Add into that mix, overcoming the hurdle the affiliate program owner has already established – the whole launch thing – and promoting anything can seem insurmountable.

But it can be done.

For free.

The method is called viral marketing and if you haven’t heard it by now I’ll explain it. If you have, but haven’t mastered it, I’ll help you there, too.

You have to know what the right components are to use viral marketing effectively. You’ll find lists from A to Z, from one to thousands of things you should be doing.

But if you can’t master as little as one piece of the formula, you’re sunk.

Why “free” is your best buddy

When it comes to powerful words, nothing beats out the word “free.” It’s just base human nature to go for anything without spending a dime.

Offering something for free is your most potent element.

It also can be a mixed blessing of sorts.

When you have free material, your visitor often overlooks the primary feature you believe whole-heartedly will help them.

But if you’re worried about converting, then you’re missing the point. The whole “build yourself a list” part of being an IM’er (another critical feature to making it online).

There are numerous ways to overcome that hurdle, but here we’re dealing with how to put yourself into the game. How to use internet tools to your advantage.

That’s where the all important USP comes into play.

Out of all the possibilities on the net, most mere replications of one thing out of another, having that unique selling proposition (USP) is critical.

Never is this more true than when you’re promoting any internet marketing product or training program or promotional material.

Without a set uniqueness, you’re just one in a very crowded room of others. It’s also true that rarely does anyone reinvent the mouse trap, so chances are you have chosen something very similar to something else.

That’s when you need to put on your game face and really set your sights on the crowd beyond the crowd.

Word of mouth does wonders, we all know that…

You’ve read as often as I have the stories about how people telling other people is the most perfect of perfect ways to spread the word.

Nothing says “buy me!” quite like Jane telling John, who tells Sam, who tells Mary…

And that’s where you get stuck.

Viral marketing, that wonderful word of mouth marketing approach, is designed to sound easy. Anyone can do it.

But can they?

Most people fail miserably. In fact, most people trying to earn a living online haven’t a clue as to how to master even one (let alone 100) different methods that ensures what you have is seen, heard about, and bought… from you.

Viral marketing material appears to be a dime a dozen, but is it effective?

It won’t help you in the slightest if you’re reading all about the importance of viral marketing, yet lack the methodology of implementing word of mouth strategies.

As stated before… information is abundant. The downside is everyone has their opinion as to how you should go about using this great resource.

One bright individual in a popular forum puts it this way:

“No traffic source is ‘dead’. For every person that tells you a traffic source is dead, there are plenty of affiliates laughing all the way to the bank.”

Some opinions are spot on. Most are so bogus you’re likely to be waiting a long, long time to get attention… assuming it ever happens.

Master viral marketing – word of mouth strategies – and your traffic never ends.

What you do with all that traffic is up to you. Just be sure to have something truly unique (USP, remember?) waiting for them.

Denis Darling lives to share resources you’ll find useful and do-able. Free information on how to start using (or clean up and reuse) viral marketing is just a click away at Viral Marketing For Dummies!

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