Seven Steps To Affiliate Marketing Success

By Colin Cousins

Seven Steps To

Affiliate Marketing Success!

By Colin Cousins

Seven Steps To Affiliate Marketing Success

By Colin Cousins

Contents Introduction ................................................................... 4

Step 1 – Finding Your Niche. .......................................... 6

Step 2 – Keyword Research............................................ 8

Step 3 –The Best Clickbank Product to Promote.......... 10

Step 4 – Writing Content/Articles ................................ 12

Step 5 - Build your own website .................................. 14

Step 6 –Write And Publish Articles .............................. 16

Step 7 – Traffic Tactics ................................................. 18

Conclusion ................................................................... 21

22 Step-by-Step Social Media Traffic Blueprint Video

Tutorials Social Media Traffic ................................. 22

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all risks associated with using the advice given below,

with a full understanding that you, solely, are

responsible for anything that may occur as a result of

putting this information into action in any way, and

regardless of your interpretation of the advice

Introduction

Getting Ready to Market –

The Basics

Attitude is key to succeeding before you can be a

success in doing affiliate marketing you need to

know how to learn.

If you cannot do that, then it is difficult to earn as

you learn. You definitely need a good attitude to

learn and to earn as you learn.

No two ways about it. Think about attitudes! We

see them every day with everyone we deal with and

speak to either in person or on the phone. You know

that if you speak to an upbeat, positive person you

come away from the experience feeling pretty great

yourself.

This may come as a bit of a surprise, but it makes

sense, attitude also directly affects the way stress

handles YOU. Optimists cope way more effectively

with stress.

They achieve more when they take action and do it

extremely effectively.

And guess what? That in turn multiplies their

results.

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If you are positive and you have positive thoughts,

you are far more likely to achieve short and long-

term success.

It's not hard to spot positive people, because they

view situations differently than negative people do.

So be positive and let's get you going in the affiliate

marketing world.

Step 1 – Finding Your Niche.

They always say if you understand the problem, you

can find the answer and come up with the solutions.

So now, we at least know the nature of the problem.

We can define niche marketing but we can go

further than that. We know…

What is niche marketing in general

Some of the principles of niche marketing

That we need to put together a solid niche

marketing business plan

The benefit of niche marketing and how it

will increase our traffic and our sales

So how do we go about targeting that particular

niche market on the internet that is populated with

customers perfect for our web site? It's always a

good idea to have five good ideas and together we

should be able to brainstorm at least that many.

We know there are internet marketing experts out

there who can help us with finding out more about

what niche marketing is and how to use it to turn

our sales around from our web sites. It's just a

matter of finding them and doing our reading.

The good news is you are already doing that by

reading this digital pdf. From here, your curiosity

will be stirred so you can explore more of the world

Seven Steps To Affiliate Marketing Success

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of affiliate marketing and find out just how easy it is

to make it big using niche marketing principles as

part of your strategy. You are on your way.

Google.com can help you and there are some solid

general reference sites such as about.com another

place to look for your niche is amazon.com just do a

search for their best selling books or products and

whatever is selling the best there is your niche.

Yahoo answers & google buzz will also help you

look for what problems they are having. Can you

find a product to solve their problem I'm sure you

will be able to that’s what we do as full time

marketers.

Wikipedia can give us lots more instruction on the

principles of niche marketing. One thing is for sure

though, we will never stop learning. But that is the

exciting part too.

So there it is start with your hobby if not do your

research as explained earlier.

You have no excuse to do your research i have told

you were to go for all your information.

There is more but these are all you need as you

learn you will pick more up along the way.

Step 2 – Keyword Research

On the internet, keywords are terms or words that

relate to particular topics.

Keyword research will involve various aspects,

such as finding sales oriented keywords or driving

maximum qualified users to increase your online

sales.

Keyword research is the first step towards a

successful search engine optimization campaign.

You have to be very careful when selecting

keywords, as it can be very tricky to select targeted

keywords for a website.

The selection of keywords should always be based

on various aspects such as product names, services,

brands, or general terms. Often times, people forget

about targeting geographical terms when they have

global presence.

When doing keyword research, it's highly

recommended to do a very thorough market

research analysis to find the best keywords used by

search engines to find products and services online -

and find out what keywords are targeted by

competitors who are doing well in marketing on the

internet.

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The first step in finding the best keywords is to

make a list of the products, topics, and services that

you offer.

You can also make good use of keyword elite to

know which keywords have brought in the traffic in

the past.

Be sure to select keywords that clearly define your

business and products to drive traffic from the

search engines.

There are some websites which get high levels of

traffic through general keywords although they

might not end up being sales.

Today, users of search engines are aware of how

they work, for searching products and services on

the net.

Users always look for the better products, locations,

etc. Therefore, you should cover all terms for each

- products, locations, etc.

