Category: Build on the Basics

SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. When it comes to affiliate marketing, search engine optimization has probably been written about more than any other topic. For some affiliate marketers, SEO has almost reached the status of the holy grail of success. This is because the success of your affiliate marketing business largely depends on the…

Often you may hear people say that having a website is expensive. This is no longer true. You can register your desired domain name for $10 to $14 per year. Low-cost hosting that can serve you well in the beginning of your affiliate marketing career starts at $3.95 per month. Some may respond by saying…

Perhaps you are not active on any social media platform and therefore have no followers. How do you use social media platforms? You can still do it, but it will take a little more time and effort. Find groups that speak to the same target market you want to target. Use the search function of…

Are you active on social media now? Do your friends and family follow? You don’t have to be a celebrity with millions of followers (although celebrities do affiliate marketing). You can start your affiliate marketing efforts right where you are with your followers. You might not think of what you’re doing right now as starting…

Setting up a website for your affiliate marketing business requires some money, time and expertise. So the prospect of starting your business without a website and its burdens is really attractive to new affiliate marketers. But can you do it? Can You Do Affiliate Marketing Without A Website? In the following sections, we explain how…

Can you do affiliate marketing without a website by using social sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and others? Indeed. In this chapter we explore the pros and cons of affiliate marketing without a website, and we explain affiliate marketing strategies for different social media platforms. Whatever promotion method you choose — with or without a website,…

A seasonal location does not necessarily mean seasons of the year. Instead it refers to niches that have a large fluctuation in search volume that is repeatable. One of my (author Ted’s) mentors in affiliate marketing loved to promote the holidays. He was especially excited about Halloween. Not only was he personally excited about Halloween,…

When it comes to niche marketing, what you’re looking for in market size is the “Goldilocks” zone. You don’t want a market that is so big that it attracts too much competition and corporate heavyweights who are willing to spend big to get the top position. Nor do you want a market that’s so small…

To find your niche, you use many of the same strategies. You analyze things a little differently. You use some of the same tools because you’re looking at the same metrics, such as market size, searches, competition, and SEO factors. The Internet tools we describe in this chapter that you can get or buy won’t…

Niche marketing is actually the combined Siamese triplets of niche market, niche product, and niche audience. You can’t really choose the products you’re going to market unless you know the niche you’re going to address. You can’t really choose a niche market unless you know there are specific products you can promote profitably. Of course,…