Extra Income Through Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate Marketing is the fastest growing industry on the Internet today. Extra Income made through this channel runs into billions of dollars yearly. Many people get involved in it without a solid plan for success. Indeed, many want to earn extra income using affiliate marketing, albeit without a real base plan, which is the most important reason for most being unsuccessful at it. Do you really look at any earning without understanding or planning the future of any business, be it at work or at earning extra income? 

Don not be under any misconceptions, though affiliate marketing is an easy and entertaining way to earn extra income, it is serious work, and just like any other job that requires effort, perseverance, and above all, a clear line of sight and plan of action from start to finish line. 

Small things like setting up your home office properly, getting up to date on know-how, setting achievable goals, making people connections, and investment in your business will ensure that you are one-up on your competition, and also make sure that you firmly stand over them. 

Home Office Setup 

The most important step to take before becoming an affiliate marketer is to set up your base – little home office you’ve always wanted. 

You can find many resources on the internet about ergonomic design. Ergonomic because anyone intending to spend a major amount of time working on their computers need space which promotes good posture at the same time takes care of safety issues involving their office workspace. 

Learning the Trade 

Nobody gets into work untrained. Even when you applied for your first job, you had made sure that you are qualified and can do justice to it. Putting in a nutshell, no one hires you for giving you a free extra income without basic training. 

What you need then, is to get some training on how to become a professional affiliate marketer. You can start by finding another one and check what they can do to help you. There are many professional affiliate marketers already earning a substantial extra income, who would be willing to teach you by passing o their knowledge so that you can augment the extra income they are already earning. The internet also offers a lot of resources and conference time tables which you can attend to learn. 

The secret is to become a student of your own business; you will get to learn something new day after day. Now you are ready to begin by setting some realistic goals for yourself. 

Goals 

The major problem that plagues most affiliate marketers is that they tend to set themselves unrealistic goals by being over confident about their skills and plans. This results in becoming disenchanted very quickly due to non attainment of goals. Being realistic removes a lot of pain in this context. For example a goal of $5,000 a month realistically attainable, but a first time affiliate marketer is not likely to attain it when starting up

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10 Blogging Tips For an Irresistible List Post

The articles divided into points, in other words the list posts, have a great success among readers in the blogosphere, because they are easy to read, they avoid unnecessary chatter and they are rich of information.

Writing a list post, means to organize content in a structure that is particularly suited to the web, but this does not mean that you can simply number some stuff and just publish it, in order to get retweets, comments or academics kisses.

You must remember this : Quality above all!

Here you find 10 blogging tips that you should follow in order to write a great List Post.

1 . Publish Useful Resources

You should take a moment to emphasize in your article the fundamental concept, in other words what you are writing about.

Before think to write about a specific topic, just ask yourself : “Has someone already published a list of the resources listed in my article? Can I give to the readers something useful ?

Try to be innovative in your writing, and avoid what has been said already 1,000 times.

I know that in the blogging niche, this is something not easy at all, but if someone ask you the difference between your list and the one already published by other bloggers, the answer should be very clear.

And above all you should write something really useful. See what I mean :

How to Write an Article in Less than One Hour : 10 Useful Tips

2 . Do Not Complicate: Simplify

The list posts go viral on the web. They respond to the needs of those who have little time available and allow your readers to quickly identify what interests them.

For this reason the list posts are easier to read, in relation to other articles.

You should select the most interesting information for ordering a weighted list. Nothing must be left to chance!

3 . Do Not Overdo the Points

Publishing a list with 150 points makes always a certain effect, but you should think if all these points are really necessary to your article.

Remember that people in internet are lazy and too many points may bore them.

There is not a particular right number of points for your post, each list needs its space to be explained.

I have written a list with 102 points, but actually this is a resume of  Blogging Tips and What I Have Learned, so I guess if it is really worth, you can list many points.

Just try to identify and develop your idea, therefore write the points that you think are useful to explain your concept.

Top 5 Computing Affiliate Marketing Programs

OneNetworkDirect – Specializes in the software and digital marketplace. They deliver the largest selection of digital products available online, including the prominent brand titles. As an affiliate, you can earn up to 70% commissions paid every month and with a minimum payment threshold of $25.

Dell – Is one of the trusted companies worldwide. They have been in business for more than 20 years now, delivering quality electronics and other digital products to homes and offices.

Hewlett Packard – Also one of the trusted companies worldwide. Their brand is so renowned in the electronics and digital industry. As an affiliate, you can earn up to 5% commissions on every sale and pay every month.

