Internet Based Affiliate Marketing

(Another great Article by my friend Paul Turner. Thanks Paul.)


Internet based affiliate marketing is growing ever more popular as the economy declines. Although it is fairly obvious there is offline affiliate marketing but this is usually run by larger companies in the form of refer a friend coupons.
For the vast majority of people reading this article internet based, or online affiliate marketing is of much more interest. This is because anyone with a computer and an internet connection can sign up to affiliate marketing companies like Clickbank, the absolute daddy of them all and make money.
My main motivation in writing this article on internet business is to point out the thing that most people online lack - an affiliate marketing strategy.
The internet is full of advice, free, great value for money and downright expensive to the point of robbery in some cases, but the strategy is what holds it together.
Supposing you read that you should be writing articles to make money and promote your online business. This really does work, but most people just start writing articles. Let me contrast with what I do - article writing has really helped my with my business and this is the basic strategy here.
1 - I actually research my keywords and have a list of words / phrases that people search for. The title of this article is one of them for example.
2 - I try to write 30 articles of around 300 to 500 words, and I write in such a way that it is easy for the search engines to see what the article is about.
3 - I will put 10 on one particular article directory, 10 on another site I recommend, and send the rest out to lots of article directories, but in a certain way.
4 - I tick off against each article what I have done so I know where I am up to.
5 - I send all of / most of the traffic to my blog where readers can get useful content for free if they join my newsletter, and tell me exactly what help they need.
6 - I monitor the results so I know what works and what doesn't
I now I haven't given all of the details because it would take a book, not an article, but can you see what I mean when I say I have a strategy - a proven one at that.
If you have been affiliate marketing on the internet for a while can you honestly say you are as organized, and if you are just starting out then I urge you to not get distracted from your own plan, or whoever's plan you decide to follow.
To find out a little more about my plan and get some free help why not visit my blog at http://www.paulturnermarketing.com
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