Greetings All,
As the demand for knowledge about affiliate marketing increases, we have decided to create a blog, which will give a broad knowledge about the different sectors for the industry.
Some topics will be covered in more depths then others. Therefore, if
you would like to see a specific subject covered or discussed, we
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SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
SEO is all about getting the right links.
Here are the methods of getting them:
1) Blog, Forums -> write down comments and implant your link
2) Social Links -> create accounts in all social website (Facebook,
Myspace, etc.) By doing that you will receive back links, which are high
ranked. This will increase your ranking.
3) Relevant Links -> find websites in your niche and try to obtain link from them. Some people will switch links for free. Others will sell back links.
Usefull Sites:
*
Top Links Datatbase
* EarnersBlog
*
SEO Idiot
* Slightly Shady SEO
* SEO BlackHat
Buying PPC Traffic
Use Google,Yahoo, MSN and all other PPC engines to get traffic.
This is probably one of the fastest ways to buy traffic on your own. Traffic can be very targeted depending on the keywords you choose.
Note: Do yourself a favor and do not bid on the same keywords everyone else bid. Chances are guys with higher payouts or even advertisers themselves will outbid you. Here is where you want you explore your creative side. Brain storm the demographics of your users and select keywords which are less competitive by will trigger an interest on the customer side to make an acquisition.
Google: Most competitive and highest quality of traffic.
Yahoo: Less competitive then Google, but costs you in quality of traffic.
MSN: Less competitive then both Google and Yahoo, and targets a much older audience.
Useful Sites :
* CDF Networks
* Webmaster World
* Uber Publisher
* SEO BlackHat
Buying Social Media Ads (Facebook, MySpace)
Putting Ads on Facebook and MySpace is not an easy task, but gets
huge traffic when approved.
Cloaking Scripts are required for both websites. Cloaking Scripts will
be available soon.
Useful Sites:*
* Webmaster World
* Uber Publisher
* SEO BlackHat
Buy Traffic From Ad Networks/Agencies
Here is the list with the best Ad Agencies and their traffic reach.
This includes:
Platform-A (Adsonar)
Yahoo network
Google Ad Network
ValueClick Networks
24/7 Real Media
Fox Audience Network
Tribal Fusion
Tremor Media
Specific Media
Casale Media - MediaNet
CPX Interactive
Collective Network
ADSDAQ (ContextWeb)
Pulse360
and more …
Most of them require 10k USD minimum for starting a campaign.
Some of them have web interface and you may bid for ad position.
Note: Media buying can be very effective, but also very risky. We will post an entire section on the psychology of media buying soon.
Email Campaigns
Gather prospect’s emails from media buying campaigns and afterwards send offers to them.
Publisher Help Forums
http://www.digitalpoint.com
http://www.wickedfire.com
http://www.seoblackhat.com
http://www.blackhatworld.com
http://www.webmasterworld.com
http://www.seomoz.com
Publisher Conferences
http://www.ad-tech.com
http://www.pubcon.com
http://www.searchenginestrategies.com
http://www.searchmarketingexpo.com
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