Artscientific & Affiliate Marketing Blog

I’m sick of people hoarding knowledge and making it difficult for the rest of us so here it is – a super-concentrated cheat sheet (worth its weight in diamonds) to making money and getting traffic online:

We’ve complied this list from our experience but you’ll find the same information in 100’s of books, thousands of e-books and literally millions of websites – all in one place, for your convenience.

In their simplest form affiliate programs pay you to send them leads or sales. Here is how to make them work for you:

The biggest secret is:
Happy affiliates make the most money, enjoy what your doing and do something you enjoy.

There is a huge demand for affiliates because most people that sign up don’t have the knowledge or the skills or the perseverance to keep going if they fail with one affiliate or site.

Merchants love this because they are happy to pay you since the sale has already been made.

Place 3 ads per page (one always in sight when scrolling down) larger ads work better (skyscraper and leader board).

Make ads blend into page (so they don’t stand out, they look like rest of the content) people have built up an immunity to things that look like ads.

Make creatively designed sites/blogs that stand out from the rest, its a sea of mediocrity out there!

Make people curious, what doesn’t kill them will make them want to know more. In fact if you can make them curious they will still come even if they know it will kill them (cigarettes, alcohol, bungee jumping and so on!)

Create many small sites with variations on the theme or niche.

Make 5 or more blogs with unique content and have them all link in a circular fashion to one another, then create one that is focused and your main site. All the other blogs should “feed” this one with links.

If your focus is money then choose keywords that pay well and build a site around them. Go where the money is.

Try to get qualified traffic that will be interested in your content.

Find (links below) or create quality, focused and relevant content.

Develop your site with SEO and traffic building in mind. Think about how this will affect and effect your site.

Use large ad blocks!!

Use RSS feeds in your sites, theres a wealth of content on them – FREE.

Stick to what works! Choose programs that sell items/services that are always in demand like niche loans, websites, music, travel, insurance, e-books.

Ask companies how many affiliates they have and what the average and top payouts are.

Tell everyone you know when you find a good one, particularly when you can earn a 2nd tier commission from them.

Choose affiliates that offer a product or service that people want and preferably one that is increasing in demand (the next big thing!)

Choose affiliate programs that offer a 2nd tier (so you can build your own affiliate network and work force!)

When people join the second tier they usually purchase the product so you win x 2

Be picky about affiliate programs, the people making the most money usually do so from a handful of choice programs.

Check online for what people are saying about your potential affiliate programs.

Take online courses, many sites offer free e-mail courses for affiliates.

Mass blogging doesn’t work anymore (lots of pointless blogs for linking (50+))

Make one mini-blog per keyword/phrase. Blogger works well and consistently ranks higher on search engines then other blogs.

Traffic equalizer + directory generator (creates 100+ of pages sites) bad bad bad.

Use goodkeywords to research keywords.

Make multiple sites, one main one with 2 keywords (in the domain/name) then more with those two keywords plus one or two additional words.

FREE CONTENT:
www.goarticles.com

After every new blog addition go to: www.pingoat.com

link exchange and article submission: www.linkmetro.com

article submission: www.articleassistance.com 350-400 words per/article

www.blogger.com

goodkeywords.com

Trackback Blogger

Drupal Blogger

B2E Blogger

WordPress Blogger

recommended affiliate programs:
commissionjunction.com or cj.com
linkshare.com
sharesale.com
redgaloshes.com
performics.com
popshops.com brings them all together nicely!

progressivehealth.com
zenmed.com
qualitygenerics.com

clickbank.com (over 50%-75% commission on some items!)

check associateprograms.com

malamaal.com

adsensedigest.blogspot.com/
freepdfebooks.com

http://www.articlesfactory.com/

free classified ads sites with huge user bases:
kijiji.com
gumtree.com
backpage.com
base.google.com
classifieds.myspace.com
adoos.com
usfreeads.com
adpost.com
ablewise.com
classifiedsforfree.com
adtrader.co.uk
adlandpro.com
oodle.com
classifiedads.com
worldlist.com
ozfreeonline.com
www.webpagepublicity.com/free/classified-ads.html
classifieds.yahoo.com
classified-ads-4free.com

-Peter Ochabski
Raver and Gothic subculture clothes and toys
Web Design, illustration, photography and fine art