Affiliate Marketing Starting With A Plan - Part 1 of 2.

Affiliate Marketing is the hottest developing industry on the Net now. Revenue made by this channel runs into thousands of millions of dollars annually. A lot of people get involved in it without a solid business plan (failiure to plan is planning for failure). So, thousands want to earn additional income using affiliate marketing, but not having a real base plan, which is the most crucial aspect for being successful at affiliate marketing. Not having a plan is the downfall of many affiliates. Do you really want to be one of the tensofthousands who try? Or one of the hundreds that do?

Don't uphold any misconceptions, though affiliate marketing is an easy, personally and financially satisfying way or earning an extra income, it IS work, and just like any other job that requires effort, perseverance, and above all, a clear line of sight and plan of action from start to finish line.

Small things like setting up your home office properly, getting up to date on know-how, setting achievable goals, making people connections, and investment in your business will ensure that you are one-up on your competition, and also make sure that you firmly stand over them.

Home Office Setup

The most important step to take before becoming an affiliate marketer is to set up your base - little home office you’ve always wanted.

You can find many resources on the internet about ergonomic design. Ergonomic because anyone intending to spend a major amount of time working on their computers need space which promotes good posture at the same time takes care of safety issues involving their office workspace.

The key thing is turn off the TV, hole yourself away from distractions, turn on your answer machine as you don't want your 2 hours of time to pass chatting to your great aunt Clara.

Learning the Trade

Nobody gets into work untrained. Even when you applied for your first job, you had made sure that you are qualified and can do justice to it. Putting in a nutshell, no one hires you for giving you a free extra income without basic training.

What you need then, is to get some training on how to become a professional affiliate marketer. You can start by finding another one and check what they can do to help you. Learn through forums, subscribe to blogs like this one. also check out the key ebooks like this one.

Set Realistic Goals

The major problem that plagues most affiliate marketers is that they tend to set themselves unrealistic goals by being over confident about their skills and plans. This results in becoming disenchanted very quickly due to non attainment of goals. Being realistic removes a lot of pain in this context. For example a goal of $5,000 a month realistically attainable, but a first time affiliate marketer is not likely to attain it when starting up. Look to start with a slow burn, it may take a couple of months to make your first commissions, but persist. Re invest your knowledge and learn by your mistakes. (part 2 next week, subscribe to catch it)

Monkey See Monkey Do!

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Claim: over $30,000 a month
Cost: $77 one off fee.

When something like this comes along I am usually tempted to buy it just to look in side and see what they really offer, as opposed to the "make money or your money back" claims that are followed by endless screenshots of clickbank reports packed with loads of dollars.

This product is actually software, and seems to do the job, just seed with a keyword and it will generate ads links etc for you. There seems to be very little to do accept to stump up the cash.

Hopefully get results for a later blog post


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What Is Google Shadow? Review

Google Shadow is another Clickbank / Google strategy aiming at making you loads of money!

Claims to generate profits of
$20,434 in a day and $44,453 in a week.
It is a automated system apparently that marries google with clickbank and amazon.

I believe that the claims are realistic, but it is not as easy as one would make out. It would require work and some significant money / personal cash injection over the $77 dollar subscription.

Like a lot of things this is a new business venture, not to be seen as a get rich quick scheme.

If you cannot afford the $77 a month - or indeed the hundreds of dollars/pounds you would have to spend on google ad words each month you might be interested in looking at the old staple of the master affiliate guide(version here has been revised with and extra resources for the UK. Available for instant download for under $2 - or if you like your information for free, subscribe to this blog via email to get top tips and more money saving reviews

Affiliate marketing Starting With A Plan - Part 2 of 2.

Last time we said that $5,000 dollars a month may be a little of a pipe dream for the short term goal (mid term is fine). Starting with a smaller objective like $100 to $1000 affiliate profit a month, at the same time remember that the affiliate marketing business can bee a steep learning curve, so keep on the ball and up to date.

The 'realistic' numbers above may seem small, but it is achievable and affiliate marketing being a continuous learning process. Keep goals achievable otherwise it is very easy to get dis heartened.

Remember, you are also learning how to do things successfully at the same time. Give it some lead time and you could substantially increase your extra income using affiliate marketing.

Revise your goals often, maybe every other week. Remember that these goals ought aim for one greater single goal that you want to achieve in terms of success or in terms of amount of money in your pocket. Write them down on paper and make sure they are in visible from your desk at all times. This will help focus you towards your goals.

The next step would be the most important in your career as an affiliate marketer to earn extra income. Go out of your way and into the field to make connections and contacts with relevant and useful people in the affiliate marketing industry.

