Archive for December, 2005
Hot Niches – Automotive and Travel
Posted by Anik Singal in Affiliate Marketing, Niches Friday, 30 December 2005 12:37 No Comments
According to Infozine.com, “JupiterResearch, a division of Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM), forecasts that online display and search advertising spending will grow at an average annual rate of 10% between 2005 and 2010…”
They are especially keen on “Automotive- 24% and Travel – 13%”
This is an interesting review, however, I would argue that their expectations are lower than what should be. Just from last year to this year, there was a 20+% increase in online advertising spending.
Either way, if you’re an affiliate – maybe it’s the right time to start working on some automotive and travel sites. We already know there are some great affiliate programs for both (especially for travel).
Maybe once your traffic starts, you can even sell some high priced banners and ad spots!
The Top Niches of 2005…
Posted by Anik Singal in Affiliate Marketing, Niches Wednesday, 28 December 2005 10:39 No Comments
Well, thanks to Clickz.com, we now know the most searched keywords on all the major search engines for 2005. Not all of them can really help you make products or money, but some of these are really interesting.
Analyzing what was searched just may help you un-lock some great niches for your next affiliate marketing websites!
Have a look: Click here…
Affiliate Summit 2006 Sold Out
Posted by Anik Singal in Affiliate Classroom Events and Products, Affiliate Marketing Friday, 23 December 2005 11:08 2 Comments
Talk about growth! Affiliate Summit 2006 (January) is once again sold out, but this time there are over 1,000 attendees!
Affiliate Classroom is very excited about this Affiliate Summit because it will be our first trade show appearance. If you are attending The Affiliate Summit, make sure to come visit our booth.
Also, I am personally running a 4 hour Boot Camp on “Affiliate Management/Recruiting/Training/Motivating” on January 11 (the day after the Summit). There are still seats available to do that, so go ahead and sign up!
There are also two additional workshops there:
Multiplying Your Google AdSense Income! Joel Comm, Author, Google AdSense-Secrets.com
Explode Your Business with Blogging! – Dave Taylor, Principal, Intuitive Systems, Inc.
Will absolutely be a great event!
What was Reuters Thinking?
Posted by Anik Singal in Affiliate Marketing, Affiliate Programs Friday, 23 December 2005 11:02 1 Comment
A couple of days ago I made a posting about a cool “affiliate program” being launched by Reuters that was going to allow webmasters to place Reuters new video feeds on their website…
I thought it was very neat, UNTIL I recently read a posting by Shawn Collins.
Shawn Collins makes a good point in his post about the limitations of the new Reuters affiliate program – that it’s not really a commission based program at all! I still feel it’s a great way to put some of the most prestigious news content, with a known brand, on your site for free (but it’s only free for a little while).
But Shawn’s point is very valid – why is Reuters calling it an “affiliate program,” if they don’t have a commission, revenue share, or PPL model in place?
Read more of Shawn’s comments on his blog posting…click here.
The Numbers Are In – $16.34 Billion!
Posted by Anik Singal in Affiliate Marketing, Niches Thursday, 22 December 2005 11:44 No Comments
Comscore is reporting a 24% increase in online holiday shopping in 2005 from 2004 (To date). And this does NOT include the following:
- Travel
- Major Auctions
- Big company purchases
What this basically means is that CONSUMERS are far more active in making online purchases for this holiday season this year than they were last year. For affiliates, that is GREAT news!
I know, for myself, I have done almost 80% of my shopping all online (I still buy clothes and shoes at the store locations). I bought anything from computers, iPods, software, games, music, etc… ALL on the internet.
I did price searches, read reviews and did comparisons before I bought a thing online – what does this mean? This means that many affiliates out there made some hefty commissions from my Christmas shopping.
Who knows, maybe one of those affiliates was you?
If it wasn’t, then this tells you the importance of writing “product reviews” and doing “product comparisons…”
If you didn’t this year, make sure you get ready to get YOUR share of the $16+ Billion shopping that happens online in just weeks.
