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Written by Hass67
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Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:33 |
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One of the easy ways to start making money online is through affiliate marketing. There are hundreds of affiliate programs online now. You can join as many as you want. You will not need a product or a website to start making money online with this method.
by Hass67
One of the easy ways to start making money online is through affiliate marketing. There are hundreds of affiliate programs online now. You can join as many as you want. You will not need a product or a website to start making money online with this method.
In each affiliate program, you will find many products. When you promote a product and sell it, you will make a commission. You can promote a product by advertising the merchants website. This method is known as Direct Linking or Google Cash Method.
The affiliate program will provide you with a unique link for each product listed on it. When you will advertise that link, people are going to visit the merchants website. If someone likes the product, a sale will be made. Each sale means a fixed percentage as a commission for you.
The main question is how you are going to promote your affiliate site. One of the fastest methods is through Pay Per Click Advertising (PPC). Google, Yahoo and MSN allow advertisers to display ads on their search engine pages for keywords that you choose. But you will have to pay for each click on your ad.
You can open an account on Google and MSN with $5 only. Yahoo allows you to open the account with a minimum deposit of $30. Google, Yahoo and MSN can also give $50 or $100 vouchers for new accounts.
This voucher will let you get $50 or $100 free clicks. This will let you test a few products in the beginning for free. So dont waste these clicks thinking that they are free. You need to open an account on Google, Yahoo and MSN.
The selection of a niche that you want to promote is very important. There are many popular niches like weight loss, dating, music, movies etc,. Choose a product from your selected niche. Start a campaign by making ads.
Dont exceed a daily budget of $2 in the start. This will help you avoid losing your money in the beginning. Test and test, see if your website is converting and making sales or not. Choose keywords that have long tails. Long tails means three or more words. When people search on Google, Yahoo or MSN, they use keywords. Long tails convert well. Avoid using single word general keywords. They may be cheap and get a lot of traffic but normally dont convert at all.
The art of PPC lies in the selection of proper keywords that convert. See which keywords are converting. Think like the buyer! Choose keywords that are very specific to your product.
You can search keywords through Google Keywords Tool for Google Adwords. Similarly MSN also has tool in built in it. Yahoo has its own free Overture Keyword Tool.
Use them, choose your keywords wisely. If a website does not convert on 50 clicks, simply abandon it. Choose another merchants website. Your aim should be to make $50 daily in the beginning.
Information:
Mr. Ahmad Hassam has done Masters from Harvard University. He is interested in internet marketing and making money online. Read more about Adwords Digger and Internet Marketing. |
