Topnotch Affiliate Marketing Tips

wahnews — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:34:09 +0000

Here are some tips to make sure that your first steps towards affiliate marketing is in the right direction.

1. Choose your niche: When you are starting off, it is preferable to choose a niche that you already know about. For example, if you are a fitness freak yourselves, you can look at fitness as your niche. Or if you have been following the latest trends in the fashion world, then that should be your first choice.

2. Choose your products: You can select a couple of products from the niche that you choose to promote. Your choice should be based on the commissions offered as well as the reputation of the merchant.

3. Build a high traffic site: When you are into affiliate marketing, make sure you have a site that attracts the right kind of traffic to your site. This means that your site should not only include banners and ads of the products that you promote, but also be rich in content that your prospective customers would find interesting. You can weave a story around your affiliate marketing products in such a way that a visitor to your site feels like checking out the product.

4. Beware of Parasites: Once you have a high traffic site and killer content that would motivate your visitors to click through those banners, you want to make sure that the revenue that is due to you actually comes to you. There are parasite programs that can make it look as if traffic originating from your site actually originated elsewhere and thus redirect the money. So make sure that you are protected against these malicious programs.

5. Join forums: Like in any other business, networking helps in affiliate marketing too. Join forums that discuss affiliate marketing. You would get some amazing tips to boost your affiliate marketing success.

Getting Paid To Promote Credit Cards

wahnews — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:43:04 +0000

Over the past few years, a number of affiliate marketing opportunities have sprung up across the net; one of the most popular being credit card reviews and offers. But are they still a good way to make money in today’s economy?

Here are the pros and cons…

PROS:

- Credit cards have been around for nearly half a century. Despite the economic difficulties we are now facing, they probably aren’t going to disappear anytime soon.
- Most major financial institutions continue to offer their credit cards to affiliates, including American Express, Discover, Chase, Capital One, and Citi.
- Rewards, airlines points, and cash back have become big incentives on cards. In turn, many consumers apply for credit cards just for this purpose.

CONS:

- Some banks, like Capital One, do not allow affiliates to write their own credit card reviews. Instead, they are forced to use the standard ad copy that everyone else uses.
- It’s much harder to get approved for a credit card now than in the past. This is especially true for high end options like the American Express Gold Card and Visa Black Card.
- The annual fees on the American Express Gold Card and Platinum Card have recently gone up (to $125 and $450, respectively) and many consumers don’t like the idea of paying that much.
- Due to the new Credit Card Reform Act passed by legislators last year, this industry may become less profitable for banks. In turn, this might lead to lower commissions on some cards.

CONCLUSION:

The credit card industry is here to stay, but for affiliates, it’s not nearly as profitable as it once was.

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