CircuitCity – A very known brand in America with history dating back to 1949. They have a lot of products selection of consumer electronics, digital products and all accessories that goes with it. As an affiliate, you can earn up to 4% commissions in their products and get paid bi-weekly once you reach their minimum threshold of $50.

Apple – Also another giant brand in the computer industry, as an affiliate you can earn up to 2% on every sale of their product and they pay their affiliate every month.

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Top 5 Best Dating Affiliate Marketing Programs

EasyDate – One of the largest dating site in the UK, and renown in the dating industry and the online marketing industry. As an affiliate, you can earn up to 90% commissions.  They pay their affiliates every month and with a minimum threshold of $150.

EasyFlirt – A popular dating affiliate program that is helping singles around the world to find love. As an affiliate, you can earn up to 55% commissions and they payout every month once you reach the minimum threshold of $150.

FriendFinder – They have been in the online dating industry since 1996 and their popularity continues to grow. As an affiliate, you can earn up to 20% commissions and they pay bi-weekly, as long as the payment threshold reaches $50 or more.

Chemistry – Is a premium dating site offered by match.com, helping people who are searching for the special someone online. As an affiliate, you can earn 100% commissions on first time subscription and other monthly bonuses and commissions.

Spark – Another great dating site with a very nice affiliate program. As an affiliate, you can earn up to 75% commissions on first time subscriptions. They pay every month, as long as the payment threshold of $100 is reached.

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3 Weird Things You MUST Do To Have A Successful Online Business

Ok so here they are. Ready?

1. Digging Where The X is

I go to a lot of these “entrepreneur meetup” kind of events where people with all kinds of businesses and business ideas go to chat and be around “like minded people”. And at them I hear about all kinds of ideas for new products and new businesses that these passionate people are trying to share with the world…

Many of which are just horrible.

I’ll be listening to a guy talk about his business idea and having this internal dialogue…

“Yep… ok… I can tell that you’re really passionate about this designer air freshener… But you realize NO ONE wants this right?”

“Oh no I get that it’s really creative… I can see you’ve put a lot of thought into the combination of scents… But you get that NO ONE else cares … right?”

It’s a problem and the problem comes from the mistaken idea that business is about YOU. It’s not.

Forget your interests. Forget your hobbies. Forget the creative little ideas that would solve your problems.

Having a successful business is about solving OTHER PEOPLE’S problems… not your own.

You find a group of people with a clear, stated problem, and the already existing desire and the means to solve it… and you can build a business. (In that sentence there’s a checklist for niche research in case you missed it… In fact that might be the best sentence I’ve ever written… justsayin’)

If it so happens that you are already a part of that group, then that’s a bonus. It shouldn’t be a prerequisite.

You dig where the X is. That’s all you do.

You go to where there is money already being made, and you start there. The more money is being made there the better, and the less other diggers there are the better… but that’s what you do.

You put up camp there, and you keep digging until you uncover your gold. Which brings me nicely to…

How To Become A Laptop Millionaire

There are very few books that I recommend as a *MUST READ* for seasoned marketers and newbies.

The laptop Millionaire -How Anyone Can Escape the 9 to 5 and Make Money Online,  by Mark Anastasi,  has a inspirational story that really resonated with me.

It reminded me about the Pursuit of Happiness movie with Will Smith, except in the internet marketing world.

The author, much like myself, was never successful at working for the man at a 9-5 job.  He felt under appreciated and eventually found himself out of a job, in debt during very hard times.

The internet was his saving grace.  Armed with just his laptop, Mark was able to completely turn his life around to very quickly become a multimillionaire.

Unlike the movie the Pursuit of Happiness, the book does not stop there.

Mark continues to talk you through his journey on how he made money.

After joining a few forums and talking to a few guys he got some tips on generating revenue online.

He quickly started generating revenue, all from his laptop, with:

• E-Books
• SEO
• You Tube
• List-Building

These strategies are illustrated through case studies and success stories of more than 100 of his students from around the world and from all walks of life. I loved the personal stories about how people  changed their lives by tapping into the Internet economy.

Now while you have heard this before I am sure from “guru’s” but, the techniques Mark walks you through,  honestly,  are more valuable than any “product” I have seen for sale for thousands of dollars… and he gives it away for 13 dollars.

But one of the most eye opening, gangster tips is how he leveraged CHEAP people to do 95% of the work for him.  Really blew me away and changed my mindset on a few things.

BTW if you notice there are no affiliate links.  I don’t want people to think I wrote this just to make a few g’s off of affiliate links.  As I said above it’s a *MUST* read.

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What is the best affiliate programme?

Want To Know What Is The Best Paying Affiliate Programme?

