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How can success in the work
How can success in the work
For the success of any action in this life, we need a lot of work and effort and planning.
Do not imagine there's a job that could bring you a lot of benefit and interest, without charge or fatigue
May seem to you that some people do not pay a lot of effort; and in spite of that, harvesting a lot of interest, But, in truth; it is not that they do not give the effort, but they are working according to the scheme and the strategy to enable them to exploit every minute of their time, This may make the one hour of work produce more than a full month of work without planning. And This logical.
But what is more important than all of the above; is knowledgeable in all aspects of the goal you want to achieve, and know all the information on it.
If you want establish a work of affiliate marketing for example, you must know everything about this work, Each piece of information, big or small, every word, every sense, every piece of information, everything is linked to the subject of near or far, you should become obsessed with the search on the subject, You must read all articles are talking about, and carry out what has been written about, and the Internet is full of sites that will help you a lot in this regard.
Attention must be given to everything, even if it seemed trivial to you, it would seem trivial to you now, or not useful, because it is not clear to you, But you will find that it is very important after the in-depth research, or later, after starting work, And disregard for some things, points and views, which seem not important, make you lose a lot.
Be a reservoir of information, you mobilize your brain with all information come across or meet pertaining to the subject of your goal, read anything, even if you not understood, you Will remember it when it was needed.
I can not describe to you the effort wasted, and the loss incurred due to my ignorance of the existence of many tools, And many things that help me in my work, and summarize for me a lot of effort, witch I find it now, by chance, from time to time. This is just, because I began to work before learning.
There are 10 basic things Help you to success:
1. Drivers: If you were not motivated to succeed in a real play, you will never succeed, Because the motivation is always make you continue the way you started it, and give you strength to bear all the difficulties and obstacles.
2. Energy: the capacity to work, for example: a lazy person, Habituated to not use his brain, can not be able to sitting in front of the computer 6-7 hours a day, Or remain in a weak-kneed, long hours without taking any action, turn the pages of the Internet, looking for a simple piece of information.
3. Skill: This can be obtained by hard work and patience, which can be obtained through learning and patience to search for a long time.
4. Act: You can not turn that dream into reality if they stayed in your brain, or on the pages of the papers, you must move, and start walking on the path of achieving the goal.
5. The law of expectation: you must always develop plans for each of what will happen during the stages of the implementation of the objective, because you must expect some of the obstacles and difficulties, and consider what could come of the results, so think of alternatives, and be ready for anything before it occurs. This will be very easy if you're familiar with all aspects of the desired goal, and to carry out the experiences of others.
6. Commitment and discipline : This is one of the hardest things in the achievement of objectives, and Most people leave the work after a short period of time from the start. Because they believe that the work was finished overnight, but they are bombarded; when it will go on, causing them to leave quickly. For this; you have to pay attention. Where you should develop the field of time sufficient to achieve the goal, to give the objective it needs of the work, and alert your mind from the outset that the work time will be long.
7. Patience: you Must be always addressed the obstacles, and you have to face your weakness; and the urgency of the results, There is no successful work came easily. And almost patience, is hardly the only character that distinguish successful people from other.
8. Imagination: unleashing of ideas and fantasies, let your mind take you away, most business ideas and successful career, was a simple idea, and sometimes unrealistic imagination.
9. Continuity: you must continue to move forward, and do not let anything stop you, however. If you did not continue to walk; you will never reach the goal.
10. Writing goal: you must write the goals on paper, because the retention of the idea in your brain will remain it confused and not clear, and this may make you forget some important things, then do not trust very much in mind. You must Write the objective in full, I mean the development of an integrated plan to reach the goal, and that through the writing of stages of the work step by step, with the Boring details, And return to it again and again, to introduce amendments, whenever necessary, And you must put a good chronological order, and you must comply fully with the implementation of the scheme, step by step, And failure to provide a step before the other. Sometimes you may find the opportunity to complete a step before the other, however, it better to not doing that, because it will mess in the plan, and you may tire in the organization of work after that, or you may lose the opportunity to achieve the dream in full.
Terms of objective
· Clear and measurable, meaning it could be limited, and evaluated.
· Ambitious and realistic and can be implemented.
· The goal is not only for me but for all people (useful).
· Faith full of purpose.
How do I set a goal: In the quiet and isolation:
· write all the dreams in your head on paper.
· Write what you have strengths, on another paper (I mean capabilities, preparations, skills, physical and moral capabilities, such as: time, patience, support ...).
· Write weaknesses (illness, other duties of life, the obstacles that could disrupt the work ...).
· Compare papers, and set goals, and select dreams according to your capabilities and potentials.
· Conversion of these objectives to a master detailed plan with precise details, I mean to small targets, because access to the main objective is through the small targets.
Square of priority targets :
Put the goals in terms of importance and The time of needed.
Important and emergency :
-
-
-
Important and not emergency :
-
-
Not Important and emergency :
-
-
Not Important and not emergency:
-
-
Strategic thinking :
Planning: In very, very, very detailed.
Timely: Be always ready and do not waste time, in order to be ready when the appropriate time comes, Study it well, in order to know the right time.
Implementation:
Ø Internal Implementation: Imagine: Imagine the progress of work to find the best way to implement.
Ø External implementation: on reality: the application of ideas in the form of a practical scheme, and work on it on the ground.
Evaluation: stop after the implementation of each step, for evaluate it in terms of the level of achievement, and the degree of success in work, and the extraction of the mistakes and shortcomings.
Modified: correct errors and develop new ideas, to improve the results.
Re-implementation: the implementation of modifications To obtain the best results and satisfaction from.
For the success of any action in this life, we need a lot of work and effort and planning.
Do not imagine there's a job that could bring you a lot of benefit and interest, without charge or fatigue
May seem to you that some people do not pay a lot of effort; and in spite of that, harvesting a lot of interest, But, in truth; it is not that they do not give the effort, but they are working according to the scheme and the strategy to enable them to exploit every minute of their time, This may make the one hour of work produce more than a full month of work without planning. And This logical.
But what is more important than all of the above; is knowledgeable in all aspects of the goal you want to achieve, and know all the information on it.
If you want establish a work of affiliate marketing for example, you must know everything about this work, Each piece of information, big or small, every word, every sense, every piece of information, everything is linked to the subject of near or far, you should become obsessed with the search on the subject, You must read all articles are talking about, and carry out what has been written about, and the Internet is full of sites that will help you a lot in this regard.
Attention must be given to everything, even if it seemed trivial to you, it would seem trivial to you now, or not useful, because it is not clear to you, But you will find that it is very important after the in-depth research, or later, after starting work, And disregard for some things, points and views, which seem not important, make you lose a lot.
Be a reservoir of information, you mobilize your brain with all information come across or meet pertaining to the subject of your goal, read anything, even if you not understood, you Will remember it when it was needed.
I can not describe to you the effort wasted, and the loss incurred due to my ignorance of the existence of many tools, And many things that help me in my work, and summarize for me a lot of effort, witch I find it now, by chance, from time to time. This is just, because I began to work before learning.
There are 10 basic things Help you to success:
1. Drivers: If you were not motivated to succeed in a real play, you will never succeed, Because the motivation is always make you continue the way you started it, and give you strength to bear all the difficulties and obstacles.
2. Energy: the capacity to work, for example: a lazy person, Habituated to not use his brain, can not be able to sitting in front of the computer 6-7 hours a day, Or remain in a weak-kneed, long hours without taking any action, turn the pages of the Internet, looking for a simple piece of information.
3. Skill: This can be obtained by hard work and patience, which can be obtained through learning and patience to search for a long time.
4. Act: You can not turn that dream into reality if they stayed in your brain, or on the pages of the papers, you must move, and start walking on the path of achieving the goal.
5. The law of expectation: you must always develop plans for each of what will happen during the stages of the implementation of the objective, because you must expect some of the obstacles and difficulties, and consider what could come of the results, so think of alternatives, and be ready for anything before it occurs. This will be very easy if you're familiar with all aspects of the desired goal, and to carry out the experiences of others.
6. Commitment and discipline : This is one of the hardest things in the achievement of objectives, and Most people leave the work after a short period of time from the start. Because they believe that the work was finished overnight, but they are bombarded; when it will go on, causing them to leave quickly. For this; you have to pay attention. Where you should develop the field of time sufficient to achieve the goal, to give the objective it needs of the work, and alert your mind from the outset that the work time will be long.
7. Patience: you Must be always addressed the obstacles, and you have to face your weakness; and the urgency of the results, There is no successful work came easily. And almost patience, is hardly the only character that distinguish successful people from other.
8. Imagination: unleashing of ideas and fantasies, let your mind take you away, most business ideas and successful career, was a simple idea, and sometimes unrealistic imagination.
9. Continuity: you must continue to move forward, and do not let anything stop you, however. If you did not continue to walk; you will never reach the goal.
10. Writing goal: you must write the goals on paper, because the retention of the idea in your brain will remain it confused and not clear, and this may make you forget some important things, then do not trust very much in mind. You must Write the objective in full, I mean the development of an integrated plan to reach the goal, and that through the writing of stages of the work step by step, with the Boring details, And return to it again and again, to introduce amendments, whenever necessary, And you must put a good chronological order, and you must comply fully with the implementation of the scheme, step by step, And failure to provide a step before the other. Sometimes you may find the opportunity to complete a step before the other, however, it better to not doing that, because it will mess in the plan, and you may tire in the organization of work after that, or you may lose the opportunity to achieve the dream in full.
Terms of objective
· Clear and measurable, meaning it could be limited, and evaluated.
· Ambitious and realistic and can be implemented.
· The goal is not only for me but for all people (useful).
· Faith full of purpose.
How do I set a goal: In the quiet and isolation:
· write all the dreams in your head on paper.
· Write what you have strengths, on another paper (I mean capabilities, preparations, skills, physical and moral capabilities, such as: time, patience, support ...).
· Write weaknesses (illness, other duties of life, the obstacles that could disrupt the work ...).
· Compare papers, and set goals, and select dreams according to your capabilities and potentials.
· Conversion of these objectives to a master detailed plan with precise details, I mean to small targets, because access to the main objective is through the small targets.
Square of priority targets :
Put the goals in terms of importance and The time of needed.
Important and emergency :
-
-
-
Important and not emergency :
-
-
Not Important and emergency :
-
-
Not Important and not emergency:
-
-
Strategic thinking :
Planning: In very, very, very detailed.
Timely: Be always ready and do not waste time, in order to be ready when the appropriate time comes, Study it well, in order to know the right time.
Implementation:
Ø Internal Implementation: Imagine: Imagine the progress of work to find the best way to implement.
Ø External implementation: on reality: the application of ideas in the form of a practical scheme, and work on it on the ground.
Evaluation: stop after the implementation of each step, for evaluate it in terms of the level of achievement, and the degree of success in work, and the extraction of the mistakes and shortcomings.
Modified: correct errors and develop new ideas, to improve the results.
Re-implementation: the implementation of modifications To obtain the best results and satisfaction from.
Beginner's Guide To Affiliate Marketing
INTRODUCTION
Congratulations! You are now on your way to learning more about Pay Per Click Affiliate Marketing.
Inside this report you’ll learn how to set up your first pay per click campaign as an affiliate marketer. You’ll learn how to use the power of pay per click to make money.
Pay Per Click Affiliate Marketing doesn’t have to be expensive. It can be both fun and addictive.
Ready to give pay per click a try?
Let’s Get Started!
Tools of the Trade
Achieving success with pay per click advertising doesn’t require a lot of fancy tools. Of course, there are some nifty ones out there that you’ll probably want to invest in later if you decide pay per click affiliate marketing is for you.
Right now, you’ll need a computer with reliable Internet access. If you have spreadsheet software and are accustomed to using it, you’ll probably find yourself using it. If you don’t’ have spreadsheet software and haven’t a clue how to use it, don’t worry.
High speed Internet isn’t a must for pay per click affiliate marketing, but it does make things easier. If DSL is available, you might want to switch once you get income coming in. You can also take advantage of a dialup accelerator.
Protect your computer and your data.
Your computer is at the center of your affiliate marketing business. Before you even log on to the Internet, make sure your computer is protected. Surfing the Internet, researching products and keywords can expose your computer to all sorts of viruses and spyware. Make sure the firewall on your computer is activated.
Many experts recommend using at least 2 anti-virus programs and 2 anti-spy programs. You can get free spyware and anti-virus protection from AVG. There are several good paid programs also. Whatever protection you choose, remember to use. If it isn’t possible to set the software to run automatically, make a habit of manually running it daily. Backup data and files regularly.
Email
Set up one email account specifically for affiliate marketing. Free accounts are available at gmail, yahoo and hotmail. Use this email address only when signing up for affiliate programs or managing pay per click accounts.
Get another email account to use when researching. Use this email address when signing up for free newsletters, reports, etc. You don’t want to use your personal or business email addresses because they’ll fill up fast.
Getting Paid
Most merchants and affiliate programs give you the option of payment by check, automatic deposit or Paypal. Some merchants use only Paypal. Some offer a variety of payment options.
Sign up for a free Paypal account if you haven’t done so already. Use your affiliate email account for your Paypal email.
If you’ll be receiving commission checks by mail, you might want to get a Post Office Box if you don’t already have one. Paychecks may be safer in the post office box than in the mail box.
Preparation Checklist:
Computer.
Firewall on Computer.
Anti-spy and Anti-virus software installed and running.
Email address for Affiliate Marketing and Pay Per Click Ad Management.
Email address for research, newsletters and general web surfing.
Paypal account, if needed.
Post Office Box, optional.
Promoting Products
Getting Ideas
It’s been said that the hardest part of selling anything is deciding what to sell. The best place to start is to consider what you know and what you live. Grab a sheet of paper and start listing everything you enjoy. What are you passionate about? Do you have special skills? What about hobbies or other interests?
Make a list of 10 or 12 things that you enjoy. Topics that make you smile when you think about them. Finding something you’re passionate about makes it easier to be passionate about your affiliate marketing business. Here’s a few ideas to help you get started:
Accounting Arts & Crafts Automobiles Birds Baseball
Books Calligraphy Carpentry Cats Catering
Coaching Computers Cooking Dating Decorating
Dogs EBooks Ezines Fitness Flowers
Football Games Gardening Genealogy Golf
Home Biz\ Home Décor Internet Landscaping Magazines
Marketing Martial Arts Movies Music Parenting
Pet Care Pet Grooming Pet Training Plants Plumbing
Recipes Relationships Romance Sewing Skin Care
Soccer Software Spirituality Teens Travel
Websites Weight Loss
Have you made a nice, long list of possibilities? Make a shorter list now of your top ten or twelve ideas. What type of products or services could you sell for each of those ideas?
Locating Products
The quickest way to find merchants with affiliate programs and browse their products is to go directly to an Affiliate Network.
Clickbank, Paydotcom and Commission Junction are three popular ones.
Browsing the categories may give you even more ideas about products you’d like to promote. Take the time to look at commission rates, affiliate requirements and other fine print information. Make sure the commission you’ll earn is worth your time.
Look at payment options and times. How often does the merchant pay or network pay? How are affiliates paid? Some programs pay at least once a month. Some pay only 3 or 4 times a year. What is required to qualify for the affiliate program?
Some merchants require completed applications, established websites and specific traffic numbers before issuing approval. Others automatically approve all applicants.
