Affiliate marketing is a great way to begin marketing on the Internet especially if you are lacking internet marketing skills. Because some people that do not want to use affiliate marketing as their primary income source, they often overlook its value as a secondary source of income.

Of course not everyone will purchase your product or sign up for your list. There might be many different reasons such as your website design, your sales funnel, or they just might not be interested in your products or services.  Whatever the reason, once they leave, they are likely gone forever.

Since they aren’t going to make a purchase anyway, why not provide them with some affiliate offers in order to try and still profit from their visit.  Let’s look at a couple of ways to add affiliate profits into your business strategy as a form of secondary income.

1. On Your Primary Website

Some internet marketers are reluctant to promote other products on their primary website because it may cause potential customers to visit another website instead of making a purchase.

While this is a valid concern, you can help alleviate it by choosing products that are complimentary and not competitive with your own product. This will provide a couple of benefits. First you will not be offering products that compete so you will not lose potential sales based upon the products themselves.  Second, as compliments, your affiliate offers should actually be able to further improve your sales.

By making it look as if using several products in common will provide buyers with the maximum benefit, they will often purchase your product.  By using affiliate offers this way, you will not only generate income as an affiliate, but it can also boost the sales of your primary products as well.

2. Create a Newsletter

Newsletters are a great way to promote your primary product; however, you should not make product promotion its primary focus. You should concentrate on providing useful content to your readers. This will help build your credibility and you will gain the trust of your readers. It is OK to promote both your primary and affiliate products but I would recommend you only do this in every third or fourth letter.

Using affiliate offers in your newsletter can serve as a method of customer retention.  Once they have purchased your primary product, you need to give them a reason to keep reading your newsletter. If you keep promoting your primary product, even though they have already purchased it, the newsletter serves no purpose for them.

Some internet marketers use affiliate marketing as their primary source of income and make good money while others choose to use it as a secondary source.  If you are marketing you own product perhaps you should consider using affiliate marketing as a secondary source of income.

By ignoring all products except your own, you are not only missing out on an additional source of revenue, but you are also passing on unique ways to build confidence between you and your readers.

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