I decided to share this ICQ conversation I had with an affiliate yesterday because I think it applies to probably 95% of affiliates these days. "Giving and Hoping"
I call it Giving and Hoping because that's basically all that webmasters/affiliates seem to be doing. "If I blast enough free movies and pics out there, I'll eventually make sales". Hmm... possibly, but isn't this method hurting more than helping you make money?
Here's my conversation:
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Evil Chris 3:15 PM
I think you're giving away too much on your blog
take the latest entry for example
Evil Chris 3:16 PM
8 photos, explicit and also includes cum... a long story too. After all that, you're hoping for a conversion to a paysite.
Evil Chris 3:17 PM
Think about it this way... if you get 1000 hits per day, you're going to be getting 1000 hits per day no matter if you show 8 pics, or 18 pics.... or 2 pics.
Evil Chris 3:18 PM
My philosophy is to convert with less freebies. So you insert a button, or a tab, or whatever saying "want to see the rest?" (if it's photos), or "want to read the whole story?" (if it's a story)..
Evil Chris 3:19 PM
Make them jump a hoop or two to get what they want. Force them to join SexKey (for free) to get the "premium" stuff. Once they join SexKey, they get it, and you get a commission.
Right now you're not leading them anywhere. You're just giving and hoping.
Affiliate 3:26 PM
im just reading back
ok i understand that
Evil Chris 3:37 PM
I'm back
So my advice is to give less, way less... if they want more, make them DO SOMETHING for you.
Evil Chris 3:38 PM
You can still promote the paysite of your choice along the way. In fact, you SHOULD since the content belongs to them. So the hope of making that sale still remains on any page you make.
Affiliate 3:47 PM
yup
i am going to remove some of the images now
and ill see what happens
Evil Chris 3:48 PM
reach out more to the surfer... tell him what to do. They WANT you to tell them what to do in order to get more stuff from you.
Affiliate 3:51 PM
yeah im also thinking about putting the text below the images
as i very much doubt anyone reads it anyway
Evil Chris 3:53 PM
I'm just saying, don't give it all away. A premium tab on blogs (or tubes) works very well. If they want to see what's on there, make them join SexKey, it's a free join anyway and you're also qualifying them if they have a credit card. If they don't have a card, what are you going to make off them anyway?
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Next time you you look at your stats and see 1:150,000 ask yourself what you're doing to convince the surfer to join. If you're just hoping they join based on saturating them with a ton of free stuff, you should really re-think your strategy.