17 Jan 10 Affiliate Marketing in a Nutshell
Affiliate marketing as we know refers to selling someone else’s products on the Internet for a commission which can be as high as 75-90% of the product price. This is a good way to earn living either by directly making a website to promote the services or by using affiliate marketing to monetize one’s website or blog.
There are two kind of affiliate marketing: one is private affiliate marketing run by producers themselves through their websites, and another is syndicated or networked affiliate marketing run by affiliate networks like ClickBank, commission junction, etc.
Which one is better?
Well, I am always in favor of affiliate network because of the reliability factor, but again the big networks have their rules (and some time twisted), which may not liked by everyone. There are some basics of making money with affiliate marketing which you have to follow, regardless of which one you prefer. I am going to talk about it below.
Affiliate marketing: A step-by-step guide
Step 1: The very first step in starting an online affiliate marketing business is to find an affiliate program or network and register as an affiliate.
Step 2: The next step in the process is to find a product to sell (only applicable if you have signed in to an affiliate network because a private affiliate often have very limited products and that too in just one niche.)
Step 3: After selecting the product, you need to find the keywords (preferably niche) that will be used to promote the product on the internet.
Step 4: The next step in the process is to register a domain using the keyword followed by making a website to promote the affiliate product. Skip this as well as the next step if you want to use your existing website or blog to promote your services.
Step 5: Now you need to put at least one outgoing link and couple of incoming link in your website to avoid Google Slap. Build a blog and write some unique content for the blog. This will help you link some content to your affiliate site.
If you do not want to write unique articles then grab some from article directories and use it on your blog. Put one link each in each article that you post as well as in the blogroll.
Put a link of your blog at the bottom of your website, if you do not want your reader to go to your blog. You will want this because you have not created the blog for users, but for the search engines.
Step 6: Use a PPC program of your liking to promote your blog. You may choose Google Adwords, or any other PPC program. Every search engine runs its own PPC program.
This is it. Now you just need to review the performance and make changes when required.
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22 Oct 09 Making Passive Income To Increase Your Savings
Making passive income beside having a regular full time job is a great way to save money. Making passive income can help you retire earlier, live more comfortably, or just have a nice savings for a rainy day. You never know when a rainy day could come in a recession like this. So developing a passive income flowing into your bank account is a pretty good idea.
One good way to develop a little bit of money easily is through writing articles online. There are a variety of websites that pay decently for articles. You can find them fairly easily through any search engine, or job search engine. They don’t usually pay enough for you to make a living from the articles alone, but they are quick to complete and pay a decent rate. As these pile up over the years you’ll find your savings growing, and writing is a lot of fun.
Try blogging on for size. A blog is a great way to build up a little money through advertising. As long as you write quality content that keeps people reading, you’ll be successful. Just network yourself, and use a program like Google’s Adsense to make the most out of your money. They pay fairly well, and a successful blog could end up making you more money than your day job.
Finally, if you put in the work in article writing or blog writing, another great way to make extra money through those is through affiliate marketing. This is where a company actually pays you to talk about their product. You have to have a fairly popular blog, or be renown for your articles, but it’s a fast way to earn a lot of cash quickly. Plus usually you get free products so that you can try them out before you write about them. That’s a win-win scenario, and it puts more money in your savings account.
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