Affiliate Marketing Master Plan

For those of you that are looking for affiliate marketing tips, one of the newest sites that I recommend you check out is The Keyword Academy.  Co authored and I believe partnered with Courtney Tuttle and Mark Butler, aka. Court’s Internet Marketing School, this is their newest site about SEO, internet marketing, and the great things you can do to make money online.

I happen to be a big fan of Court and Mark, and I follow what they are talking about.  Most recently they talked about how important link building is, and how important it is to really focus on what matters…Did I say Link buidling?

Anyway.  Check out their site, because you will get some great tips, and probably a lot of the same things we talk about here.

Did I say, do keyword research, then create a blog, then write keyword focused posts and then what?????

Oh yeah, go gather links.  Key word anchored links.

That’s all for todays post. Please visit Mark and Court, leave them a message, and say hello.

You’ll be glad you did.

Matt

I’ve been doing a great deal of learning and discovering what works and what doesn’t for about a year now. I’ll tell you that this year has gone by super fast.

I had found some niches that were very profitable, and eventually dried up however. But, the thing is I know this works. One thing to remember, website traffic is good, but website traffic that converts is really what you want.

I will say one thing, for those of you looking for the quick bucks, this may not be for you. It takes time and effort. I work at this every spare minute I have. But, I can see results , and I can see how building a solid infrasturcture will pay off dividends in the future.

What I have settled on is that organic traffic is the way to go. And if you read the last post, you will and should understand that organic rankings you need to gather many links that are optimized for your intended keywords.

To review…you can never say it too many times.

1. Do the keyword research and find what keywords are low competition, and high search.

2. Build a site.

3. Start gathering links like crazy (well, not too crazy…can you say sandbox?) How bout, in a natural progression.

4. Rank for your keyword.

5. Open Bank account.

Now, you have to understand that it takes 3-6 months on average to rank for a non too tough keyword.

As I move forward on this blog, I am going to work at offering affiliate marketing tips, and ways to get good rankings.

I’ll also introduce you to some of the people that I like to follow, who offer great information, and they don’t scam you.

Stop by every so often, and hey, post a comment to say hi!

I know it’s been quite a while since  posted here. I’ve been pretty busy working on stuff and continuing to build my sites, and improve on my internet and affiliate marketing.

Since starting this whole thing right around December 1, I am almost up on my first year anniversary.  This is pretty exciting. As I have had winners and losers.  One of the neatest things I have done is stumbled upon a site that I have been following for now since about May. That makes 5 months, and I have radically shifted my approach to affiliate marketing.

One of the things I have gotten involved in is SEO and PPC.  One of the interesting things is that PPC is really a form of SEO…

Meaning, if your SEO sucks, then your PPC campaigns will suck too.  That’s because you will not have picked the right keywords, or optimized them for success.  You will pay higher CPC, and have less conversions.

Overall, the important things Ive learned that apply to both is this.

1. You need traffic. Not just lots…but more importantly targeted.  You need to pick keywords that are targeted to the right people. People that have a need to fill.

2. You need high rankings on the big G. That means position 1.

3. If you are going for organic traffic. Your seo skills will revolve around your ability to get links.  Anchored text back links to your site.  At the end of the day, the one with the most links wins.

Anyway, I plan on visiting and posting more about the new things Im working on and the things you need to do if you plan on making money online.

Till Then,

Matt