Archive for September, 2009
Marketing Monday: Getting Started With Affiliate Marketing
Posted by: | CommentsWelcome to the third post in this month’s Marketing Monday series.
While it may sound complicated at first, affiliate marketing is an easy online business to start, or just to try to supplement your existing income from another business. It does however require work to become successful, just like everything else. Here are some tips on how to get your affiliate marketing efforts off the ground.
Marketing Monday: Benefits of Affiliate Marketing
Posted by: | CommentsLast week I introduced affiliate marketing and described the two basic systems you can use if you’d like to try generating income using affiliate marketing. Here are some reasons why you should think about trying affiliate marketing in your business.
No product creation
One of the main benefits of affiliate marketing is that there are no products to create, store, package, or post. All you need to do is promote the product or service and the merchant does the rest for you.
Cheap (or free) startup
All you need to start with affiliate marketing is a website. Using such popular software as Word Press you can start one up very cheaply these days, or even free if you want to. If you’d like to make more than pocket change with affiliate marketing however, I suggest investing a little to make your website look professional. You don’t have to spend much, but avoid the free hosting and site creators with other people’s ads on them.
Generating passive income
Sure, like any other business, there is work to be put in. No matter how many people promise it, there’s no get rich in five minutes on the internet either. That said, a great benefit of affiliate marketing is that you don’t have to be online, or even awake to earn money. Once your website is up and you’ve invested some time in search engine optimisation and promotion, you can earn commissions from website visitors on auto pilot.
If you work at it consistently, even for just half an hour a day, affiliate marketing can provide an easy and reliable income source.
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You’ll never get bloggers block again with this list!
Posted by: | CommentsEveryone gets ‘bloggers block’ at some time, and it seems like the longer you put off making that post, the worse it gets. Here are the first five in over forty ideas for blog posts that I’ll be posting here. Just don’t forget to check back next time you’re stuck for something to write on your blog 
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Marketing Monday: What Exactly is Affiliate Marketing?
Posted by: | CommentsIf you are new to the world of passive income, and making money online, you may be wondering what affiliate marketing is all about. Affiliate marketing is a great way to get started making money online, and a very easy one at that as all you need is a simple blog or website.
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Add some interactivity to your website
Posted by: | CommentsAs the internet gets more and more competitive, building an interactive website is more important than ever. What is an interactive website? Simply put, it’s a website which lets its visitors respond and interact, rather than just a static website which doesn’t offer the opportunity for feedback or interaction from the visitor. To get you started, here are a few tried and tested ways you can boost your website.
