How To Market Online Without A Website

Despite what internet marketing “gurus” tell you, you do not
need to have a website to be successful in internet marketing.

You do need some basic tools, but a website is not one of them.

Sure, a website is helpful, especially as a content management
tool, and even more so if you sell your own products. But if
you are an affiliate marketer, you don’t need your own site.

For affiliate marketing, there is really only one tool you need
(other than internet access and email): an autoresponder. You
need a good autoresponder that will let you broadcast messages
to the list that you will build. Most free autoresponder
programs will not let you do this, so you need to invest about
$20 per month in a good autoresponder. This will be the best
investment you ever make in your business. And, since
autoresponder programs are affiliate programs themselves, you
can promote your autoresponder program and eventually have it
pay for itself.

If you get a headache thinking about HTML, and “coding” your
website gives you cramps, here is a simple marketing system
that will promote your affiliate program without your own
website:

1. The marketing system is to establish yourself as an expert
on the products you are promoting. You do this by creating
content: first, by posting in forums and submitting articles to
article directories, second, by running your own ezine or
newsletter, and third, by personally contacting ezine owners
and offering your article for publication in their ezine.

2. You promote your affiliate product or program in the
resource box at the end of your article. Write a brief
description of who you are, what you do, and how readers can
learn more. For more detail, see my resource box at the end of
the article.

3. The secret to promoting your affiliate product is to promote
it via your autoresponder. Since you have written a content
article about what you are promoting, you have probably whetted
the appetite for more information. So ask for the sale! If you
wrote an article on dog grooming, write something like, “For
more fr.ee tips on grooming your dog, send a blank email to
abc@autoresponder.com.”

4. In your autoresponder, write a couple more tips, and then a
sentence that refers your readers to your affiliate program.

5. Not only have you promoted your product for a very low cost
(only the cost of your autoresponder), but you have collected
names that you can market to again and again. These names also
become your list for your newsletter.

6. Write a new article every week, and continue sending it to
your list and article directories, and continue posting in
forums. In no time you will have a nice list, and nice profits
coming in, all without your own website!

About The Author: Kirsten Hawkins is an online marketing
specialist from Nashville, TN. Visit
http://www.pageranksite.com/ for more great online marketing
tips and webmaster resources.