With Clickbank and Paydotcom approval is usually instant and automatic. Commission Junction features merchants that have varying requirements. Some will approve you even if you don’t have a website. Others have stricter requirements.
There are other affiliate networks. We’ve included a list of them in the Resource section at the end of this report. The three we’re focusing on here tend to be the most popular and the easiest to get signed up for.
sitmap
Congratulations! You are now on your way to learning more about Pay Per Click Affiliate Marketing.
Inside this report you’ll learn how to set up your first pay per click campaign as an affiliate marketer. You’ll learn how to use the power of pay per click to make money.
Pay Per Click Affiliate Marketing doesn’t have to be expensive. It can be both fun and addictive.
Ready to give pay per click a try?
Let’s Get Started!
Tools of the Trade
Achieving success with pay per click advertising doesn’t require a lot of fancy tools. Of course, there are some nifty ones out there that you’ll probably want to invest in later if you decide pay per click affiliate marketing is for you.
Right now, you’ll need a computer with reliable Internet access. If you have spreadsheet software and are accustomed to using it, you’ll probably find yourself using it. If you don’t’ have spreadsheet software and haven’t a clue how to use it, don’t worry.
High speed Internet isn’t a must for pay per click affiliate marketing, but it does make things easier. If DSL is available, you might want to switch once you get income coming in. You can also take advantage of a dialup accelerator.
Protect your computer and your data.
Your computer is at the center of your affiliate marketing business. Before you even log on to the Internet, make sure your computer is protected. Surfing the Internet, researching products and keywords can expose your computer to all sorts of viruses and spyware. Make sure the firewall on your computer is activated.
Many experts recommend using at least 2 anti-virus programs and 2 anti-spy programs. You can get free spyware and anti-virus protection from AVG. There are several good paid programs also. Whatever protection you choose, remember to use. If it isn’t possible to set the software to run automatically, make a habit of manually running it daily. Backup data and files regularly.
Set up one email account specifically for affiliate marketing. Free accounts are available at gmail, yahoo and hotmail. Use this email address only when signing up for affiliate programs or managing pay per click accounts.
Get another email account to use when researching. Use this email address when signing up for free newsletters, reports, etc. You don’t want to use your personal or business email addresses because they’ll fill up fast.
Getting Paid
Most merchants and affiliate programs give you the option of payment by check, automatic deposit or Paypal. Some merchants use only Paypal. Some offer a variety of payment options.
Sign up for a free Paypal account if you haven’t done so already. Use your affiliate email account for your Paypal email.
If you’ll be receiving commission checks by mail, you might want to get a Post Office Box if you don’t already have one. Paychecks may be safer in the post office box than in the mail box.
Preparation Checklist:
Computer.
Firewall on Computer.
Anti-spy and Anti-virus software installed and running.
Email address for Affiliate Marketing and Pay Per Click Ad Management.
Email address for research, newsletters and general web surfing.
Paypal account, if needed.
Post Office Box, optional.
Promoting Products
Getting Ideas
It’s been said that the hardest part of selling anything is deciding what to sell. The best place to start is to consider what you know and what you live. Grab a sheet of paper and start listing everything you enjoy. What are you passionate about? Do you have special skills? What about hobbies or other interests?
Make a list of 10 or 12 things that you enjoy. Topics that make you smile when you think about them. Finding something you’re passionate about makes it easier to be passionate about your affiliate marketing business. Here’s a few ideas to help you get started:
Accounting Arts & Crafts Automobiles Birds Baseball
Books Calligraphy Carpentry Cats Catering
Coaching Computers Cooking Dating Decorating
Dogs EBooks Ezines Fitness Flowers
Football Games Gardening Genealogy Golf
Home Biz\ Home Décor Internet Landscaping Magazines
Marketing Martial Arts Movies Music Parenting
Pet Care Pet Grooming Pet Training Plants Plumbing
Recipes Relationships Romance Sewing Skin Care
Soccer Software Spirituality Teens Travel
Websites Weight Loss
Have you made a nice, long list of possibilities? Make a shorter list now of your top ten or twelve ideas. What type of products or services could you sell for each of those ideas?
Locating Products
The quickest way to find merchants with affiliate programs and browse their products is to go directly to an Affiliate Network.
Clickbank, Paydotcom and Commission Junction are three popular ones.
Browsing the categories may give you even more ideas about products you’d like to promote. Take the time to look at commission rates, affiliate requirements and other fine print information. Make sure the commission you’ll earn is worth your time.
Look at payment options and times. How often does the merchant pay or network pay? How are affiliates paid? Some programs pay at least once a month. Some pay only 3 or 4 times a year. What is required to qualify for the affiliate program?
Some merchants require completed applications, established websites and specific traffic numbers before issuing approval. Others automatically approve all applicants.
With Clickbank and Paydotcom approval is usually instant and automatic. Commission Junction features merchants that have varying requirements. Some will approve you even if you don’t have a website. Others have stricter requirements.
There are other affiliate networks. We’ve included a list of them in the Resource section at the end of this report. The three we’re focusing on here tend to be the most popular and the easiest to get signed up for.
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Beginner's Guide To Affiliate Marketing
Signing Up
Sign up at with the affiliate network that has the products you wish to promote. You might want to go ahead and sign up at all three. There’s no charge to do so.
Once you are approved at Clickbank and Paydotcom, you choose the particular products you wish to promote. Whenever you choose a product, you’re given a special code that identifies you. This code is attached to the link that leads to the product page. This is your affiliate link.
Example of an affiliate link: http://product.com/user/4532. You may have seen affiliate links in your web browser’s address page before. Since this link is an example and not a real one, it doesn’t work.
One of the first thing you’ll probably want to do as an affiliate marketer is to find a way to hide that code. Unfortunately, there are people who will change it or delete it, thereby cheating you out of a commission. There are several free and paid methods. We’ll cover them late.
Find 2 or 3 products for the top 2 or 3 ideas on your list. Bookmark the site(s) featuring them. You might even want to print out a copy of the site for reference later when you get into keyword selection.
Checklist:
Sign up for an affiliate account.
Choose 1 to 3 products.
Copy and paste your affiliate link into notepad for later use.
Pay Per Click Affiliate Marketing
What is pay per click affiliate marketing? It is the use of pay per click ads to sell products and/or services. When website owners and affiliate marketers use pay per click marketing, they write keyword based ads.
Once the ads are written, placement is decided by bid amount. There is no charge for ad placement until someone clicks on the ad. The key to success in pay per click is creating an eye-catching ad containing specific, focused keywords and monitoring ad cost.
When someone surfs the net and clicks on the ad, the cost is equal to the bid amount that has been set. For instance, if the bid is .$05 on the keyword hypnotherapist, a nickel will be deducted from the pay per click account every time someone clicks on the ad featuring the word hypnotherapist.
Keywords
Success in any type of affiliate marketing advertising revolves around keywords. Keywords are especially important in pay per click. The cost of the ad is determined by the bid.
Keywords are the words that people type into the search bar when they’re looking for something online. Example: People looking for a Norah Jones CD will either type “Norah Jones CD” or the title of the CD into the search bar.
The key to selling a Norah Jones CD would be in using the keywords “Norah Jones CD” and not the generic terms “music” or “CD.” Keywords must be as specific and focused as possible.
In order to compile a good keyword list, you’ll need to make use of a keyword research tool. Here are a few of the three popular ones:
Good Keywords a free downloadable software
Google Adwords Keyword Tool free online tool
SEOBook Keyword Tool free online tool
Wordtracker subscription but offers a free trial.
123Promotion free online tool featuring Overture & Wordtracker
When you type one of the words from your list into the search box on a keyword tool, the tool will tell you how many people searched that word or phrase recently. You’ll also see all the ways they searched for it.
Example: Go to the SEOBook Keyword Tool and type in the word music.
The results show that millions of searches have been done for the word music. Music is much too broad a keyword. It must be narrowed down. How do you know how many searches make a good place to start?
Some successful affiliate marketers say that 15,000 searches are enough. Many affiliate marketing professionals recommend using keywords that have somewhere between 30,000 and 50,000 searches per month.
If you look on down the returned music search list, you’ll see the number of searches for each phrase. You can choose one search term that has 30,000 to 50,000 searches or you can combine several keywords and add the total searches for each until the total adds up to 30,000 to 50,000 searches.
Now, let’s try typing the word music into the Google Adword Tool. We can choose to run an exact match, a broad match or a phrase match. Google will give us an idea of how often a phrase is being searched and how much competition there is for that keyword.
Type your product keywords into one of the keyword search tools. If you are an experienced spreadsheet user, copy and paste the results into a spreadsheet. Use more than one of the keyword tools. Keep adding to your list of potential keywords. Note the keyword or phrase (you can search phrases as well as individual words) that gets the most results for each product.
Pay Per Click Affiliate Marketing Budget
Keyword Budget is an important part of pay per click marketing. Bid too much and you’ll go broke, possibly even without sales to show for it. Bid too low and you’ll never get clicks which mean you won’t get visitors. No visitors mean no sales.
The best way to set a keyword budget is to take sales figures and costs and do some calculations. However, if you’ve never sold anything before, there are no sales figures to plug into the formulas.
For the rest of the keyword and ad exercises, we’re going to use a Clickbank tattoo provider who pays $23.32 per sale and states that the product has a conversion rate of 100. This means that it takes 100 visitors to sell one item.
Let’s find out what a visitor is worth.
Visitor Value
Here’s what we know:
The Clickbank Merchant we signed with pays $23.32 per sale.
It takes 100 visitors to get one sale.
Visitor Value = commission amount divided by the number of visitors.
$23.32 ÷ 100 = $.23
So each visitor is worth 23 cents.
This is important to know because you don’t want to pay more for a click than that click (visitor) is worth.
Our click cost limit is 23 cents, preferably less.
Many people lose money on pay per click affiliate marketing because they do not keep up with how much they’re spending on ad campaigns and because they fail to check the return on investment for ads.
In our case, we know that spending more than 23 cents per visitor will mean losing money instead of making money. It’s very important, especially for the first few days of a new ad campaign, to pay close attention to the clicks and results.
Many marketers agree that after an ad has received 200 page views, you have enough information to do something. If there have been no sales, either the ad isn’t focused and well written or there just isn’t any market for the product. If you aren’t monitoring the ad information regularly, you won’t know when you’ve reached 200 views.
Let’s see what we can do with a Tattoo pay per click affiliate marketing campaign.
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Sign up at with the affiliate network that has the products you wish to promote. You might want to go ahead and sign up at all three. There’s no charge to do so.
Once you are approved at Clickbank and Paydotcom, you choose the particular products you wish to promote. Whenever you choose a product, you’re given a special code that identifies you. This code is attached to the link that leads to the product page. This is your affiliate link.
Example of an affiliate link: http://product.com/user/4532. You may have seen affiliate links in your web browser’s address page before. Since this link is an example and not a real one, it doesn’t work.
One of the first thing you’ll probably want to do as an affiliate marketer is to find a way to hide that code. Unfortunately, there are people who will change it or delete it, thereby cheating you out of a commission. There are several free and paid methods. We’ll cover them late.
Find 2 or 3 products for the top 2 or 3 ideas on your list. Bookmark the site(s) featuring them. You might even want to print out a copy of the site for reference later when you get into keyword selection.
Checklist:
Sign up for an affiliate account.
Choose 1 to 3 products.
Copy and paste your affiliate link into notepad for later use.
Pay Per Click Affiliate Marketing
What is pay per click affiliate marketing? It is the use of pay per click ads to sell products and/or services. When website owners and affiliate marketers use pay per click marketing, they write keyword based ads.
Once the ads are written, placement is decided by bid amount. There is no charge for ad placement until someone clicks on the ad. The key to success in pay per click is creating an eye-catching ad containing specific, focused keywords and monitoring ad cost.
When someone surfs the net and clicks on the ad, the cost is equal to the bid amount that has been set. For instance, if the bid is .$05 on the keyword hypnotherapist, a nickel will be deducted from the pay per click account every time someone clicks on the ad featuring the word hypnotherapist.
Keywords
Success in any type of affiliate marketing advertising revolves around keywords. Keywords are especially important in pay per click. The cost of the ad is determined by the bid.
Keywords are the words that people type into the search bar when they’re looking for something online. Example: People looking for a Norah Jones CD will either type “Norah Jones CD” or the title of the CD into the search bar.
The key to selling a Norah Jones CD would be in using the keywords “Norah Jones CD” and not the generic terms “music” or “CD.” Keywords must be as specific and focused as possible.
In order to compile a good keyword list, you’ll need to make use of a keyword research tool. Here are a few of the three popular ones:
Good Keywords a free downloadable software
Google Adwords Keyword Tool free online tool
SEOBook Keyword Tool free online tool
Wordtracker subscription but offers a free trial.
123Promotion free online tool featuring Overture & Wordtracker
When you type one of the words from your list into the search box on a keyword tool, the tool will tell you how many people searched that word or phrase recently. You’ll also see all the ways they searched for it.
Example: Go to the SEOBook Keyword Tool and type in the word music.
The results show that millions of searches have been done for the word music. Music is much too broad a keyword. It must be narrowed down. How do you know how many searches make a good place to start?
Some successful affiliate marketers say that 15,000 searches are enough. Many affiliate marketing professionals recommend using keywords that have somewhere between 30,000 and 50,000 searches per month.
If you look on down the returned music search list, you’ll see the number of searches for each phrase. You can choose one search term that has 30,000 to 50,000 searches or you can combine several keywords and add the total searches for each until the total adds up to 30,000 to 50,000 searches.
Now, let’s try typing the word music into the Google Adword Tool. We can choose to run an exact match, a broad match or a phrase match. Google will give us an idea of how often a phrase is being searched and how much competition there is for that keyword.
Type your product keywords into one of the keyword search tools. If you are an experienced spreadsheet user, copy and paste the results into a spreadsheet. Use more than one of the keyword tools. Keep adding to your list of potential keywords. Note the keyword or phrase (you can search phrases as well as individual words) that gets the most results for each product.
Pay Per Click Affiliate Marketing Budget
Keyword Budget is an important part of pay per click marketing. Bid too much and you’ll go broke, possibly even without sales to show for it. Bid too low and you’ll never get clicks which mean you won’t get visitors. No visitors mean no sales.
The best way to set a keyword budget is to take sales figures and costs and do some calculations. However, if you’ve never sold anything before, there are no sales figures to plug into the formulas.
For the rest of the keyword and ad exercises, we’re going to use a Clickbank tattoo provider who pays $23.32 per sale and states that the product has a conversion rate of 100. This means that it takes 100 visitors to sell one item.
Let’s find out what a visitor is worth.
Visitor Value
Here’s what we know:
The Clickbank Merchant we signed with pays $23.32 per sale.
It takes 100 visitors to get one sale.
Visitor Value = commission amount divided by the number of visitors.
$23.32 ÷ 100 = $.23
So each visitor is worth 23 cents.
This is important to know because you don’t want to pay more for a click than that click (visitor) is worth.
Our click cost limit is 23 cents, preferably less.
Many people lose money on pay per click affiliate marketing because they do not keep up with how much they’re spending on ad campaigns and because they fail to check the return on investment for ads.
In our case, we know that spending more than 23 cents per visitor will mean losing money instead of making money. It’s very important, especially for the first few days of a new ad campaign, to pay close attention to the clicks and results.