I see this question asked on many SEO forums. What is the best affiliate programme? Many people want to know what is the universal best paying affiliate programme out there. The one that will make them the most cash. Do you want to know what it is? 

Many people want to know what is the single best affiliate programme out there. The one affiliate programme that they can make the most money out of. The top banana. The daddy of all affiliate programmes. The ‘big kahuna’. You really want to know, hmm?!

Well…Let’s answer the question of what is the best affiliate programme. Are you ready? Are you sitting comfortably?! OK…

 THE Definitive Answer

The answer is that the best affiliate programme out there is the one that best meets your goals. This means that there is no single best affiliate programme out there. The best affiliate programme is the one that works best for you. Booo! What a cop out – that’s probably not the answer most of you wanted to hear!

Affiliate Marketing – A Great Potential Career?

Good jobs are few and far between these days. Most jobs tend to pay too little, or demand too much. Many do both. This is because competition for jobs is fierce. Most people are raised with the mindset that they must find a job. With the basic laws of supply and demand, this means that the supply of labour is high, which means the price (pay) can be reduced. If you won’t do a job for the low going rate, someone else will – take it or leave it.

Since most people would never seriously consider setting up a business of their own, this puts entrepreneurs at a serious advantage. The supply of entrepreneurs is low, meaning if they are successful they can command higher earnings. This works the same with internet marketing. Interment marketers are definitely growing in numbers, but this has not yet reached its peak. Also the majority of internet marketers have little clue what they are doing. If you do it seriously, then you can eventually expect some serious results.

Affiliate marketing is a great alternative to traditional employment. You work for yourself, and you can work from home. All you need is a PC and a very small amount of cash to start. I’m talking way less than $100. There are ways of starting without even spending a penny.

Affiliate marketing is basically where you sell other peoples’ products online for a percentage commission. Usually (but not always) they are non-tangible digital goods, like e books, mp3s, software downloads etc. The beauty of this is that there are no hassles with buying, storing, posting and packaging goods. You don’t even need to spend any time processing sales. All sales are made automatically. You can even make a sale whilst in your sleep!

Working Of E Commerce Explained In Simple Words

You participate in e commerce, when you make purchases on eBay, Amazon.com or any online store. Downloading music from sites such as Napster or iTunes is also included under the purview of e commerce Those who are early in their IM careers can sometimes be hard to deal with if they are not willing to learn things on their own. We remember learning about, Street Smart Profits, and it took a while plus gaining first-hand experience before we really felt comfortable with it.

So it is not a good idea to just wade into anything without taking time to learn and get a feel that your knowledge is sufficient to keep you out of trouble.

In fact, today’s discussion will be on topics that will not give you all the necessary background about them. If you are new, then you can safely assume anything you read will only be a glimpse into the subject. With a very basic marketing campaign, even a beginner can fairly easily get a good sense if they are in good shape before jumping into the fire.. Knowledge of the different types of e commerce from the start will facilitate better understanding.

B2B: E commerce was founded with B2B or business-to-business e commerce as its cornerstone. In the 1960s, information and files were being shared and transferred electronically by banks and other businesses. However, there wasn�t one standard way of conducting this business, as a result of which many businesses could not successfully transfer between each other. This limited the sharing of files and information between businesses. B2B e commerce really got going in the 80s with the application of reliable standardization that was universally accepted facilitating easy exchange of files.

How to Get Your Dream Domain Name When It's Already Taken

In the world of the Internet, your domain name means everything. Unfortunately all of the good and generic domain names are taken and getting your hands on any of these gems can cost you thousands, if not millions of dollars! One of the best ways to get your hands on a valuable domain name is through the use of expiring domain name services and auctions.

Two of my favorite domain expiration services are NameJet and Pool. I’ve been using these guys for years and have been able to secure some amazing domains names. Many of the domains I’ve secured through these networks are domains that I was just wishful thinking on and if they ever happened to expire and I could get my hands on them, I gladly would. Other domain names that I have been able to pick up are pure gems, such as my Pay Per Click blog with ended up costing several thousands of dollars just for the domain itself, but brings a massive amount of value, immediate brandability and “exact match” search ranking power with it.

A Few Powerful Twitter Marketing Techniques

Twitter marketing is very popular for a reason; it is very effective. Every one has there own tactics to make Twitter work for you but it is better to use the entire network in every way possible. There are millions of Tweets a month on Twitter, so how do you get attention? Twitter marketing is more than just sending Tweets with affiliate links in it, the correct way is to position your name and brand in a way that gets more visitors and leads into your business. Twitter is a powerful tool that if utilized the right way can give you immense benefits. If there is one web 2.0 service that can really deliver great results today, then it has to be Twitter. Following are brief examples of techniques that will lead you in the right direction when running aTwitter marketing campaign.

