Just in case you guys want to fail at affiliate marketing I have some great tips for you.
-Try to sell everything to everyone. If it is out there, someone wants it, you should promote it on your site.
-Banner up the landing page. Since people might not go deeper into your site, make sure the landing page is covered in banners. Shoot for at least 85% of the surface area but anything higher than 75% is acceptable.
-Don't worry about search engines. Especially not Google. Searching the internet is so 2005. Now people just type random URL's and hope for the best, so pay a lot for a cool domain and stop there.
-Focus on design. Content is overrated. When was the last time you actually read something on the internet...(probably right now) just make it look good and the money will come flying in.
-Use your website as a place to serve your needs rather than those of the visitors. There are like 6 Billion people out there, who cares if most of them think your site is stupid and irrelevant, more will come eventually.
-Don't work with your affiliate managers. Make a lot of demands and if you show any results make more demands. Really, they are allowed to give you up to 80% rev share, they just think its funny to give you 20% so every time you talk to them. DEMAND that you get more.
-Ignore useful information in forums like this. Go ahead and register, but don't bother to start threads about questions you have or post information that will help other people. After all everyone knows everything and there is no reason we should help each other with our expertise or exchange links.
So there you have it. Follow these steps and you will guaranteed fail. Hope you found this helpful.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Tips
Use keywords that you are targeting in your Page title, Alt tags and Meta keywords. Make sure you are not over doing it and make sure it is user friendly.
Use hyphens when creating subpages for your site. For example instead of domain.com/insidepage or domain.com/inside_page, it is more SEO and user friendly using domain.com/inside-page
Interlink your pages when you are relating to a page within your site. Linking from one page to another page within your site when appropriate will add value to your pages.
For more tips like this, check out our .Edu section which is full of great info to get you started.
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Use hyphens when creating subpages for your site. For example instead of domain.com/insidepage or domain.com/inside_page, it is more SEO and user friendly using domain.com/inside-page
Interlink your pages when you are relating to a page within your site. Linking from one page to another page within your site when appropriate will add value to your pages.
For more tips like this, check out our .Edu section which is full of great info to get you started.
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Affiliate Marketing: Getting Started
Affiliate Marketing: Getting Started
Getting started in affiliate marketing is really quite easy, but too often, many
people mistakenly think it’s a lot easier than it actually is. In most cases, the only
thing you need to do to join an affiliate program is to fill out a form. That’s the
easiest part that there is. But there is still work to be done if you are to be
successful.
The first objective is to find a profitable market or niche. This can easily be done
in Google or by reading magazines. Let’s start with Google. Do a search for any
topic that interests you. Interest in what you hope to sell is important, and later,
you will learn why. Make a list of things that interest you, and do a simple search
in Google for each thing.
Pay close attention to the sponsored ads. This tells you that money is being
spent in this market. Now, do a little logical thinking. As a business person, would
you spend money on advertising that is not making you money? Absolutely not.
So, if there are sponsored – paid -ads for a topic in Google, money is being
spent in this market, which means that there is profit.
The same is true with magazines. Visit your library and look at the past three
issues of a magazine that relates to your interest. Pay attention to the ads. Do
the same ads keep appearing? If the answer is yes, this is a profitable market,
and you are ready to move forward.
What about the competition? What about them? 90% of all people who sign up
for an affiliate program will not do anything to market it at all. Of the 10% that will
market the product, 90% of them will do it wrong, and won’t make much money, if
they make anything at all. The competition just decreased in size by leaps and
bounds. Don’t worry about the competition. Concentrate on promoting your
affiliate products and services to the best of your ability – let the competition
worry about you.
Once you’ve chosen your market, or your niche, you are almost ready to get
started, but there are several other things that you need to do before you can call
yourself an affiliate marketer. First, you need to make sure you have the right
tools. Then, you must find the programs, understand the terms of the programs,
and finally understand how to choose the right programs
Getting started in affiliate marketing is really quite easy, but too often, many
people mistakenly think it’s a lot easier than it actually is. In most cases, the only
thing you need to do to join an affiliate program is to fill out a form. That’s the
easiest part that there is. But there is still work to be done if you are to be
successful.
The first objective is to find a profitable market or niche. This can easily be done
in Google or by reading magazines. Let’s start with Google. Do a search for any
topic that interests you. Interest in what you hope to sell is important, and later,
you will learn why. Make a list of things that interest you, and do a simple search
in Google for each thing.
Pay close attention to the sponsored ads. This tells you that money is being
spent in this market. Now, do a little logical thinking. As a business person, would
you spend money on advertising that is not making you money? Absolutely not.
So, if there are sponsored – paid -ads for a topic in Google, money is being
spent in this market, which means that there is profit.
The same is true with magazines. Visit your library and look at the past three
issues of a magazine that relates to your interest. Pay attention to the ads. Do
the same ads keep appearing? If the answer is yes, this is a profitable market,
and you are ready to move forward.
What about the competition? What about them? 90% of all people who sign up
for an affiliate program will not do anything to market it at all. Of the 10% that will
market the product, 90% of them will do it wrong, and won’t make much money, if
they make anything at all. The competition just decreased in size by leaps and
bounds. Don’t worry about the competition. Concentrate on promoting your
affiliate products and services to the best of your ability – let the competition
worry about you.
Once you’ve chosen your market, or your niche, you are almost ready to get
started, but there are several other things that you need to do before you can call
yourself an affiliate marketer. First, you need to make sure you have the right
tools. Then, you must find the programs, understand the terms of the programs,
and finally understand how to choose the right programs
Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing is one of the fastest growing and most lucrative internet businesses in the world. Simply stated, affiliate marketing allows anyone the opportunity to make money online by promoting various products or programs.
Unlike starting a traditional business, as an affiliate marketer there is very little overhead or barriers to get started. Affiliate marketing can be a full time career, or for many affiliates, simply a way to make a great part time income. Getting your affiliate business off the ground is not as difficult as one might think. There are literally thousands of affiliate programs throughout the internet, covering a variety of different niches. Likewise there are countless ways to promote these programs.
Unlike starting a traditional business, as an affiliate marketer there is very little overhead or barriers to get started. Affiliate marketing can be a full time career, or for many affiliates, simply a way to make a great part time income. Getting your affiliate business off the ground is not as difficult as one might think. There are literally thousands of affiliate programs throughout the internet, covering a variety of different niches. Likewise there are countless ways to promote these programs.
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