There are numerous tools available which will help

you identify keywords that are suitable for search

engines. The challenge here is to determine which

keyword is the best to generate traffic.

Step 3 –The Best Clickbank Product to

Promote

Trying to decide on which Clickbank Product you

should promote as an affiliate marketer can be

difficult with so many options, so I will attempt to

help narrow down the field for you.

I'll go over some of the things that you need to

know to make money with clickbank and also go

over some other tips for affiliate marketing and

internet marketing to help boost your income.

With thousands of products to choose from, how do

you know which is the best Clickbank product to

promote and that will perform the best for you?

Here are some tips that I use to help me choose a

good Clickbank product to become an affiliate for.

1. Gravity: Gravity would have to be the first factor

I look for when deciding on a product. Gravity tells

us roughly how many other people are making sales

with the product. The higher the number, the more

people are selling it.

So does a high gravity product mean you should

automatically choose it?

... Sometimes ... Depends.

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While I realize that's a little vague there are a

number of other factors that you will need to

consider before choosing your product.

Most of the products I choose have a gravity of over

40. I rarely promote new products because I just

don't know if they are going to be winners or not.

Be careful about choosing products with gravity

over 100. This means you have a lot of competition

and it'll be harder to stand out from the crowd.

2. Commission: The next thing I look at is how

much money I am going to make per sale. I like

anything over $20, but preferably closer to $30.

This means that any money or time I spend

promoting the product is worth my time.

Whether you choose ppc or other free methods of

promotion, factoring in hours or work to just make

$10 per sale is usually not cost effective unless you

think you can sell hundreds of that product.

I would rather spend less time to make more money.

Step 4 – Writing Content/Articles

Private Label Rights (PLR) content is very popular

on the internet today.

PLR content is written by a ghostwriter and sold to

other people to use as they wish. PLR e-books,

reports or articles are special type of license which

you purchase where you are lawfully allowed to edit

and publish the article as your own.

Because you have the right to edit the article as you

wish, it means that you can use it as web content on

your site or add your links to your website and

distribute it.

Outlined below are some key ways you can use PLR content to drive traffic to your website and

boost on affiliate marketing profits.

Boost your article writing and submitting using

some PLR content. All you need to do is to simply

edit the PLR articles and customize them to make

them your own. Using PLR articles saves you a lot

of time in writing your articles.

By using a PLR article, you can improve it and end

up with a powerful article that will drive traffic

to your website.

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Increase your sales by developing your reputation

as an expert in your niche. PLR articles make it so

much easier for you to quickly build your reputation

as an expert.

Pass on some of the PLR content to your customers

and build their trust. You can then make some one-

time-offers or recommend some of your affiliate

programs to them, thereby generating some sales.

Improve your search engine rankings by submitting

your customized articles. By submitting articles

with your resource box and URL, you basically

create one way links to your website, which helps

with search engines.

Create and market information products using your

PLR content. Edit and customize PLR articles and

compile them into an e-book or special report.

It takes time to write an e-book, and it can also be

costly if you were to hire a ghostwriter.

You can therefore use PLR articles or e-books and

add more value to them to create hot-selling e-

books. You can sell these reports or give them for

free on your website.

When you give these articles for free, you can

include your website URL

In them. This in turn will drive traffic to your

website.

Step 5 - Build your own website

Build your own website to promote your product if

you are serious about affiliate marketing, it is

recommended that you have your own website

where you will be promoting your affiliate products.

By having a website, you can therefore select

several good affiliate products and promote them on

your website.

This will increase the affiliate commissions you can

earn from these products.

Remember build your website around the niche you

are promoting i.e. making money online, dating,

health & fitness, dieting, software, seo, the list is

endless just do your research.

You can build you websites for free it really is easy

and relatively cost affective just take a look at

squidoo.com, blogger.com, weebly.com, yalo.com

hubpages.com this is just a few that are on offer.

There are so many options open to you just keep

doing your research and you'll be fine.

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If you do choose to start a blog, consider using

WordPress.

WordPress is a free blogging platform with more

advantages than anyone can count.

It is free, no strings attached, it is really easy to

install, easy to customize with themes for every

topic you can blog about, and it’s Google friendly –

which is a big plus when it comes to Search Engine

Optimization, which is the science and art of

making sure people, can find your blog via a

Google search,

Which is essential when doing affiliate marketing?

Note: Make sure you use wordpress.com and not

wordpress.org the .com is free .org you will need to

have your own domain name and install and this

will cost money remember where trying to do it all

free well as much as we can.

"Remember keep focused and be positive"

Step 6 –Write And Publish Articles

So why is writing and submitting articles so

powerful to your website?

Articles help you become an expert in your niche.

By writing high quality and informative articles in

your niche, you become an expert. You also build

trust and confidence in your prospects.

As an expert, customers will feel confident to buy

from you and this will increase your sales and

online business profits.

