how to promote your website through affiliate marketing?

[The Leather Craft]

I have recently published my website. Its E-commerce. As it is new so there are no targeted traffic attracted as i haven't done any marketing yet. Now it is the most important part, i want to promote my website in most effective way possible. Can i get some affiliates to promote my website for me and i will pay commission per sale? Also i am confused which is best way to get targeted traffic to the website,marketing through Facebook, linkedin, googad wordsords or Emails??.
I am looking for someone to promote my web pagepage as all the ads take a lot of money and still you are not sure if it will deliver results.
Advice me please, how to market my website and my business in cheapest and most effective way poThank youThankyou
Best regards

http://www.theleathercrafts.com

[Neil]

Firstly, you don't seem to have an affiliate program which needs to work in with the shopping cart you're using.

If you don't have tour own affiliate program, you will need to join sites like Commission Junction.

There is never one best method to market your website rather a mixture of various methods. However, you need to work out what's the best method for your niche and then tailor your marketing for that niche.

[Jake Birdem]

You can use affiliate program management software to run your own affiliate program, I assume some of the affiliate program directories would give you a basic free listing. You could also have an affiliate network company manage it for you, I don't know the percentage they take, I do know one used by major brands, Commission Junction (cj.com) charges merchants $10,000 to set up their account, the advantage, you get exposure to a large number of affiliate.

Facebook paid ads are cheaper when they go to a fan age, rather than a company site. They have some of the best demographics matching, though I don't know what interests you would target.

(BTW YourFacebook page has enough likes to enable you to create a short name, (eliminating the numbers from your path)

Linkedin is I believe just for B to B types.

Don't know of you looked into setting up an Amazon store, their service charges may be close to affiliate commission costs, again ready made traffic will see you listed in product searches.

One other place with PPC ads with demographics similar to Facebook is the free dating site Plenty of Fish, it's saturated with dating ads, but there may be space for guys looking to sharpen up for dates.

[imisidro]

Getting traffic is a combination of a lot of things. The key to success is to create great content that visitors want to use, search engines will love and other websites will naturally link to. Of course, it's easier said than done.

You can use pay per click advertising in the search engines to reach audiences looking for your products. You can use Google Adwords http://www.google.com/adwords

Here are some shoestring marketing ideas that can help you get the visitors you need at the least cost possible:

1. Create the best content you can with the best products you can possibly offer. Your content is your best advertisement - if visitors love your content, then they will go back and spread the word to others.

2. Make it easy for users to recommend your site. Viral marketing is very important -- and easy to tap on the Web. But give your users the tools.

AddThis http://www.addthis.com

3. Rank well in the search engines (organic search results, not the pay per click). SEs can be a big source of traffic. The key is to create the best content in your niche. If you have good content, other websites will gladly link to you and offer your site as a resource to their audience. Check the on-page factors and be sure to get linked from authority sites in your topic area.

Google's Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide (PDF format) http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/se...-guide.pdf
Brett Tabke of WebmasterWorld.com's "Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone: 26 steps to 15k a day." http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/2010.htm

4. Send out press releases. While outfits charge as much as $650 per release, there are free press release submission places on the Web. Press releases allow you to (a) attract media attention; (b) get more back links to your website without sending each website an email request; and © get more visibility especially if your press release gets in Google News or Yahoo News.

http://www.przoom.com/
http://www.prweb.com

5. Submit articles. Write articles and submit them to websites accepting author submissions. You get exposure for your business; establishes you as an authority in your field, and allows you to get backlinks for your website. If 50 websites publish your article and it contains a link back to your website, then you easily get 50 links from a single article. The more links you have, the greater your chances for increasing your search engine rankings.

Here is a comprehensive list of where to submit your articles http://answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylt=...6022407481

6. Improve your conversion. Getting visitors is one thing; getting them to buy your products is a whole different story. Read the article " How To Sell More on the Web: 30 Tips To Increase Conversion Rates For An Ecommerce Site " http://www.powerhomebiz.com/092006/ecommerce.htm for tips on how to improve your conversion rates.

7. Post a link to your site for free where it is allowed (always read the Terms of Use). Examples are:

Craigslist http://www.craigslist.com
Google Base http://base.google.com