Many new marketers have a hard time finding a "good niche" to make money from.

They end up with a predictable, terrible niche, they waste time with, instead of something that can get them on the road to making a few dollars.

What is an example of a predictable, terrible niche: acne. I don't know how many newbies over the years have created some acne site, usually promoting a bad ClickBank product.

Stop it!

If you want to be in a "real...

There are two parts to the question of what a thin affiliate site is. The answer is important because Google will nuke your site if it categorizes it in the "thin affiliate" category.


Affiliate Sites

First, is it an affiliate site?

This is usually obviously because the website has affiliate links on it.

That, by itself, can be enough to torpedo your SEO rankings.

The solution is to not have affiliate links. Stated...

If you create a product or new business and use a brand name (highly recommended) you can simply assert a trademark without registering with the US Trademark Office.

It is better to register a mark, but sometimes funds are tight, or you don't know if your brand will take off and become worth anything.

Use the letters "TM" after you name to signify your claim to a trademark that is not registered.

A Circle with an "R" in the middle means...

There are many ways of getting free traffic from forums:

1. Links in your signature.

2. Links in forum posts.

3. Links in your profile.

4. Links in blog posts.


Links in Forum Signatures

Forum signatures are a common method of getting traffic to your site. Note the topic of this post is getting traffic - not creating a backlink.

If you are only looking for a backlink then your contribution to the forum...

When creating a product, especially in the IM niche, take extra time to walk people through seemingly obvious and simple steps. This includes tasks you think everyone knows.

They don't.

You cannot assume anything. As soon as you do you will get support requests demanding a lot of your time.

It could be as simple as: Create a link to ...

and bam, someone from Florida will be wanting to know how to create a link or wanting you to review their...