OK here is another great starter video on affiliate Marketing, Afffiliate Stores, etc.
This is a short but a cut above some of the others as it gets into key areas like affiliate Strategy (OK when was the last time you heard womeone discuss an affiliate marketing strategy? But the fact is is you DON'T have a strategy you are unlikely to succeed. Same is true for having a goal.
The goal is what you want to acheive. The Strategy is how you plan to acheive it,
if You want to monetize an existing website then your goal might be to make money off your website without trashing it out so your users don't leave (good goals). Your strategy might be to use higher payiung Affiliate Product Marketing so you can have fewer targeted ads on your site that pay you more for each conversion (sale) (or you could go whole hog and Buy a Affiliate Store System and let IT build your Affiliate Marketing Store within your website for you so that you can focus on blogging and keyword rich content!
So lets get back on subject. Here is a ISuper short overview of what affiliate marketing is about – for online business people, entrepreneurs, online businesses, shoppers. Affiliate software and affiliate strategy, merchants, affiliates, and customers are the foundation for affiliate marketing. This tutorial gives a short overview of what affiliate marketing is – for beginners – and gives an easy to understand example.
Here is a really great video for all the people who are either new to blogs or new to affiliate marketing.
While it has some ads it really gives a lot of “insider” tips that would take the average person months or years to learn about!,.
I agree with a lot that the author has to say. Here is one example he insists on removing AdSense from your blog. Why? There are a lot of reasons for this:
1) Adsense does not pay much. Which would you rather get, 40 cents for an adsense click or $15 commission for an affiliate sale?
2) Adsense takes people away from your blog for that measly sale. If they are leaving m,y blog I want it to be for a big ticket item that is closely related to my blog so I have a HIGH CONVERSION RATE (meaning that if I carefully pick all of my affiliate ads, then they are all related to the information that I am posting and the chances are that if someone clicks on one of the ads it is because it interests them and they need something like that. Hence a high chance of conversion. Adsense often posts stuff unrelated to your blog no matter how hard you try to filter it.
You know I question the value of all the pinging he does but I am going to check out the sites and tips he gives. Especially the submitting to the blog directories to get the back links. Building the links you have into your website is pretty much accepted SEO strategy. And anything you can do in the beginning, especially anything that yo take the time to set up once and its automated from then on, thats worth doing.
According to the author: “People are constantly making mistakes when it comes to affiliate marketing through blogs. I show you the right way to do it in this video”
Remember you have to try things for yourself. Believe it or not what works for one person may not work for you> A lot of it has to do with the combination of things that you do. But at the end of the day it all comes back to your blog. Quality information, good look and feal, good organization.
As for the affiliate marketing. Automate it. Check out Datafeedr at our site affiliatestoreguide. We have a good discount on it and offer a lot of valuable free extras as bonuses when you order.
Why is Datafeedr so good? It is automated. Remember blogging is time consuming. automate everything that you can as long as you don’t sacrifice quality, use crappy automation and you get crap faster and easier but its still crap.
Datafeedr is the best Affiliate store software that I have found for monetizing a blog. check it out.
And while we are on the subject. Check out Keywordsoftwareguide. They have a ton of FREE keyword research information and videos. In addition they sell a discounted subscription to the best Keyword Software System out there – Keyword Software Pro! Why a system? Because its not just about selecting keywords. If you don’t know that then you need to get to Keywordsoftwareguide right away and start learning.
A carefully thought out niche strategy that leans heavily on a supporting keyword strategy that is enabled by a software system is a must if you want strong, thorough SEO!!
This is a relatively -hidden- method of marketing that gets frowned upon by big companies (obviously, coz otherwise they don’t gain profit)
Check it out
Does anyone know the correct IRS business activity code to use for a small business that makes money by marketing online (all pay per click search) for internet retailers and gets paid a commission for each referral that leads to a sale? (no inventory – just advertising and commissions based on sales referrals. All done online.)
Thanks!
How do you promote the product when affilitate marketing? DO you take out ads, what? Also, how much money can be made a month? Thanks! Please, no copy and paste answers…i want real replies only.
I am a college graduate that is planning on furthering my education even more. I am not sure if I should go the MBA route, or specialize in a certain field such as marketing or PR. I know it depends on what I really want to do, but I am totally open to whatever will give me the best opportunities in the future. Anytime you talk to an adviser who is affiliated with a certain college or program, I feel like they’re just trying to sell their program instead of guiding me towards what is best for me.
I am in search of a website that can be used only for marketing affiliates …can you use any sort? But I believe most or alot are Store websites which I don’t think is the same? Anyone know anything about this? Thanks!
