How To Make Money Using Affilate Marketing
In this article, I'll show you how to make your first dollar online in three simple steps (probably more). It's not difficult, and you could start making money in a matter of days.
STEP ONE
First and foremost, decide what market you want to serve and conduct research to determine whether or not this market is profitable. I skipped right over this step when I first started and tried to sell the first affiliate product I could find. That was a huge blunder. It took up a lot of my time and money. Now, researching "niches" is a science, and it takes some trial and error to really figure out what people are looking for, but if you Google "keyword research," you'll find plenty of resources.
Hint: Keywords are what the market uses to find what it's looking for; researching keywords will help you figure out what the general public is looking for.
STEP TWO
After you've done your research and decided which market you want to target, the next step is to find a product that meets their needs. For example, if you want to serve people who are interested in computer repair, you could go to http://www.clickbank.com, sign up for a free account, and search through thousands of affiliate products for one that fits your market.
As you browse through the various products, you may notice that they all include a "pitch page." This is a website page created by the company or individual who created the product to sell it. Clickbank will walk you through setting up your own "id" for that site, so that anyone who purchases the product through "your" site will pay you a commission. With the site address in hand, you can begin marketing your affiliates' website. This brings us to the third step.
STEP THREE
In this much simplified tutorial, the final step is to start getting your product in front of the market it serves...in our case, those looking for information on computer repair. So, let's say you've created a webpage that promotes an ebook called "The 10 Most Common Computer Glitches And How To Repair Them." Google Adwords is the quickest way to get targeted traffic to your website. This is a paid advertising method that allows you to capture your target market's attention when they search for a specific topic and provide them with relevant information.
Now, because AdWords is an art in and of itself, you'd be wise to seek out information that will teach you how to use it effectively, but that's a topic for another article. Keep an eye on your stats and keep looking for those sales once your ad is live.
So there you have it, three simple steps to get you on the right track. These steps have now been simplified, and each one deserves its own course, if not an entire article, but I believe in beginning with the abstract and working my way to the concrete. Hopefully, this article provided you with a quick overview of the basic steps required to make money online using one method.
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