Affiliate Marketing is simply promoting someone else's product for a percentage of the sales price. Because it is so simple to set up, it is very popular with new Internet marketers and long-standing marketers alike. The most important thing needed to succeed is a stream of interested visitors to see your advertisement.
With more than a million web pages being added to the Internet every day, the struggle to get a share of traffic is fierce.
Why consider blogging?
· Many are 100% Free which make them a cost-effective alternative to a website with the associated cost of hosting.
· Today's content hungry search engines quickly index them. Web sites and individual pages can take up to 30 days to be indexed, but with content rich entries a blog will show up in a search within 2-3 days.
· Adding content is simple; entries can be typed directly into the new entry form or copied and pasted from another document.
· The ability to add hyperlinks makes it a great way to send traffic to a partner site.
· RSS Feeds allow visitors to be notified when new content is added allowing an affiliate marketer to reach more people and attract new ones.
There are as many different types of blogs as there are bloggers; v-logs for video journals, link-logs to compile links, sketch-logs that contain a portfolio of sketches, even photo-blogs that contain digital images. By focusing on one specific topic, a marketer can become an expert in a specific niche with an avid following of readers.
Instead of spending hours creating individual web pages, new content is completed in the time it takes to write the entry, leaving more time for actually running the business. New entries are added to search engine indexes very quickly. Adding affiliate links is simple, only the basics of HTML are necessary to put in an anchor text (or click-able link) to direct interested parties right to the partner site.
It is no wonder that a lot of marketers are turning to this new form of advertising as a way of getting their product into the public eye. Compared to the cost of designing and hosting a website, for new Affiliate Marketers, blogging can be an inexpensive and simple alternative.
About the author: Karen Gross is an article writer for the Affiliate Work Home resource web site. Please visit our web site for more information and advice on Being a Super Affiliate!
Friday, January 18, 2008
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Begin Affiliate Marketing in 3 Easy Steps
The Internet grows by nearly a million pages per day as more and more people become aware of its world spanning capabilities. Doing business on the world-wide-web does not take as many special skills as it once did. The need to know HTML coding has been simplified by W.Y.S.I.W.Y.G. web page editors (What You See is What You Get) making it that much simpler for the average person to start a business with only a computer and a connection to the Internet.
The most popular form that new enterprise takes is Affiliate Marketing, the promoting of someone else's product in return for a commission. With no stock, no need to ship or deliver and the resources of the world-wide-web at your fingertips, it is a viable way to make income for those just starting out.
· Know Who You are Selling To: To begin affiliate marketing, you need to identify who you wish to sell to, this is your niche. Ask yourself what you are really interested in, you don't want to spend months working on a project that you have no enthusiasm for. Whether your interests lie in the printed word or homemade quilts, you want to do some simple Google or Yahoo! searches to see how many people share your passion and how much competition there is. Don't be afraid to select a large arena, instead, treat the competition as a learning opportunity. What do you like or dislike about the various sites already out there? How can you make your business stand out?
· Look For Products of Value: Do not just grab the first affiliate program that you see, take some time to research the different options. For example, there may be two merchants offering similar products, you need to know which one will best feed your market's need while benefiting you the most. Likewise, do not just grab the item with the highest payout. Sometimes you can make more selling a less expensive item, because a larger portion of the targeted audience can then afford it.
· Make Your Promotions Special: Don't just follow the pack when it comes to advertising, put a little of yourself into your promotion. To sell something, you have to be able to determine what basic human need it fulfills. Does your product save time? Will it make the user healthier, wealthier or better looking? Tell the customer what benefits they will get; this will put them on the path to buying. You would not buy a book just because it is advertised, but if the book promised to teach you how to do something without having to spend the time it would take to learn it the hard way, you would be more likely to be persuaded by the rest of the advertisement.
When you know your niche, provide products of value and promote them in a unique manner, you are on your way to succeeding as an affiliate marketer. There is no sure path to becoming a millionaire overnight, but these simple steps will get you started making your first profits. Be creative, flexible and willing to embrace new ideas as you begin the journey to making income on the Internet.
