{"id":2294,"date":"2009-08-19T15:29:51","date_gmt":"2009-08-19T15:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=2294"},"modified":"2009-08-19T15:29:51","modified_gmt":"2009-08-19T15:29:51","slug":"beer-level-affiliate-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/beer-level-affiliate-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer-Level Affiliate Marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No time for dilly-dally today.<\/p>\n<p>Got some excellent subscriber questions I want to address.<\/p>\n<p>Ready? <\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION:<\/strong> When you promote an affiliate product, you provide two links. One is an affiliate link and the other is a &#8220;naked&#8221; link. Why do you do this? <\/p>\n<p><strong>BEN:<\/strong> Very good question.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, how can I possibly increase my sales by including a link from which I receive zero smackeroos?<\/p>\n<p>Well, here&#8217;s the &#8220;short answer&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p>Because Ray Edwards (Internet marketing genius and copywriter for Tony Robbins) does it.  <\/p>\n<p>For the long answer, check out <strong>&#8220;The Affiliate Trump Card&#8221;<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.AffiliateTrumpCard.com\" rel=\"noopener\">www.AffiliateTrumpCard.com<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry, it&#8217;s cheap (unlike my other books and services.)<\/p>\n<p>And I honestly believe the Ray Edwards interview ALONE (where he explains how he &#8220;accidentally&#8221; makes 6-figures per year JUST with affiliate marketing &#8212; despite having a <em>small<\/em> list) is worth more than $100.<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION:<\/strong> Do you have any tips on how to edit sales copy?  <\/p>\n<p><strong>BEN:<\/strong> Yeppers.<\/p>\n<p>But unfortunately, almost nobody has the cojones to do it &#8212; even though it&#8217;s all but guaranteed to make your ads more persuasive and your writing crystal clear.<\/p>\n<p>And that is by reading your ad out loud 10 times.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it&#8217;s tedious.  <\/p>\n<p>And yes, your loved ones will curse the day you ever decided to write sales copy.  <\/p>\n<p>(Cripes&#8230; even my dog gets annoyed when I do this.)<\/p>\n<p>But you&#8217;ll catch all the errors, get LOTS more profitable ideas, and you&#8217;ll dang near be able to see your reflection <em>shining<\/em> on each page from giving it such an intense polish  \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION:<\/strong>  How can I become one of your &#8220;beer level&#8221; copywriters?<\/p>\n<p><strong>BEN:<\/strong>  Holy shnikes I get this question a lot.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s referring to my <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.BenSettle.com\/services\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Starving Marketer&#8217;s Special&#8221;<\/a><\/strong> for clients who don&#8217;t yet have enough scratch to hire an expensive copywriter.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, here&#8217;s the thing:<\/p>\n<p>I won&#8217;t even consider referring anyone to my friend (who services these clients) who isn&#8217;t indoctrinated in the Ben Settle school of copywriting.  In other words, people who don&#8217;t (at the very least) have my &#8220;Copywriting Grab Bag&#8221; book &#8212; <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.CopywritingGrabBag.com\" rel=\"noopener\">www.CopywritingGrabBag.com<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>So that&#8217;s step numero uno.<\/p>\n<p>And even then, I can&#8217;t promise anything since I don&#8217;t even know if he&#8217;s taking new copywriters. <\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;m happy to shoot your name over if you &#8220;qualify.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>OK, that&#8217;s a wrap for today. <\/p>\n<p>Until next time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No time for dilly-dally today. Got some excellent subscriber questions I want to address. Ready? QUESTION: When you promote an affiliate product, you provide two links. One is an affiliate link and the other is a &#8220;naked&#8221; link. Why do you do this? BEN: Very good question. 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