Many marketers agree that after an ad has received 200 page views, you have enough information to do something. If there have been no sales, either the ad isn’t focused and well written or there just isn’t any market for the product. If you aren’t monitoring the ad information regularly, you won’t know when you’ve reached 200 views.
Let’s see what we can do with a Tattoo pay per click affiliate marketing campaign.
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Pay Per Click Programs
The two largest pay per click providers are Google Adwords and Yahoo Search Marketing.
Google Adwords
Google is the king of pay per click programs. Cost to sign up is $5.00 (given as bid credit) and your ads can appear in as quick as ten minutes. Since Google is syndicated, ads appear in front of even more customers. You can target your ads to a particular country, area, or even zip code if you wish.
While there are less expensive pay per click programs, Google’s Adwords offers several advantages. Relevant ads rise, price monitoring is automatic, ads go live almost immediately, a low minimum deposit gets you started quickly, ad areas can be targeted by country or language, plenty of tools are provided for users and ad price can be set by the word or by the ad.
Google provides several tools to help users succeed. The Google Website Optimizer can help you test the potential conversion rate of your landing page. As with some other pay per click programs, Google awards relevancy. The more focused and relevant an ad is, the more viewers click through. The higher the click through rate, the lower the actual cost per click.
Once you register for a free account, you’re ready to start a pay per click campaign. Use the Google Keyword Tool to enter all of your keywords. If you haven’t already, you can use the tool to generate more keywords.
Start with As Many Keywords as Possible
Your keyword list should contain every word you can think of that applies to searching for your product. It’s okay to totally brainstorm and to add plenty of keywords with the Google Keyword tool. The point right now is to get as many keywords as possible.
Additional keyword sources include forums and groups. What words and phrases are people using? As you continue pay per click affiliate marketing, you’ll want to stay up to date on slang or buzz words related to your product. Consult an online or print thesaurus to find good synonyms.
Try typing your keyword in Google or another search engine. Visit the first few sites that come up in the search results. Click on View, then source to see what keywords the site is using. If the page isn’t encrypted, you’ll be able to read the list of keywords near the top of the source information.
Ad Campaigns are made up of ad groups. For instance, an ad campaign to promote tattoos could consist of separate ad groups focused on angel tattoos, dragon tattoos and fairy tattoos. Use different ad campaigns for separate product types, different projects or different websites.
Ad groups can be based on several different criteria, including design, style, misspellings, personality types, seasonal promotions, special promotions. Ad groups may contain just one ad or several ads.
Clean and Customize Keyword List
Look at your keyword list. Are there any words there that aren’t relevant to the product? Example: We’ve chosen a Clickbank tattoo site to promote. Three of the top designs on the site are an angel tattoo, a fairy tattoo and a dragon tattoo.
Our keyword list contains angel tattoo, tattoo design, tribal tattoo, tattoo removal, Celtic tattoo and skull tattoo, fairy tattoo and dragon tattoo, tattoo piercing, and tattoo needles.
The keywords tribal, removal, Celtic and skull can be deleted since they don’t directly apply to the designs we’ve chosen to promote. (This is a short example. Your first keyword list can be quite long before it’s cleaned up.)
We’ll now create one ad group on tattoos. There will be three ads in this group, one ad for each type of tattoo. Think of each ad as a sort of classified ad.
Google policy tells us how the ad must be written:
Line 1: headline, maximum of 25 characters
Line 2: maximum of 35 characters.
Line 3: maximum of 35 characters.
Line 4: URL
The word ‘online’ cannot be used on Line #1. Superlatives (best, most, etc.) are not allowed in any of the lines. Multiple exclamation points and other excessive punctuation is also prohibited.
Line 1: Ad Headline
This will be the first thing viewers notice. It should get their attention, be focused enough to weed out the ‘tire kickers’ who are browsing, not buying, and should consist of your #1 keyword search term.
Line 2: Emotional appeal to viewer. State your product’s best benefit here.
Line 3: Factual appeal to viewer. State your products most inspiring feature here.
Display URL: Include words here that emphasize the product benefit
Destination URL: Actual URL that takes viewer to landing page.
Note: Ad readers like numbers. Try including product price ($xx), percentages (20% off) or other numbers in your ad.
Writing Angel Tattoo Ad:
Angel Tattoos.
Exclusive Designs.
Quality Creations.
www.terrifictattoos.com
This doesn’t look bad but it’s missing a call to action. Let’s try again.
Angel Tattoos.
One-of-a-Kind Creations.
Get your Guardian Angel Now.
www.terrifictattoos.com
It isn’t Hallmark but it does include a call to action – something that can increase your click through rate tremendously. The click through rate is determined by how many times viewers actually click on your add in ratio to how many times the ad was shown. A good click through rate not only can result in more affiliate sales, it can result in reduced pay per click fees.
When writing ads, make sure you don’t exceed the character limit. Your keywords should be as focused and specific as possible. A call to action (buy now, hurry, limited offer, etc.) should be included. Note: the action phrase click here is not allowed.
The important thing to remember when writing pay per click affiliate marketing ads is that you pay for every click. Therefore, it’s in your best interest to make your ad so focused and targeted that only potential buyers click on it
You don’t want to pay for the clicks of web surfers who are just browsing. In the case of the angel tattoo design, the goal is to provide specific information for someone who is already interested in and looking for an angel tattoo.
The same would apply to the dragon tattoo ad and the fairy tattoo ad. The simplest budget option for Adwords is to set a low daily budget ($5.00 or so) and to set a click price based on the entire ad instead of for each keyword.
As time goes by and you see which keywords are getting results, write more ads based on those words. Do monitor your ads closely. If you get too many clicks and not enough sales, try putting the price in your ad.
Don’t activate any ads yet. In order for the ad to function, you need a page waiting for the customer at the URL you’ve listed.
Why not just send the customer right to the merchant product page? There are several reasons. Google Adwords does not allow landing pages (the page where the customer will land when they click on the URL) to contain pop-ups or pop-unders. Most merchant pages are highly ‘tricked out’ with some sort of pop-up or floating ad.
By sending the customer to your page first, you get a chance to capture customer information, pre-sell the product (a very effective practice) and establish your web page. If you have no experience with websites, don’t worry. It doesn’t have to be hard.
Landing Pages
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The two largest pay per click providers are Google Adwords and Yahoo Search Marketing.
Google Adwords
Google is the king of pay per click programs. Cost to sign up is $5.00 (given as bid credit) and your ads can appear in as quick as ten minutes. Since Google is syndicated, ads appear in front of even more customers. You can target your ads to a particular country, area, or even zip code if you wish.
While there are less expensive pay per click programs, Google’s Adwords offers several advantages. Relevant ads rise, price monitoring is automatic, ads go live almost immediately, a low minimum deposit gets you started quickly, ad areas can be targeted by country or language, plenty of tools are provided for users and ad price can be set by the word or by the ad.
Google provides several tools to help users succeed. The Google Website Optimizer can help you test the potential conversion rate of your landing page. As with some other pay per click programs, Google awards relevancy. The more focused and relevant an ad is, the more viewers click through. The higher the click through rate, the lower the actual cost per click.
Once you register for a free account, you’re ready to start a pay per click campaign. Use the Google Keyword Tool to enter all of your keywords. If you haven’t already, you can use the tool to generate more keywords.
Start with As Many Keywords as Possible
Your keyword list should contain every word you can think of that applies to searching for your product. It’s okay to totally brainstorm and to add plenty of keywords with the Google Keyword tool. The point right now is to get as many keywords as possible.
Additional keyword sources include forums and groups. What words and phrases are people using? As you continue pay per click affiliate marketing, you’ll want to stay up to date on slang or buzz words related to your product. Consult an online or print thesaurus to find good synonyms.
Try typing your keyword in Google or another search engine. Visit the first few sites that come up in the search results. Click on View, then source to see what keywords the site is using. If the page isn’t encrypted, you’ll be able to read the list of keywords near the top of the source information.
Ad Campaigns are made up of ad groups. For instance, an ad campaign to promote tattoos could consist of separate ad groups focused on angel tattoos, dragon tattoos and fairy tattoos. Use different ad campaigns for separate product types, different projects or different websites.
Ad groups can be based on several different criteria, including design, style, misspellings, personality types, seasonal promotions, special promotions. Ad groups may contain just one ad or several ads.
Clean and Customize Keyword List
Look at your keyword list. Are there any words there that aren’t relevant to the product? Example: We’ve chosen a Clickbank tattoo site to promote. Three of the top designs on the site are an angel tattoo, a fairy tattoo and a dragon tattoo.
Our keyword list contains angel tattoo, tattoo design, tribal tattoo, tattoo removal, Celtic tattoo and skull tattoo, fairy tattoo and dragon tattoo, tattoo piercing, and tattoo needles.
The keywords tribal, removal, Celtic and skull can be deleted since they don’t directly apply to the designs we’ve chosen to promote. (This is a short example. Your first keyword list can be quite long before it’s cleaned up.)
We’ll now create one ad group on tattoos. There will be three ads in this group, one ad for each type of tattoo. Think of each ad as a sort of classified ad.
Google policy tells us how the ad must be written:
Line 1: headline, maximum of 25 characters
Line 2: maximum of 35 characters.
Line 3: maximum of 35 characters.
Line 4: URL
The word ‘online’ cannot be used on Line #1. Superlatives (best, most, etc.) are not allowed in any of the lines. Multiple exclamation points and other excessive punctuation is also prohibited.
Line 1: Ad Headline
This will be the first thing viewers notice. It should get their attention, be focused enough to weed out the ‘tire kickers’ who are browsing, not buying, and should consist of your #1 keyword search term.
Line 2: Emotional appeal to viewer. State your product’s best benefit here.
Line 3: Factual appeal to viewer. State your products most inspiring feature here.
Display URL: Include words here that emphasize the product benefit
Destination URL: Actual URL that takes viewer to landing page.
Note: Ad readers like numbers. Try including product price ($xx), percentages (20% off) or other numbers in your ad.
Writing Angel Tattoo Ad:
Angel Tattoos.
Exclusive Designs.
Quality Creations.
www.terrifictattoos.com
This doesn’t look bad but it’s missing a call to action. Let’s try again.
Angel Tattoos.
One-of-a-Kind Creations.
Get your Guardian Angel Now.
www.terrifictattoos.com
It isn’t Hallmark but it does include a call to action – something that can increase your click through rate tremendously. The click through rate is determined by how many times viewers actually click on your add in ratio to how many times the ad was shown. A good click through rate not only can result in more affiliate sales, it can result in reduced pay per click fees.
When writing ads, make sure you don’t exceed the character limit. Your keywords should be as focused and specific as possible. A call to action (buy now, hurry, limited offer, etc.) should be included. Note: the action phrase click here is not allowed.
The important thing to remember when writing pay per click affiliate marketing ads is that you pay for every click. Therefore, it’s in your best interest to make your ad so focused and targeted that only potential buyers click on it
You don’t want to pay for the clicks of web surfers who are just browsing. In the case of the angel tattoo design, the goal is to provide specific information for someone who is already interested in and looking for an angel tattoo.
The same would apply to the dragon tattoo ad and the fairy tattoo ad. The simplest budget option for Adwords is to set a low daily budget ($5.00 or so) and to set a click price based on the entire ad instead of for each keyword.
As time goes by and you see which keywords are getting results, write more ads based on those words. Do monitor your ads closely. If you get too many clicks and not enough sales, try putting the price in your ad.
Don’t activate any ads yet. In order for the ad to function, you need a page waiting for the customer at the URL you’ve listed.
Why not just send the customer right to the merchant product page? There are several reasons. Google Adwords does not allow landing pages (the page where the customer will land when they click on the URL) to contain pop-ups or pop-unders. Most merchant pages are highly ‘tricked out’ with some sort of pop-up or floating ad.
By sending the customer to your page first, you get a chance to capture customer information, pre-sell the product (a very effective practice) and establish your web page. If you have no experience with websites, don’t worry. It doesn’t have to be hard.
Landing Pages
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Google Adwords Rules and Regulations
Adwords’ rules and regulations can and do change. Google provides a free guide to help you get started, along with information online and the Adwords Blog.
When it comes to landing pages, Google Adwords expects a link that works. (Seems like a no-brainer but they obviously had to put it in writing.)
Once a viewer clicks on your ad, the promoted product should not be more than 3 clicks away. The landing page cannot contain pop-ups or pop-unders. Clicking on the back arrow at any time must return the user to Google.
The landing page is a vital part of pay-per-click marketing. If you send viewers directly to the Clickbank merchant’s page, you’re required to show yourself as an affiliate. Google allows two affiliate links per merchant per page. Two. If you aren’t one of the top two producing pay per click affiliate marketers for the product, don’t bother writing ads.
URL’s featuring affiliate links or long URLs do not look professional and this can reduce clickability. Example: Promoting the tattoo site with the Clickbank link would look something like this – http://tattoo.hop.clickbank.com/7634. Some merchant affiliate links are quite lengthy. Example: http://greattattoo.com/angel/user/bebop/site2/3658720-90.
These are fictional examples but they illustrate the problem. One solution to affiliate links? Go to http://www.tinyurl.com/ and shorten the link. This is a popular solution. So popular that the words tiny URL look almost generic. Tinyurl.com also offers what they call the preview version, meant to instill more customer confidence. This version just adds the world ‘preview’ to the newly created URL.
You can also download profit protector and use it to create redirects. Since this does require FTP experience, you might prefer to use URL freeze. It’s free and doesn’t involve any uploading of files. You’ll find it at http://www.urlfreeze.com/.
The best solution to the URL issue is to get your own domain name. Use your keywords. Example: We’ll pretend that qualitytattoo.com is available and use it for the exercises we’re doing.
You cannot set up an actual Google Adwords campaign until you have a URL to direct ads to. When you type your ad into the Google Adwords ad setup, you’ll be required to provide the URL. Google will follow the URL, making sure it works and that your landing page contains the same keywords.
To register a domain name, go to a domain name registrar by typing domain name into the search engine search bar. There are several popular ones. GoDaddy, and Hostgator are two of them. Since you’re going to need a 2 page website, it will be easier to get both name and web address at the same place. While it is possible to point domain names to any location, it takes time.
Landing Page Hosting
To promote affiliate products with pay per click marketing, a lot of bandwidth or server space is not required. You don’t have to purchase a big, expensive hosting plan. There’s a good chance that the simplest plan will do nicely.
If you’re new to website design, it helps if your website host has built in website creator software. It isn’t necessary. There are a wide variety of free and low cost website templates available online. They come with directions for altering the template and uploading it to the server at your web host address.
Creating a Landing Page
Once you have a name and an address, it’s time to create a landing page that results in sales. Keep it simple. Many marketers state that a simple two column page is all you need. For a header at the top of your page, consider downloading a banner from the affiliate program.
If our example site qualitytattoo.com provided free banners for affiliates, getting one would be a simple matter of going to the page where affiliate tools and links are provided.
Page one should be where the customer arrives when clicking on the pay per click ad. The second page is the About page. That’s it. Two pages. Google expects to find a home page, an about page and contact information.
Three key features of a good landing page:
Easy to Read
Attractive and Professional
Directly Represent What Ad Promotes
The landing page should match the ad – it should contain the same keywords. Write a short review or article about the product you are promoting. Put text links inside the article to the merchant page.
