you're having trouble getting visitors to your website? If so, you're
not alone. Many people think that running an online busy is easy –
just build a website, and in no time you'll be making money.
Well, running an online business is no different than running any
business – you need to find ways to reach people who want and need
(and are willing to pay for) your product or service.
Affiliate marketing (selling other people's products) is a great way
to make money online.
Yet, it is still a business, and the same rules apply to affiliate
marketing – you need to find people who need what you are selling. For
more details go to www.affiliate-manager-pro.com. The best way to be a
successful affiliate is to create your own website, provide
information to get people ready to buy, and then encourage them visit
the programs you are representing.
How do you do this, without spending a fortune on advertising?
1) Learn how to get free traffic from search engines
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) means getting the search engines
(like Google and Yahoo) to place your website at the top of the
rankings. Getting "free advertising" from the search engines is great.
However, it is not easy, and it does take some time. The key is make
your site the best possible site for your theme – tricks and scams may
provide you with an instant "boost" but this rarely last (and
sometimes even gets you banned permanently!) Over the past few years,
I've made lots of money by having high rankings – and I've lost money
when my rankings have fallen. It's part of the process, so you
shouldn't count only on free traffic from the search engines.
2) Create your own newsletter
By creating your own newsletter, you can contact each person who signs
up more than once, increasing your chance for a sale. Don't have any
ideas for a newsletter? How about a free course. Or monthly tips about
the topic of your website. Sign up for a few newsletters in your
industry to get an idea of how other websites maintain this important
relationship with their current – and future – customers!
3) Write articles
Writing articles provides you with several benefits at the same time –
by writing an article you are positioning yourself as an expert; when
your article is published, you get a link back to your site (which
helps SEO; you can promote your newsletter so you can contact readers
more than once. To know more about it login to
www.articles-page-machine.com. You don't need to have your article
published in USA Today to get these benefits. In fact, getting your
articles listed in an article directory can help you get listed in
more specialized websites, newsletters, and magazines, helping you
reach the right people!
4) Place newsletter, magazine, & newspaper ads
When spending money on ads, especially for the first time, start out
small. It's very easy to spend a ton of money, without getting any
responses (a tough lesson many advertisers learn the hard way!) Email
newsletters or ezines are a great way to start (start with the ones in
your industry that you subscribed to in order to get ideas for your
newsletter above). Make sure you offer something valuable – like your
newsletter – to get as many people to respond as possible.
5) Watch out for scams!
Buying 10,000 visitors for only $29.95. Submitting your website to 150
search engines for $19.99. Getting your site listed #1 on all the
search engines for just $50. Most of this sounds very tempting,
especially when you are just starting out. Unfortunately, most of
these are great ways to drain your bank account very quickly – and
make other people rich.
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