Forums and Blogs

Read other forums, this and other affiliate marketing blogs and most importantly CONTRIBUTE. A constant 2 way stream of information is shared helping each other. Learn from each others mistakes.

Getting out there to help people would be a better attitude to take rather than just looking for business, since this field of marketing works on a principle which says “Help yourself by helping others.” This is a better philosophy to follow in the long run to make long lasting friends and building a business that gives long lasting extra income. People out there will certainly help you when you are willing to help and extend the hand first.

If you can try and relate to these people, which I am sure you can, since you will be sharing the same objectives as they do in the long run of generating a good extra income, will relieve a great deal of work stress and as a result you will be able to perform better.

The moment you invest a little money in someone else’s business, you cannot be ignored. They will take you seriously and you will shine… all the time making that extra income!

Resurrecting this blog!

After 3 years of starting this blog I am bringing it back from the dead. With the current climate there is the temptations to venture into these get rich quick schemes and systems and people can lose a LOT of money attempting these. Many of which require investment past in initial $97 or whatever cover price of the product.

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I will be reviewing a number of products here and will be posting my long term findings. If you find a scheme or system please do let us know and we will review it. (best way is to comment on this post.

Before I go any further I am setting forth the GOLDEN RULE.

ALWAYS SET A BUDGET, AND STICK TO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is easy to let those adwords campaigns run on that little bit longer, or buy those few extra links, or think that getting a professional in will revamp your website and boost your sales.
NO, Don't Do It.

The whole idea of these systems is that the everyday Joe can put in the effort and minimum investment (a couple of hundred dollars) and actually start making a very good return on their time and profit. Always be wary of your pocket.

If you want some stuff to try for less than $2, check out this ebook, fantastic and a very good start / introduction to the world of affiliate marketing, and with this book you can start affiliate marketing with blogger blogs and other free access social media sites.

I will just say that most of these systems involve one of three things (or combinations)
Affiliate Marketing
Information Product Creation or resell
or
Forex

The first 2 are very low overhead if done correctly, the third is high profit and very high risk. You can try forex for free here and if you discover you have a flare for it you can decide whether it is worth you stumping up some money.

Affiliate Marketing: Profit with Articles

If you can either write articles or have the promotion and marketing knowledge to publicize articles that others write, becoming an affiliate for several companies may be a great way for you to generate a good income right from your own home. You can do this by receiving part of the revenue off of sales that the company gets from people who “click through” from your website via the company’s links that are placed on your pages.

Since you will be promoting a product or service, you will need a killer sales pitch and website content to get your readers interested in the product, convince them that they cannot live without the product, and to keep them coming back to your website time and time again for more recommendations and your useful content, which will get them clicking on your links once again. Although many affiliate companies only give you money off of the first sale you make from each customer, you have the option of promoting a good range of companies so that you can still make a profit off of your returning customers.

If you cannot write this kind of content of your own, there are many ways to pick up free or paid content to place on your affiliate website. There are many reasons why paying for such articles would be to your advantage. First, you will be able to tell the writer exactly what you want, what product you are trying to sell, and what direction they can go in to keep your readers interested and informed. On the other hand, when you search for free content, you are limited to what is already out there. Secondly, you will own the copyright to this content. That means that no one else can reuse it without your consent. If you opt for free content, you will be sharing that content with an unknown amount of other affiliate websites, plus the original author will be able to place their byline at the bottom of the article which could result in them stealing your traffic.

There are many products that have nice affiliate commission rates for those who know how to pre-sale their product and deliver click through customers who are ready to buy. As long as you choose to promote a product or service that can be very useful to a wide variety of people, then pre-selling your chosen company may not be that hard at all. The key in this situation may likely be getting those customers to your website so that they have a chance to see your recommendations and click on your affiliate links.

If you cannot write for toffee check out the automated article writer now this is actually a very good purchase, allowing you to produce endless streams of readable keyword laden articles for your blog, website or newsletter.

ebay - there is another way

A Great Way To Make Money With eBay

When you hear "eBay" and "money" in the same sentence
you probably think of becoming an eBay seller.

Well I have a surprise for you because it's the eBay affiliate program that's
taking the web by storm at the moment and a great program called "Build
A Niche Store" (or BANS as it's nicknamed) which enables you to really
dig into and profit from this hugely under-exploited money making opportunity
by building super targeted, traffic pulling, money making eBay affiliate websites
at a few clicks of a button.

I'm not going to drown you in the details as the BANS site covers everything
you need to know but suffice to say that this is going to BIG over the next
12 months and now is the perfect time to put the groundwork into your own
portfolio of money making eBay affiliate websites.

It's only now and then that a really great product comes along and this one
is getting rave reviews. Check it out!

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