ClickBank Affiliate Marketing – Find The Best Products To Promote (Video)

Clickbank Affiliate Marketing can be complex and confusing. How the heck do you pick great product to promote? Don’t get us wrong, we absolutely love Clickbank! It’s an online market place that connects products producers with people who have blogs and wish to promote those products. There are thousands of products there that you can promote, but again how do you choose the right affiliate program for your blog?

Now here’s one more thing about Clickbank Affiliate Marketing , they actually pay you on time! You can sign up to 20 affiliate program and hope that at least some will pay, or you can use Clickbank and have a single source that reliability pays you once you’ve made sales. So it’s a great platform. You know that the money is coming.

Be Selective

As we mentioned earlier, there are a LOT of products out there. Because they are very easy to create, many product owners figure that they just throw a bunch of information together and someone will sell it. This result in tons of crap! It’s basically a bell curve like just about everything in life. A lot of them a going to crappy or at best average.

So choose very carefully. Look at the product. Look at the website , the landing page, the sales copy. Does it make you want to buy? Does the product really solve an actual problem? If the product sucks, then the conversation to sales will be poor too. You’re going to be associated with this product, so don’t ruin your reputation! Maintain a concept of quality. Do things well will be much better for your than be branded together with something crappy. Think of Apple. Their products rock, so other people want to be associate them. By promoting quality products, you’re also more likely to make sales in the converting funnel.

How do you Pick?

Well you can simply pick by category, and select one that’s similar to your niche, but by itself, it isn’t really the best way. So here’re some additional steps to help you. Go to Clickbank.com. Login to your account. Well technically you don’t even need to login, but it’s nice thing to do especially if you’re going to create an affiliate link later. Click on “Marketplace.” Use the “Advance Search” option. Select the category that most closely matches your blog, and then sort by gravity.

Grav, short for Gravity is a numerical representation of how likely people are making with that product, so usually the higher the gravity the better. But don’t be turned off entirely by low gravity scores. Some could be “Diamonds in the Rough” waiting to be discovered. There are fewer competition in promoting these products, but the risk is higher. You’d have to use your gut feeling instead of raw number to decide whether each particuar product would sell well.

So to play on the safe side, you might want to pick a Grav of at least 60+. It gives you an idea what products are best sellers, but you also want to pay attention to the percentage that you get from each sale, and how much that it. You can get that information by paying attention to the “Avg %/Sale” and “Initial $/Sale.”

While some product has a really high gravity number, you might make very little per sale. Instead, set a minimum payout amount, such as $30 for example. There are some products that pay hundreds of dollars, but often the conversion and gravity score could be low.

For affiliates who wish to expand into non-English speaking markets, you have the option to filter by language with French, Spanish, and German,.
Additionally with Advanced search, you could be searching by keyword, by title, gravity, average rebill total, average rebill percentage. Rebill is really interesting because it allows a subscription model, which means you make money both on the initial sale and also h ongoing revenue. It’s kind of like insurance really. The recurring commission makes it really attractive and lucrative.

The Avg %/rebill is a good statistic to inspect since the average commission rate on rebills might be lower than the initial sale.

Other Tips

Promote high quality products that you would personally enjoy and buy. When you actually like the products, you come across as more authentic when you’re preaching its merits to others. You will share a similar understanding and passion of other potential customers. It adds to your credibility.

Be sure to review the tools and tips that the product owners offer on the Affiliates descriptions of their programs web page. Many offer helpful advice on how to best promote their product, and also banners and marketing collateral that you could use.

Test the affiliate links (Hoplinks) periodically to make sure that they are still working correctly. Obviously if something is wrong, you won’t be making any money, and should contact Clickbank and the product owner immediately.

Also check out your competition. Are there other affiliates who are already promoting these products. How are they doing it? The Goldilocks Principle actually applies nicely here. There shouldn’t be too many or too little.

Review the seller’s landing page. You can do this by clicking on the Hoplink also known as the affiliate link. That’s when the rubber meets the road. If you’re diverting your traffic to their site, they should be able to convert. Read their sales copy, and ask yourself whether it’s convincing, true, and believable.

Watch out for hype and exaggerated promises, for example, “lose 50lbs in 1 week.” If for any reason you’re not comfortable, move on, there are plenty of others who have their acts together. Don’t waste your time with someone who has a sloppy affiliate program!

You can also filter by how the vendor have had their products by using the “Vendor Activation Field.” Working with new vendor carry the risk that they’re using you to test any rough spots in their online selling process.

So how do you find the best digital product for your blog? Leave a comment and let us know.