Affiliate Marketing

12 years ago

I would create a blog. It's your own piece of internet real estate. Plus you can make it a 100% no cost operation. I personally favor digital products as an affiliate. Commissions are high, and the refund rate is rare for a good product in a particular niche. I would give it a shot.

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getzbuzy

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Randall Magwood

I would create a blog. It's your own piece of internet real estate. Plus you can make it a 100% no cost operation. I personally favor digital products as an affiliate. Commissions are high, and the refund rate is rare for a good product in a particular niche. I would give it a shot.

Couldnt agree more. Create your own blog and know your digital product. Overdeliver on your content...particularly if your product is informational. I promote both in and out of the "make money online" niche. There are some phenomenal affiliate tools that you can both use to market your affiliate products and promote as well for residual income. Look around. Youll find them.

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JE Publishing

12 years ago

I can only go off what has worked for us and that is creating products and doing everything we can to build a buyers list and promote to proven buyers. Just my 2 cents

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JD Ways

12 years ago

Blogs are great and lens are great too! Why not do both..have the lens pointing to the blog which is where your offer is or the link to it is.

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NoviIM

12 years ago

1. Physical Products are better in my opinion because of the lower refund rate.

2. GO to Amazon.com and randomly search through products, pick 5 and do some keyword research.

3. Blog is a better option in my opinion.

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Originally Posted by Playwerks

I have been researching about the IM from the programs and ebooks I have purchased over the past 2 years but have not really gone really into it. As a newbie, I am very interested about being an affiliate to start off but there were some questions which I need some advice to

1. Which is a better option, being affiliate to physical or digital products? I favor digital products but I do read that they have a high refund rate, is that true?

2. Anyone had a good idea on how best to find a niche?

3. I have also read a fair bit about Squidoo lens and how Google loves them. I am caught between setting up a blog vs making a Squidoo lens.

Any advice from members are greatly appreciated thanks!

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JKflipflop

12 years ago

My opinion:

1) Physical Products are the better and more feasible option when it comes to promotion as well as the lesser refund rates. Being an Amazon affiliate (the way I see it!) has a lot more credibility attached to it as compared to one who promotes digital products.

2) Fundamental research on search engines, inspection of top sellers and best rated products on Amazon etc. are the best ways to find a niche.

3) Blog. Period.

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Marsala

12 years ago

I agree with NoviIM. Look for procucts on Amazon with good reviews.

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Michael Franklin

12 years ago

I would lean towards physical products...Amazon gives you great starting points with their best seller lists. Take the time to learn keyword research so that you can build your site around keywords that have good monthly volume. Electronic items tend to be very competitive so consider looking at the non electronic items for your starting points.

Google still loves Wordpress sites so work on developing your site on a Wordpress platform.

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dayus444

12 years ago

Digital products will offer you more reward for your marketing effort. This is because the commission percentages are usually high

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Devin X

Banned 12 years ago

Don't go into the IM or MMO niche, whatever you do. You're clearly a noob so it would be counter productive to go into a competitive niche like that when you're starting out...you'll only set yourself up for failure.

Also, I'd go with amazon except my state is gay and doesn't allow me to be an AZ affiliate. So check the law first. Otherwise, check out commission junction for physical products...they're really tight on affiliate applications but you might get approved in a network. for digital, you got CB, EJ, and JVZOO.

Everyone else has the right idea here: buy a few domain names, start a blog, create a few landing pages, write, write, write, and drive traffic to your landing pages to build your list.

If you need immediate sales, join a forum related to the niche you choose (not this one), engage with the community there, when you can put a nice sig with a link back to a product in that niche. Also, leave cool comments with a link in the appropriate section (not the body of the comment!)

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one1990

12 years ago

I think it's better to start with digital products. I don't think they have that high refund rate, you just have to choose products that really provide some value and that are not scam.

Choosing a niche...first think about things that interest you and things you are passionate about. This is not mandatory, but I think you could do a lot better if you choose a niche that interests you and you already know something about. For example, if you just quit smoking, this may be the niche for you.

Squidoo vs Blog - why not doing both?

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Alexa Smith

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Playwerks

I have also read a fair bit about Squidoo lens and how Google loves them.

I hope that this post will both help and interest you.

Originally Posted by Playwerks

I am caught between setting up a blog vs making a Squidoo lens.

It depends on whether you want to own and control your own business and its website, or have one you can never yourself own and control, with which you'll always be subject to someone else's ever-changing terms of service, impositions, restrictions, and so on, without your even getting any "extra benefits" from that arrangement. It's a nice, easy decision.

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Squidoo vs Blog - why not doing both?

Alternatively, if you want to do two websites, why not own and control both of them yourself instead of only one?

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getzbuzy

12 years ago

QUALITY QUALITY QUALITY. If the product is truly valuable show some passion in your content and tell your audience why they want or need "your" product. Be honest and be informative. And if the product is average or below avg....dont promote it. Be proud of your products!

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stephanreek

12 years ago

Do both, than you get to ways of traffic which means more backlinks to your website (if you have one) and more traffic to any site you promote

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AJ Warrior

12 years ago

Physical products are better to promote for sure and try to own your website not hosted on blogger because if they go down so does your business plus you could sell the website down the road and make some cash.

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stephanreek

12 years ago

Finding a niche is easy, just choose something you are interested in because than it is much more motivating for you. That's why my first niche was basketball/sport. for example

For promotion I like to do digital because you have higher commisions, but I also promote physical products. As for basketball I let people know when there is a discount on basketballs for example.

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