Example promo written for domain name of myangeltattoo.com:
The Ebony Angel Tattoo by renowned tattoo artist Cherise is truly a work of art. The ethereal glow of the angel wings gives the tattoo the look of a living, breathing creature. Crimson etching shadowing the wings lend an aura of dangerous power… more
The hyperlink for the word ‘more’ leads to the merchant page. The phrase ‘Angel Tattoo’ and other keywords, (tattoo, design, etc) should be bold and can also be hyperlinked to the sales page. This text can be a two to three paragraph article or a short introduction.
Your landing page must hook and hold viewers attention in just a few seconds. Product image(s) should be placed to the left side of the page.
Other Landing Page Contents
A free newsletter sign up form should be included on the page. This is often in the upper right or left corners of the page. Many web hosting services that feature website builder software also provide easy to use forms to include on pages. Some web hosts also include a free autoresponder to handle the signups.
Contact information should reflect the email address you set up with your hosting provider or a free email address that you will check frequently.
Opinions vary on how many products to feature on a page. Since the angel tattoo, fairy tattoo and dragon tattoo are all tattoos; all three could be featured on the same landing page. In this case, an article or product review would be done for each tattoo.
You can keep the landing page fresh and continually updated by grabbing an article feed and having articles about tattoo related topics showing on the page. These should be positioned below your tattoo promo material.
Using RSS article feeds
Ezinearticles.com and other article sites allow articles to be used as long as resource boxes are included. If you are using the ezinearticle.com feed, you don’t have to worry about anything except making sure the feed works. Ezinearticles.com has a high ranking, another good reason to have them linked to your page.
To get an ezinearticle.com feed, go to www.ezinearticles.com/rss. There you can scroll down to the ezinearticles.com arts and entertainment - tattoo section. Click on the orange feed button. The copy and paste the address shown at the top of the page. It will end in xml. In this case it is http://ezinearticles.com/rss/Arts-and-Entertainment-Tattoos.xml
This will be the feed address needed to add the feed to your landing page. If the website builder software that came with your webhosting doesn’t allow easy, automatic feed insertion, there are many free RSS tutorials online.
Search engines like fresh content and a feed that updates daily is fresh content you don’t have to be doing manually.
Landing Page Do’s
Do deliver what the ad promises.
Do include ad headline in landing page headline.
Do limit or remove navigation
Do use the search terms at the top of the landing page so that viewers know they’ve landed on the right page.
Landing Page Do Not’s
Do not use the same old boring text.
Do not clutter the page.
Do not make it easy for the customer to leave the page. (Keep navigation bar a simple one – home and about.)
Adwords’ rules and regulations can and do change. Google provides a free guide to help you get started, along with information online and the Adwords Blog.
When it comes to landing pages, Google Adwords expects a link that works. (Seems like a no-brainer but they obviously had to put it in writing.)
Once a viewer clicks on your ad, the promoted product should not be more than 3 clicks away. The landing page cannot contain pop-ups or pop-unders. Clicking on the back arrow at any time must return the user to Google.
The landing page is a vital part of pay-per-click marketing. If you send viewers directly to the Clickbank merchant’s page, you’re required to show yourself as an affiliate. Google allows two affiliate links per merchant per page. Two. If you aren’t one of the top two producing pay per click affiliate marketers for the product, don’t bother writing ads.
URL’s featuring affiliate links or long URLs do not look professional and this can reduce clickability. Example: Promoting the tattoo site with the Clickbank link would look something like this – http://tattoo.hop.clickbank.com/7634. Some merchant affiliate links are quite lengthy. Example: http://greattattoo.com/angel/user/bebop/site2/3658720-90.
These are fictional examples but they illustrate the problem. One solution to affiliate links? Go to http://www.tinyurl.com/ and shorten the link. This is a popular solution. So popular that the words tiny URL look almost generic. Tinyurl.com also offers what they call the preview version, meant to instill more customer confidence. This version just adds the world ‘preview’ to the newly created URL.
You can also download profit protector and use it to create redirects. Since this does require FTP experience, you might prefer to use URL freeze. It’s free and doesn’t involve any uploading of files. You’ll find it at http://www.urlfreeze.com/.
The best solution to the URL issue is to get your own domain name. Use your keywords. Example: We’ll pretend that qualitytattoo.com is available and use it for the exercises we’re doing.
You cannot set up an actual Google Adwords campaign until you have a URL to direct ads to. When you type your ad into the Google Adwords ad setup, you’ll be required to provide the URL. Google will follow the URL, making sure it works and that your landing page contains the same keywords.
To register a domain name, go to a domain name registrar by typing domain name into the search engine search bar. There are several popular ones. GoDaddy, and Hostgator are two of them. Since you’re going to need a 2 page website, it will be easier to get both name and web address at the same place. While it is possible to point domain names to any location, it takes time.
Landing Page Hosting
To promote affiliate products with pay per click marketing, a lot of bandwidth or server space is not required. You don’t have to purchase a big, expensive hosting plan. There’s a good chance that the simplest plan will do nicely.
If you’re new to website design, it helps if your website host has built in website creator software. It isn’t necessary. There are a wide variety of free and low cost website templates available online. They come with directions for altering the template and uploading it to the server at your web host address.
Creating a Landing Page
Once you have a name and an address, it’s time to create a landing page that results in sales. Keep it simple. Many marketers state that a simple two column page is all you need. For a header at the top of your page, consider downloading a banner from the affiliate program.
If our example site qualitytattoo.com provided free banners for affiliates, getting one would be a simple matter of going to the page where affiliate tools and links are provided.
Page one should be where the customer arrives when clicking on the pay per click ad. The second page is the About page. That’s it. Two pages. Google expects to find a home page, an about page and contact information.
Three key features of a good landing page:
Easy to Read
Attractive and Professional
Directly Represent What Ad Promotes
The landing page should match the ad – it should contain the same keywords. Write a short review or article about the product you are promoting. Put text links inside the article to the merchant page.
Example promo written for domain name of myangeltattoo.com:
The Ebony Angel Tattoo by renowned tattoo artist Cherise is truly a work of art. The ethereal glow of the angel wings gives the tattoo the look of a living, breathing creature. Crimson etching shadowing the wings lend an aura of dangerous power… more
The hyperlink for the word ‘more’ leads to the merchant page. The phrase ‘Angel Tattoo’ and other keywords, (tattoo, design, etc) should be bold and can also be hyperlinked to the sales page. This text can be a two to three paragraph article or a short introduction.
Your landing page must hook and hold viewers attention in just a few seconds. Product image(s) should be placed to the left side of the page.
Other Landing Page Contents
A free newsletter sign up form should be included on the page. This is often in the upper right or left corners of the page. Many web hosting services that feature website builder software also provide easy to use forms to include on pages. Some web hosts also include a free autoresponder to handle the signups.
Contact information should reflect the email address you set up with your hosting provider or a free email address that you will check frequently.
Opinions vary on how many products to feature on a page. Since the angel tattoo, fairy tattoo and dragon tattoo are all tattoos; all three could be featured on the same landing page. In this case, an article or product review would be done for each tattoo.
You can keep the landing page fresh and continually updated by grabbing an article feed and having articles about tattoo related topics showing on the page. These should be positioned below your tattoo promo material.
Using RSS article feeds
Ezinearticles.com and other article sites allow articles to be used as long as resource boxes are included. If you are using the ezinearticle.com feed, you don’t have to worry about anything except making sure the feed works. Ezinearticles.com has a high ranking, another good reason to have them linked to your page.
To get an ezinearticle.com feed, go to www.ezinearticles.com/rss. There you can scroll down to the ezinearticles.com arts and entertainment - tattoo section. Click on the orange feed button. The copy and paste the address shown at the top of the page. It will end in xml. In this case it is http://ezinearticles.com/rss/Arts-and-Entertainment-Tattoos.xml
This will be the feed address needed to add the feed to your landing page. If the website builder software that came with your webhosting doesn’t allow easy, automatic feed insertion, there are many free RSS tutorials online.
Search engines like fresh content and a feed that updates daily is fresh content you don’t have to be doing manually.
Landing Page Do’s
Do deliver what the ad promises.
Do include ad headline in landing page headline.
Do limit or remove navigation
Do use the search terms at the top of the landing page so that viewers know they’ve landed on the right page.
Landing Page Do Not’s
Do not use the same old boring text.
Do not clutter the page.
Do not make it easy for the customer to leave the page. (Keep navigation bar a simple one – home and about.)
Beginner’s Guide To affiliate marketing
Google Adwords Budget
The simplest way to begin an Adwords campaign is to set your daily budget at $5.00. You can watch daily to see if your ads are drawing clicks. It’s been estimated that 95% of those who lose money on pay per click advertising do so because they fail to keep an eye on not only the daily budget but the results of ads.
Often the most popular keywords will be entirely too expensive to bid on. This is where a long keyword list can come in handy. Try using more of the words that cost less, in addition to phrases and terms.
When ads are producing clicks that result in product sales, you can cut your bid amount in half or even by two-thirds and still get traffic.
Google Adwords Sign Up
Google Adwords Help Center
Pay Per Click Advantages
When used correctly, pay per click ads get immediate results.
Pay per click ads give you the power to test a business idea and find out if there is a market for it before investing a lot of money.
Pay Per Click Do’s
Do research keywords carefully.
Do use specific, focused keywords.
Do monitor ad campaigns closely.
Do set a budget and stick with it.
Do shoot for a position somewhere between 3rd and 7th.
Do know your profit margin and conversion rate.
Do include keywords in ad titles.
Do consider current event keywords.
Do consider buzz keywords.
Pay Per Click Do Not’s
Do not automatically bid for the highest spot.
Do not ignore budget.
Do not forget to keep an eye on ads & monitor their performance.
Do not put off turning off ad campaigns that are not getting results.
Do not get involved in bidding wars.
Do not use direct URLs to the merchant site.
Pay Per Click Ads
Typical pay per click ads consist of a heading, a short summary and the URL where customers who click on the ad will land. Some pay per click providers allow more words per ad, some allow less. The rules regarding terms and descriptions used vary from provider to provider.
With some pay per click providers, your ads will appear instantly. With other providers, you must wait until your ads have been approved.
Once you’ve written an ad, try creating different versions of it. Don’t be afraid to tweak ads and try them again.
ROI, or return on investment is what matters. To determine the ROI of an ad, subtract the cost of running the ads from the amount earned from the ads. If the ROI is low or is a negative number, it’s time to stop the ad and change or delete it.
Keywords
The success (or failure) of your ad relies very much on your selection of keywords. Keywords, the words customers will use to find your ad, should be as focused as possible. The more focused the keyword, the more the ad can potentially earn.
Keyword Do’s
Do Choose Keywords Carefully.
Do Use Specific, focused keywords.
Do use more than one keyword tool to build the best selection.
Do Set Negative Keywords.
Keyword Do Not’s
Do Not Use broad keywords.
Yahoo Search Marketing
Yahoo Search Marketing (formerly Overture) operates much like Google and other pay per click programs. Ads appear on pages in the Yahoo Search Marketing directory area. Yahoo’s help section features frequently asked questions and topic search options.
Cost to get started is a $5.00 deposit (used as bid credits). Although the fine print states that you may be charged 10% more than the budget amount that you set, this rarely happens. Yahoo does automatically charge your credit card every time you run low on funds. Other pay per click providers do not charge your credit card and add more credit to your account until you choose to do so.
When signed in to Yahoo Search Marketing, you’ll see id ranges, estimated clicks and estimated share of clicks. You can change your maximum bid to see how this affects expected traffic and anticipated costs.
Remember that it isn’t necessary to be in the #1 position. It’s often better to be at #2 or #3 than it is to be at #1. What matters is that you are on the first page of search results.
Relevant, well-written ads can result in a high click through rate (CTR) and a higher quality scoring. Ads that score higher often get discounts on click costs.
Where Google lets you choose exact, broad or phrase matching, Yahoo offers standard and advanced. Ads set for standard match will show when keywords match the exact terms being searched, in addition to singular, plural and misspelled versions of your keywords. Advanced matching displays ads for broad range matching.
Yahoo offers standard and advanced match listings. Standard listings can actually appear above advanced ones when the standard listing search terms more closely match the words being searched.
Microsoft Ad Center
Microsoft Ad Center’s distribution area is more limited than that of Google and Yahoo, although it is growing. Signing up is simple, a help center and ad tools are provided.
One neat tool that the Ad Center features is an actual ad writer. You type in the URL of the site you wish to promote. The program will show you potential ads. You’ll find a long list of helpful tools here that you could also use while writing ads for Google Adwords and other programs.
Other Pay Per Click Providers
There are many other pay per click providers. Smaller pay per click search engines often feature keywords at lower bid costs. This is because less people are using these engines. The cost to get started varies from company to company. Here are a few of the popular ones, in alphabetical order.
ABCSearch
Enhance
ePilot
Espotting
FindWhat
GoClick
Kanoodle
Looksmart
Lycos
Miva
Search123
SearchFeed
7Search
sitmap
Beginner's Guide To Affiliate Marketing
RESOURCES
Affiliate Networks
http://www.advertising.com/
http://www.affiliatefuel.com/
http://www.affiliates.befree.com/
http://www.clickbank.com/
http://www.clickxchange.com/
http://www.clixgalore.com/
http://www.cj.com/
http://www.commissionsoup.com/
http://www.linkshare.com/
http://www.performics.com/
http://www.primaryads.com/
http://www.quinstreet.com/
http://www.referback.com/
http://www.search4clicks.com/
http://www.shareasale.com/
http://www.websponsors.com/
Financial Formulas
Conversion Rate: How many visitors (clicks) are needed to sell one item.
Number of visitors divided by the number of sales = conversion rate.
Ex: 100 visitors divided by 1 sale = 100
Visitor Value: How much a visitor is worth
Net profit per sale divided by conversion rate = visitor value
Ex: 23.32 divided by 100 =.23
Each visitor is worth 23 cents.
Net Profit: How much you make when you sell an item
(Gross Revenue – total expenses) divided by total sales = net profit on sale
Tools
There are a huge variety of tools available for pay per click affiliate marketers. Many tools are based on finding keywords. There are also companies and software programs created to manage bids, ads and everything related to writing ads and promoting products.
Keyword Elite: keyword tool
Nichebot: keyword tool
Wordtracker: keyword tool
ppcToolkit: various tools
Googspy: keyword tool – see what keywords a site is bidding on
GLOSSARY
Ad Campaign: Set of ad groups based around one website, project or product line.
Ad Group: Individual ads based on each part of a product line, website, etc.
Adwords: Google’s Paid Search Marketing Program.
Affiliate Marketing: Act of selling products on a commission basis. Commission may be percentage or flat rate.
Auto Bidding: your keyword bid is automatically changed by 1 cent if your closest competitor changes their bid.
Bid: the amount you pay when someone clicks on your ad.
CPM: cost per 1000. The cost of 1,000 ad views or impressions.
CTR: Click through rate. Number of viewers who clicked on ad.
CPC: Cost Per Click The amount you pay when someone clicks on your ad.
Conversion Rate: (the number of click throughs divided by the number of purchases) The higher the conversion rate, the more successful the ad.
Hits: number of times a web page is viewed. Impression: web page view.
Keyword – the word, term or phrases users type into the search boxes. A pay per click campaign can use a few keywords or a few thousand keywords, depending on size of campaign.
