how to build affiliate sites effectively?

You could always write the articles yourself but you don't want to go the cheap route when it comes to your website. People aren't going to make purchases or follow your leads if the content looks unprofessional...

The search engines prefer larger sites since they typically provide more value, but no one can give you an exact number. How soon you get ranked and start seeing traffic coming in has a lot to do with competition. How long it takes you to see sales depends a lot on how well your connect with your audience, targeting the right keywords and stuff like that.

Joey

Are you saying you've been told you need 20-30 informational articles with only 1 or 2 of them being review posts? That isn't true.

Well, it depends... If you want to create a niche based affiliate website for example - A website on weight loss supplements reviews, then you may need 20-30 different articles based on related long tail keywords/LSI keywords with in-depth reviews of different weight loss supplement products.

But if you want to create a review website based on any specific product name (affiliate product) then you can start with 5-6 articles only..

Every niche is different, some niches don't need a great deal of content while others need rake loads.

I have used iwriter in the past and was not impressed but I might just give them another go.

If I were you I would just keep adding content and building the site out and will work out for yourself what works in that niche.

Danny

DK,

If there is one skill you must master as a marketer it is writing. Consider not outsourcing this and instead focus on writing every day. Everything comes down to how well you communicate with others.

It is really hard to just outsource all content creation (at least IMO) and understanding what words can persuade someone to buy through your affiliate links is what this is all about. If you don't know how to write and sell with your words how will you know the $10 an article writers are worth the money?

I would recommend going with an authority site that is rich with articles, images, videos and content. Build a list and carefully choose some quality products you feel your visitors will genuinely benefit from.

If you do this, you're building a real business. One that will survive algorithm updates and whatever other "new stuff" is about to hit us.

I'd also focus on just one niche and really have some success in it before branching out to others.

Good luck.

I'd rather you focus more on quality than quantity. I used to go for numbers (more articles the better) too. However, I'll be the first to tell you that it didn't work out well at all.

Quality content is the foundation of great blog. Without quality content, you'll definitely not build up a great blog (unless you blog specialize in photos, videos etc), perhaps mediocre at most.

To be honest if you can't justify spending $300 then should look at getting the articles written yourself. If you struggle then maybe look getting dragon naturally speaking as things a great way to create good quality content and very quickly....

...remember to add your articles in a timely manner - don't post all your 20-30 articles in a day or week. I would probably use that kind of content in a couple of months. Just because Google likes that kind of content delivery. Hope all works out for you.

Yes, there is. You can try iWriter (article writing services) or you can hire people from Odesk or Freelancer to write articles for you for a certain amount. You can negotiate the price with the writer.

Happy New Year!

Choose a niche that you are good at it. For example, if you are good in photography, build a site reviewing photography lenses etc and write the articles yourself instead of hiring writers.Hope that helps.Cheers