One of the best ways to earn income from affiliate marketing is to choose a niche that you are familiar with and understand very well. One of the key factors that contributes to earning an income online is knowing what you are selling.
A niche within a niche is very useful. If you know almost something about the product, you will be able to market it. One of my favorite ways to market is to create articles and submit them to large blog directories.
Once I have a niche within a niche, I’m going to make sure that I have good keyword research tools and that I have really good content. I will make sure to have some of my own affiliate links sprinkled in some of my posts to increase my page rank and increase my site traffic.
This is an ongoing task. The best place to keep track of all your efforts and your website traffic in one place is with a squeeze page. This is a page where you collect names and emails and submit them to a growing list of websites, as well as having an optional mailing list for any products you may have in the future.
When you have your website and your mailing lists, you have all the traffic, contacts and websites you could want. You can go from one niche to another as you like and not have to worry about being away from your computer for too long.
The above is what I use for a general affiliate marketing strategy. The more specific the niche, the harder it is to make money. One of the best ways to do this is by using free resources to learn. For example, if your niche is health, you want information on the best diet and supplements, and you want to become an expert in this area. This is something you cannot do if you are not investigating yourself. This will take a lot of time and hard work, but the benefits will be much greater than if you were free to choose any affiliate program and promote it however you like.
* Contact the owner of the product.
“Contact the Product Owner” is the second method listed in the previous paragraph. The reason I call it “Contact the Product Owner” is because you have to go through some hoops with the Product Owner. If you’re smart, you’ll have an email list and website of your own with a very good subscription list. If you have to create an email autoresponder, then you better have your own email autoresponder because you can send more emails to your list faster and it only takes a few minutes for you to have a great list. If you’re not smart, you won’t have time to create your own email autoresponder.
The third method for affiliate marketing strategy is to write articles and submit them to major article directories. For most niches this will take you a long time, however if your niche is very broad like “weight loss” then this is a very easy way to make money.
The fourth method is to write blogs on the topic of your niche. A blog is more of a journal where you post your opinions and comments on all sorts of topics.
The fifth and final method is to get your site indexed in search engines. This is the most difficult method for most people. There are different strategies to do it.
* Article marketing. This is the easiest method for most people. This is because you write a blog or mini site on your topic and add your articles there and if Google or Yahoo see they will index it and give you a good ranking. This is the most effective way to get out of any niche.
The above methods are the basic ones that you need to be smart with. As you can see, the affiliate marketing strategy is actually very easy. It’s not difficult for most people, but it does require some decent effort on your part.
If you follow these 3 strategies in addition to building your own affiliate website, then you should be getting a decent return on your investment.