Keyword Bid – The maximum amount you’re willing to pay every time someone clicks on your ad.
Minimum Bid - The minimum price required to bid on a keyword or phrase.
Page View - The number of times a web page is viewed.
Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Advertising - A marketing method where advertisers pay when viewers click on their ads. Return on Investment (ROI) –
Unique Visitor - The number of people who view a web page. If one person visits the same web several times, they will be counted as only 1 unique visitor.
ROI: Return on Investment. How much money is left after deducting expenses from income.
PAY PER CLICK AFFILIATE MARKETING CHECKLIST
o Product Chosen.
o Keywords:
o Domain Name Reserved:
o Web Hosting:
o Landing Page Created:
o Main Search Term for Ad Headline:
o Emotional Appeal Benefit Keyword(s)
o Factual Appeal Feature Keyword(s)
o Destination URL: http://
Affiliate Networks
http://www.advertising.com/
http://www.affiliatefuel.com/
http://www.affiliates.befree.com/
http://www.clickbank.com/
http://www.clickxchange.com/
http://www.clixgalore.com/
http://www.cj.com/
http://www.commissionsoup.com/
http://www.linkshare.com/
http://www.performics.com/
http://www.primaryads.com/
http://www.quinstreet.com/
http://www.referback.com/
http://www.search4clicks.com/
http://www.shareasale.com/
http://www.websponsors.com/
Financial Formulas
Conversion Rate: How many visitors (clicks) are needed to sell one item.
Number of visitors divided by the number of sales = conversion rate.
Ex: 100 visitors divided by 1 sale = 100
Visitor Value: How much a visitor is worth
Net profit per sale divided by conversion rate = visitor value
Ex: 23.32 divided by 100 =.23
Each visitor is worth 23 cents.
Net Profit: How much you make when you sell an item
(Gross Revenue – total expenses) divided by total sales = net profit on sale
Tools
There are a huge variety of tools available for pay per click affiliate marketers. Many tools are based on finding keywords. There are also companies and software programs created to manage bids, ads and everything related to writing ads and promoting products.
Keyword Elite: keyword tool
Nichebot: keyword tool
Wordtracker: keyword tool
ppcToolkit: various tools
Googspy: keyword tool – see what keywords a site is bidding on
GLOSSARY
Ad Campaign: Set of ad groups based around one website, project or product line.
Ad Group: Individual ads based on each part of a product line, website, etc.
Adwords: Google’s Paid Search Marketing Program.
Affiliate Marketing: Act of selling products on a commission basis. Commission may be percentage or flat rate.
Auto Bidding: your keyword bid is automatically changed by 1 cent if your closest competitor changes their bid.
Bid: the amount you pay when someone clicks on your ad.
CPM: cost per 1000. The cost of 1,000 ad views or impressions.
CTR: Click through rate. Number of viewers who clicked on ad.
CPC: Cost Per Click The amount you pay when someone clicks on your ad.
Conversion Rate: (the number of click throughs divided by the number of purchases) The higher the conversion rate, the more successful the ad.
Hits: number of times a web page is viewed. Impression: web page view.
Keyword – the word, term or phrases users type into the search boxes. A pay per click campaign can use a few keywords or a few thousand keywords, depending on size of campaign.
Keyword Bid – The maximum amount you’re willing to pay every time someone clicks on your ad.
Minimum Bid - The minimum price required to bid on a keyword or phrase.
Page View - The number of times a web page is viewed.
Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Advertising - A marketing method where advertisers pay when viewers click on their ads. Return on Investment (ROI) –
Unique Visitor - The number of people who view a web page. If one person visits the same web several times, they will be counted as only 1 unique visitor.
ROI: Return on Investment. How much money is left after deducting expenses from income.
PAY PER CLICK AFFILIATE MARKETING CHECKLIST
o Product Chosen.
o Keywords:
o Domain Name Reserved:
o Web Hosting:
o Landing Page Created:
o Main Search Term for Ad Headline:
o Emotional Appeal Benefit Keyword(s)
o Factual Appeal Feature Keyword(s)
o Destination URL: http://
Sunday, March 1, 2009
• Your Google Adsense Q/ A
Google Adsense is a very common method businesses use to advertise their business online. It involves working with other websites who host ads for various businesses. The host website gets paid a certain amount every time a consumer clicks the link to the advertiser's website. This is an effective and low cost way of advertising. It is also a way for host websites to earn extra revenue. There are some frequently asked questions about Google Adsense, so I am going to provide the answers here for you.
What are channels? They allow the advertiser to see detailed reports about particular advertisements. This is a great way to find out what ads are doing the best as well as which websites that they are on are leading to the most traffic directed to your website. There are two types of channels: URL and custom. URL channels require you to enter the URL that you want to track. You can choose to track an entire website or only individual pages of it. Custom channels allow you to track information by a particular ad to compare them.
Websites that host advertisements frequently ask when they will get paid. Payments are only made monthly of $100 or more. You will receive either a check or automatic deposit, which ever you prefer, within 30 days of the previous month. If your earnings are less than $100 they will continue to accumulate until they reach more then $100. For example if you earn $110 in December you will be paid $110 within 30 days. If you earn $40 for December you won't get a payment. If you earn $40 more in January you won't get a payment. In February you earn $40 more. Your account balance is now $120 and payment will be received within 30 days of the end of February.
A common concern of website hosts for advertisements is do I have any control over the ads placed on my website? These websites do get the opportunity to filter the content that comes in for ads. You simply choose the Competitive Ad Filter in the AdSense Setup tab. You will be walked through the filtering process from there.
How much will I earn? This varies depending on the number of ads you host on your website, how much they pay per click, and the number of responses each ad gets. There is no set amount you are guaranteed to earn and no maximum earning potential.
How much will it cost? There is a five dollar set up fee to start advertising. Then you will be charged depending on the amount you agreed to pay per click. The more clicks your ads receive, the more you will be charged during that month.
What if I want to stop being a part of Google Adsense? Advertisers and websites that host advertising can choose to stop being a part of the Google Adsense network at any time. Written notice has to be mailed or emailed to Google. Within ten days the account will be discontinued. Advertisers will still be charged per click during that ten day span.
What if I have other questions or concerns? Google Adsense offers a wonderful customer service support team who are available 24/7. You can contact them by email or phone to
discuss any issues you have with the program. You can also visit www.Adwords.com
Google Adsense is a great way to advertise as well as to make money hosting ads for other websites. If you are new to Google Adsense, chances are you have some questions or concerns about the program. I hope these answers have helped you. Remember that the Google Adsense customer service support team is always ready to assist you with any questions or concerns you may have.
Terry Detty, 42, enjoys all aspects of internet marketing and getting out for a breath of fresh air occasionally. Email marketing; a successful website promotion and internet marketing method.
How to work with google adsense :
What you must have
• PC
• Internet access
• Web site or a blog
That's all, you can now start to work
But perhaps you wonder: I do not have a Web site, or that it is difficult to establish one, do not worry, it has become today very easy, you can acquire a blog in five minutes, and sites That provide this service are too many, and free of charge.
Important advices about conditions must exist at the site for success on internet:
• Good content, the subject must be single and specific, and useful for visitors.
• The site must contain many articles, I mean, a website rich in terms of content. And there are many free sites that provide a lot of good articles for free
• Useful content to visitors and Google adsense together.
• The subject site should not be raised significantly in the network, so as not to have to compete with big sites.
Now you can register with Google, and you can also learn how to do this easily via the web, and then wait for approval from Google, and this may require some time (perhaps a month or more, or less), after the approval you'll receive an email explaining how you start work: activate the subscription, the inclusion of advertising on the site, monitor your account, etc. ...
For information:
you always build the site and registrat; on the basis of factual and honest informations, to avoid any complications later. As some personal information for example; can not be changed later, and therefore; in the case of a wrong address, for example; you can not take a letter to activate the account, which is usually sent to you when your account reaches $ 10, and then you can not request your money, no matter how worth.
What are channels? They allow the advertiser to see detailed reports about particular advertisements. This is a great way to find out what ads are doing the best as well as which websites that they are on are leading to the most traffic directed to your website. There are two types of channels: URL and custom. URL channels require you to enter the URL that you want to track. You can choose to track an entire website or only individual pages of it. Custom channels allow you to track information by a particular ad to compare them.
Websites that host advertisements frequently ask when they will get paid. Payments are only made monthly of $100 or more. You will receive either a check or automatic deposit, which ever you prefer, within 30 days of the previous month. If your earnings are less than $100 they will continue to accumulate until they reach more then $100. For example if you earn $110 in December you will be paid $110 within 30 days. If you earn $40 for December you won't get a payment. If you earn $40 more in January you won't get a payment. In February you earn $40 more. Your account balance is now $120 and payment will be received within 30 days of the end of February.
A common concern of website hosts for advertisements is do I have any control over the ads placed on my website? These websites do get the opportunity to filter the content that comes in for ads. You simply choose the Competitive Ad Filter in the AdSense Setup tab. You will be walked through the filtering process from there.
How much will I earn? This varies depending on the number of ads you host on your website, how much they pay per click, and the number of responses each ad gets. There is no set amount you are guaranteed to earn and no maximum earning potential.
How much will it cost? There is a five dollar set up fee to start advertising. Then you will be charged depending on the amount you agreed to pay per click. The more clicks your ads receive, the more you will be charged during that month.
What if I want to stop being a part of Google Adsense? Advertisers and websites that host advertising can choose to stop being a part of the Google Adsense network at any time. Written notice has to be mailed or emailed to Google. Within ten days the account will be discontinued. Advertisers will still be charged per click during that ten day span.
What if I have other questions or concerns? Google Adsense offers a wonderful customer service support team who are available 24/7. You can contact them by email or phone to
discuss any issues you have with the program. You can also visit www.Adwords.com
Google Adsense is a great way to advertise as well as to make money hosting ads for other websites. If you are new to Google Adsense, chances are you have some questions or concerns about the program. I hope these answers have helped you. Remember that the Google Adsense customer service support team is always ready to assist you with any questions or concerns you may have.
Terry Detty, 42, enjoys all aspects of internet marketing and getting out for a breath of fresh air occasionally. Email marketing; a successful website promotion and internet marketing method.
How to work with google adsense :
What you must have
• PC
• Internet access
• Web site or a blog
That's all, you can now start to work
But perhaps you wonder: I do not have a Web site, or that it is difficult to establish one, do not worry, it has become today very easy, you can acquire a blog in five minutes, and sites That provide this service are too many, and free of charge.
Important advices about conditions must exist at the site for success on internet:
• Good content, the subject must be single and specific, and useful for visitors.
• The site must contain many articles, I mean, a website rich in terms of content. And there are many free sites that provide a lot of good articles for free
• Useful content to visitors and Google adsense together.
• The subject site should not be raised significantly in the network, so as not to have to compete with big sites.
Now you can register with Google, and you can also learn how to do this easily via the web, and then wait for approval from Google, and this may require some time (perhaps a month or more, or less), after the approval you'll receive an email explaining how you start work: activate the subscription, the inclusion of advertising on the site, monitor your account, etc. ...
For information:
you always build the site and registrat; on the basis of factual and honest informations, to avoid any complications later. As some personal information for example; can not be changed later, and therefore; in the case of a wrong address, for example; you can not take a letter to activate the account, which is usually sent to you when your account reaches $ 10, and then you can not request your money, no matter how worth.
• Home Business Idea More Profitable
Anyone who starts an internet home business idea has high hopes for success. Many feel that with just a few simple ads the business will boom and take off into a major business. However, many find that customers are actually few and far between when it comes to an internet based business idea. With the following tips you can help to market your internet home business idea and turn it into a success.
1. Brand your name and business. You can easily do this by just writing articles and submitting them to e-zines or web sites for republishing. When people see your home business idea consistently they will become more curious and eventually will click through to your offer.
2. Remember to take a little time out of your day or week to brainstorm. New ideas are usually the difference between business success and failure. The more time you spend online promoting your home business idea the more ideas that you will find. Some you might not be able to take advantage of right away because of time or money. In that case create a swap file, or but the site you find into your favorites so that you can come back to it when you are ready to put that idea into motion.
3. Model yourself after other successful businesses or people. I'm not saying out right copy them, but practice some of the same habits that have made them succeed. One idea is to look up their website in one of the major search engines and find out who they are linking to, or where they are submitting their articles, that should give you some more ieas as to where you could be linking to, or submitting articles yourself.
4. Take risks to improve your business idea's reach. Sometimes businesses don't want to advertise unless it's free, sometimes you have to spend money to get results. Make sure that before you do this, you set a monthly budget and stick to it! It's common to hear about people overspending unnecessarily and running up huge credit card bills. Maximize your advertising budget and don't go broke like the big web sites. All you need is a small group of loyal customers to sell back end products.
5. Include emotional words in your advertisements. Use ones like love, security, relief, freedom, happy, satisfaction, fun, etc. The goal is to make your offer sound so great that the person cannot wait to recieve it. But never so great that he or she does not believe your ad, or trust you.
6. Make people feel like it's their idea to buy, they will be less hesitant. Tell them in your ad "You're making a smart decision for buying our product". Tell people what they're thinking and feeling as they read your ad. Most people will actually do it. Your statements should help sell your product.
7. Out source part of your workload. You'll save on most employee costs. You could out source your secretarial work, accounting, marketing, etc. If writing is not your area of exptise then get an expert to write your ad copy for you. One good website to go to if you need copy that sells for your home business idea is www.guru.com.
Would you like to make money online, but don't know
where to begin? Here's 3 easy steps that really work:
http://www.MyAffiliateStarter.com/PIPS.html
1. Brand your name and business. You can easily do this by just writing articles and submitting them to e-zines or web sites for republishing. When people see your home business idea consistently they will become more curious and eventually will click through to your offer.
2. Remember to take a little time out of your day or week to brainstorm. New ideas are usually the difference between business success and failure. The more time you spend online promoting your home business idea the more ideas that you will find. Some you might not be able to take advantage of right away because of time or money. In that case create a swap file, or but the site you find into your favorites so that you can come back to it when you are ready to put that idea into motion.
3. Model yourself after other successful businesses or people. I'm not saying out right copy them, but practice some of the same habits that have made them succeed. One idea is to look up their website in one of the major search engines and find out who they are linking to, or where they are submitting their articles, that should give you some more ieas as to where you could be linking to, or submitting articles yourself.
4. Take risks to improve your business idea's reach. Sometimes businesses don't want to advertise unless it's free, sometimes you have to spend money to get results. Make sure that before you do this, you set a monthly budget and stick to it! It's common to hear about people overspending unnecessarily and running up huge credit card bills. Maximize your advertising budget and don't go broke like the big web sites. All you need is a small group of loyal customers to sell back end products.
5. Include emotional words in your advertisements. Use ones like love, security, relief, freedom, happy, satisfaction, fun, etc. The goal is to make your offer sound so great that the person cannot wait to recieve it. But never so great that he or she does not believe your ad, or trust you.
6. Make people feel like it's their idea to buy, they will be less hesitant. Tell them in your ad "You're making a smart decision for buying our product". Tell people what they're thinking and feeling as they read your ad. Most people will actually do it. Your statements should help sell your product.
7. Out source part of your workload. You'll save on most employee costs. You could out source your secretarial work, accounting, marketing, etc. If writing is not your area of exptise then get an expert to write your ad copy for you. One good website to go to if you need copy that sells for your home business idea is www.guru.com.