By Karen Gross
The most popular form that new enterprise takes is Affiliate Marketing, the promoting of someone else's product in return for a commission. With no stock, no need to ship or deliver and the resources of the world-wide-web at your fingertips, it is a viable way to make income for those just starting out.
· Know Who You are Selling To: To begin affiliate marketing, you need to identify who you wish to sell to, this is your niche. Ask yourself what you are really interested in, you don't want to spend months working on a project that you have no enthusiasm for. Whether your interests lie in the printed word or homemade quilts, you want to do some simple Google or Yahoo! searches to see how many people share your passion and how much competition there is. Don't be afraid to select a large arena, instead, treat the competition as a learning opportunity. What do you like or dislike about the various sites already out there? How can you make your business stand out?
· Look For Products of Value: Do not just grab the first affiliate program that you see, take some time to research the different options. For example, there may be two merchants offering similar products, you need to know which one will best feed your market's need while benefiting you the most. Likewise, do not just grab the item with the highest payout. Sometimes you can make more selling a less expensive item, because a larger portion of the targeted audience can then afford it.
· Make Your Promotions Special: Don't just follow the pack when it comes to advertising, put a little of yourself into your promotion. To sell something, you have to be able to determine what basic human need it fulfills. Does your product save time? Will it make the user healthier, wealthier or better looking? Tell the customer what benefits they will get; this will put them on the path to buying. You would not buy a book just because it is advertised, but if the book promised to teach you how to do something without having to spend the time it would take to learn it the hard way, you would be more likely to be persuaded by the rest of the advertisement.
When you know your niche, provide products of value and promote them in a unique manner, you are on your way to succeeding as an affiliate marketer. There is no sure path to becoming a millionaire overnight, but these simple steps will get you started making your first profits. Be creative, flexible and willing to embrace new ideas as you begin the journey to making income on the Internet.
By Karen Gross
Saturday, December 22, 2007
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Friday, December 07, 2007
Why are we failure in affiliate marketing.
People daily are trying affiliate marketing, and you may be one of them. It’s true that affiliate marketing is a very effective way of creating income online. When it works out, both the merchants and affiliates benefit on every sale.
Profiting from affiliate marketing is dependent on your advertising, promoting and your strategies for selling.
Affiliate marketing gets more competitive everyday, so you must find a way to counteract this. Our job is to find ways to be creative in our efforts. We must continue to use unique and effective ways to persuade buyers to purchase products.
The upside of affiliate programs is that they are more effective, involve little or no risk, are cost efficient, when compared to traditional advertising. Advertising is the most important part of affiliate marketing. Unfortunately, affiliates are meeting failure in affiliate marketing, and most of that comes from not enough hard work. Setting up an online business, like all businesses, requires hard work and dedication.
Here are a couple things you should look into, to ensure that you don’t meet failure in affiliate marketing.
1. Failure in affiliate marketing is also caused by a lack of preparation. A big part of preparation is researching. As an affiliate marketer, you should pick a product you’re interested in. This’ll ensure that you’ll have the right dedication to your affiliate products. You can get information by joining affiliate forums, comparing the affiliate products that are available and reading difference sources online. You should research out products that will convert sales at a high rate for you. Most affiliate networks, like Click Bank, have conversion rates.
2. One thing that can not be overlooked is your website. You should know what you’ll call it, the layout, the general design, the content and ads you’ll place. It’s important to have an easy to view and appealing site. Having an ugly site turns away visitors. Even if your site has the best content and offers, no one will pay attention if your site needs to look better.
3. You need to make sure your site has quality content. Content is very much KING in affiliate marketing. If your content is good, you’ll drive traffic to yourself. Content means having good information and combining it with good keywords that will draw in the search engines. You must absolutely hold your visitor’s attention! Otherwise they’ll never go to your affiliate program’s sales page.
4. Make sure you pick a good domain name for your site. Picking a bad name also turns off visitors. For instance, if your domain name doesn’t seem relevant to the content, people may not buy from you! Even if you have the best content and offers!
