What is the Quickest Way to Make Money Online by Promoting Affiliate Programs?Bookmark this Page | Print this Page By Michael Campbell and At Netsellingsecrets we are frequently asked the question, what is the quickest way to make money online by promoting affiliate programs? Over the years many programs and ideas on how to do this have come and gone, but since 2008, and continuing to be successful right up to the moment (February 2010), we, after quite a bit of research, are tentatively following Michael Campbell on this one, as we believe his method is by far the quickest and the most effective available anywhere today. But, to be realistic, we also understand that this form of marketing is not for everyone, as this article, We're Following Allan Gardyne on the Twitter Trap, prompted by Allan Gardyne's experiences, shows. Since a lot of people are having great success with this system, we feel it only right to test the waters ourselves, being very careful not too fall for the "trap" part of the system. You see, there are a host of people online who are absolutely adamant that good old-fashioned SEO has had it's day, and the new king of the road is social marketing, a la methods such Michael Campbell's (Michael calls it "conversational WOM (word of mouth) marketing"), which is the subject of this article. We think it's not wise to toss SEO, and good sound site development and growth, just like that, and get exclusively into the social marketing field. That's why we added the article Especially For the "SEO is Dead" Brigade to our site. So what we are saying is this. When you get two sides opposing each other as in this case, it is foolish, in our view, to toss the old tried and tested system (SEO and good sound site development practices) for the new kid on the block. After all, people are really into the habit of doing their shopping with Google these days, and to cater for that massive group of people, SEO will never go away. On the other hand, it would be foolish to ignore something new that is working well for so many people, so why not attempt to add both systems to your marketing mix? So our suggestion is just that. Get both methods working for you, but always remember the Twitter Trap! So with those serious provisos in mind, let's have a look at Michael Campbell's system. Of course the first thing Michael really likes about his system is that it requires you to learn absolutely no SEO (Search Engine Optimisation), as this would take at least three months to start clicking in, so SEO is too slow for our needs here. (Cannot argue with that. SEO does take time to get up to speed, but once it starts to take off, you won't ignore it) Remember the keyword here-we're looking for the quickest method, remember! Nor do we need PPC (Pay-Per-Click) marketing, or any other kind of expensive marketing. Essentially a mini-site with a Wordpress blog on it is all you need! So, to add social marketing to your kit-bag, this is what we suggest you do ... 1. Explore the Web to find out what kinds of affiliate programs you'd like to promote. There is a mass of online help on how to do this. 2. Get yourself a good keyword research tool. I suggest you use Market Samurai as it is a fabulous tool with the best training I've ever seen. Besides, they give you a 12-day free trial in which you can test the entire program. After that you will only be able to use the free keyword research section of the program, but that is a powerful tool in itself, and it's free forever! 3. Use Market Samurai to find keywords that apply to your market and keep lists of them. 4. Build one small 10 page mini site and put a Wordpress blog on it. At this point you can learn to do that yourself using the best HTML program around, which is Xsitepro, or we can help you learn that with our Web Design Mastery course, or get someone else, like Netsellingsecrets, for example ;-), to build your mini-site and put a Wordpress blog on it.
