Creating Your Own Free Course
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clyde
By clyde
Published on 11/20/2009
This step doesn't have to be difficult. This free course is the vehicle to promote your first affiliate program that you have chosen. It will also be the catalyst that allows you to contact these leads as often as you want.
Creating Your Own Free Course
I will warn you now, however, that you don't want to contact them everyday, maybe not every week, only when you have something substantial to email to them. This keeps your list happy, and not full of junk emails that no one will end up reading.
First off though, we need a title for your report. No one is even going to subscribe if it doesn't interest them.
This is where a lot of writers really wreck a perfectly good report. You have to make your title as exciting and straight to the point as possible.
Here are a few examples of very poor titles.
I might have been a little harsh to say that they are poor titles, they just lack any spark or imagination.
Here are a few suggestions I have to spruce those titles up, and these can be used in any other titles as well.
So what is the easiest way to create your own free 5 day course?
The easiest way, but not the best way is to use articles your affiliate program gives you to use. You could just put 4 or 5 articles together and use them as your free course, but the whole point of creating this free course is to make you different from the other 1000 affiliates promoting the same affiliate program.
If you use this method, you won't get as many sign ups for your free course or for the affiliate program you are promoting.
The best way to create your free course is to write 5 or so articles yourself on the subject your promoting and putting it into a free course.
The problem most people have when they try and do this is that they try and write thousands of words all at once and they get tired and never complete it.
If you break it down into sections, it's a lot easier. For example, if I was to write a free course on creating your own fishing lures for profit, I would write something like this.
And in each of these articles, I would weave an affiliate link into somewhere. The information has
to be of high quality and not just a blatant affiliate program plug-a-thon. If you do this, you will certainly get a lot of people unsubscribing from your list.
Of course you can't really just send your prospects a bunch of articles, you have to weave them together. For instance, the first email they get could be a thank you for subscribing email, with a don't forget to get your free gift line in there somewhere. This first email, you should try and hook your prospects, so if you have an article
section that's better then the rest, put it in the first day.
The last email in the free course sequence (not the last email you ever send them,) should be a blatant plug for the affiliate program your promoting. If they haven't purchased from the first 5 emails which include articles, you
should then send a testimonial for the product or service your promoting and the testimonial should be written by you.
Tell them how great it is, and if you can, see if you can get a special discount price for your subscribers, you will find a lot of affiliate program managers will do this for you.
Another thing to note is, once someone buys from you, you want to make a reference to them, as these people have proven to you that they are ready to buy and not just freebie seekers.
Since your an affiliate, you won't get the customers details, so in your emails, make a note to your subscribers that if they buy anything from your affiliate links, they will get an extra bonus if they email you their receipt of purchase.
This way, you will get the email address of the people who buy from you, and I guarantee you, this list is like gold and will continue to constantly make you money .
These people should be given special offers you don't give to your normal list, or they should get priority to new information you might have. You have to treat these people like gold as they will become your whole business.
First off though, we need a title for your report. No one is even going to subscribe if it doesn't interest them.
This is where a lot of writers really wreck a perfectly good report. You have to make your title as exciting and straight to the point as possible.
Here are a few examples of very poor titles.
- Make Money Online
- Migraine Relief Report
- Create Your Own Products Easily
- Play Cricket Like A Pro
I might have been a little harsh to say that they are poor titles, they just lack any spark or imagination.
Here are a few suggestions I have to spruce those titles up, and these can be used in any other titles as well.
- Make Money Online In 7 Days With Residual Income Affiliate Programs
- Stop Migraines In 5 Easy Steps
- Create Sizzling Digital Products Instantly, That Sell Like Crazy
- Bat Like Border And Bowl Like Lee, Play Cricket Like A Pro!
So what is the easiest way to create your own free 5 day course?
The easiest way, but not the best way is to use articles your affiliate program gives you to use. You could just put 4 or 5 articles together and use them as your free course, but the whole point of creating this free course is to make you different from the other 1000 affiliates promoting the same affiliate program.
If you use this method, you won't get as many sign ups for your free course or for the affiliate program you are promoting.
The best way to create your free course is to write 5 or so articles yourself on the subject your promoting and putting it into a free course.
The problem most people have when they try and do this is that they try and write thousands of words all at once and they get tired and never complete it.
If you break it down into sections, it's a lot easier. For example, if I was to write a free course on creating your own fishing lures for profit, I would write something like this.
- Why fishing lures are so profitable
- How to create your own fishing lures from your table
- How to automate the whole lure making process
- How to market your lures offline
- How to market your lures on a budget online
And in each of these articles, I would weave an affiliate link into somewhere. The information has
to be of high quality and not just a blatant affiliate program plug-a-thon. If you do this, you will certainly get a lot of people unsubscribing from your list.
Of course you can't really just send your prospects a bunch of articles, you have to weave them together. For instance, the first email they get could be a thank you for subscribing email, with a don't forget to get your free gift line in there somewhere. This first email, you should try and hook your prospects, so if you have an article
section that's better then the rest, put it in the first day.
The last email in the free course sequence (not the last email you ever send them,) should be a blatant plug for the affiliate program your promoting. If they haven't purchased from the first 5 emails which include articles, you
should then send a testimonial for the product or service your promoting and the testimonial should be written by you.
Tell them how great it is, and if you can, see if you can get a special discount price for your subscribers, you will find a lot of affiliate program managers will do this for you.
Another thing to note is, once someone buys from you, you want to make a reference to them, as these people have proven to you that they are ready to buy and not just freebie seekers.
Since your an affiliate, you won't get the customers details, so in your emails, make a note to your subscribers that if they buy anything from your affiliate links, they will get an extra bonus if they email you their receipt of purchase.
This way, you will get the email address of the people who buy from you, and I guarantee you, this list is like gold and will continue to constantly make you money .
These people should be given special offers you don't give to your normal list, or they should get priority to new information you might have. You have to treat these people like gold as they will become your whole business.