5. One of the most important things to do is continue with the learning process. There is always more to learn and it can’t be learned all at once. Improving your marketing strategies only improves your profit. Failure to keep learning can create overall failure. The internet and the way affiliate marketing is promoted changes all the time. We have to learn to adapt to these changes. Work on the basics, like advertising, setting up web pages, using pay per clicks and search engine optimization techniques. Always study your markets and see how you can best your competition.
6. Make sure not to give up! People sign on to affiliate programs daily with the hopes of instant wealth. When the wealth doesn’t come quickly, they quit, just as quick. Keep working hard and preserve, hard work and patience goes a long way!
by: Lee Torres
Profiting from affiliate marketing is dependent on your advertising, promoting and your strategies for selling.
Affiliate marketing gets more competitive everyday, so you must find a way to counteract this. Our job is to find ways to be creative in our efforts. We must continue to use unique and effective ways to persuade buyers to purchase products.
The upside of affiliate programs is that they are more effective, involve little or no risk, are cost efficient, when compared to traditional advertising. Advertising is the most important part of affiliate marketing. Unfortunately, affiliates are meeting failure in affiliate marketing, and most of that comes from not enough hard work. Setting up an online business, like all businesses, requires hard work and dedication.
Here are a couple things you should look into, to ensure that you don’t meet failure in affiliate marketing.
1. Failure in affiliate marketing is also caused by a lack of preparation. A big part of preparation is researching. As an affiliate marketer, you should pick a product you’re interested in. This’ll ensure that you’ll have the right dedication to your affiliate products. You can get information by joining affiliate forums, comparing the affiliate products that are available and reading difference sources online. You should research out products that will convert sales at a high rate for you. Most affiliate networks, like Click Bank, have conversion rates.
2. One thing that can not be overlooked is your website. You should know what you’ll call it, the layout, the general design, the content and ads you’ll place. It’s important to have an easy to view and appealing site. Having an ugly site turns away visitors. Even if your site has the best content and offers, no one will pay attention if your site needs to look better.
3. You need to make sure your site has quality content. Content is very much KING in affiliate marketing. If your content is good, you’ll drive traffic to yourself. Content means having good information and combining it with good keywords that will draw in the search engines. You must absolutely hold your visitor’s attention! Otherwise they’ll never go to your affiliate program’s sales page.
4. Make sure you pick a good domain name for your site. Picking a bad name also turns off visitors. For instance, if your domain name doesn’t seem relevant to the content, people may not buy from you! Even if you have the best content and offers!
5. One of the most important things to do is continue with the learning process. There is always more to learn and it can’t be learned all at once. Improving your marketing strategies only improves your profit. Failure to keep learning can create overall failure. The internet and the way affiliate marketing is promoted changes all the time. We have to learn to adapt to these changes. Work on the basics, like advertising, setting up web pages, using pay per clicks and search engine optimization techniques. Always study your markets and see how you can best your competition.
6. Make sure not to give up! People sign on to affiliate programs daily with the hopes of instant wealth. When the wealth doesn’t come quickly, they quit, just as quick. Keep working hard and preserve, hard work and patience goes a long way!
by: Lee Torres
Friday, November 16, 2007
Bomb scare at Ebay HQ.
EBay's company headquarters on Hamilton Avenue in San Jose, California has just been evacuated due to a suspicious looking package.
The 200+ employees at the online auction's HQ have all been escorted out, the bomb squad escorted in. "One suspicious package was discovered. We immediately evacuated the mailroom...the building remains evacuated at this point," said eBay spokesman Hani Durzy, according to Reuters.
Last year, during Halloween night, a bomb went ka-pow over at eBay's PayPal headquarters, so with good read they're taking today's threat very seriously.
The 200+ employees at the online auction's HQ have all been escorted out, the bomb squad escorted in. "One suspicious package was discovered. We immediately evacuated the mailroom...the building remains evacuated at this point," said eBay spokesman Hani Durzy, according to Reuters.
Last year, during Halloween night, a bomb went ka-pow over at eBay's PayPal headquarters, so with good read they're taking today's threat very seriously.