As you know, affiliate marketing can be extremely lucrative. However, if you are a newbie who is starting to earn online through an affiliate program, you may find it hard to find suitable affiliate products to promote because most of them have been promoted heavily by many other affiliate marketers; hence, if you are promoting the same affiliate products, you need to work with experienced affiliate marketers.
So, how can you find untapped and potentially highly profitable products to promote as an affiliate?
If you are a new affiliate marketer, the best place to start searching for your products is at Clickbank, the leading retailer of digital products and the most popular affiliate networks where many affiliate marketers are making a fortune with it. You may wonder why Clickbank products are heavily promoted by many affiliate marketers. Are you standing a chance to win in this affiliate market? The fact is, Clickbank sells so many products that, there are still some very profitable opportunities that are overlooked by other affiliate marketers.
If you do some analysis, you will find that most affiliate marketers naturally go to promote best-selling products in each category, and the most popular category which love by most affiliate marketers is internet marketing / make money products. This category is facing heavy competition from affiliate marketers, and some good strategies are needed to win in the competition. If you are not a good competitor and have a marketing budget constraint, then try to look for other less popular products; you will often find some hidden gems that haven’t yet taken off for whatever reason. You can make a good profit with these products by promoting them on PPC (pay-per-click) search engines, email marketing, article marketing or through your website.
Besides that, the best way to profit from Clickbank products is to get a first-hand alert on any new product launches in Clickbank. And start to heavily promote it as soon as they become available. Getting a good and new product promoted in the market before others do, can be extremely lucrative. There are specialist sites that will allow you to constantly scan for any new products that have just entered the marketplace.
Other than Clickbank, there are many other affiliate networks available on the internet that has hidden gems which you can discover and make your fortune from them. Search for “affiliate networks,” and you will find thousands of affiliate networks where you can find many companies that offer an affiliate program. These networks present plenty of opportunities because from these lists, there will inevitably be some companies that are under-represented by affiliates, particularly on Google Adwords and other PPC search engines.
Furthermore, if you spend some time looking for companies outside the US that have their affiliate program, you will find a lot of untapped affiliate markets for non-English-speaking countries. These markets have far fewer competitors and may be a potential absolute goldmine where you can earn substantial profits from them. Your problem that you will be faced if you want to tap into these non-English speaking markets, you need to translate your sales page or website into different languages; don’t try to use any of the translation software because they very rarely translate perfectly into the native language. You can use many freelance sites that provide translation services; use their service to translate your sales page or website into different languages and start promoting your selected products to these countries.
In Summary
Affiliate marketing can be extremely lucrative, and to be successful in this business, you need to be creative and search for untapped opportunities. The internet market is huge, and there are always good companies out there who need more affiliates in all different niches.
