Monday, December 5, 2011

Social Media Affiliate Marketing Tutorial

People always venture out for new ways to market their products to the target audience and one such strategy is social media affiliate marketing where social media is used to promote the affiliate marketing products to the right audience.

You might be using websites like facebook, twitter, myspace, flickr and many more to stay connected with your friends but there are people using the same sites to market their services or stuff online effectively.

The results are good because you have the option of targeting people based on their sex, age, demography, occupation, interests and more. You can do this two ways one method is to advertise on these websites and the other option is to make friends with like minded people or target audience so that later you can recommend your offers to them.
social media affiliate marketing

This is free advertising people and if everything is done right you can see very good conversion rates also, you can interact with them online and know their opinions or take some surveys which will help you in better delivering for the needs of those people who require the product more.

Which websites are used the most for social media marketing?

    Facebook
    Twitter
    Myspace
    LinkedIn
    Mybloglog
    Digg
    Stumbleupon

These are the most popular and widely used social media sites for connecting with customers and marketing them what they love.

In the first four websites above that is facebook, twitter, myspace, linkedin  the strategy is to follow or friend with related people and build trust over a period of time and make some recommendations on the product you are promoting.

In the other three websites mybloglog, digg and stumbleupon you make a network or community of your own and get people to interact with the group effectively and showcase your products occasionally.

But do not over do anything or else there are possibilities of your account being removed. Follow the sites policy and you have no problems. No sales pitch while interacting with the audience this will break your efforts build trust and then recommend like an authority for better conversions and sales.

Newcomers succeed using these methods of course with  quality. Respect people's privacy and be a good friend or a character whom they love to hear from, this will help you in the long run.