If you are new to internet marketing, it totally makes sense to ask, "Is affiliate marketing any good?"
A true affiliate marketing program can be very good, but as with anything that does with business, some worry about affiliate marketing scams.
This field of marketing is not as subject to scams and others. I guess it is possible to run a scam through an affiliate program, paying others to advertise the scam, or not paying affiliates for the links that they provide, but so far I haven't seen this happen.
To set your mind at ease, you might want to read How Does Affiliate Marketing Work?
Things to Watch Out For…
Before signing up for an affiliate program, it is wise to read affiliate marketing reviews. If someone is running an affiliate program and is ripping their affiliates off, I am certain that the disgruntled affiliates would spread the news through online forums.
If they are running a scam and taking advantage of their customers, I'm sure that the customers would make it news as well.
Just simply do a Google search of the name of the affiliate program or the names of their products to learn more about the stability and honesty of the program.
Most affiliate programs use an affiliate marketing system, like ClickBank , Commission Junction, Share-a-Sale, or the Google Affiliate Network to track the activity of their affiliates. (The examples given are some of the most popular ones).
By using such a system, affiliate IDs are assigned to each affiliate to use in the links to the affiliate products or services and the commissions are automatically tracked.
Beware of programs that do not use an affiliate marketing tracking system.
Some affiliate programs, like Sitesell use an in-house tracking system that works just fine, but if you run across programs that don't use affiliate IDs, chances are they are just using you for free advertisement. It is quite impossible to track sales and appropriately distribute commission without a system.
Don't release any upfront money.
It shouldn't cost you a dime to join an affiliate program. Affiliates are beneficial to the owner of the affiliate program and you shouldn't pay to be an affiliate. I haven't seen any affiliate programs ask for application fees or membership fees from their affiliates. If you run across one that does, the flag should go up that it might be an affiliate marketing scam.
All in all, affiliate marketing is very good if it uses a tracking system. There is little need to worry about scams in affiliate marketing. If you don't find any negative stuff about the program online chances are, you can make money through the affiliate marketing program.
Buford Mobley is a successful online entrepreneur who has written many articles on affiliate marketing. For more information on all aspects of online marketing, please visit his website, NetBizForNewbies
Friday, December 25, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
United Nations Climate Conference in Copenhagen
A truly historic moment has arrived. The United Nations Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark began this week, and the eyes of the world are on the United States, gauging our commitment to a global solution to the greatest challenge facing our planet.
Leaders from across the world, including President Obama, will come together to forge an agreement that will guide international action to reduce greenhouse gas pollution and lay the foundation for a new and prosperous 21st century clean energy economy.
In advance of his trip to Copenhagen, President Obama has already made a commitment to take on the climate crisis here in the U.S. -- now we have to show that the American people are ready to lead too.
Show the world that the American people want bold action on climate and clean energy solutions. Share your message of support on The Wall now.
The United States has a crucial role to play in any international efforts related to the climate crisis -- including the dialogue that continues in Copenhagen this week.
Our principles and our economic strength have traditionally made us a leader in the world community -- but we are also one of the largest emitters of global warming pollution. For these reasons, the rest of the world expects we will also play a leadership role in developing a climate agreement. Given the urgency of the challenge that is before us, the U.S. can't wait any longer.
Solving the climate crisis begins with action and commitment, right here at home. The best way we can prove our leadership and demonstrate that we are ready to take meaningful action is by passing comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation in Congress.
That legislation has passed the House of Representatives and is now in the Senate. We're not done yet, but we are closer than ever before -- and we are going to keep up the pressure to pass a bill until our leaders have done it.
This is an opportunity for America to regain the mantle of global leadership. We need to tell the world that the American people are ready for bold action on climate change.
Leaders from across the world, including President Obama, will come together to forge an agreement that will guide international action to reduce greenhouse gas pollution and lay the foundation for a new and prosperous 21st century clean energy economy.
In advance of his trip to Copenhagen, President Obama has already made a commitment to take on the climate crisis here in the U.S. -- now we have to show that the American people are ready to lead too.
Show the world that the American people want bold action on climate and clean energy solutions. Share your message of support on The Wall now.
The United States has a crucial role to play in any international efforts related to the climate crisis -- including the dialogue that continues in Copenhagen this week.
Our principles and our economic strength have traditionally made us a leader in the world community -- but we are also one of the largest emitters of global warming pollution. For these reasons, the rest of the world expects we will also play a leadership role in developing a climate agreement. Given the urgency of the challenge that is before us, the U.S. can't wait any longer.
Solving the climate crisis begins with action and commitment, right here at home. The best way we can prove our leadership and demonstrate that we are ready to take meaningful action is by passing comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation in Congress.
That legislation has passed the House of Representatives and is now in the Senate. We're not done yet, but we are closer than ever before -- and we are going to keep up the pressure to pass a bill until our leaders have done it.
This is an opportunity for America to regain the mantle of global leadership. We need to tell the world that the American people are ready for bold action on climate change.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Generate More Traffic With Article Marketing
The significance of article writing is that it helps to generate hordes of web traffic without much effort. So the choice is yours...the way you write your articles are directly proportional to the number of people you'll get to your website. This article will show you how to generate more traffic with article marketing.
