The Clickbank Marketplace is where you'll find thousands of products to promote.
The marketplace is organized by topic and sub-topics.
When searching for products I recommend you look for products that you are interested in or have an expertise in.
Let's say you have an interest in golf.
Maybe you're not very good, maybe you are, that's irrelevant.
You have an interest and that's something you can build on.
So, for this particular niche example, search the Clickbank marketplace for golf related products.
You'll likely turn up a dozen or so products selling ways to improve your swing, your putting orlower your scores.
The reason why you want to pick a niche that interests you is because if you like it you're going to do a better job promoting the product.
The key to making it as a Clickbank affiliate is consistency and perseverance.
If you like the topic you'll work on in with consistency.
If you pick something you don't like you'll lose interest fast.
You want marketing to be fun, not boring.
It shouldn't feel like a job.
You should feel excited to get up every day and work on it.
The Clickbank Marketplace is where every affiliate should begin their search, but unfortunately the marketplace has very limited functionally and product information.
I recommend a third party marketplace analysis tool that has more search functionality and data to helpyou better find and select products to promote.
Four things to look for in a good product: A) Your level of interest as discussed before B) Gravity.
Each product is assigned a gravity number that reflects a products sales strength.
I recommend selecting a product with gravity between 10 and 100.
Anything below ten usually signals the product isn't selling well or has a low demand.
Over 100 obviously signals the product is selling well, but it's hyper-competitive and it will be tough to muscle in and get sales.
C) Refund rate: The Clickbank Marketplace does not publish refund rates.
But one particular third-party tool does.
I look for a refund rate that's below ten percent and I never promote a product with a refund rate over twenty-percent, ever.
D) Visit the websites that interest you.
Is the website professionally developed? When you read the copy are you hooked? Do you want to buy? Is the spelling and grammar correct? A lot of sites might look great, but they'll have a terrible pitch or its horribly written, or both.
Despite a product's gravity and refund rate never promote a product that doesn't present itself in a profession manner.
Promoting Clickbank products: There are many ways to promote Clickbank products: video, articles, PPC, CPM, forums, e-mail advertising.
No matter which marketing method you choose let me give you a tip that hardly any affiliate ever takes advantage of.
When you find a product you like contact the merchant and ask for help promoting the product.
I do it all the time and they'll often provide you with free content, keywords and phrases that convert, video, text and banner ads and I've even had them help me prepare my marketing.
I've written up marketing pieces and they've given me in-depth feedback helping me fine-tune my pitch for optimal conversion rates.
After all, they're experts when it comes to their product, so use them for their expertise.
Most of them will be delighted to help.
Take advantage of it.