How to promote affiliate links offline

Many people promote affiliate links online; depending on your
target market, you may be facing some stiff competition. While
you should not stop your online promotion efforts, you can add
offline promotion to increase your commissions.

When promoting offline, you will want to redirect your
affiliate links. This is a very simple process. You can create a
page on your domain that and include some HTML code that will
automatically send your visitor to your affiliate link. If you
are promoting an autoresponder, you may name the page
www.yourdomain.com/autoresponder. Simply add the following code:
. It’s that easy!

You can design some flyers right from home. Depending on the
price of your printer’s ink cartridges, it may be cheaper to
just print out one flyer and take it to a copy shop and use the
self service method to make additional copies. Take them with
you wherever you go; put them up wherever you see a bulleting
board, such as the grocery store, the mall, post office,
library, etc. Using brightly colored paper will grab people’s
attention. Create a catchy headline and make sure the font is
clear and easy to read.

You can get car magnets made up that will stick to the side of
your car. It will look like a message that is painted on your
car. Stick the car magnets on whenever you are out and about
running errands. Your car can be sitting in the middle of a
parking lot, generating traffic for you.

Take a small cardboard box and decorate it with brightly
colored wrapping paper. Attach a sign that says “Free Drawing”
and offer some type of prize. You don’t have to offer anything
of too much value.

You can get some entry forms made up at your local copy shop
for a small price (make sure the entry form includes an area for
the registrant’s email address). Take the box around to local
salons, convenience stores, grocery stores, and anywhere else
that you can think of. Leave the box there for a week, and when
you return, take the entry forms and email the contestants. Let
the winner know that they won; and let the other people know
that they did not win, but you appreciate the fact that they
entered. Include links to your site, as well as your newsletter.
You may generate a lot of traffic to your site and add a few
names to your mailing list.

Depending on your product, you may want to try a direct mail
campaign. You can purchase mailing lists from companies that
specialize in collecting demographic info. You can also purchase
some postcards from companies such as Vistaprint for a
reasonable price.