SEO, AFFILIATE AND INTERNET MARKETING

In this article I will attempt to make all the new affiliate marketers out there that are just getting their start avoid the failure that so many in this business do.

You see all these sites all over the internet day in and day out when it comes to affiliate marketing. When you see them it looks so easy to be successful that you wonder why everyone isn’t doing it. Well in reality while affiliate marketing can be a great way to subsidize or replace your income it can also be a bit tricky. The main reason people fail when it comes to the affiliate marketing business is because of lack of dedication. I’m sorry but even affiliate marketing is real world and no matter what you do in the real world you have to be dedicated and work very hard to get ahead and become successful.

Lack of promoting is another one of the main reasons for failure in the affiliate marketing gig. The basis to successful affiliate marketing careers is getting lots of traffic to your site. With out traffic you will get no sales. When most affiliates get started they don’t have a clue as to what kind of work it will take to get the amount of traffic that they need to make their site successful.

Another huge mistake is not having your own website. By not having your own site you are giving up a lot of leverage. It prevents you from having your own promotions or capturing email addresses of your visitors. By using your sponsor’s site you’re only helping to build their business and not your own. This in turn will decrease your sales conversions.

It is so important to know where to advertise and know where you should be doing your direct marketing. You have to remember that your advertising has to be directed directly to your site and not to unrelated topics.

You also have to try and sell your customers on their first click. If all you’re doing is sending them from your page to your sponsor’s page then the buyers are going to lose interest very quickly when they realize they are in essence being double sold. If you pre sell them and get them ready for your sponsors page you will see an increase in your sales and conversion rates.

Remember you need to be learning everyday. I personally commit to at least one hour of reading or learning of some sort everyday. I make it my commitment to learn something new everyday and by doing this I have seen my numbers slowly grow over the last two years.

Dale Mazurek

Dale has been working on line for two years now and is slowly becoming one of the up and comers in the affiliate marketing world. You can check out his program at http://www.stcajo.com or http://stcajo.netsalaries.com or check out his growing blog at http://affiliatemarketingfornewbies.blogspot.com/

Affiliate marketing is the easiest way to make money online. The sales page is the key that allows you to make the money. Driving visitors to your link which leads to the sales page can be done through article marketing. All of this can be done for free. Let’s find out how easy affiliate marketing really is.

1 - Keyword or Keyphrase Research

Using your keyword research tool, search for low competition keywords. Those are keywords that have at least 300 searches a month. They also should have less than 5000 competing pages in Google (when entered between quotation marks like this “keyword”). Try to find 10 keywords related to the same topic.

Hint: If you have no idea of which market to target, start by checking popular phrases like: how to, purchase, get rid of, help, cure, tips, etc.

2 -Promote a product

Go to Clickbank.com and find a product related to your topic. Choose one that pays at least $20. Write down your affiliate link or save it in a text file on your computer.

3 - How good is your writing?

Write an informative article (400 words) focused on each of your keywords. Put your keyword in the title and in the first and last paragraph of your article. Also sprinkle it throughout your copy. Throw in a few other keywords related to your topic. This will help you rank well.

Most important, write a great bio box that will make people want to learn more and click on the link to your blog. Put your keyword in your bio box as an anchor text link to your blog.

4 – Do you want a blog.

More and more article directories will not let you put your affiliate link in your bio box. So your blog is going to be your landing page. The idea here is to put up a simple blog that will presell (not sell) your product and make people click on your Clickbank affiliate link to go to the sales page.

Hint: set up a blog for every product you promote and give it a keyword-focused name.

5 – Submit to article directories.

You will need to find article directories with a PR of 5 or more. These are the ones Google likes and it will help you get a first page ranking in the search engines and drive tons of free traffic to your blog.

Post one article a day on each article directory and do not post the exact same article to more than one directory.

Hint: Your best choice is http://www.EzineArticles.com. You will need good quality articles, but it is the most powerful directory online. Alternatively you can use http://www.Goarticles.com.

6 – Rinse and repeat!

The more articles you submit, the more you will make money online. But every product is not going to be a winner. Some will do well, some will not. Once you write a money making article, it will generate residual income for months and maybe even years without ever costing you a single dime.

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Finding a hot and profitable market is the most important steps that you have to do before you even have your own website and start promoting it. Your focus should be on finding markets that is rabid and it is already profitable.

If you are able to do that, you will be less likely to face buyer’s resistance and you will be able to deposit more cash into your bank account. Some of the markets which fit the above requirement are money, sports, internet marketing, lifestyle, beauty etc. There are tons of markets that are profitable; you will have to do some work to find your own profitable niche.

So what are the ways that you can take? There are 3 steps:

1. Start your research simply by looking for keywords tools which you can download and use for free. You can use Wordtracker software or GoodKeyWord software to kick starts your research.

2. You will have to use certain kind of keywords that will enable you to drill down into the demand for the market that you have already targeted. Examples of keywords which you can use are Find XXX, Buy XXX, Learn XXX etc. The XXX will be the niche market keyword that you are in.

3. After you have done the above step, you will have to double confirm your finding by using the Google search engine. Key in the keywords and see how many adwords is being placed for that keyword. The more ads there are, the more profitable the market is.

Once you have completed the 3 simple steps, you will have already found your own profitable niche which you can win and be successful. The most important thing that you should do after reading this article is to go and apply it. It might take you some time to find your own niche, but it will be worth your effort if you find your own profitable niche.

Zack Lim is an up and coming affiliate marketer who owns http://www.MyAffiliateMarketingOnline.com providing information on Affiliate Marketing. To get Free “7 Days to Affiliate Marketing” course, go to http://www.MyAffiliateMarketingOnline.com This article is free for republishing by visitors provided the resource link is retained