Tools For Affiliate Marketers


by Glenn Jones - Date: 2007-04-04 - Word Count: 832 Share This!

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One of the quickest and most efficient ways of earning a living online

is Affiliate Marketing. There are several reasons why this is true.

First of all, most affiliate programs do not require an enrollment

fees. There is no financial investment on the part of the affiliate.

Secondly, you do not need any products of your own to sell. Even the

sales page, the payment processing, the digital delivery, and the post

sales services are all done by the merchant you are selling for. How

easy is that?

With this in mind, what will determine your success or failure as an

affiliate marketer? You will get out just what you put in. This isn't

a free ride. You must commit your time and effort to make this or any

other business successful. Success will come to those who work smarter

not harder.

Sometimes, this will require an investment on your part. Not all the

tools you may need are free. For example, a web host as well as a

domain name will cost you some money, however, the benefits of having

your own web page far outweigh the cost you will incur. Like anything

else, you are going to get what you pay for. Purchase the best

products you can afford!

But not everything comes at a high price. There are some tools that

will help ensure your affiliate success, at little or no cost to you.

Here are five tools to help you get started. Any one of these tools

will take your business to the next level. Learn how to use them and

reap the monetary benefits! For additional information, just follow

the links provided.

1. WordPress is a software program you can download for free and

use to create your own blog sites. The words "blogspot" or

"livejournal" or "xanga" will not be attached to your URL. You host

your blog under its own domain name, or as another page in your main

website. As I am sure you know, blogs are great marketing tools. The

search engines usually index them quite quickly, and often, they figure

prominently in the search engine result pages. They may also provide

your main website with the backlinks you need to boost its page

ranking. A blog can also be customized to become your main website.

The primary advantage of a blog is the convenience you'll receive when

it comes time to publishing your content. Download the WordPress

client for free from www.wordpress.com .

2. Is Macromedia Dreamweaver too expensive for your budget? Is

Microsoft Front Page is too complicated? Then the NVU Website Creator

is a program you might want to consider. This software program

streamlines the website creation process through an interface that is

easy to use, but still powerful enough to make professional-looking web

pages. Download this product for free at www.nvu.com .

3. Another helpful tool is a Backlink Builder. If you're

maintaining your own website, either as a review center for your

affiliate program products, or as an affiliate mall, or even as a blog

which promotes your digital items, you will need to build backlinks to

increase your page ranking. The higher your page rank is, the better

chances it will have of appearing in the first few pages of search

engine results which means more customers visiting your site. Don't

know where to start? Use the free tool available at

www.webconfs.com/backlink-builder.php to discover all the places where

you can provide links to your website.

4. Choosing the right keywords for your web site can mean the

difference between success or failure. Keywords are the primary

ingredients of any search engine optimization (SEO) campaign. You use

them for your meta tags, your h1 tags, your ALT tags, your page title,

and your content. You will even use them for the articles you will

submit to article directories. The proper use of keywords will result

in a more efficient indexing of your website by the search engine

spiders. Since up to 80% of the traffic to your web site comes from

the search engines, keywords become one of the most essential aspects

of your site building efforts. Where do you find the best keywords?

Go to www.nichebot.com and use their powerful tools to find profitable

the keywords related to your affiliate products.

5. Although not one of the most fun things you need to do, you

will need to study your website's statistics. This is the only way you

will know what is working and what may need to be changed. This can be

done by simply copying and pasting a code on your web site. Go to

www.statcounter.com to get in-depth reports about the performance of

your website. This is a simple, easy to use tool.

Any one of these tools will improve your performance as an affiliate.

And the fact that they all come at little or no charge makes them even

better. These tools and strategies will only work if you use them.

Don't just settle for being good, strive to be the very best!

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