Articles are an affordable way of driving traffic to

your website. You can write your own articles or

you can hire a ghostwriter to write some articles for

you, and this is not very expensive. You can then

submit your articles to many directories.

There are some tools that you can use to

automatically submit your articles to many

directories, and this increases the number of links

pointing back to your website.

Articles are viral and powerful in driving traffic to

your website. At the bottom of

all your articles, you have a resource box with your

website URL.

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Your articles will be published by many directories,

websites and e-zines with your website URL.

By simply writing articles and submitting articles,

you create a powerful viral power with many

websites having your website URL on their sites.

Articles bring lifelong results and will continue to

drive traffic to your website for a long time. Unlike

other types of advertising that bring momentary

results, articles will continue to drive traffic to your

website for a long time.

All your articles are archived in article directories

and that means anyone can still read them and visit

your website. Your articles can generate thousands

of permanent one-way links to your website.

Articles make search engines index your website

and drive traffic to your website. Writing and

submitting many articles to article directories is

very powerful in making your website visible on

search engines.

By including your keywords in your articles, when

people are looking for information related to your

niche and type those keywords, your articles and

website show up on search engines, therefore

making it easy for you to get a lot of traffic to your

website.

Step 7 – Traffic Tactics

For any online business to succeed, it is important

to have traffic on that website.

Without traffic, a website will not make any sales

and the online home business will fail. It is

therefore important that you know how to drive

traffic to your website.

You can drive traffic to your website on any budget,

and this article outlines all the essential ways

through which you can drive traffic to your website.

Provide fresh, unique and useful content on your

website. People go online to look for information

and also buy what they need.

It is therefore important for you to have high quality

and unique content on your website so that visitors

to your website will spend more time on your

website, bookmark your website and also buy from

you.

In addition, if you have lots of useful information

on your website, you will be considered as an expert

in your niche, and you will therefore easily get

customers.

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Optimize your website for search engines. In order

for your site to be found on the search engines when

people are looking for information, make sure that

your niche keywords and phrases are in your

headlines and in the rest of the content on your

website.

This means that your website will show up and will

rank high when people look for those keywords on

your website, and this will drive more traffic to your

website.

Drive traffic to your website using PPC (Pay per

Click) advertising. If you have the money to pay for

the advertising, you can run an advert with Google

Adwords or Yahoo Overture to drive traffic to your

website.

Write and submit articles. This is a very powerful

tool for driving traffic to your website. In all your

articles, make sure you have a resources box or

author’s biography which will your website’s URL.

After reading your article, people will want to visit

your website, so the more articles you write the

more traffic you will drive to your website.

Participate in targeted forums. This is one of the

most effective ways of driving traffic to your

website. Make useful posts in the forums that are

related to your niche, and have your website link in

your signature.

Use viral marketing to drive traffic to your website.

Write free e-books or short reports with a link to

your website. Have a link to your website on your

blog and on any press release that you write. These

will drive traffic to your website.

Use video marketing to drive traffic to your

website. You can create a video about your product

or service that you offer on your website and post

that on YouTube.

Add your website link on that video, and this will

make sure that people who view your video will

also visit your website.

By following the tips outline above, you can drive a

lot of traffic to your website, boost your sales and

grow your online business profits.

"Always positive one move at a time"

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Conclusion

I really hope you enjoyed reading this report and

that you got a lot of useful information out of it.

This report gives you all the information and

resources you will ever need to become a super

affiliate marketing master.

Like I said earlier in the report you have to be

positive and most importantly you have to take

action on everything you have learned.

Concentrate on one thing at a time and build from

there I am sure you now realize what the potential is

in doing affiliate marketing.

So go and get started right away in fact start now

don’t wait while its fresh in your mind go and take

action.

The sooner you do the sooner you will start making

money and you can quit your day job and start

working from home and enjoy the lifestyle that all

us affiliate marketers enjoy no boss just you.

Be positive only you can do this nobody else to

your success Colin Cousins

Resources

The best tool for keyword research Keyword Elite

Build affiliate websites Google Sniper

How to get hoards of traffic to your website or

affiliate offer Traffic Ultimatum

Tap into the Biggest Source of Targeted Traffic

Instant Traffic Blueprints

Us the power of Facebook to build your biz

FaceBook Profit blueprints

The super easy blueprints to cash in on your local

market Local Cash Blueprints

22 Step-by-Step Social Media Traffic Blueprint

Video Tutorials Social Media Traffic

Simple tips & hints for search engine optimization

Easy Seo Tricks

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Resources

Publish Your Articles Ezine Articles/GoArticles/Article

Dashboard/Article Base/Article Alley

Free Website Creation Google Blogger/Weebly/Hub

Pages/Wordpress/Squidoo/Yola

Private Label Rights (plr) Content Plr Club /IM Guru PLR

Article Writing Software Magic Article Writing