"I Just Want to do Affiliate Marketing"

That's an email from a fella named John from the UK
and I've had a few simliar emails...

And I don't blamethe people for thinking this way due to the way affiliate marketing is presented.

So here is the response I sent to John..and he replied that what I said made sense, and I think you'll agree.

In order to do affiliate marketing, you
need to build a list.

Traffic...

When it comes to keyword research, most people
start out using the Google keyword planner.

And that this where things can go wrong.

By virtue of the fact that almost everybody
uses that tool, you will end up fighting
over the same keywords for your niche.

Smart marketers know that they need
to zig while others zag as there are higher
traffic keywords out there that are
easy to rank for.

I have been...

If you ever saw the popular movie City Slickers,
there was
a classic scene in which Billy Crystal's character
was stuck with
his nemesis Curly(played by Jack Palance).

Up to that point, Billy Crystal's character drove Curly
nuts and
he thought Curly was going to string him up.

So when the two were alone, they got to chatting and
Curly revealed the secret to life.

He said "Do you know what the secret...

Here's a quick tip for today:

I'm sure you have seen people put their own videos from Youtube on their websites....

Here's why:

One of the biggest ranking factors these days is not backlinks...but
the amount of time someone spends on your site.

This tells Google that you have good(not spammy) content that will be rewarded.

One way to make people stay on your site longer is to add a video.

Doesn't have...

Here is a simple method you can use
with Youtube to get a lot more targetet traffic to your site.

Basically, this method involves creating
videos for long tail, targeted keywords
that will rank easily.

This will get traffic and sales to your site quickly...

But it also has a more valuable benefit.

The more videos you make in your niche, the
more authority your channel has...

And when you have a...