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I know! I know! The Christmas tree might still be up and there is still snow piled up outside your window, but now really is the time to start thinking about your Spring affiliate marketing products and services, your Spring advertising campaigns and your Spring marketing plans for your affiliate business.
Think about the promotion and selling opportunities that are just about to come up.
It’s a strange phenomenon but people think of information as good and advertising as evil. They want information but they don’t want to see or hear advertising. That is why mute buttons on remotes for TVs wear out faster than any other button.
Now, advertising IS information. The very nature of all advertisement is to convey a set of facts about a product or service to a potential buyer. And therein lays the difference. The INTENTION of an advertisement is to sell something but the INTENTION of information is simply to inform. So even though they are basically the conveying the same set of facts, one is considered good and the other is sometimes considered downright evil.
When the average internet user is interested in and searching for information about a topic, they are not necessarily looking for a product to buy. Of course, they may eventually BUY products - but their initial desire is for information about a TOPIC and not about a PRODUCT. This is where quality content can have a direct and very positive result on an affiliate marketer’s bottom line.
If you can load your web... Read More →
I live in a small town so maybe I am more aware of just how important a reputation is than those who live in large cities where you can be more anonymous. There isn’t any such thing as anonymity in a small town. Everybody knows everybody and the entire family history of every individual is common knowledge. Little babies are instructed in the cradle about maintaining a reputation for honesty and reliability.
The internet is just a small town on a larger scale and each niche is an even smaller community so your reputation is going to go before you. Everybody is going to know whether you are an honest merchant who delivers what is promised or if you are a crook that should be avoided and your reputation is going to depend to a great degree upon the reputation of the products and services that you represent if you are an affiliate marketer.
Before you choose a product (and therefore a merchant) to represent with your affiliate marketing business, you need to know what that product and that merchant’s reputation is on the internet. You can do searches using the... Read More →
This is breaking news! We've just been told about a new book written by well-known Internet Marketer Yanik Silver. It's called Moonlighting on the Internet and will be released to bookstores in approximately six days (around December 26th)."Yanik is a “results-only” direct response copywriter and marketing consultant who specializes in creating powerful tools and resources for entrepreneurs to enhance their businesses."
This book reveals the 5 most important, - Proven - ways to Realistically make an extra $500 - $5000+ Per Month Online… While You Sleep.
This isn't just another "get rich quick" eBook, It's a physical product (and more like a self-help book) that shows you the sure way get started with an Internet business, and continue to grow it.
You'll be able to hold it in your hands, tag pages, highlight important information, and return to study it over and over again.
Oh, and, when you get the book, be sure to read pages 206 and 207 where Yanik showcases Anik's "internet moonlighting" story!
Announcing the 2007 Product of the year! The Affiliate Classroom has just announced the best Software product of 2007. Can you guess what it is? Let Evelyn Grazini tell you, as well as give you examples of how it can add thousands of pages of keyword targeted content to your site with a few clicks of a button.
Then, in "Marketing Development Using Web 2.0," Mark Tompson tells you why you should pay attention to merchant emails. He used one email announcing a press release to update his Web 2.0 site and started making between $500 - $1,000 a day. He'll show you exactly what he did to make that happen.
Kathy Jackson has been searching the web for "Affiliate Marketing Tools of 2007." Her article has tons of links to free tools that do everything from cloak your affiliate links, to adding your affiliate links quickly to blog posts.
You won't want to miss these – especially since most of them are Free!And so is the Affiliate Classroom Magazine! Whether you’re an aspiri... Read More →
Wiki software is “a specialized content management engine that let's anyone add content or a new page to a website, and edit any existing content.” The software saves previous versions of the page to prevent accidental deletions or vandalism from ruining the existing site content.
You are probably aware of the ‘Wikipedia’ website. We’ve all used it from time to time and some of us have probably added or edited content on the Wikipedia website. This is likely the best known wiki-built site on the internet. Anybody can edit the content of Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.com) and it is rivaling even the best known and largest encyclopedias on the internet now.
Wow! Think about it! Your visitors can add all of the content you need….and the beautiful part is that they WILL!Your site won’t likely become the next Wikipedia. However, if you concentrate your efforts on a niche topic that is interesting to you, when your visitors begin to contribute to the site on a regular basis it can quickly grow and become a site that has a wealt... Read More →
Anyone who has been doing marketing of any kind for more than 15 minutes knows that the Holiday buying season is where the money is. Of course, people buy ‘stuff’ all year but the very season inspires buying…that and the expectations of friends and family.
Every affiliate marketer worth his salt will be gearing up right now for the upcoming buying frenzy. There is big money to be made!
Most affiliate marketers sell online, and most people who buy online shop early to allow for delivery time. So, you have to be ready even before the brick and mortar merchants are.If the niche that you are in doesn’t inspire buying during the holiday season (I can’t think of many but insurance comes to mind) you might want to consider creating a few mini sites and promoting the most desirable holiday merchandize:
I just got back from the PPC Classroom Live event and I'm still blown away!
I was part of the staff for the event, and lucky for me, my job was to track the speakers' time and let them know when it was time to wind up. This was difficult for me, because they were giving out so much information, I didn't want them to stop!
I was very happy that I got to hear all of them, and I've never taken so many notes in my life!
I have been to a few Internet Marketing and Affiliate Marketing seminars in the past, but I have to say this was the best one I've attended so far (and I'm not just saying that because I work here).Every speaker offered a coaching package that included direct access to them. I've only seen this a few times before. Usually they offer a web-course or a manual, but this time the people who bought a coaching program actually get to speak one-on-one with these professional marketers, and to me, that is priceless. If you purchased a coaching program, take FULL advantage of this access while you have the opportunity... Read More →
