How To Manage Affiliate Market Saturation

Market saturation is what business owners and companies face regardless of what product and service they promote. But then again without it means there is no market demand for that particular product and service. So having said those, how exactly do you strike a balance in between and still enjoy long-term online success?

Before I answer that question, let me explain what market saturation is.

Market saturation means too many business owners and companies promoting the same products and services in that particular niche. For instance, affiliate marketing, healthcare and self improvement courses just to name a few. And why the market becomes saturated boils down to several reasons as in:

Too Many Marketers Promoting The Same Product

This usually happens if the product does not exercise branding rights to its affiliates or marketers.

Therefore those marketers will increase and be promoting the same products over and over again. Although having marketing tools are great in graphics, articles and ads, the vendor needs to remind the marketers to brand themselves in certain ways instead of simply copy and paste all the time.

From a marketer’s perspective, simply learning and applying the basics and fundamentals is not sufficient. After doing all those, he needs to think how he can stand out from the rest so that he will not be perceived by people as a marketer but as an advisor and friend genuinely offering to help them.

Decrease In Market Demand

There are 2 primary reasons why market demand decreases.

It could be because customers no longer need those products since most of their problems are solved.

Or it could be targeting the same market such as local area again and again with the product owner having no intention to promote worldwide.

Rise And Increase Of Competitors

When that happens, some customers and their friends will attempt to duplicate your products. As a result, they become your competitors in reselling them using their name, brand and few modifications.

Can you imagine if 15 or more similar products appear on the market? This is usually the case with banking and insurance products which have become very competitive these days.

If you have a strong loyal customer base who trusts in you more than anyone else, all these problems can be solved easily. So long as there is a strong demand, there will be a strong demand. Makes sense?

But before that can happen, here are ways you can manage market saturation and still enjoy long-term online success.

Recognize Product Potential And Customer Demand The First Time.

Your success depends on how well you recognize an opportunity in terms of its value and demand. Having a great value is good but having a great demand is even better.

Because demand will increase the number of customers who need your product as much as they need accommodation, food and water.

And to do that, you need to target on promoting to the niche market pertaining to what your product offers. Find out their problems and offer your product as solution.

Choose A Product With High Demand But Limited Time.

A great example can be ticket items to seminars and workshops.

People need advice and coaching from professionals in all areas of life other than making money. Because of this, they are willing to pay any amount to obtain the information they need.

Though the time frame is limited, the potential earnings for this are much higher and faster.

Providing Excellent Aftersales Service And Free Exclusive Bonuses To Customers

This is a common strategy employed by many successful gurus and marketers but hardly used by most common marketers.

In offline businesses, it is usually done by calling existing customers and delivering bonuses face-to-face. In internet businesses, it is done by followup emails and giving them links to those exclusive bonuses in the form of audio, ebooks, software and videos. Some gurus like Mike Fulsaime and Omar Martin even went to the extent of delivering their 7 Figure Code and Internet Marketing For Newbies DVD courses to customers’ homes for free.

In my next article on affiliate marketing, I will be explaining more on free gifts, one time offers and aftersales bonuses and why they are a crucial cycle of generating long-term income online.