Chow says, “Should you create your own product or should you be an affiliate and promote other people’s products? That’s a questions I get asked on a daily basis. Most Internet markets start off as affiliates of other people’s products. The reason for this is cost and risk. Creating your own products, while potentially more profitable, is extremely expensive and risky. For example, just the sales page forBlogging with John Chow cost $7,500. Add in the cost of content writers, video team, affiliate managers, etc., and the cost easily runs into the high five-figures”. Should You Create... [...]

Are you a Clickbank affiliate? There is a major advantage over being an Amazon affiliate or eBay affiliate: your commission is much higher, usually 50% or more. However, usually you may have to work harder to earn that commission. That’s because Clickbank has so many products that it is hard to sort through them and find the ones that people will buy and earn a commission for you. Clickbank has a search function, but it is rudimentary and time-consuming. We just got a note from George Kase informing us about his new software, CB Powerplug. This new Clickbank affiliate software not only finds... [...]

You can build an online store that gets some of the billions of dollars people spend on home furnishings. Every modernized country around the world buys a lot of furniture from online stores. In less than an hour, you can use HomeClone to build your own online store so you can participate in this online e-commerce. And because the store built by this new software is an affiliate store for Amazon, you don’t have to stock any products or deliver purchases to your customers. Amazon does all the hard work. You just attract shoppers to your affiliate store and when they buy, you collect a commission. Each... [...]

Everybody needs a place to sit, a bed to sleep in and a table to eat from. That’s why all around the world, people spend billions on furniture every year. Amazon affiliate marketers like you and me can take advantage of this constant stream of traffic buying furniture to build a business selling the furniture everyone needs. The home furnishings industry offers any Amazon affiliate the chance to make money with an affiliate site catering to this niche. When you enter this niche you are offering everyday people an opportunity to create a better life for themselves by making their home more comfortable. CoolIce... [...]

Gaz Cooper has just released a package of three affiliate websites for Amazon affiliates, to help you get your affiliate sites up and running and ready for business in short order. He calls this package: Early Bird Outdoor Authority. His three sites address three sub-niches of the “great outdoors”: Camping, hunting and hiking. For each of these he is providing a package of web resources that will let each marketer build a unique site in that sub-niche. Here’s what you get: • A set of banners for the niche; select the one that appeals most to you • Articles for the niche; rewrite... [...]

Olivia Dello Buono says, “Affiliate marketing has become a trending topic in the digital marketing community, and for good reason! This low-risk, high-reward opportunity is great for those who want to monetize their love of a product. Despite some claims, affiliate marketing won’t make you an overnight millionaire. But that doesn’t mean you can’t make a serious profit. Successful affiliates are advocates for the products they’re referring – and they’re reaping the rewards! Keep reading to find out if affiliate marketing is right for you – and tips on how you can become an affiliate... [...]

New WP theme from Brett Ingram is called WP Click Store. With its automation you quickly can set up a store selling Clickbank.com products in whatever niche you choose. Ingram includes step-by-step training videos that walk you through setting up your site and then managing it. With this flexible WP theme, you can fully customize your site. Then, you can add any content you like to make it unique and SEO optimized. From the admin interface, you can search the Clickbank marketplace and add products to your store with just 1 click. You may be excited about Amazon stores, and rightly so, but Clickbank... [...]

Adam Hansen says, “Have you noticed the popularity of one-page websites these days? They seem to be popping up everywhere, and for good reason. Done right, one-page websites can look super creative, clean and classy. These sites also help keep users engaged because they never have to click around a site and risk hitting a dead end that makes them bounce back to the search results. But before you start remodeling all of your websites, there’s a little secret the one-page evangelists aren’t telling”. Is Your One-Page Website Killing Your SEO? Mark Ling’s  ’Affilorama’ Blog  [...]

Adam Hansen says, “We all know the power of social media traffic, and Facebook’s in particular. Building an engaged fan base on Facebook is a great way to interact with your most die-hard followers, increase website traffic and (hopefully) sales. But recent changes in the Facebook organic reach algorithms could have big effects on your website’s traffic and your social media. How It All Works Just like in the search engine world, there is paid and organic traffic on social media platforms like”. Decreasing Facebook Organic Reach: What You Need to Know Mark Ling’s  ’Affilorama’... [...]

Matt Swan says, “With the end of the year fast approaching, it is time to focus our attention on the year ahead and what we can expect to see across the channel in 2015. By no means an exhaustive list, here are four trends expected to shape the industry next year. MAKING LIFE EASIER FOR AFFILIATES Affiliate marketing is a simple concept but one that is often over complicated by those working in the industry. Numerous acronyms, unintuitive interfaces and failing to adequately display program information in an easily accessible way are all contributing to this. The assumption is that affiliates... [...]