knowledge sets you apart from other affiliates? Share this on your WebSite and with team members.
  7. Invite sharing. When you post on social networks invite others to share your posts. Remember that only excellent content is worthy of sharing.
  8. Create videos. Videos are easily shared and allow visitors and potential team members to relate to an actual person.
  9. Keep it simple. Find a system that works for you and can be easily duplicated by team members then share it. Simple is repeatable.
  10. Don’t give up. Some weeks or months may be hard, but keep working at it to see continued success!