Affiliate Marketing in a Nutshell – Don’t Make It More Difficult Than It Is

Comments May 20, 2010 / Posted in Affiliate marketing

Summary of Affiliate Marketing Business, Posted on 9/18/2009:

Here are the steps:

1.  Choose a niche that has affiliate potential (lots of ways to monetize, lots of available affiliate programs).

insurance, finance, health, relationships, electronics, services

Get ideas by browsing the CPAs– Commission Junction, Hydra, AzoogleAds; and ClickBank
Also Google “[niche] affiliate programs”
You can also browse Amazon, eBay categories; bookstore/magazine racks

Take notes of potential niches to pursue.

2. Evaluate potential of each niche by turning to keyword research.

Find sub-niche keyphrases that:

#1 have between 500-1,000 searches per month
#2 have less than 6,000 competing web pages for the phrase match

3.  Once you have selected one, register a domain name with it.

4.  Start a blog site with this domain name.

5.  Build traffic to it using:

a.  On site SEO – keyword integration in copy and links
b.  Getting inbound links:
1) content syndication
2) article marketing, blog posting, forum posting
3) backlinks from other sites

6.  Once you get good traffic stats, monetize it w/ affiliate links.

7.  Incorporate an Opt In form + Autoresponder.  Populate the AR with messages that have good content and links to other affiliate offers.  Give away things.

RINSE AND REPEAT.

Shoot for one blog website per week.

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  • How It Works and How Much It Costs.
  • Very good "nutshell" advice. After someone has had a few successes in long tail markets meeting your keyword research criteria, they will have the confidence and knowledge to start going after more competitive (and more lucrative) markets.

    -Steve
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