Affiliate Marketing - A Blueprint For Your Pending Success

Affiliate marketing is without doubt one of the easiest ways to make money online today. In this article I will show you why, and give you a blueprint for succeeding in affiliate marketing and show you the best affiliate networks to sign up for. Make sure you read every word of this article so you can get on your road to affiliate success.

1 - Which Affiliate Network To Choose

There are 2 main types of affiliate networks. Ones that pay commission based on a sale, and ones that pay commission based on an acquisition (lead submission).

Without doubt the best affiliate network which pays commission based on a sale is the Clickbank Network. You can sign up for free in 5 minutes, and are provided with the most detailed analysis and performance of the products themselves. There is a massive variety of different niches, so you will have little trouble finding something to promote.

Commission Junction is another great affiliate network which pays both commission based on sale and on acquisition. Again there is a great variety of different products to promote - there is just less statistical information provided on performance of products. ClickBooth is the leading commission based on acquisition network. The sign up process is a bit more drawn out, but the potential rewards are well worth it.

2 - Choosing Products To Promote

The key to choosing products to promote on an affiliate network all comes down to keyword research. What you want to do is firstly isolate some products/niches that you are interested in and/or have some knowledge about.
Next you need to isolate the core keywords which people are searching for in relation to the product you are promoting - this can easily be done using the Google Keyword Suggestion tool. What you are looking for are keywords terms which have high search volume and low competition.

3 - Create Your Affiliate Review Site

Once you know the keywords people are searching you should start creating your affiliate marketing review site. This is basically a 1 page site or blog which reviews the affiliate product you are promoting. Make sure you include a compelling headline to grab visitor's attention, and show the visitors reasons for why they need the product you are promoting. Make sure to include your affiliate links. At the minimum you should also set up an autoresponder on the site which offers a free report on the niche. This will allow you to grab more leads, and have the opportunity to sell your affiliate product in your follow up messages

4 - Create A PPC Campaign Based Solely On Product Related Keywords

PPC certainly plays a big role in affiliate marketing. There is however a steep learning curve - and you really want to know what you are doing before you get involved. I advise if you are new to affiliate marketing and PPC to avoid bidding on any terms other than those related to the product to start with. I wouldn't bother with any other network other than Google - this is a topic in itself and I will be writing more articles on this in the future.

5 - Create Content Based On Keyword Research

The next part of this affiliate marketing blueprint is to generate content based on the keyword research you completed earlier. Again the first thing is to focus your content solely on the product name - you could write a review article or press release and submit it to the best sites. There are also some really powerful content sharing sites such as Squidoo and Hubpages which are ideal places to submit review style articles. Once you have created your content you should bookmark it with social networking sites such as Digg and delicious

6 - Track & Refine

You should definitely set up Google Analytics on your affiliate marketing review sites. This will allow you to clearly see which keyword search terms are driving traffic- and which terms are causing people to leave your site (bounce). This is powerful information and will allow you to refine your landing page. Further to this Clickbank allows you to insert what is called a tracking id - you can input this into various tracking programs and give yourself the ability to track which keywords lead to sales. This is the holy grail of affiliate marketing - and ultimately ensuring you optimise your campaigns for maximum profits.

Conclusion

Affiliate marketing is the easiest way to make money online as it requires the least upfront work and ongoing work to be profitable. You won't need to provide much if any customer support and you don't need to chase anyone for payments - the affiliate networks manage all this for you. Hopefully this article has given you a plan to get started making money with affiliate marketing.

Michael Mathieson is an internet marketing entrepreneur with over 5 years experience. He can show you genuine methods to make money online including: AdSense, affiliate marketing, SEO, PPC, driving free web traffic and more.
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