When you are registering a domain name for your blog with regards to affiliate marketing it is always worth spending some time on keyword research. Lets look at an example, if your are promoting lawnmowers you may think of registering a domain name like bobsgrasscutting.com. On the other hand you may find that during your keyword research the term, grass cutting advice gets over two thousand searches a month on google and the .com domain name is available. I can assure you that the latter will get...

It is always a good idea to have your own blog or website from which to carry out your affiliate marketing activities and I would advise you use a blog as a matter of choice.

The most common blogging platforms are blogger.com and wordpress and whilst they both have great reasons for choosing either one of them I would advise that you go with wordpress.

It is important that you host the wordpress blog yourself and it is extremely easy to set up if your host has...

Many people make the big mistake of not promoting an affiliate program to a target audience. You have probably experienced it where you are looking at a web page and there is a banner advertisement promoting something that has got absolutely nothing to do with the niche you are reading about. You will most likely not be interested whatsoever in what is being promoted so won't click on the link to find out more.

However, if you are reading some informative content about the subject...

When you start off with affiliate marketing it is always a good idea and highly encouraging if you start to see results in the shortest possible time. It is for this reason that I advise that you take care with regard to the affiliate program or programs that you choose to promote, especially when you are starting out.

I would go with an affiliate network such as cj.com as all of the affiliate payments are lumped together and paid every month and they are are also extremely reliable....

OK, so just to be clear, I’m a huge believer in faith, the power of positive thinking, and that yes, miracles do happen. So I’m not knocking any of those things, or the power that hope can have in a person’s life and their perceptions of the world. That doesn’t mean I’m going to leave my livelihood up to those things. C’mon, a girl’s gotta eat! And shop, and hang with friends, and go see cool movies and… oh sorry… I get a little carried away at times.

So, hope...