Article marketing is considered to be an ideal way through which you can generate more traffic to your website. So you want to start off by writing relevant and effective articles. Article marketing can play a major role when it comes to promoting your website. However, prior to taking up your challenge to get more traffic, you need to have a sound knowledge about everything related to article marketing. To be more specific, you need to have a fair knowledge on everything from writing to submitting your articles to the popular article directories.
The article directories have their personal set of instructions that you need to keep in mind while writing an article. Make sure you follow their rules when writing articles to get traffic to your site. This helps to effectively promote your articles and it helps to get your articles approved. Getting your article listed in the major article directories is one of the most effective methods that will help you get a good page rank for your website.
Please take into consideration the following strategies of writing a well-informed and relevant article:
1) The most important thing to do before you submit your article to a directory is to READ THEIR EDITORIAL GUIDELINES. You can have an article written on the most popular subject, but if you fail to follow their guidelines, your article will not be accepted.
2) Make sure you submit your articles to as many directories as possible. The more directories you submit to the more back links you will have pointing to your site. And as result, your page rank and traffic should increase over time.
3) Make sure that you submit your site to a relevant category in the directories. Don't forget, you are writing your articles to give people information. People will be come frustrated if they search a particular category for information only to find articles that are totally unrelated to that category.
4) In order to get a significant amount of visitors, make sure that your articles are unique, informative and are written by you. Try writing a well structured article with a proper introduction, body and conclusion. Pay close attention to your grammar, paragraph format and spelling. If you fail to heed these tips, most of your articles will not be approved.
5) Make sure you add a few of your keywords to your article. This helps the search engines to determine how relevant your content is in regards to the category in which your article appears. CAUTION: Do not just populate your article with too many keyword hoping that this will improve your search engine ranking. Don't forget, you are writing for real people who will be reading your article. Placing too many keywords in an article will be annoying to readers and in some cases, your article may not make sense.
6) The majority of article directories do not allow any html codes in the body of the article. So do not try to sell your reader anything by placing a website url in the body of the article. You will be given a chance to sell whatever it is that you are selling in the Author's Resource/Bio section.
7) The Author's Resource/Bio section is placed at the end of each article. This is where you are given a chance to write a brief bio of yourself. This consists of a couple sentences telling the reader about yourself such as, your qualifications on the subject you are writing and telling them your name. You'll also be able to add a link or two that will link back to your site. This link back to your site is the back link and this is how you will get traffic to your site as people reading your article may click on it if they find your article interesting and relevant. This is also what the search engines look for when counting the number of relevant links that are pointing to your site.
After your articles are approved and published online, you will find that the traffic to your website will increase over time. So in conclusion, all you need to do is follow the tips above and soon traffic to your site will increase and hopefully so will your sales.
"Dan Richmond"
Article marketing is considered to be an ideal way through which you can generate more traffic to your website. So you want to start off by writing relevant and effective articles. Article marketing can play a major role when it comes to promoting your website. However, prior to taking up your challenge to get more traffic, you need to have a sound knowledge about everything related to article marketing. To be more specific, you need to have a fair knowledge on everything from writing to submitting your articles to the popular article directories.
The article directories have their personal set of instructions that you need to keep in mind while writing an article. Make sure you follow their rules when writing articles to get traffic to your site. This helps to effectively promote your articles and it helps to get your articles approved. Getting your article listed in the major article directories is one of the most effective methods that will help you get a good page rank for your website.
Please take into consideration the following strategies of writing a well-informed and relevant article:
1) The most important thing to do before you submit your article to a directory is to READ THEIR EDITORIAL GUIDELINES. You can have an article written on the most popular subject, but if you fail to follow their guidelines, your article will not be accepted.
2) Make sure you submit your articles to as many directories as possible. The more directories you submit to the more back links you will have pointing to your site. And as result, your page rank and traffic should increase over time.
3) Make sure that you submit your site to a relevant category in the directories. Don't forget, you are writing your articles to give people information. People will be come frustrated if they search a particular category for information only to find articles that are totally unrelated to that category.
4) In order to get a significant amount of visitors, make sure that your articles are unique, informative and are written by you. Try writing a well structured article with a proper introduction, body and conclusion. Pay close attention to your grammar, paragraph format and spelling. If you fail to heed these tips, most of your articles will not be approved.
5) Make sure you add a few of your keywords to your article. This helps the search engines to determine how relevant your content is in regards to the category in which your article appears. CAUTION: Do not just populate your article with too many keyword hoping that this will improve your search engine ranking. Don't forget, you are writing for real people who will be reading your article. Placing too many keywords in an article will be annoying to readers and in some cases, your article may not make sense.
6) The majority of article directories do not allow any html codes in the body of the article. So do not try to sell your reader anything by placing a website url in the body of the article. You will be given a chance to sell whatever it is that you are selling in the Author's Resource/Bio section.
7) The Author's Resource/Bio section is placed at the end of each article. This is where you are given a chance to write a brief bio of yourself. This consists of a couple sentences telling the reader about yourself such as, your qualifications on the subject you are writing and telling them your name. You'll also be able to add a link or two that will link back to your site. This link back to your site is the back link and this is how you will get traffic to your site as people reading your article may click on it if they find your article interesting and relevant. This is also what the search engines look for when counting the number of relevant links that are pointing to your site.
After your articles are approved and published online, you will find that the traffic to your website will increase over time. So in conclusion, all you need to do is follow the tips above and soon traffic to your site will increase and hopefully so will your sales.
"Dan Richmond"
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