Affiliate Handbook
How to Prevent Commission Theft
I used to lose a fairly hefty amount of my sales commissions to affiliate link hijacking. How do I know it's a 'hefty' amount Well, ANY money that is stolen from me qualifies as 'hefty'. There are two types of commission thieves, consumers and other affiliates. Consumers steal affiliate commissions by removing an affiliate's ID from the URL prior to clicking through to the site. It baffles (and cheeses) me that consumers would deprive the affiliate of their rightful commission. As it costs them...
Write Ezine Articles
If you don't have much money to spend advertising your online business, writing ezine articles is one of the most effective and least costly way to attract visitors to your site. More people are using the Internet everyday to find information. To satisfy this growing quest, ezine owners who don't have time to write their own material are always looking for fresh articles to publish in their newsletters. You may be cringing at the idea of writing articles, or writing - period.
Affiliate Program Directories
Affiliate Program Directories are Web sites that contain lists of links to affiliate programs that have been compiled and organized by various webmasters. They usually categorize the listed programs by type of products sold (e.g. educational, business, etc.) and include brief summaries of each program with sufficient information to allow directory users to choose which programs they would like to join. Some also provide program ratings as supplied by program users. Affiliate program directories...
Top 200 Searches in 60 Days
The Top 200 Long-Term Keyword Report Wordtracker's current database size is 335,789,918 search terms which represents the complete queries from the largest Metacrawlers on the web (Metacrawler Dogpile etc ) for the last 60 days (2 months). Surprised Get any ideas It would be almost impossible NOT to get ideas from those incredible lists. Unfortunately, by the time you read the 'Super Affiliate Handbook', the 24-hour and 60-day Reports above will no longer be completely accurate. It's therefore...
Debunking the 6 Biggest Internet Marketing Myths
In every myth there is an element of truth. Read the sections below to discover the grain of truth in all of these Internet marketing myths. Nothing worth doing in life or in business is ever 'easy'. Internet marketing takes time and effort, and anyone who suggests otherwise is selling fluff. Having said that, relative to building a brick and mortar business, starting an Internet marketing business IS comparatively 'easy'. With an affiliate marketing business there's no inventory to carry, no...
Does the Program Pay Lifetime Commissions
I make a distinction between 'recurring' or 'residual' commissions, and 'lifetime' commissions. An affiliate program paying residual commissions pays you every time the customer renews their subscription to a specific product, not just for the first purchase. An affiliate program paying lifetime commissions pays the affiliate a commission for each and every product that the customer buys from that merchant, including residual commissions, if applicable. For example, let's say that you are...
Keyword Research Tools
Keyword research serves two purposes. The first is to develop a list of keywords and phrases relevant to your topic. These keywords are used to compose the meta tags and text within your pages, and will therefore act as 'magnets' to attract the search engines. Another benefit of thorough keyword research, is the ability to assess demand for products and services on the Net. Certain tools allow us to see exactly how many times surfers enter a particular phrase or keyword over a period of time....
Google AdWords
The fastest way to get exposure online is by advertising with Google Adwords. Ads start running within minutes after you submit your billing information. With more than 150 million searches on Google each day and millions more on Google's partner sites, Google is the 1 search engine used by surfers, and more importantly - online shoppers. With that much market reach, you'd do well to take advantage of one of Google's two advertising options, Google AdWords. (The other option is Google's Premium...
Quiz Are YOU an Entrepreneur
This is a quiz to determine whether or not you might become a successful entrepreneur. True home-based entrepreneurs would put a check mark beside most of the statements below. Determine whether each statement describing a successful home business owner also describes YOU I have a strong desire to be successful in my own home-based business. 1 enjoy planning for my future, and working to make it happen. I regularly review my priorities. I continue to work toward long-term goals despite...