I'm going to shift focus a bit more now on reading more about affiliate marketing and on-line business ideas - ways to make money virtually.
Yes, I have established so far that I need good content etc to optimize my site and make it's Search Engine Optimization (SEO) better to get more hits. But that has been causing me nightmares.
So, before I get completely discouraged with all of the traffic, high-ranking, SEO tips, I'm going to focus on how money will be generated.
One of the top hits on google for online business is:
http://www.ahbbo.com/
A Home-Based Business Online Practical Business Ideas, Opportunities and Strategies for the Home-Based Entrepreneur.
Topics include:
A Business Matchmaker to find a business right for you:
Ebay Selling:
Affiliate Programs:
Good Affiliate Programs:
In General:
Credit Card Companies
I'm already a member of commission junction- or http://www.cj.com/
That is like a clearinghouse to all affiliate programs.
Ok. I just signed up for a bunch of affiliate programs in my category of marketing, advertising, business etc.
But, signing up to get affiliates is really not all it is...
I just signed up to put some businesses/affiliate ads on this blog, but then you need to put it up with the HTML code stuff.
HTML
I'm going to first sign up with lots of programs ... then I will do the HTML is one day ... because I keep forgetting how to do it so I figured I'll be in the swing of it and do it a bunch together, instead of re-learning each time. I'll follow the directions step-by-step that they give me at that point.
Apparently companies need affiliates ...
Here are some of the BIG brand-name companies that use affiliate programs to promote their products online:
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Revenue Magazine - is a supposedly the only magazine for the affiliate marketing industry.
Affiliate Marketing Conferences -
They say it's good to dip your feet into internet business with affiliate marketing - but it's until you get your own product or good to sell for yourself. Because you only get a commission, not the lion's share of the profit.
There are affiliate programs that offer "lifetime commissions" - the website records that person as coming as a lead from your site and gives you commission on every subsequent purchase.
Traffic To Your Site:
You will need at least 500 targeted unique visitors a day to your site to make reasonable money from affiliate programs. Yikes!!!!
This is advice I read in an article from:
Elena Fawkner
Affiliate Programs ... A Not THAT Easy Start to Your Own Online Business
The only way of making SERIOUS money from affiliate programs is by creating your own product or service and recruiting affiliates to sell for YOU. The real beauty of affiliate programs lies not in what they can do for you, as an affiliate, but what they can do for you, as a recruiter of affiliates for your own program.
Promoting other people's products is ok to start. Don't wait too long to start developing your own product line. There is a ready-made salesforce numbering in the millions ready and waiting to sell it.
Today I:
1) Signed up with http://www.cj.com/
2) Signed up with http://www.linkshare.com/ as well... Another affiliate marketing on-line chearinghouse - link exchange.
3) Added my website URL to my gmail signature.
4) I added a search bar in my blog to search for keywords within my blog.
Next time I am back I plan to (G-d willing- either Sat nite or Sun nite) :
1) Install the affiliate HTML from http://www.cj.com/ onto my blog.
2) Install the affiliate HTML from http://www.linkshare.com/ onto my blog. (RE-TRY SIGN-UP w programs)
3) Google Adwords.
4) Learn about services like PayPerPost.Com, that pay for promotional blogposts. I can do the same thing, cutting the middleman out.
5) Check out famous blogs on Affiliate Marketing.
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