Would you like to make money online, but don't know
where to begin? Here's 3 easy steps that really work:
http://www.MyAffiliateStarter.com/PIPS.html
Saturday, February 28, 2009
• what is ecommerce?
Have you ever thought about working an eCommerce business? Would you like to make money from your own home? The impact of young consumers in the on line business community is visible in the way they share product recommendations over the internet. The way eCommerce is changing, growing and improving every day is remarkable. What is eCommerce? eCommerce stands for electronic commerce which is used to describe doing business over the internet; the means of buying and selling goods on the Internet using web pages. That is something most anyone could do if they put there mind into it.
Electronics has gained considerable attention with in home business opportunities over the last few years. And, there is no doubt that developments in wireless technology will have a great influence on the way in home business expands in the future. The field of digital electronics is exciting, fast moving, and constantly changing each and every day; even dashboard DVD players seem quaint and may even become obsolete when you consider how fast electronics research and development is moving in our world today.
I decided to start my on line business because I wanted to be at home with my family. It is important to me to be with my children, but my working is a necessity. I knew I had to do something that would allow me to both stay at home and still have the money coming in to raise my children. That’s when I decided to try an online business of my own. I must admit the hours it took to start this business was stressful but in the end it has been well worth the time. Because I have succeeded I know now that if a person will put a little time and effort into this kind of business the rewards will be great
Electronics has gained considerable attention with in home business opportunities over the last few years. And, there is no doubt that developments in wireless technology will have a great influence on the way in home business expands in the future. The field of digital electronics is exciting, fast moving, and constantly changing each and every day; even dashboard DVD players seem quaint and may even become obsolete when you consider how fast electronics research and development is moving in our world today.
I decided to start my on line business because I wanted to be at home with my family. It is important to me to be with my children, but my working is a necessity. I knew I had to do something that would allow me to both stay at home and still have the money coming in to raise my children. That’s when I decided to try an online business of my own. I must admit the hours it took to start this business was stressful but in the end it has been well worth the time. Because I have succeeded I know now that if a person will put a little time and effort into this kind of business the rewards will be great
• Social Media Sites to Build Traffic
The latest buzz in the internet world is on social media sites. Many times when you post on these types of sites you can gain top positions in the search engines in, sometimes minutes! The search engines view content on these sites as current cutting edge information that is highly relevant to the viewing public. How long this will last is anyone's guess, but for now it definitely pays to get your information out there to generate as much traffic as possible.
Of the online communities, I like to use eBay. Now you may be thinking ebay? Well, yes! There is a way to submit your articles through ebay Blogs. All you have to do is go to ebay.com, click on the "Community" tab at the top and then scroll down to ebay Blogs under the "General" section. Register with them and start submitting. The other good thing with ebay is you can also display any products you are selling and link to your store if you have one set up.
I also like to use MySpace. MySpace allows me to have a blog. I set up a blog on MySpace and I put my articles there. Now, each of these articles are driving traffic back to my squeeze page so I can capture those people's information and also try to sell to them. Once they become a sale, then what I'll do is take them offline. We'll pick up the phone and we'll call them.
I'm also using the online communities, such as Squidoo, Scribed, Digg, Propeller, Socialmarker and Amazon. As crazy as this may sound, Amazon also allows you to set up a blog through Amazon Connect.
As for Squidoo.com, I can build content that is monetizable, add my links and set up affiliate marketing "lenses". One other cool thing is Squidoo sites can be bought and sold. (For more detailed information on Squidoo visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squidoo )
Scribed.com allows you to publish any type of article you want. It is great for republishing old content such as back issues of your email broadcasts and newsletters.
Digg.com (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digg) is good for time limited things that you want to announce to the world.
Propeller.com (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propeller.com )is also a good site to submit your content as well as other people's content.
Socialmarker.com allows you to set up bookmarks on several sites, bookmark special pages, major blog posts, videos, squidoo pages and links to your site.
As you can see, social media is very viral and has a lot of web power to take your website to the top in its niche. If you're not using social media to grow your business you're leaving a ton of money on the table. Take a look at these social media sites I mention and begin to network your business to the virtual sphere. It's well worth the effort!
Of the online communities, I like to use eBay. Now you may be thinking ebay? Well, yes! There is a way to submit your articles through ebay Blogs. All you have to do is go to ebay.com, click on the "Community" tab at the top and then scroll down to ebay Blogs under the "General" section. Register with them and start submitting. The other good thing with ebay is you can also display any products you are selling and link to your store if you have one set up.
I also like to use MySpace. MySpace allows me to have a blog. I set up a blog on MySpace and I put my articles there. Now, each of these articles are driving traffic back to my squeeze page so I can capture those people's information and also try to sell to them. Once they become a sale, then what I'll do is take them offline. We'll pick up the phone and we'll call them.
I'm also using the online communities, such as Squidoo, Scribed, Digg, Propeller, Socialmarker and Amazon. As crazy as this may sound, Amazon also allows you to set up a blog through Amazon Connect.
As for Squidoo.com, I can build content that is monetizable, add my links and set up affiliate marketing "lenses". One other cool thing is Squidoo sites can be bought and sold. (For more detailed information on Squidoo visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squidoo )
Scribed.com allows you to publish any type of article you want. It is great for republishing old content such as back issues of your email broadcasts and newsletters.
Digg.com (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digg) is good for time limited things that you want to announce to the world.
Propeller.com (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propeller.com )is also a good site to submit your content as well as other people's content.
Socialmarker.com allows you to set up bookmarks on several sites, bookmark special pages, major blog posts, videos, squidoo pages and links to your site.
As you can see, social media is very viral and has a lot of web power to take your website to the top in its niche. If you're not using social media to grow your business you're leaving a ton of money on the table. Take a look at these social media sites I mention and begin to network your business to the virtual sphere. It's well worth the effort!
• Track Your Affiliate Sales & Traffic
In this article I'm going to explain how to track your ClickBank sales AND traffic. Don't worry if you don't promote any ClickBank products, the techniques outlined below can be used with any affiliate network that has a "Tracking ID" facility. Everything is also 100% free, I'm not trying to promote any tracking systems here!
Ok, let's get started. If you're not familiar with ClickBank's tracking ID system then you can read more about it here:
http://www.clickbank.com/hoplink_faq.html#hoplink_question_3
The problem is you can only track sales, not clicks. Let's take a look at an example to demonstrate the problem, and the solution. Let's say you have a webpage at this address:
http://www.yourdomain.com/index.html
On that page you're promoting a ClickBank affiliate URL:
http://yourid.publisherid.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=code1
You can see that "yourid" is your ClickBank affiliate ID, "publisherid" is the ID of the merchant you're promoting and "code1" is the tracking ID for this particular link. If 100 people click on that link and 3 of them buy the product, that's a conversion ratio of 3%. A conversion ratio is the percentage of people you send to an affiliate URL who then go on to buy the product. In this case, the figure of 3% means that 3 out of every 100 visitors, on average, became customers.
3% isn't bad, but hang on a minute - ClickBank only tells you there were 3 sales for the tracking ID "code1". You don't know there were 100 clicks on the link, and without this figure you can't calculate the conversion ratio. What if 500 people had clicked on the link? The conversion ratio would be just 0.6% (i.e. 0.6% of the 500 visitors became customers). Ideally you should only promote websites that have a relatively high conversion ratio. If you're promoting two different ClickBank products for example, and one has a conversion ratio of 1% and the other 4%, you'd be better off focusing your attention on the second one and ditching the first. You'll only know this if you can calculate the conversion ratio. Luckily, this problem is easily solved with the use of a simple click-tracker PHP script. The script simply counts the number of times someone clicks on a link.
Don't worry if you've never used PHP before, there's nothing complicated about it. As long as you can upload files to your webspace you'll have no problem following these easy steps. It goes without saying that you also need PHP running on your server.
Go to PHPSuccessTools (see the resource box at the end of this article for the URL), click "mailing list" in the navigation bar at the top and subscribe, then check your email for the password. This will give you full access to all the scripts that are available. Click on "Free Scripts" in the navigation bar and then click on "Tagged Click Tracker". Then fill out the form as follows:
"Password"
You should always choose a random combination of letters and numbers for your passwords, but to keep things simple for this example enter "showstats" as the password.
"Destination URL"
This is your ClickBank affiliate URL with a tracking ID appended to the end. It should look like this:http://yourid.publisherid.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=[TAG]
Make sure you replace "yourid" with your ClickBank ID and "publisherid" with the ClickBank ID of the merchant you're promoting.
"Optional Expiration"
Leave this box as it is, we don't want the link to expire.
"Name"
Enter "go" for this.
You can leave all the other boxes as they are, unless you understand what they do. Now hit "Submit". Follow the instructions on the next page, where you'll be asked to save several files onto your computer and then upload them to your webspace and change the permissions. Upload them to the same folder as your index.html page (as this is the page we're going to edit in a few moments). If you've never changed file permissions before then don't worry, there's a simple guide at PHPSuccessTools (just click on "Guides" in the navigation bar at the top).
In this example we're assuming that you're linking to a ClickBank affiliate URL on your index page, so instead of linking directly to ClickBank, change the link on your "index.html" page to this:
http://www.yourdomain.com/go.php?code1
Let's recap what we've done. We replaced the ClickBank affiliate link on your "index.html" page with a link that goes to the click-tracker script (called go.php). The click-tracker script, in turn, counts how many clicks the link gets and redirects the surfer to the actual ClickBank affiliate link.
Now we understand what's changed, lets see how it works. Note the tracking ID (code1) at the end of the click-tracker link:
http://www.yourdomain.com/go.php?code1
When somebody clicks on that link, the click-tracker looks at the destination URL (which you entered when the click-tracker was created) and replaces [TAG] with the tracking ID. So in actual fact, the destination URL becomes:
http://yourid.publisherid.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=code1
Now all you have to do is view the statistics for this click-tracker and you'll be able to see how many clicks your link got. The stats are available at this URL:
http://www.yourdomain.com/go.php?showstats
Now let's say that 100 people click on your new click-tracker link and 3 of them buy the product. By looking at your ClickBank stats you'll see that the tracking ID "code1" has produced 3 sales. If you look at your click-tracker stats you'll see that "code1" also generated 100 clicks. Use the two figures together and you can calculate the conversion ratio of 3%. In other words, 3% of the people you sent to the merchant actually bought the product.
The conversion ratio is important to know. There's no point sending traffic to a merchant that converts at 1%, when you could send that same traffic to a different merchant that converts at 3%. Assuming the commissions earned per sale are the same, you're better off with the second merchant. You'll only know this by testing different merchants and calculating the conversion ratio of each.
In fact there's no need to even calculate the conversion ratio manually - the click-tracker does it for you! Simply view the stats for the click-tracker and enter a "sales" figure for each tracking ID. The click-tracker then automatically generates the conversion ratio for each one.
To finish off this article, let's just quickly see how you'd track sales with more than one tracking ID. If you only have one link to your ClickBank affiliate URL then you won't need to do this, but what if you have two links to ClickBank, one on "index.html" and the other on your blog? Simply use the following URL on your blog where your ClickBank affiliate URL normally goes:
http://www.yourdomain.com/go.php?code2
Now when you view your click-tracker stats, just look for "code2" to see how many clicks this particular link received. Similarly, your ClickBank stats will show "code2" as the tracking ID for any sales that came from this link.
You are free to choose any tracking ID you want (you don't have to use "code1" and "code2"). Just make sure your IDs only contain alphanumeric characters (no spaces or symbols) and are 50 characters or less in length.
As I mentioned at the start of this article, you can use the above techniques with any affiliate network that has a tracking ID facility. When creating your click-tracker(s), simply enter your affiliate URL as the "Destination URL" and place [TAG] wherever the tracking ID should go.
If you're feeling adventurous, I recommend you make use of the hit-tracker script, also freely available at PHPSuccessTools. Place a separate hit-tracker on each page in your website that contains affiliate links and you'll be able to calculate the click-through ratio as well as the conversion ratio of those links.
Neil Cahill is a PHP programmer and part of the team at http://www.phpsuccesstools.com/. You are free to reproduce this article providing no changes are made to the body text.
Ok, let's get started. If you're not familiar with ClickBank's tracking ID system then you can read more about it here:
http://www.clickbank.com/hoplink_faq.html#hoplink_question_3
The problem is you can only track sales, not clicks. Let's take a look at an example to demonstrate the problem, and the solution. Let's say you have a webpage at this address:
http://www.yourdomain.com/index.html
On that page you're promoting a ClickBank affiliate URL:
http://yourid.publisherid.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=code1
You can see that "yourid" is your ClickBank affiliate ID, "publisherid" is the ID of the merchant you're promoting and "code1" is the tracking ID for this particular link. If 100 people click on that link and 3 of them buy the product, that's a conversion ratio of 3%. A conversion ratio is the percentage of people you send to an affiliate URL who then go on to buy the product. In this case, the figure of 3% means that 3 out of every 100 visitors, on average, became customers.
3% isn't bad, but hang on a minute - ClickBank only tells you there were 3 sales for the tracking ID "code1". You don't know there were 100 clicks on the link, and without this figure you can't calculate the conversion ratio. What if 500 people had clicked on the link? The conversion ratio would be just 0.6% (i.e. 0.6% of the 500 visitors became customers). Ideally you should only promote websites that have a relatively high conversion ratio. If you're promoting two different ClickBank products for example, and one has a conversion ratio of 1% and the other 4%, you'd be better off focusing your attention on the second one and ditching the first. You'll only know this if you can calculate the conversion ratio. Luckily, this problem is easily solved with the use of a simple click-tracker PHP script. The script simply counts the number of times someone clicks on a link.
Don't worry if you've never used PHP before, there's nothing complicated about it. As long as you can upload files to your webspace you'll have no problem following these easy steps. It goes without saying that you also need PHP running on your server.
Go to PHPSuccessTools (see the resource box at the end of this article for the URL), click "mailing list" in the navigation bar at the top and subscribe, then check your email for the password. This will give you full access to all the scripts that are available. Click on "Free Scripts" in the navigation bar and then click on "Tagged Click Tracker". Then fill out the form as follows:
"Password"
You should always choose a random combination of letters and numbers for your passwords, but to keep things simple for this example enter "showstats" as the password.
"Destination URL"
This is your ClickBank affiliate URL with a tracking ID appended to the end. It should look like this:http://yourid.publisherid.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=[TAG]
Make sure you replace "yourid" with your ClickBank ID and "publisherid" with the ClickBank ID of the merchant you're promoting.
"Optional Expiration"
Leave this box as it is, we don't want the link to expire.
"Name"
Enter "go" for this.
You can leave all the other boxes as they are, unless you understand what they do. Now hit "Submit". Follow the instructions on the next page, where you'll be asked to save several files onto your computer and then upload them to your webspace and change the permissions. Upload them to the same folder as your index.html page (as this is the page we're going to edit in a few moments). If you've never changed file permissions before then don't worry, there's a simple guide at PHPSuccessTools (just click on "Guides" in the navigation bar at the top).
In this example we're assuming that you're linking to a ClickBank affiliate URL on your index page, so instead of linking directly to ClickBank, change the link on your "index.html" page to this:
http://www.yourdomain.com/go.php?code1
Let's recap what we've done. We replaced the ClickBank affiliate link on your "index.html" page with a link that goes to the click-tracker script (called go.php). The click-tracker script, in turn, counts how many clicks the link gets and redirects the surfer to the actual ClickBank affiliate link.
