Review Writing Technique
In today’s article, you will learn the technique of how to write a simple and
effective review that generates affiliate commissions and how to create
a ‘1-page affiliate website’. This is the next step after you’ve selected a
product to promote.
What is review writing? Review writing is a social proof for a product; it
is a testimony of someone about the product after the application of
product. As a consumer or customer,
we usually do some comparisons
between products and considerations before we buy something.
Pertinent information can be found in reviews. By doing research on the
review articles online, customers will be more convinced to buy
something. So, great review writing can boost the sales.
First things first, you need to get the review access from the product


vendor. There are two ways to get the review access:
1. Purchase, and
2. Ask permission for review copy
First method is the simplest way – purchase the product and study the
product. After you’ve finished evaluating the product, write an article
about the pros and cons of the product.
Tip: You can make the purchase through your own affiliate link, so you
can get the commission too. With 100% commission rate for the
product, you use almost nothing to purchase the product.
However, you must purchase only for the review writing purpose, do not
try to cheat the system on the sales you’ve made.
Second method requires you to contact the product vendor to ask for a
‘review copy’ or ‘full access’ to the product. You can find the ways to
contact the product vendor when you join his affiliate program. It can be
an email address, a Skype ID or a Forum PM.
In the case where you need to contact the product vendor, it is better if
you can prove yourself as an affiliate that is capable in generating sales,
so the product vendor will provide the ‘review copy’ for free to you.
There are three ways to prove your credibility; all you need to do is to
show the product vendor:
1. Your past sales record,
2. Your own site, or
3. Your email list or the traffic to your site.
The fastest way to prove your credibility is to let the numbers talk the
deal for you, show them what you are capable of doing. You may attach
a file or the screenshot of your past sales record together in the email.
This is without doubt the most convincing proof you can provide.
Send a link that directs the product vendor to your own affiliate site to
show the sales page you’ve prepared. This is for him to know how you
are going to generate traffic to his site. Keep in mind, to make sure you
have the best sales letter put on and ready to be shown.
Last but not least, reveal the size of your mailing list or the traffic to your
site. The number of mailing list shows the maximum traffic that you can
send to his site, longer list would be an advantage.
Here is an example of the email; you can take a look at how it should be
done:
Hi [vendor],
My name is [your name] and I have just requested for approval to
promote your latest product Turbo Syndicate.
I was wondering if I can get access to your latest offer? I don’t require
a full product access; a review copy will be enough. This is so I can
write a honest review on your newest product.
Currently I have over 75,000 emailsubscribers that I will mail out your
offer to. I will also be dispensing my own Bonus offers for anyone who
buys through my link.
Looking forward to hear from you soon!
[your name]
In this email, it shows the size of the mailing list to convince the product
vendor to give access to the product. Furthermore, it shows the effort
that you’ll put in to convert traffic to the vendor’s site by dispensing your
own Bonus offers.


What is mentioned in the email may be applicable to someone already
in the affiliate business long enough, but what if you are a newbie
without any past sales record and small mailing list?
For this scenario, I highly recommend you to purchase the product
instead of getting the free access to the product. However, you can
choose to send an email to the product vendor and ask for a discount.
Here is an example of email to request for said discount:
Hi [vendor],
My name is [your name] and I have just requested for approval to
promote your latest product Turbo Syndicate.
I am new to affiliate marketing and have just started a new website
with the intention of promoting your offer. I was wondering if I can get
review access to your product?
I would appreciate if you can give me a discount of some sort as my
main intention is to write an honest review on your product before
putting in my marketing efforts to promote your offer.
Looking forward to hear from you soon!
[your name]
After you already purchase the product or get the access to the product,
you can start planning out how you are going to write the review for the...
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