I wanting to learn how to make a website and using affiliate programs to generate revenue. I have ideas on what niche (online casinos) but do not know to go through the setup.
2006-06-12 05:51:18 · 4 answers · asked by ahefner_33 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Advertising & Marketing
1. Create a website. The website should have content as your content is what will drive traffic to your site. Your site should have value.
One of the common mistakes I see of newbies is they create websites for the sole purpose of earning from affiliate advertising, and their website ends up nothing but banners of various affiliates they promote. Their website has no value at all, just a bunch of advertising. These are the people not likely to succeed because they are not giving their customers a reason to visit their website. Their website has no value
2. Check what types of website the affiliate program accepts. Some companies running affiliate programs refuse to accept sites using free hosting such as Geocities. If you are thinking of a blog, check if the company you want accepts blogs. And check if you can add/run scripts that the affiliate program will give you on the site you will set up (some blog platforms are harder to use in terms of adding scripts). No scripts means no affiliate program ads and no revenue.
Then you can decide on how you want your site hosted -- whether you can start slowly and use a free hosting site or right from the start present a more professional image for the site with a paid hosting program. It is important to think of scalability -- when your business starts to grow -- and how it will affect your hosting needs. If you are in Geocities, and your site grows and now needs a better hosting platform with more bells and whistles, you may start from scratch again in terms of traffic generation because you will have a new domain name.
My suggestion is to get a real domain name, pay hosting and start the business right.
3. Select the affiliate program that is right for you. There are many affiliate programs to choose from. You can go to Commission Junction http://www.cj.com , Linkshare http://www.linkshare.com or Clickbank http://www.clickbank.com to see various affiliate programs in one roof. Or you can go to individual websites that offer these programs and apply.
The article "How to Select the Affiliate Program that Works for You" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol145/affiliate.htm looks at the various factors that a website publisher needs to consider before joining an affiliate program.
2006-06-12 06:03:15 · answer #1 · answered by imisidro 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ur best resource is http://qualitybase.org . Check it out. It tells u everything you need to start ur affiliate e-business.
But remember, starting the business is the easy part. Promoting it is where the big work is. You can have a website and if know 1 knows about it, it's technically useless.
2006-06-12 08:50:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all I think you should go with a web template - easy to customize and it will look far more professional than what you can do on your own. Then optimize your site for the search engines (find out more here: http://www.web2earn.com/guides/index-guides.php
Hope this helps!
Michael
2006-06-14 21:55:30 · answer #3 · answered by Creative T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This site has one of the best ebooks on the subject. See if it's for you.
2006-06-12 07:02:40 · answer #4 · answered by Looking Up 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