Archive for December, 2009
Make Your 2010 Different! Are you ready for the Challenge?
Posted by shannon in Affiliate Marketing Wednesday, 16 December 2009 15:10 4 Comments
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We’ve all been there…You started off 2009 with high hopes for your affiliate business and now the year is coming to a close and you aren’t any further along.
#1: The Niche Challenge
We challenge you to define niches that interest you.
Don’t worry about researching them or trying to figure anything out at this point. Just pick them using your "gut" (intuition). Go with what you "feel" is true right now. We’ll teach you how to research and think through it later.
Complete this Challenge:
Step 1 – Open your Challenge Workbook spreadsheet
Step 2 – List your niche ideas in the second set of boxes on the page. Here are the nine niches that we want to see you choose:
- List three hobbies that you love
- List three areas where you have a special talent or expertise
- List three areas that you feel money can be made – regardless of your knowledge of these areas
Step 3 – Come back to this page: http://blog.affiliateclassroom.com/challenges and let everyone know that you’ve completed the challenge. Tell us what you chose and what you’re most excited about!
Need some more direction?
Log into your Affiliate Classroom interface and check out course number 140.0 Niche Research and Selection and the checklist Evergreen Niches for help.
Not an Affiliate Classroom member yet? Click on the button below to sign up now!
How You Can Fight to Protect Your Online Reputation
Posted by Kathy Jackson in Affiliate Marketing Wednesday, 16 December 2009 14:58 1 Comment
As an affiliate marketer, you name is your “brand” on the Internet. It’s what people see in search engine results when they search your name and it often determines whether they buy from you or one of your competitors.
If you’ve got an unhappy customer out there, someone who is bent on telling the world how YOU have mistreated them, this can be a problem for you.
Even if you’ve done everything in your power to make the situation right, this person might post to blogs and forums denouncing you. And those posts will appear in results when other users search for information about you.
The Short URL – Goo.gl and Bit.ly – and What Affiliates Need to Know
Posted by Kathy Jackson in Affiliate Marketing Tuesday, 15 December 2009 13:36 1 Comment
Are short URLs better than long ones? Is less REALLY more?
What do affiliate marketers need to know about the war of URL shorteners?
Google recently announced the launch of its URL shortener, goo.gl, which rivals Betaworks Studio’s Bit.ly URL shortener.
A Quick Tip for Compliance with the New FTC Disclosure Rules
Posted by Kathy Jackson in Affiliate Marketing Monday, 14 December 2009 13:43 13 Comments
On Dec.1, 2009, new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rules regarding testimonials and endorsements went into effect.
Affiliate marketers who use testimonial advertisements, blogging and celebrity endorsements to promote products must now disclose the fact that they will be financially rewarded if a user clicks on an affiliate link and buys the product being promoted.
Blogs and bloggers are significantly affected by this rule and should take note.
Does Google’ Personalized Search Mean Affiliate Marketers Can Stop Worrying About SEO?
Posted by Kathy Jackson in Affiliate Marketing Friday, 11 December 2009 16:08 2 Comments
Until recently, millions of Google users would see consistent results when they searched for terms related to your affiliate business. If you ranked second for “Windows Registry Tips” in Redmond, you’d be second in Duluth. But that’s all changed.
Google’s brand new personalized search means that results will no longer be identical for different users searching the same term.