Now we understand what's changed, lets see how it works. Note the tracking ID (code1) at the end of the click-tracker link:
http://www.yourdomain.com/go.php?code1
When somebody clicks on that link, the click-tracker looks at the destination URL (which you entered when the click-tracker was created) and replaces [TAG] with the tracking ID. So in actual fact, the destination URL becomes:
http://yourid.publisherid.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=code1
Now all you have to do is view the statistics for this click-tracker and you'll be able to see how many clicks your link got. The stats are available at this URL:
http://www.yourdomain.com/go.php?showstats
Now let's say that 100 people click on your new click-tracker link and 3 of them buy the product. By looking at your ClickBank stats you'll see that the tracking ID "code1" has produced 3 sales. If you look at your click-tracker stats you'll see that "code1" also generated 100 clicks. Use the two figures together and you can calculate the conversion ratio of 3%. In other words, 3% of the people you sent to the merchant actually bought the product.
The conversion ratio is important to know. There's no point sending traffic to a merchant that converts at 1%, when you could send that same traffic to a different merchant that converts at 3%. Assuming the commissions earned per sale are the same, you're better off with the second merchant. You'll only know this by testing different merchants and calculating the conversion ratio of each.
In fact there's no need to even calculate the conversion ratio manually - the click-tracker does it for you! Simply view the stats for the click-tracker and enter a "sales" figure for each tracking ID. The click-tracker then automatically generates the conversion ratio for each one.
To finish off this article, let's just quickly see how you'd track sales with more than one tracking ID. If you only have one link to your ClickBank affiliate URL then you won't need to do this, but what if you have two links to ClickBank, one on "index.html" and the other on your blog? Simply use the following URL on your blog where your ClickBank affiliate URL normally goes:
http://www.yourdomain.com/go.php?code2
Now when you view your click-tracker stats, just look for "code2" to see how many clicks this particular link received. Similarly, your ClickBank stats will show "code2" as the tracking ID for any sales that came from this link.
You are free to choose any tracking ID you want (you don't have to use "code1" and "code2"). Just make sure your IDs only contain alphanumeric characters (no spaces or symbols) and are 50 characters or less in length.
As I mentioned at the start of this article, you can use the above techniques with any affiliate network that has a tracking ID facility. When creating your click-tracker(s), simply enter your affiliate URL as the "Destination URL" and place [TAG] wherever the tracking ID should go.
If you're feeling adventurous, I recommend you make use of the hit-tracker script, also freely available at PHPSuccessTools. Place a separate hit-tracker on each page in your website that contains affiliate links and you'll be able to calculate the click-through ratio as well as the conversion ratio of those links.
Neil Cahill is a PHP programmer and part of the team at http://www.phpsuccesstools.com/. You are free to reproduce this article providing no changes are made to the body text.
• earning with affiliate internet marketing
It is all about planning. Many people getting into affiliate marketing are thinking about making a fast buck. It is hard to fault them. Since the formation of CDNow almost thirteen years ago, affiliate marketing has exploded into a billion dollar per year industry. There are also the benefits including little to no overhead, residual income, getting paid for the work of your downline and not having to deal with any customer service problems.
But it is still a business and many people do not understand that a business requires planning. No matter how great the product or service, if you do not have any guidelines mapped out beforehand then you will probably wind up like ninety five percent of affiliate (and internet) marketers who do not make any money online.
Affiliate internet marketing is a lot of work, time, patience, mistakes, uncertainty and constant learning. The key is to create a plan and work it.
Where does it start?
1. Your Office.
Whether working out of your garage, kitchen or bathroom (hey sometimes you do what you got to do), make sure your office is comfortable with proper lighting, ventilation and as little distraction as possible. It is hard to get any work done with the phone ringing every 15 minutes. If you have to, let the answering machine pick up. Set aside blocks of time where you concentrate on nothing but your affiliate marketing
2. Learn and Keep Learning.
Study the affiliate marketers who are making money. Visit affiliate marketing forums. While your overall goal is to become successful, you may from time to time have to change your strategies. Forums are a great place to get tips and ideas that you can adapt to your business. Also, many affiliate programs now offer conference rooms. This allows you to live chat with the product creators, as well as other affiliate marketers participating in the program.
Some conferences are just cheerleading sessions. They get you fired up to sell the product but do not give you any concrete ways to sell it. However, many merchants do provide solid support, answer any and all questions in real time and recommend affiliate marketing strategies to help you. If your merchant is scheduling conferences on a regular basis, take advantage of it.
3. Research Your Target Market.
It is not enough just to know what is going on with your product or service. What are the new trends? Watch television. Read newspapers and magazines. Find out where the hot markets are popping up and how it affects your business. Do not just read affiliate news. Get as much information as possible on what is happening around the world and then apply it to your affiliate business.
4. Your own website.
This is the command center for your affiliate marketing campaign. Yes you can promote different programs without one but this makes it more difficult and less profitable for you. Having your own website means you can capture the visitor information before you send them to the merchant. If they do not like the particular product you are selling at this time, you can always contact them about other offers or promotions later. The beauty is once you get their name and e-mail, you can contact them for as long as they remain on your opt in list. This is called backend and you can believe it is how many of the top affiliate marketers make their money. The money is in the list and the only way to do that is get your own website where people can sign up.
5. Do not kid yourself.
We all want to be millionaires by the time the sun goes down or at least by early the next morning but that is not reality. Affiliate marketing is hard work so set a goal that you can achieve. How much realistic profit can you generate in a month? Start small. If you earned five hundred dollars last month, shoot for seventy hundred fifty next month. They may seem like baby steps but they can stop you from getting any false expectations which lead to discouragement and finally giving up all together. It may take awhile before you actually see any money so hang in there.
According to the AffStat 2007 report over eighty percent of affiliate programs offer revenue sharing. If you plan and treat your affiliate internet marketing like a business, then there is no reason why you cannot share in the profits.Daryl Campbell is an affiliate marketer and online business owner. It is easy to get lost in the jungle of internet marketing. So what do you do? Get yourself an Internet Marketing Guide. Free tips, tools, resources, coaching, video and up to the minute news and information to help you get out of the jungle. Get started now at Internet Marketing Guide
But it is still a business and many people do not understand that a business requires planning. No matter how great the product or service, if you do not have any guidelines mapped out beforehand then you will probably wind up like ninety five percent of affiliate (and internet) marketers who do not make any money online.
Affiliate internet marketing is a lot of work, time, patience, mistakes, uncertainty and constant learning. The key is to create a plan and work it.
Where does it start?
1. Your Office.
Whether working out of your garage, kitchen or bathroom (hey sometimes you do what you got to do), make sure your office is comfortable with proper lighting, ventilation and as little distraction as possible. It is hard to get any work done with the phone ringing every 15 minutes. If you have to, let the answering machine pick up. Set aside blocks of time where you concentrate on nothing but your affiliate marketing
2. Learn and Keep Learning.
Study the affiliate marketers who are making money. Visit affiliate marketing forums. While your overall goal is to become successful, you may from time to time have to change your strategies. Forums are a great place to get tips and ideas that you can adapt to your business. Also, many affiliate programs now offer conference rooms. This allows you to live chat with the product creators, as well as other affiliate marketers participating in the program.
Some conferences are just cheerleading sessions. They get you fired up to sell the product but do not give you any concrete ways to sell it. However, many merchants do provide solid support, answer any and all questions in real time and recommend affiliate marketing strategies to help you. If your merchant is scheduling conferences on a regular basis, take advantage of it.
3. Research Your Target Market.
It is not enough just to know what is going on with your product or service. What are the new trends? Watch television. Read newspapers and magazines. Find out where the hot markets are popping up and how it affects your business. Do not just read affiliate news. Get as much information as possible on what is happening around the world and then apply it to your affiliate business.
4. Your own website.
This is the command center for your affiliate marketing campaign. Yes you can promote different programs without one but this makes it more difficult and less profitable for you. Having your own website means you can capture the visitor information before you send them to the merchant. If they do not like the particular product you are selling at this time, you can always contact them about other offers or promotions later. The beauty is once you get their name and e-mail, you can contact them for as long as they remain on your opt in list. This is called backend and you can believe it is how many of the top affiliate marketers make their money. The money is in the list and the only way to do that is get your own website where people can sign up.
5. Do not kid yourself.
We all want to be millionaires by the time the sun goes down or at least by early the next morning but that is not reality. Affiliate marketing is hard work so set a goal that you can achieve. How much realistic profit can you generate in a month? Start small. If you earned five hundred dollars last month, shoot for seventy hundred fifty next month. They may seem like baby steps but they can stop you from getting any false expectations which lead to discouragement and finally giving up all together. It may take awhile before you actually see any money so hang in there.
According to the AffStat 2007 report over eighty percent of affiliate programs offer revenue sharing. If you plan and treat your affiliate internet marketing like a business, then there is no reason why you cannot share in the profits.Daryl Campbell is an affiliate marketer and online business owner. It is easy to get lost in the jungle of internet marketing. So what do you do? Get yourself an Internet Marketing Guide. Free tips, tools, resources, coaching, video and up to the minute news and information to help you get out of the jungle. Get started now at Internet Marketing Guide
• work and spend time with family
Americans are really in a panic these days. A panic that is caused by a failing economy, a rise in the cost of gas, and unwonted violence in our shopping malls. All of these things are real.
But should we let these things keep us from enjoying life. My answer is NO!. What we must do is slow down and think for a minute. Decide what is important to our family and to us. What makes us safe and happy. Then we must seek ways to obtain those elements of life. We as Lets end our panic by looking around all that we are being told, and find a way to enjoy life as we know it.
We, as a people, first want to feel safe in our daily lives. We want to be able to go to work, to play, and yes, to shop and know that we are safe. We want to give our family the things that they need and want. And we want to do these things without panicking. How do we do this?
First of all, we need to think about an additional income. If we get another job, that will create another problem, because we won't have time to spend with our family. I've got just the thing for you. Become an affiliate in a proven program, where you can continue to work where you are(if you want to) and make brand new money everyday. How does that sound? Making money and spending quality time with your family? It's a reality. I am going to introduce you to a program that will make this possible.
The next thing is having the things that you and your family need and want, but getting them at prices that will help you end the panic. Also, with the store that I am going to suggest, you will save and be safe at the same time. This store has over 1.37 million products in 400 categories, and the shopping is 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year from the comfort of your own home. Now, you know what that means. NO GAS! You just went shopping and didn't have to give the oil companies a penny to get there. You are ending the panic.
Lets recap. We determined that we need to make more money to beat the failing economy But remember, this is an economy that always comes back. So, if we hedge against it now, what position will we be in when it comes back up. Think about it. Next, let think about getting our family what they want and need. We know that our ladies and children want those things that make them happy. So do we. (I am speaking as a male). We've become accustomed to having.
Just that; having. Sometimes it has nothing to do with need. However, we're not going to worry about that.. All we are concerned about is to continue to have. So, let's find a way to have and still save money. Let's not panic. We can do it. Shop where we can get 30%, 40%. 50%, or even 60% off of the things that make all of us happy. The wife, the children; and we can get something, too.
All of these things can be found at The Affiliate Zone. A one stop shop for everything that you want. Money making opportunity, shopping from home, a store full of everything you and the family could want, plus, discounts and sales everyday. And all of this from the safety of your own home.
If you want to End the Panic, go to http://www.mywebcashstore.com/roquemore8349, or
call: 1-800-719-8268, ext. R8349 (Outside the United States? Dail 1-480-355-5612, ext.R8349
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But should we let these things keep us from enjoying life. My answer is NO!. What we must do is slow down and think for a minute. Decide what is important to our family and to us. What makes us safe and happy. Then we must seek ways to obtain those elements of life. We as Lets end our panic by looking around all that we are being told, and find a way to enjoy life as we know it.
We, as a people, first want to feel safe in our daily lives. We want to be able to go to work, to play, and yes, to shop and know that we are safe. We want to give our family the things that they need and want. And we want to do these things without panicking. How do we do this?
First of all, we need to think about an additional income. If we get another job, that will create another problem, because we won't have time to spend with our family. I've got just the thing for you. Become an affiliate in a proven program, where you can continue to work where you are(if you want to) and make brand new money everyday. How does that sound? Making money and spending quality time with your family? It's a reality. I am going to introduce you to a program that will make this possible.
The next thing is having the things that you and your family need and want, but getting them at prices that will help you end the panic. Also, with the store that I am going to suggest, you will save and be safe at the same time. This store has over 1.37 million products in 400 categories, and the shopping is 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year from the comfort of your own home. Now, you know what that means. NO GAS! You just went shopping and didn't have to give the oil companies a penny to get there. You are ending the panic.
Lets recap. We determined that we need to make more money to beat the failing economy But remember, this is an economy that always comes back. So, if we hedge against it now, what position will we be in when it comes back up. Think about it. Next, let think about getting our family what they want and need. We know that our ladies and children want those things that make them happy. So do we. (I am speaking as a male). We've become accustomed to having.
Just that; having. Sometimes it has nothing to do with need. However, we're not going to worry about that.. All we are concerned about is to continue to have. So, let's find a way to have and still save money. Let's not panic. We can do it. Shop where we can get 30%, 40%. 50%, or even 60% off of the things that make all of us happy. The wife, the children; and we can get something, too.
All of these things can be found at The Affiliate Zone. A one stop shop for everything that you want. Money making opportunity, shopping from home, a store full of everything you and the family could want, plus, discounts and sales everyday. And all of this from the safety of your own home.
If you want to End the Panic, go to http://www.mywebcashstore.com/roquemore8349, or
call: 1-800-719-8268, ext. R8349 (Outside the United States? Dail 1-480-355-5612, ext.R8349
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• Affiliate Marketing, Rule Number One?
If you hang around any traffic exchange long enough, you see it. No matter what product or service is being offered, the vast majority of affiliate marketers are promoting the exact same website provided by whatever merchant they are affiliate advertising. By doing this they are violating the most important rule of affiliate internet marketing:
Not having their own website.
Using the same page as everyone else is the equivalent of betting on the roulette wheel in Vegas. You are hoping that visitors will select your affiliate site from among the other copycats. Depending on how many affiliates are in your particular program the odds will increase against you.
That is not the only problem. By sending people straight to the main affiliate page without capturing their name and contact information, it is a good bet that you will never see them again. That can be a major blow to your affiliate business, especially if you have other products and services to promote which may have been of interest to your visitors.
Yes there are affiliates who have achieved success almost instantly just by sending visitors to the main sales page. This does not apply to the overwhelming majority. Affiliate business like any business requires patience, hard work and various other factors to numerous to mention. But one of the most important ingredients to online success is to get your own website. So how do you go about creating your affiliate internet marketing website?
1. Decide Beforehand the Affiliate Marketing Program You Want to Promote
Pretty basic right? You would be surprised at how many affiliates do not research their product and target market. Many do not even ask themselves are they really interested in the product or service. Beware of choosing an affiliate program just because it offers a big commission. If you cannot work up any enthusiasm about the product then your visitors will probably feel the same way.
2. Name that Host
Pick an appropriate domain name and title for your website. Do some keyword research using Overture. Now the tendency is to pick the keywords with the highest search results. Avoid this, particularly if you are just launching your affiliate site. High search volume means more competition.
