3 Things Every Affiliate Marketer Must Do To Make Money Online

Affiliate Marketers are always looking for that next big product--what is going to give them the largest returns. Especially in online marketing where a hot new product comes out every week.

But its the same old marketing principles (tried and tested) that bring in the most bucks.

Here's three things every affiliate marketer needs to know to make money online:

1. Use 1 webpage per product- Keep your site as clear and focused as you can. Don't lump everything together to save money on hosting. In the end, you'll leave a lot of money on the table. Keep your website focused on the one product and offer reviews and testimonials so people know what the product has to offer. Make an articles page where you write about what the product can do. Make sure every page has a call to action that tells users what to do next (sign up for your email list, buy etc)
2. Offer free, cool stuff to your readers- When you offer cool stuff, people are willing to sign up for your email list to get more. That's how you really make money online, by continually giving your email list cool stuff that helps them live better lives in some way. Once you've got them on your list, contact them twice a week with stuff you will know they like. Make sure their is a call to action so they know what to do next (buy, try, read this, etc). Just a heads up, if you use the word 'free' in your emails...spam filters just might dump you. So watch out!
3. Send super targeted traffic to your website- Just think about your mailbox at home. When you get mail you aren't interested in, you trash it. Same way with your website or email. Make sure you write articles that specifically speak to your topic- making money online, or affiliate marketing, or the exact business you are in. Don't pay for or waste time on articles that aren't directly related to your hungry market!

Stick to these 3 points and you will do better than 99 percent of online marketers! If you are serious about making money online today, you need to follow a system. You can learn this stuff for free over the next couple years, or you can copy someone and learn it in a couple weeks. Click the headline below to copy a $10 million dollar online system.

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Make Money Online With Your Website

What's the most important thing to making money online?

Having a website that sells!

The biggest mistake I see online is websites that are cute or don't have a clear message (basically, they don't sell).

The only reason to have a website online is to provide ....information!

So to start your website for affiliate marketing or selling your own product, follow these 5 easy steps to getting started selling online:

1. You need hosting. Once you get advanced, you can use tons of different hosting, but what most people don't tell you and I learned from fourhourprofits.com is you can have anywhere from 99 to unlimited websites on one hosting account for $8 to $10 a month. 

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2. You need a website. Save yourself thousands of dollars and a lot of wasted time by using wordpress. You can install it free with any hosting account (just search your hosting help for 'how to install wordpress). You can also make a free header using Gimp's free editing software in a matter of minutes, if you are up for it, or pay someone $100 bucks to make one for you. (sites like 99designs, guru.com, elance.com).

3. You need a clear message. Once you have your website up, why should someone visit your site instead of someone else's. You've got to come out and say it. So if you are about making money online, you can say 'Learn to make money online in 5 easy steps,' as your website description. Or if you are a review site, say ' In depth reviews of wordpress premium themes...' for example.

4. You need to collect emails. In online marketing, affiliate marketing, and money making, all the money is in your list. It costs a lot in time and money to get a new customer. Once you have them on your list, that's how you make money-by giving them stuff over and over. To get people on your list...

Immediately find something free to give people coming to your site. Look in the public domain (search google for stuff) for things you can give-away for free. Or, find a magazine and turn a good article into a free report. Use Aweber (most popular) or getresponse, or some form of email collection (costs are 19 bucks a month with a $1 free trial) to collect names. There is free software, but its a real pain to work with an you should focus on making money not wasting time figuring out software. 

5. Get Traffic. This is the hardest part of the whole system- getting the traffic to build your list. You have to advertise. And you do that by either getting information out free through article marketing, video marketing (youtube, vimeo), setting up free blogs and linking to your main 'money' site, or paying to advertise on other people's sites.

That's the quick and dirty 5 easy steps to making money online. Like I said before, the money is in the list and continuing to give them cool products they like.

Start Making Money Online Fast By Setting Up An Affiliate Marketing System

The best way to make money online is to test selling someone else's product before you sell your own. This is what's known as Affiliate Marketing.


Affiliate Marketing is the fastest growing business on the internet and one of the easiest ways to start a career oline. 


You can make a lot of money online pushing your own product, but it takes a while to put one together and set up your selling system. 


It's a lot smarter move to find a product that's already selling and see if you can get people to buy that product and then swap your own product for the affiliate one you've been selling.



Everyone talks about setting up an affiliate program.


It is easy, but you have to know what you are doing or you waste time trying to figure it out. 

Here's the basics of what affiliate marketing is and how to start....


Affiliate marketing is selling someone else's product for a commission (salesman).


To be successful you need:

1. A website. Not an expensive website, but a simple website with a clear message. Don't waste any time with 'fluff' or words that have no purpose. The best low-cost websites use Wordpress. You can install wordpress for free through any hosting account.
2. Find products to sell. The easiest way is to go through clickbank and see what top-selling products are. Also remember, you will do the same amount of work for high-paying products as low paying products...so to make money online, its easier to start with a high-paying product
3. Advertise. You can do this free through article marketing. If you use ppc, ezine advertising or other sources, you need to learn a lot! Or you will lose your shirt! It's best to start with simple social bookmarking and article marketing to advertise as you learn the ins and outs of ppc.
4. Money Tracking Skills. A little math comes in handy b/c you can't rely on your affiliate to keep track of all your sales. There is always mistakes. You need to know what you are supposed to get paid.
5. Time. The first time you do anything, it will always take longer than you think. You need to have quiet time and a space to work in everyday to bring in money online.

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