Never be rude, never be harsh; Twitter is all about socializing so present yourself as a nice person. If you ever feel the need to vent any negative emotions; please find someplace else to release them. You will quickly lose followers if you act in an offensive manner. Plus you don’t want to offend people because news spreads fast on social networks. It makes no sense at all, to intentionally offend if your purpose is to persuade people to act on your suggestions. Offend people on purpose and you will quickly become a black sheep in the Twitter community.

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How To Make $1,000 a Day with Pinterest

Yesterday, Zac Johnson posted a story about a Pinterest spammer who was making over $1,000 a day off the social networking site. While that isn’t a lot of money, the spammer (who goes by the name “Steve”) got big media coverage. He got so much coverage that heretracted the story and now says it was all a hoax.

Whether Steve’s story was a hoax or not doesn’t really matter. What matter is that it is possible to make a lot of money off Pinterest, and you don’t have to spam the network to do it. Here’s how.

How to Effectively Build Backlinks for a New Website

Obviously you must get as much traffic that is focused and targeted in your niche, and how you do that is your decision. Oh, there is a definite attraction to using SEO to rank on the first page right at the top so people can reap the rewards. However, the search engines use a system where they count the site’s incoming links as votes. A solid and effective campaign of backlinking is the order of the day and the foreseeable future. There is lots you can do for this, but only use the best methods such as what follows, now.

Here's How To Make Money With Your Blog

The following is a list of recommended ad network for you to apply to. They were chosen from an exhaustive list of over 130 ad networks. I have used all the following networks at one time or another and can highly recommend them. They provide good service and support and, most importantly, on time payments. All the networks have separate requirements. To give you the best shot at getting approved, I recommend the following tips.

Have at least a dozen posts on your blog before applying. Networks like to see blogs with lots of content. Do not apply if you don't have at least a dozen posts up because you'll be rejected.

7 Exceptional Ways To Build Quality Backlinks Fast

Do you want to build quality backlinks?

If your web page has quality and relevant links pointing to it, you could easily dominate Google homepage and cash in. It’s no longer news that we need links and plenty of them to improve our search engine performance.

But how do you build links especially now that Google and her savvy programmers & developers are watching your back? There is so much desperation these days, several bloggers and internet entrepreneur are becoming confused on what to do to improve their ranking.

Their question is often similar, “how do I build links that Google like?” I’m sure you’ve been looking for those practical, helpful and simple strategies to supercharge your link building. That’s why I’m here. Put aside everything you know about link building and ride with me on this glamorous adventure. I promise to make it fun, realistic and a bit controversial (what do you expect)?

All Links Are Not Born Equal

7 Ways to Make Money Online Without Being Scammed…

#1 Get an Online Job…

If you want to earn income at home then you may think the most obvious solution is to get a work-at-home job. Well you’re right! Unfortunately many internet scams specifically target people searching to work at home. To avoid falling for any kind of schemes the best thing you can do is go directly to the source. Find forums or job boards that focus on the kind of work you want to do. For instance there are many legit jobs in the customer service industry.

You can get a job as a customer service representative and earn money by fielding customer’s questions and providing them with support. This type of work will require some brief training and the ability to pass a background check.

If you’re the creative type, you can find work at home opportunities in almost any industry. If you have technical skills such as programming or graphic design, then the door is really wide open. In addition to full time work at home jobs there are a plethora of freelance jobs.

Check out our lists of legitimate work at home jobs below:

Just How Big Is Twitter In 2012? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Did you know that Twitter now has around half a billion registered profiles, with over 100 million in the USA alone?

What if I told that, collectively, Twitter users now send 175 million tweets every day? And that the most popular events on Twitter generate (literally) tens of thousands of tweets every second?

These statistics, and more, can be found in this Twitter visualization from Infographic Labs, which reminds us of the sheer size of the network in 2012.

Other key takeaways include:

• While the USA leads the way, Twitter is also massively popular in Brazil, Japan and the UK
• Twitter’s most-followed user, Lady Gaga, is rapidly closing in on 20 million followers
• 64 percent of users access Twitter via Twitter.com
• Tweets containing (the somewhat vague) ‘interesting content’ are most likely to be retweeted
• 69 percent of users follow others based on recommendations from friends

Some of this data is a little behind the times – Twitter moves really, really fast – but this is a great one-shot overview of Twitter in 2012.   (Source: Infographic Labs. Twitter bird via Shutterstock.)