For instance according to the latest Overture results, online dating is searched for 322,178 times per month. But the keyword web dating has only 6,135 searches per month. That means a lot less competition while still having the potential to draw steady web traffic to your affiliate site that can make you a nice profit.
As for your webhost, the requirements should be space (depending on how many affiliate sites you want), customer support, very little downtime and the extension; com, org, net or ws. Get a dotcom if possible. Since it is the most prominent, search engines tend to give dotcom more weight although some marketers are reporting equally good results using dotorg.
3. The Content Easy Site
This is what your affiliate site is all about. Not just a sales page but a content rich site that is easy to navigate. As you learn more about building affiliate sites you can add flash and other media but even then your number one priority will remain site content.
There is plenty of free software that will help you build web pages so you do not have to be an expert. Just start out with a basic design that has clearly readable text and an image of the product or service you are offering. The important thing is to fill your website or blog with tips, articles and news about your niche or related topics. Write as much of your own content as possible (however there is plenty of free information online you can use) and update your site on a regular basis. Turn your affiliate web pages into an authority site.
Make sure when you do build your affiliate site, you have a way to capture your visitors name and contact information. Offer a free ebook or instructional video to entice people. Also give them a promise that you will not spam them or sell their contact information to a third party. Build trust so people will be open to any future offers you may present to them.
No one can guarantee that just by creating your own affiliate site you will be successful. But you can go along way in separating yourself from the pack and exploding your affiliate business by getting your own website now.
Daryl Campbell is an online business owner and affiliate marketer. Get more free information including tips, articles, step by step video coaching and up to the minute news to help you grow your internet business the right way. Check it out now at Internet Marketing Guide
Not having their own website.
Using the same page as everyone else is the equivalent of betting on the roulette wheel in Vegas. You are hoping that visitors will select your affiliate site from among the other copycats. Depending on how many affiliates are in your particular program the odds will increase against you.
That is not the only problem. By sending people straight to the main affiliate page without capturing their name and contact information, it is a good bet that you will never see them again. That can be a major blow to your affiliate business, especially if you have other products and services to promote which may have been of interest to your visitors.
Yes there are affiliates who have achieved success almost instantly just by sending visitors to the main sales page. This does not apply to the overwhelming majority. Affiliate business like any business requires patience, hard work and various other factors to numerous to mention. But one of the most important ingredients to online success is to get your own website. So how do you go about creating your affiliate internet marketing website?
1. Decide Beforehand the Affiliate Marketing Program You Want to Promote
Pretty basic right? You would be surprised at how many affiliates do not research their product and target market. Many do not even ask themselves are they really interested in the product or service. Beware of choosing an affiliate program just because it offers a big commission. If you cannot work up any enthusiasm about the product then your visitors will probably feel the same way.
2. Name that Host
Pick an appropriate domain name and title for your website. Do some keyword research using Overture. Now the tendency is to pick the keywords with the highest search results. Avoid this, particularly if you are just launching your affiliate site. High search volume means more competition.
For instance according to the latest Overture results, online dating is searched for 322,178 times per month. But the keyword web dating has only 6,135 searches per month. That means a lot less competition while still having the potential to draw steady web traffic to your affiliate site that can make you a nice profit.
As for your webhost, the requirements should be space (depending on how many affiliate sites you want), customer support, very little downtime and the extension; com, org, net or ws. Get a dotcom if possible. Since it is the most prominent, search engines tend to give dotcom more weight although some marketers are reporting equally good results using dotorg.
3. The Content Easy Site
This is what your affiliate site is all about. Not just a sales page but a content rich site that is easy to navigate. As you learn more about building affiliate sites you can add flash and other media but even then your number one priority will remain site content.
There is plenty of free software that will help you build web pages so you do not have to be an expert. Just start out with a basic design that has clearly readable text and an image of the product or service you are offering. The important thing is to fill your website or blog with tips, articles and news about your niche or related topics. Write as much of your own content as possible (however there is plenty of free information online you can use) and update your site on a regular basis. Turn your affiliate web pages into an authority site.
Make sure when you do build your affiliate site, you have a way to capture your visitors name and contact information. Offer a free ebook or instructional video to entice people. Also give them a promise that you will not spam them or sell their contact information to a third party. Build trust so people will be open to any future offers you may present to them.
No one can guarantee that just by creating your own affiliate site you will be successful. But you can go along way in separating yourself from the pack and exploding your affiliate business by getting your own website now.
Daryl Campbell is an online business owner and affiliate marketer. Get more free information including tips, articles, step by step video coaching and up to the minute news to help you grow your internet business the right way. Check it out now at Internet Marketing Guide
• Blog ‘s Recipe: Create a Conversation
As The Blog Squadtm, we hear this complaint from entrepreneurs who start blogging: "Why isn't my blog working for my business?" As part of our "blog crisis prevention" program, we have reviewed hundreds of business blogs and can spot common errors immediately.
Blogs that work well for attracting new clients have these key elements:
1. A great blog name
2. A tag line or blog purpose statement
3. An easy way to get automatic blog updates
4. A list of categories
5. A list of recent posts and recent comments
6. Links to useful websites, products and services
7. Frequent posts with links relevant to the blog's purpose
8. An easy way for readers to have a conversation with the authorIngredient
8: Create a Conversation
Many blog authors deliver information as if through a megaphone, it's all going out and nothing coming in. They forget blogging has the capacity to involve readers;it's about having a conversation. They forget to ask readers to comment and participate in a conversation.
Blog authors who keep the reader in mind are taking full advantage of their blog's power. I've seen blog authors who always end their posts by asking readers for their input. But most forget this and leave the post without any attention at all to their readers.
This is a big mistake. It may seem like not many people are reading your posts because it's estimated that only about 1% of readers will comment and actively participate. That is why it is so important to drive traffic to your blog and build up the numbers of readers. Until you get to that tipping point, you might not get many comments. Just keep asking readers to comment anyway.
The other big mistake we often see on blogs is putting up hurdles to leaving comments. If your blogging software requires people to register and get a password, well, a lot of people can't be bothered. It's one more step, then they forget their password, and the urge to comment goes away quickly.
A common concern is about comment spam. You can set up your blog to moderate comments, but know that when you do, you are putting up a barrier. In the early stages of your blog, you probably won't get spam so don't moderate if you can help it.
Only use the moderation feature if you start getting a lot of inappropriate comments and spam. However, spam can be quickly eliminated because the software can alert you a comment has been posted. You can quickly and easily delete it.
Alternatively you can put up a "captcha" requirement which cuts down on the automated bots that leave spam. This is not a bad solution, but only use it if you are getting several spam comment a day.
You want to encourage conversation. You don't want to do anything that will discourage readers from leaving a comment.
When someone takes the time to leave a comment, reward them. You'll get an email notification when someone leaves a comment. I always send a personal email to thank them for participating. If their comment is significant, I'll tell them I'll post a response to it over on the comments section of the blog.
For more leading edge Internet Marketing tips subscribe to The Blog Squad's ezine Savvy eBiz Tips at www.savvyebiztips.com . To learn about using social media tools like blogs, go to www.buildabetterblog.com . Denise Wakeman & Patsi Krakoff are The Blog Squad and can be found online at www.blogsquad.biz
Blogs that work well for attracting new clients have these key elements:
1. A great blog name
2. A tag line or blog purpose statement
3. An easy way to get automatic blog updates
4. A list of categories
5. A list of recent posts and recent comments
6. Links to useful websites, products and services
7. Frequent posts with links relevant to the blog's purpose
8. An easy way for readers to have a conversation with the authorIngredient
8: Create a Conversation
Many blog authors deliver information as if through a megaphone, it's all going out and nothing coming in. They forget blogging has the capacity to involve readers;it's about having a conversation. They forget to ask readers to comment and participate in a conversation.
Blog authors who keep the reader in mind are taking full advantage of their blog's power. I've seen blog authors who always end their posts by asking readers for their input. But most forget this and leave the post without any attention at all to their readers.
This is a big mistake. It may seem like not many people are reading your posts because it's estimated that only about 1% of readers will comment and actively participate. That is why it is so important to drive traffic to your blog and build up the numbers of readers. Until you get to that tipping point, you might not get many comments. Just keep asking readers to comment anyway.
The other big mistake we often see on blogs is putting up hurdles to leaving comments. If your blogging software requires people to register and get a password, well, a lot of people can't be bothered. It's one more step, then they forget their password, and the urge to comment goes away quickly.
A common concern is about comment spam. You can set up your blog to moderate comments, but know that when you do, you are putting up a barrier. In the early stages of your blog, you probably won't get spam so don't moderate if you can help it.
Only use the moderation feature if you start getting a lot of inappropriate comments and spam. However, spam can be quickly eliminated because the software can alert you a comment has been posted. You can quickly and easily delete it.
Alternatively you can put up a "captcha" requirement which cuts down on the automated bots that leave spam. This is not a bad solution, but only use it if you are getting several spam comment a day.
You want to encourage conversation. You don't want to do anything that will discourage readers from leaving a comment.
When someone takes the time to leave a comment, reward them. You'll get an email notification when someone leaves a comment. I always send a personal email to thank them for participating. If their comment is significant, I'll tell them I'll post a response to it over on the comments section of the blog.
For more leading edge Internet Marketing tips subscribe to The Blog Squad's ezine Savvy eBiz Tips at www.savvyebiztips.com . To learn about using social media tools like blogs, go to www.buildabetterblog.com . Denise Wakeman & Patsi Krakoff are The Blog Squad and can be found online at www.blogsquad.biz
• Blog ‘s Recipe: Frequent posts
As The Blog Squadtm, we hear this complaint from entrepreneurs who start blogging: "Why isn't my blog working for my business?" As part of our "blog crisis prevention" program, we have reviewed hundreds of business blogs and can spot common errors immediately.
Blogs that work well for attracting new clients have these key elements:
1. A great blog name .
2. A tag line or blog purpose statement .
3. An easy way to get automatic blog updates .
4. A list of categories .
5. A list of recent posts and recent comments .
6. Links to useful websites, products and services .
7. Frequent posts with links relevant to the blog's purpose .
8. An easy way for readers to have a conversation with the author .
Ingredient 7: Post Frequently and Stay On Purpose
The best way to drive traffic to your blog is to post frequently, at least 2-3 times a week. The more you post, the more traffic you attract. We've experimented with this and found when we post everyday, the number of visitors goes up dramatically.
Where do you find enough stuff to write about? You may need to read other blogs to find sources and ideas for blog posts. Be sure to use blog search directories like www.Technorati.com, and www.blogsearch.google.com to find relevant blogs in your field. If you are posting 2-3 days a week, use the other days to search for good content on other blogs.
Sign up for Google Alerts ( http://www.google.com/alerts ) to get daily emails with blog posts related to targeted keywords. Not only will you know what's going on in your niche, you'll get tons of ideas for blog posts.
When you find good stuff on someone else's blog, make sure you refer to it in your own blog posts, and leave comments on those blogs. This helps you get known in the Blogosphere, establishes your reputation as an expert and builds your credibility. It's also a good way to build traffic to your blog.
While it's important to share information and educate your readers, always write with the readers' best interests in mind. Make your blog posts benefit oriented. Besides relaying information, add your perspective and tell readers why this is important to them. Then ask for their opinions.
Be careful of the "ho-hum" factor. Too much bland information can get boring, unless you add some feeling to it. Connect with the passion you have for your business and communicate your emotions. Remember the old maxim, people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
Don't be afraid to disagree with others. A good conversation requires different perspectives. Of course, always be respectful. Once you leave a comment on another blog, be sure to blog about it on your own blog.
Be clear about what you want your blog to do for your business: clarity will help guide you in selecting topics and linking strategies. Yet many new bloggers skip this step and just start writing. You will have an advantage over your competitors' blogs if you know why you are writing on your blog, and what you want readers to do. Do you want to educate them, do you want to build credibility and trust and a relationship with them?
Be sure to stay on target. Telling personal stories is a great way to build relationships with readers, but only if there is a point to it, something that the reader can take away. Beware of sharing personal details of your life, your kids, or your pets that may only be of interest to you.
On the other hand, revealing some details about yourself will allow readers to see you as an authentic human being, rather than as an automaton only interested in making a sale.
For more leading edge Internet Marketing tips subscribe to The Blog Squad's ezine Savvy eBiz Tips at http://www.savvyebiztips.com/ . To learn about using social media tools like blogs, go to http://www.buildabetterblog.com/ . Denise Wakeman ' Patsi Krakoff are The Blog Squad and can be found online at http://www.blogsquad.biz/
Blogs that work well for attracting new clients have these key elements:
1. A great blog name .
2. A tag line or blog purpose statement .
3. An easy way to get automatic blog updates .
4. A list of categories .
5. A list of recent posts and recent comments .
6. Links to useful websites, products and services .
7. Frequent posts with links relevant to the blog's purpose .
8. An easy way for readers to have a conversation with the author .
Ingredient 7: Post Frequently and Stay On Purpose
The best way to drive traffic to your blog is to post frequently, at least 2-3 times a week. The more you post, the more traffic you attract. We've experimented with this and found when we post everyday, the number of visitors goes up dramatically.
Where do you find enough stuff to write about? You may need to read other blogs to find sources and ideas for blog posts. Be sure to use blog search directories like www.Technorati.com, and www.blogsearch.google.com to find relevant blogs in your field. If you are posting 2-3 days a week, use the other days to search for good content on other blogs.
Sign up for Google Alerts ( http://www.google.com/alerts ) to get daily emails with blog posts related to targeted keywords. Not only will you know what's going on in your niche, you'll get tons of ideas for blog posts.
When you find good stuff on someone else's blog, make sure you refer to it in your own blog posts, and leave comments on those blogs. This helps you get known in the Blogosphere, establishes your reputation as an expert and builds your credibility. It's also a good way to build traffic to your blog.
While it's important to share information and educate your readers, always write with the readers' best interests in mind. Make your blog posts benefit oriented. Besides relaying information, add your perspective and tell readers why this is important to them. Then ask for their opinions.
Be careful of the "ho-hum" factor. Too much bland information can get boring, unless you add some feeling to it. Connect with the passion you have for your business and communicate your emotions. Remember the old maxim, people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
Don't be afraid to disagree with others. A good conversation requires different perspectives. Of course, always be respectful. Once you leave a comment on another blog, be sure to blog about it on your own blog.
Be clear about what you want your blog to do for your business: clarity will help guide you in selecting topics and linking strategies. Yet many new bloggers skip this step and just start writing. You will have an advantage over your competitors' blogs if you know why you are writing on your blog, and what you want readers to do. Do you want to educate them, do you want to build credibility and trust and a relationship with them?
Be sure to stay on target. Telling personal stories is a great way to build relationships with readers, but only if there is a point to it, something that the reader can take away. Beware of sharing personal details of your life, your kids, or your pets that may only be of interest to you.
On the other hand, revealing some details about yourself will allow readers to see you as an authentic human being, rather than as an automaton only interested in making a sale.
For more leading edge Internet Marketing tips subscribe to The Blog Squad's ezine Savvy eBiz Tips at http://www.savvyebiztips.com/ . To learn about using social media tools like blogs, go to http://www.buildabetterblog.com/ . Denise Wakeman ' Patsi Krakoff are The Blog Squad and can be found online at http://www.blogsquad.biz/
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