by TheMarketingProfessional
Let’s talk about how to make money blogging, sure, it can be intimidating if you don’t have a clue of how to do it. One way you can learn how to make money blogging is through affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing is when you promote someone else’s product and you receive a percentage of the sales from that product.
Today affiliate marketers are using blogs to promote products to their readers and you can do the same thing. They realize they can still get an audience by using their blogs to post entries, get comments and make sales.
Marketing affiliate products is a good way to learn how to make money blogging. You should choose affiliate products that are similar to the information that you post in your blog. Some places where you can promote products as an affiliate are Commission Junction, Clickbank and Amazon. You can also promote products that you have purchased from other marketers.
If you don’t have a blog you will have to choose one, there are three main platforms to choose from: Blogger, WordPress and TypePad. You can learn how to make money blogging with any of these. Blogger and WordPress are free. They both have websites with instructions on how to set up the software. TypePad has a fourteen day trial period. Then if you decide to keep it, you have several different monthly options to choose from.
When you’re looking to make money blogging with affiliate marketing, there are several things you should keep in mind. You should take into consideration the keywords for the products you are promoting. Use those keywords in your entries and comments of your blog. Make sure that you get to know your readers and have a bonding with them. This is how they will trust you and eventually, starting purchasing the products that you recommend.
You should update your blog on a regular basis. This will help keep it in the search engines. If you want additional traffic, you need to post in related forums and blogs. Be sure to leave your signature link so people can click on it.
As you learn how to make money blogging, you can promote more affiliate products as you go along. Don’t promote an avalanche of them at once. Take your time and focus on providing quality content so that your readers will continue to come back.
Here’s to your blogging and affiliate marketing success,
The Marketing Professional
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Have you heard the expression “Website Flipping” with regard to producing a profit on the internet? Another expression which is also used in the same market is “Turnkey Website” or “Turnkey Business”?
Essentially it describes a pre-made made website which is offered for sale as a “business in a box” .. … oops there’s another market place term, the website being sold either has a track record of producing an income or can be shown to have an income potential because of the niche features built into it.
I would like to say before you read any more – do not dismiss this profitable internet business because you think it requires a lot of previous knowledge or skill .. IT DOESN’T!
This business model is based around following some very straight forward concepts to construct a profit making web site, using FREE resources. Then putting it all together in an organized way.
What makes the web site flipping business even more interesting is that, as long as the suggested primary construction principles are followed, the website should produce you an income while you are waiting for a buyer. Furthermore if the pre-sale income increases considerably the selling price of this business asset will increase as well.
I recently discovered a way of building and selling, or flipping, websites and blogs is a very unique way ! You can create a website in a couple of hours with a minimum investment of money, and you can make a profit of $50 – $300 or more in a few days!
All of the “hard work” of adding niche content and building in niche profit generating links is taken away from the potential buyer, who instantly owns a ready made profit center. These websites are monetized, that is to say, they are built to make a profit from PPC, Pay Per Click ads like Google Adsense, or/and from sales affiliate commissions from places like ClickBank, PayDotCom, Commission Junction, Amazon etc etc.
As I said before web site flipping for profit, is a very reputable and proven concept which works very well as a home based internet business. There are even, very popular, dedicated sites where you can promote and sell the sites you have made for flipping, and I am not talking about eBay either, which is another excellent place to resell them.
But what if, without any previous experience, YOU could include some powerful scripts into the website -: for powerful search engine optimisation.
Which automatically adds more pages of fresh new content – with commission earning adverts! Use the power of social marketing websites for extra exposure and back links. DIGG, YouTube.
Auto add Flickr Photos and YouTube Videos, even add a complete, commission earning, Amazon eStore based on the website content!
ALL of the above is possible and VERY EASILY CREATED using the proven power of a FREE WordPress Blogs!
All is explained in exact detail, including direct links to all of the resources you need to churn out fast Blogs For Flipping Profits. Checkout this unique guide to flipping websites and start selling them next week!
I recomend it,
The Marketing Professional
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The sales website is the most crucial area in the informational products business. You could have the most interesting and informative book in the world but if your sales ‘copy’ is crap people won’t buy it and you won’t make any money. To start with you need only create three pages which are:
1… The sales page
2… The affiliate’s page
3… The ‘thank you’ page
The Sales Page:
The sales page is where you sell your book with a sales pitch using one or preferably a combination of words, videos, testimonials, audio – whatever suits your product.
It is imperative that you get the ‘copy’ right as if you screw it up it will cost you thousands of dollars in sales. Especially important is the ‘headline’, the one or two sentence ‘teaser’ at the top of the page.
How the ‘headline’ makes ALL the difference to your sales:
A friend of mine in the marketing business changed just 4 words in his headline and his sales jumped from $1000 a week to over $3000 a week INSTANTLY!
The reason is this…When you get a visitor to your website they’ll read the headline first and if it doesn’t captivate their attention IMMEDIATELY, they will close the page down and go elsewhere. It is the choice of words which is so important.
An example selection of words you should use in your ‘headline’:
Secrets, Amazing, Shocking, Revealed, Explosive, Startling
Warning, Urgent, Dynamite, Potent, Mind-blowing, Successful
Discount, Save, Soar, Unlock, Formula, Blockbuster
Unleash, Earn, Discover, Uncover, Slash, Secure
Accomplish, Achieve, Hurry, Burst, Explode, Profit
Benefit, Powerful, Strong, Surprise, Superior, Increase
Surefire, Miracle, Wealth, Tested, Proven, Direct
Bonus, Trusted, Genuine, Exclusive, Approved, Endorsed
An example selection of phrases you should use in your ‘headline’:
How to… Who else wants… Insider secrets…
100% guaranteed… Special offer… Closely guarded secrets…
Act now… Money saving… Zero-risk…
Limited to the first… How you can The shocking truth about…
The truth about… If your serious about… Free bonuses…
Urgent information… Discover how to… Take advantage of…
Are you ready… Special invitation… 100% pure…
A breakthrough system… The quickest way to… Individually designed…
It’s so easy… A simple solution to… Results in just…
Your chance to… Information packed… More powerful than ever…
Yours free if you… Astounding new… 12 proven steps to…
Say goodbye to… Surprisingly simple… Hassle free…
Cash in on… Instant results… Insane profits…
Enjoy the ultimate… You’ll wonder why… In test after test…
If you’re stuck and don’t know where to begin you could always pay a professional copywriter from www.elance.com to do it for you. Even if it costs $500, you’ll make your money back extremely quickly if it’s done properly. Check out Marlon Sanders for tips on copywriting.
As I mentioned above, there are other important aspects to your sales page and having testimonials is one of them. These can be extremely powerful way to sell your product. If you don’t have any, get members of your family or friends to review your book and write some for you.
The Affiliates Page:
This is another extremely important area as affiliate sales will probably be how you make the bulk of your money. You must get this correct from day one! Provide affiliates with articles, text ads, graphics and other material to sell you product. If you don’t bother, they won’t bother.
The last affiliate website I set up was ‘software’ based and I scoured different websites looking for different products to promote. If I wasn’t provided with good marketing material and a graphic to use I just moved on.
Here is a good example of an affiliate’s page: work from home opportunities
To Your Sales Success,
The Marketing Professional
The ‘Thank You’ Page:
After someone buys your book, they will be automatically redirected by clickbank, or whichever payment processor you use, to your ‘thank you’ page. You will give instructions on how to download your product, your email address in case of technical queries and a link out to another one of your websites, if you have one.
You can also use the ‘thank you’ page as a money making tool as I’ve already discussed.
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