Sunday, September 03, 2006
THINGS YOU WILL NEED AS AN AFFILIATE MARKETER
Today,we will be considering some of the things you will be needing as an affiliate marketer.Here are some of them:
1.A domain name:We have already considered the fact that you must have your own website.A domain name simply refers to the name of your website.It is also known as URL or Universal resource locator.This is what people will type into a search engine or browser that will take them to your website.For example, www.yourdomainname.com is an example of a domain name.To have your domain name,you must register it.This is to ensure that it is still available and that it isn't in use by some other person.A place where you can register one is Go Daddy.
2.A webhost:This is responsible for storing your website on their servers hard disk.It is from here that people are able to access your website.You can develop your website offline but it must be uploaded to your webhosts computer for it to be accessible globally.You must go for a webhost that provides you with many features such as unlimited autoresponders,unlimited webmails,high bandwidth,large storage space and others.Three webhosts that I can recommend are Site Build It,Third Sphere and Host4profit.
3.Autoresponders:An autoresponder is like a virtual secretary.Basically,this is how it works:
You write your messages such as your newsletter series and load them into your autoresponder.You then schedule the time that you want the autoresponder to send out the message.For instance,the autoresponder could send a welcome message when a person subscribes to your ezine,then you can schedule it to send the first newsletter issue three days later,the second could be sent four days after that and so on.You can also use an autoresponder to redirect a person to your sales page or any other page on your website after subscribing.By using an autoresponder,you are able to save a lot of time and automate your online business.There are different types of autoresponders:
i.Basic autoresponders
ii.Sequential autoresponders
iii.Autoresponder scripts
iv.Autoresponder services
The one you will be needing are the autoresponder services.I will not explain the first three since you do not need them.Basically,an autoresponder service is provided by a company and you pay them a monthly bill per month.There are many companies that provide such services.I personally recommend Aweber,Getresponse and Email Aces.
iv.A blog:Blog is short for web log and it is simply an online journal or diary.A blog is constantly updated and this is the reason why search engines love them.As an affiliate marketer,you can provide high quality content and weave in product reviews and recommendations.You can also place a link to your website on your blog and when the search engines come visiting,they will follow the link and visit your website as well,and index it.This is one way to get your website spidered and indexed.
v.Your own list of opt-in subscribers:It is usually said online that " the money is in the list".You must have your own list of subscribers that you have a relatonship with and that you can provide product reviews and recommendations to from time to time.The way this is done is by giving away a freebie such as a free ebook,a software or anything that has a high perceived value in exchange for the persons name and email address.This way,you can follow up on the person.I will cover this in detail later.
Lets stop with these for now.In the next post,we shall go into the methods of driving targeted traffic to your website.
1.A domain name:We have already considered the fact that you must have your own website.A domain name simply refers to the name of your website.It is also known as URL or Universal resource locator.This is what people will type into a search engine or browser that will take them to your website.For example, www.yourdomainname.com is an example of a domain name.To have your domain name,you must register it.This is to ensure that it is still available and that it isn't in use by some other person.A place where you can register one is Go Daddy.
2.A webhost:This is responsible for storing your website on their servers hard disk.It is from here that people are able to access your website.You can develop your website offline but it must be uploaded to your webhosts computer for it to be accessible globally.You must go for a webhost that provides you with many features such as unlimited autoresponders,unlimited webmails,high bandwidth,large storage space and others.Three webhosts that I can recommend are Site Build It,Third Sphere and Host4profit.
3.Autoresponders:An autoresponder is like a virtual secretary.Basically,this is how it works:
You write your messages such as your newsletter series and load them into your autoresponder.You then schedule the time that you want the autoresponder to send out the message.For instance,the autoresponder could send a welcome message when a person subscribes to your ezine,then you can schedule it to send the first newsletter issue three days later,the second could be sent four days after that and so on.You can also use an autoresponder to redirect a person to your sales page or any other page on your website after subscribing.By using an autoresponder,you are able to save a lot of time and automate your online business.There are different types of autoresponders:
i.Basic autoresponders
ii.Sequential autoresponders
iii.Autoresponder scripts
iv.Autoresponder services
The one you will be needing are the autoresponder services.I will not explain the first three since you do not need them.Basically,an autoresponder service is provided by a company and you pay them a monthly bill per month.There are many companies that provide such services.I personally recommend Aweber,Getresponse and Email Aces.
iv.A blog:Blog is short for web log and it is simply an online journal or diary.A blog is constantly updated and this is the reason why search engines love them.As an affiliate marketer,you can provide high quality content and weave in product reviews and recommendations.You can also place a link to your website on your blog and when the search engines come visiting,they will follow the link and visit your website as well,and index it.This is one way to get your website spidered and indexed.
v.Your own list of opt-in subscribers:It is usually said online that " the money is in the list".You must have your own list of subscribers that you have a relatonship with and that you can provide product reviews and recommendations to from time to time.The way this is done is by giving away a freebie such as a free ebook,a software or anything that has a high perceived value in exchange for the persons name and email address.This way,you can follow up on the person.I will cover this in detail later.
Lets stop with these for now.In the next post,we shall go into the methods of driving targeted traffic to your website.
