Affiliate Marketing is not as Hard as it Looks

I've been trying to find my place in the world of e-commerce ever since I got my hands on the internet but I have to admit that it was only recently that I actually realized how dumb I have been. You see, I've tried different online money-making methods to no avail and my mistake was..

I WANTED TO GET RICH FAST.

That was my single most fatal mistake and smart as I am, it took me years to realize and accept the truth. After reviewing the stuff that I did, it dawned on me that getting rich on the internet is not as different as getting rich off the internet. The rules are the same. One ebook I read written by Mike Filsaime plainly said that the internet is just a medium and it doesn't change the rules a bit.

Upon realizing this, I redrew my plans and started charting my course to success. Now, I'm not filthy rich *yet* but I will soon be. I've finally got it right and money is starting to come in the way I wanted them to.

Basically, all you have to do is follow what the gurus are saying and you're all set but listening to all of them and reading all the ebooks they write can be tiresome so I decided to start my own free training course that basically summarizes what they say. It's free to join. All you need to do is sign-up here - http://optin.mikelopez.info/CorrectIM

Don't wait... just act!

How to Build a Website with Affiliate Marketing in Mind

Many people are jumping into the affiliate marketing bandwagon and yet don't know how to do it right. They just jump in, put in a few links and expect money to come flooding in - they're wrong. Lots of hard work needs to be done at first - yes, I know you don't want to hear that but I'll say it anyway - HARD WORK, and lots and lots of it.

If you're still reading this then maybe you're really interested so I'll share some of my techniques in affiliate marketing - primarily in building websites.

If you're really serious with affiliate marketing then you must have built a website just about for every type of affiliate product you want to sell. Yes, that's a lot of websites if you want to sell lots of products but you can only start with your first PROPERLY BUILT website.

To keep me organized, I make use of a sticky note stuck at the wall just in front of my computer - exactly where I can see it everytime I walk into my home office. Written in that sticky note is this:

A. Niche Research

1. Find a product - Click here to find products to sell
   
2. Research your keywords - I use WordTracker
   
3. Check search competition - Type your keyword in Google and see how any pages it returns. The less pages, the better.
   
4. Check advertiser competition - I use the free Adwords Keyword Tool
   
5. Check commercial intent - I use MSN's Adlab
   

B. Content Research

1. Look for articles - use article directories
   
2. Look for video - use YouTube
   
3. Look for blogs - use Technorati
   

C. Web dev't and SEO

1. Register a domain
2. Put up a website
3. Build trustrank
4. Build pagerank

Basically, that's my checklist and that's what I do each time I put up a new website for the purpose of selling affiliate products and I do make lots of money with it.

Why Affiliate Marketing?

Why should you do affiliate marketing? Why should you be an affiliate marketer instead of something else? Why should you do it? The answer to all these questions are:

1. There's tons of money in it
2. Affiliate marketing is easy to do
3. It made a lot of people billionaires
4. There will always be a need for something
5. It's your vehicle to success

You can probably think of more but these are my reasons and they're the ones that fuel my appetite for selling stuff online.

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