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  1. ralph.bivens

    Affiliate Marketing training which is best?
    Affiliate Marketing (Wealthy Affiliate,Making You Richer,Site BuiltIt,Affiliate Classroom,Andy Jenkin’s Profits and Affiliate Marketing which is best

  2. Mz Tina

    Affiliate Marketing: What is the best and easiest thing to sell?
    I have worked in sales and advertising previously and I loved it. I am now looking to move from Georgia to Rhode Island. (Need to raise kids in a blue state).Me and my wife are Medical Assistants but I would like to make most of my income online so I can spend more time with kids. I am looking to learn more about affiliate marketing and I strongly believe in On-the-job training. SO what is the best item I can start with that is easy, I can make some money and I can learn? Thanks

    1. PlatoonMedia

      This is a very open ended question. Unfortunately there is a cap on what you can learn on your own versus working with someone directly who is experienced with the field. Like SEO, affiliate marketing can differ from day to day on what works and what does not. You say you have a full time job, but without proper exposure to the field it can be difficult to bring in a sufficient income from it, even if part time. I would say do your research via searching and forums and NOT from all these sites getting you to sign up.

      Then I would follow it up by contacting an established affiliate marketing company and asking about doing part time work for them, and selling their ads and lists.

  3. imisidro

    The most successful affiliate websites are those websites that choose affiliate programs that their audience need and want. Affiliate programs work best if they are integrated into the site — not the main and only focus of the site.

    This is especially true for affiliate programs that even provide web pages to their affiliates — which means that if they have 1,000 affiliates then you will have 999 competitors offering the same products with the same exact website (with a minor variations here and there). Plus, you will be competing with the main company as well.

    Think of Amazon.com and its affiliate program. There are hundreds of thousands of Amazon affiliates selling books and other products for Amazon. If the site owner simply creates a website with books of Amazon — without some value added — people will not bother to visit his site. So income will be minimal at most.

    The key is for your site to create value added that visitors will want to come that is unique. If visitors will want to buy books, for example, why would they come to YOU instead of going straight to Amazon? Why go to an affiliate when they can go to the real deal?

    You’re on the right track with your plan to include articles (the more original the better). If you want to promote several affiliates, think of a theme for your site that will link them together — or create different websites.

    The benefit of a website relative to a blog is the flexibility in terms of layout that it provides. Blogs are more limited.

  4. Patrick

    Affiliate Marketing where do I start?
    Who out there can give factually opinion on affiliate marketing. Everybody out there seems to think that their program that they are apart off is the only who that is legit. When in reality they are trying to promote it to make a dollar. Who out there is getting true results and can prove it. I’m not trying to be direct but trying to make the best decision before I jump in. I want to get aboard the affiliate marketing train but do not want to be ran over and lose a ton of money because of a bad decision. What is the best program to learn from to understand the business and how it works.

    1. Pie

      There are different ways to make money on affiliate marketing so there are different programs. What I would suggest is that you read about affiliate program and choose a program that you think will work for you. Do not jump from one program to another as this is usually the reason why affiliates fail. They get so bogged down with too many information and does not accomplish anything. Also, make sure that the one you choose has good support as this is very important.
      I have learned about affiliate marketing from a site that offers free lessons called Affilorama. It is great for beginners and the lessons are easy to understand. Check it out if you don’t want to invest any money yet.

  5. Ralph

    Online classifieds are a very competitive niche. I’d recommend that you use traditional advertising to generate traffic locally, then grow from there nationally using print classifieds.

    For a relatively small fee you can advertise nationally using classifieds. Because you are going to have a broad range of products or topics to promote, your central message will likely have to be “onine classifieds” or “free classifieds”, instead of a specific product.

    Then from there build your site awareness. You’ve got your work cut out for you. However if you have the resources hire an outside firm to handle your marketing. However, your in a profitable business model if you can grow your site’s popularity.

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