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There are plenty of places where we can learn about an affiliate marketing business, but there aren’t many places where you can find someone to do some of the hardest work for you. Well, I may not have found that elusive source of free labor, but I know that I have unearthed what is probably nearly as good.
I do affiliate marketing, although I also sell my own information products and physical products. My online business is made up of a number of traditional sites and blogs. I rely quite heavily on search engine optimization (SEO) to secure traffic, but that is a long term strategy. In some cases, I have used PPC for affiliate products with success, but more often I am lucky to break even.
So, for me, as for all Internet marketers, traffic is a very challenging part of my business. Especially difficult are those times when I have to pass on a new affiliate opportunity because none of my websites are optimized to bring in targeted traffic for the product, so I face the age old question: How do I send my traffic to the vendor’s site?
My approach to directing traffic to the vendor’s site is just like many other affiliate marketers, I take them first to my own site, where I ply my skills of subtle persuasion. Then I just hope that I have been sufficiently convincing to get them to click the link that directs them to the vendor’s site so that I have some small chance of earning my commission. I would like to make that process a bit less involved and take the prospects to the vendors a little more efficiently.
I use content syndication for all of my sites. While I get some traffic directly from the articles, my primary reason for article marketing is its SEO value, which is considerable. There are two major problems with the traditional approach to article marketing, especially for the affiliate marketer. The first of those problems is that the top tier directories that publish and distribute articles do not allow links within the body of the article, contextual linking. Instead the links stand alone in a section that they call the author’s resource box, but which screams, “Commercial!” to our readers. Second, the major article directories do not allow affiliate links or even links to redirected pages or domains.
Finally, there is an article distribution service that solves those two problems and allows direct linking using our affiliate links which can be placed contextually within the article. It’s called My Article Network–and, yes, once you are a member, you can join its affiliate program.
My Article Network is something of a cooperative that brings site owners (publishers) together with article marketers. (That link will let you know what I have to say about it on one of my sites.)
Since I am writing for affiliate marketers, I’ll cut short the presell message and let sales page of My Article Network speak for itself. I’ve been using it for less than two months, and I am a complete convert to the system. In fact, I even set up four new niche blogs to make use of the free content that my colleagues provide. {(Go ahead. Click the link, you know you want to.)(Do it! You know you want to click the link. Come on…don’t you think I deserve it?}
Whether you are an experienced affiliate marketer or entirely new to affiliate marketing, anything that will increase your traffic and income is attractive. I recommend two resources that will meet those objectives, and, if used properly, they should do far more than cover your costs for them.
MyArticleNetwork is an article syndicate membership service that distributes your niche marketing articles directly to related blogs which are hungry for content. Within reason, you can set a limit to the number of versions of a spun article that you would like distributed.
The Affiliate Classroom 2, Anik Singal’s flagship affiliate learning resource, is ready to take on new members who want a university quality education in our field. Members of the previous version reported increases in their business ranging from 11% to 40%. I don’t know about you, but even at the low end, I’d be happy to increase my income by eleven percent any day! Furthermore, three quarters of the members of the older version reported that they needed no other affiliate marketing resource for assistance or education. Just think about all the savings in that one statistic.
Both of these programs offer affiliate programs. I neither instance can you use your own affiliate link for your own purchase of the product. Indeed, in the case of the article distribution service, you must become a member before you qualify for the affiliate program. Both offer two tier systems, encouraging all of us to seek high quality traffic of affiliate marketers who will also be good spokespeople for the membership products. And the fact that buyers will not be able to substitute their own links for that of our own links makes these affiliate programs especially attractive.
I have previously published overview of MyArticleNetwork, in a different article. Here I want to share with you one of the techniques that I employ to make sure that my small membership fee doesn’t have to be covered from other revenue sources.
Not long ago I wrote a review of two products for which I am an affiliate. I prepared that article for the built-in spinner and entered it into the system. While I usually drive traffic (and SEO links) to my own sites, in that article I used direct affiliate links. That article is very early in its paced distribution cycle and the earnings that it has generated have already covered my membership fee. It still will be published on 200% more websites. Plus, those articles will be out there for a long time, reaching new readers. There is no way to estimate how much that single spun article that I wrote just a few days ago will eventually earn me.
Both of these memberships will help me build my business for the long term, but the best news for me is that I can make them pay for themselves.
Many people have taken the big career step, quit their day jobs and started a home based business. Its a great career. Success happens in time. Success takes time. But a home-based business opportunity can be a great career choice.
Follow the success of others. You can grow your business. Focus on your market. Limit your products. Begin with one thing. Now is the time. Begin with a profitable niche market. Start small and succeed.
Promotion is the life of your business. Your business will survive with online promotion. Pay per action can prove profitable. You must understand this well type of promotion. Lots of people lose money with pay per click advertising.
Know your own market. When you understand that you can begin to build up credibility. People will begin to trust you and what you offer. Buyers need to trust you. Build your business and your sales.
Add new sources of income. Monetize your online efforts. You can join several affiliate programs to increase your market reach. Seek a diverse business.
Watch your market. Make changes when needed. Seek new opportunities when investigating product reviews. If you are willing to make changes as needed you should have more success.
Just keep moving forward. You can always count on problems arising. We are not undone by products or lack of ideas.Don’t give up too soon. Don’t be impatient. Be determined to succeed. You need to promote your business everyday. You can see the proof.
Be your own boss. You might choose to pursue a network marketing business or a internet marketing business. You can’t be lazy in affiliate marketing. You build it like any other business. Keep your focus to succeed.Hard work can help achieve success in a home-based business. Your business would benefit if you used My Article Network to promote your business through article marketing.