5. You've got your mini-site and blog set up OK. Now as Michael says,"sell the heck out of it. Talk about it. Advertise it. Market it. Brand it. Social bookmark every post where you leave a comment. And we are not going to be relying on the Search Engines at all!" But First A Little Background, Again From Michael Campbell ... "The websites used for affiliate marketing have changed over the years. White hats have used microsites, mininets and authority sites. Black hats countered with scrapers, splogs (spam blogs) and MFA (made for AdSense) sites. All have come and GONE as the strategy of choice. Even SEO has become `old school' and will soon take a back seat to the social media space. In 2007, everything started to shift. With all the social media available, it became a lot easier to advertise your personal brand and get backlinks. You could create mininets, doorways, pumpers and links, without having to set up your own websites. You could do it on the backs of the social media networks. Two years ago I wrote on the #1 tech blog at the time, `Search is becoming secondary in many markets. Word of mouth is taking over faster than ever, thanks to the reach of Myspace, Facebook and Twitter. For example, if I'm looking for a product, I'm more likely to broadcast a tweet on Twitter, and get the opinions of people I trust. Only as a last resort would I rely on a search engine, that constantly gets gamed by people in the SEO business. People can live in the Google SEO world as long as they want, with its 2003 search technology. But future traffic lies in (dare I say it) social media properties with conversational WOM (word of mouth) marketing. Change happens. You either adapt or perish. SEO and its effectiveness have declined.' When it comes to getting traffic and paying customers, SEO has become secondary in many markets. It's no longer effective at getting the word out, because it takes too long."" Remember, that was TWO years ago ... Within two months of writing that post, I wrote Goobert. I wanted to prove that everyone could have a successful affiliate marketing business, without learning SEO or having to pay for advertising. In my very first test, I got up to 400 unique visitors per day in just four weeks. Fast forward to the present day and the Gooberts rule the roost. A mini site is all it takes. Let's Get Down To it ... But rather than focus on SEO and organic search, and getting found passively, you jump into the conversations and take an active role in getting traffic to your site. It's a lot more fun than setting up mini-nets, or one giant 200 page site, and waiting, hoping that you'll get found. Start your marketing by setting up a few pages on social hosting properties like Squidoo, Weebly, Tumblr and HubPages. These become topically related pumper sites to drive additional traffic and links to your mini site. Set up social bookmarking accounts on Delicious, Mr. Wong, StumbleUpon, Mixx, BizSugar, Yahoo My Web, Faves, Simpy and Google Bookmarks. These are used to link and promote any page where you leave comments. And if you still don't think bookmarking is worth it ... Bookmarks apply the law of liking. (Robert Cialdini fans take note.) If you comment on someone's blog, tell them why you liked their post. People tend to like people who already like them. Bookmarks also apply the law of reciprocity. If I link to you, or bookmark you, that same type of behavior should be extended to me. Bookmarks create links to pages that would otherwise be isolated nodes. You can give link love to those pages, so they get spidered and pass the link juice on to you.
Now here's where the fun starts . How a 10 page site, and a little elbow grease in the social media space, can generate some swift affiliate commissions. 1. Subscribe to the Google Alerts, not one keyword, but dozens surrounding your market. Jump into every conversation related to your topic. Go comment on their blogs. Be helpful while trying to divert their attention to your site. Social bookmark - not just their sites - but every post you comment on. 2. Go to Twitter.com and type in your keyword phrase. Did you notice that Twitter is a search engine now? It's real time results. This makes Google very nervous and Twitter could end up as a serious competitor. You can jump into these conversations as they're happening. In real time. You can prevent these people from needing a search engine. It's being proactive, reaching the prospect earlier in the decision making process. 3. Start conversations and answer questions on your blog. What questions? As you monitor the Twitter stream, you'll see plenty of questions being asked. Take note of the popular ones. But if you want to jumpstart your blog with all sorts of useful content, go to the Wordtracker Question Tool. Type in your keyword phrase and the top 100 questions in your niche will appear. FAQs: http://labs.wordtracker.com/keyword-questions Go down the list and answer those questions with posts on your blog. (Multiply the numbers by 54 to get more accurate monthly Google search numbers.) It's this simple ...
Take one small 10 page mini site and sell the heck out of it. Talk about it. Advertise it. Market it. Brand it. Social bookmark every post where you leave a comment. Michael Campbell Concludes ... Tap the `social' aspect of social media. Be a good listener. And when it makes sense to do so, jump in and tell your product story to anyone who will listen. Sell to this market. Agree with their pain or pleasure. Intensify their emotions. Then aim their desire. Focus it on your product or service, as the solution to their problems. That's all it really takes to get started in social marketing and taste success. And once you taste it, you'll never go back to your old routines of watching reruns on TV. You'll have a whole new outlook of motivation, inspiration and burning desire for more success. When you're ready to try it, get Goobert 2.0 and get started. It's the most powerful social media marketing method ever devised. I guarantee it. Get Started: http://www.gogoobert.com Wishing you all the best for online success, Michael Campbell and
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