Yes affiliate marketing rocks, but it’s really hard to get started. And that’s because you have a lot of other affiliates to compete with.

The challenge is to try and outdo other affiliates and think of ways to do a better job promoting. There’s also a lot of information out there about how to do affiliate marketing, so it can be confusing. Here’s one trick that almost no one else is using.

Affiliate Videos

You can’t deny that video is powerful.
Video online is everywhere because people love it. It’s so much easier to keep people’s attention with video. So you can put this to great advantage in your affiliate marketing.

Here are a few ideas for creating affiliate videos:

• Testimonials
• Do a video walk-through
• Do an ordering video
• Sneak peak

Record your testimonial

This one is super simple. Simply turn on your recorder and talk. It doesn’t have to be professional or polished. Seeing a real person on the other end helps your viewers make a buying decision. And the mess-ups or mistakes just make the video more real. You can literally just press record and talk. Use one of the other ideas if you’re feeling shy.

Record a walk-through

This one is a little more subtle. Make this more like a tutorial helping them use the product. And while they watch you use it, they think, “I should buy that.” If the product is useful, watching the tutorial makes them want to buy it. So just make sure you’re demoing a good product.

Record the order process

This could be the most powerful method of all. Do a screen capture of the ordering process. There is nothing more motivating than watching someone buy something live. First, it’s social proof. People will feel more comfortable buying after seeing you do it. Second, it builds trust. They are much more likely to take your advice to buy when you’ve taken it yourself. And let’s not forget about good old fashioned envy. People want what they see you getting. You can add some extra punch to this by ending with: In order to get to see the inside, you gotta buy the product.

Do a preview video

This one is perfect for building up the value of what you’re promoting. In this case you record a screen share of the inside of the product. They get to see everything they’ll receive when they order. It also reduces the reservations of skeptics. Once they’ve seen the back-end, they know it’s real.

It’s easy!

You don’t need any special training for this. Anyone can create stunning videos with some easy-to-use software. All the work is done by the program. So please don’t let technical worries slow you down. Remain focused on the benefits:

• Make more money You will increase your affiliate sales when you start using videos. Start using videos because people love them.
• Lower refund rates You’ll lose less of the commission your earn. Thanks to you people know what’s inside before buying. So they’ll be less likely to refund.
• Rise above the competition! This is a really easy thing to do. But pretty much no one does it. This puts you out in front of the rest.

Get started right now and take your affiliate marketing to the next level. The bottom line is that if you’re not using video, you’re losing money.

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