| There are many effective affiliate marketing | | | | Cost: $10 for domain name. Can spend as little as |
| techniques, all of them capable of earning you a | | | | $0.99 for a.info domain name |
| significant amount of money when you learn the | | | | 3. If you don't already have a hosting account, you |
| techniques and apply the methods correctly. One | | | | will need to get one. Use a reputable company such |
| such method that is extremely effective, but tends | | | | as Hostgator. You can get a hosting account for as |
| to scare a lot of people off is to build a website. Just | | | | little as $4.95 a month. |
| the mention of having to build a website triggers | | | | Time: 30 minutes |
| images of technical intricacy and hours of work. But | | | | Cost: As little as $4.95, depends of the length of the |
| that really is not the case. | | | | hosting plan you take out. |
| Building a website these days can be a very easy | | | | 4. Install your WordPress website. This can be done |
| task, and when using platforms such as WordPress | | | | with a few clicks of your mouse using a feature |
| and Joomla it is as simple as a few clicks of a mouse. | | | | called Fantastico Deluxe, which can be found on your |
| There are thousands of themes that you can use to | | | | Hosting accounts CPanel |
| make your site look as personalized or targeted to | | | | Time: 5 minutes |
| your required niche as possible. | | | | Cost: Zero |
| It is also a myth that you need to produce | | | | 5. Install a theme and plugins for your website. |
| thousands of pages of content to put onto your | | | | Time: 20 minutes |
| websites to make them profitable. In fact you can | | | | Cost: Zero (You can pay for premium themes and |
| make a simple five page website, and if you have | | | | also some premium plugins, but you don't need to for |
| done your research carefully, and you have targeted | | | | this method if you don't want to) |
| the right keywords and product to promote, then | | | | 6. Install your five articles onto your website. Of |
| you can build a simple five page website that can | | | | course you will need to get the content. If you write |
| earn you hundreds of dollars each month, just by | | | | the articles yourself then make sure they are about |
| getting free traffic from the search engines. | | | | 400 words long and are keyword optimized to your |
| The beauty of this method is that each website can | | | | chosen keyword phrase. You can also outsource |
| be completed from start to finish in just a couple of | | | | your articles. If you look around you can get |
| hours. So you see how much potential this affiliate | | | | somebody to write a fairly good article for around $5 |
| marketing technique has. Even if you have another | | | | each. |
| day job, you can still quite easily create two or three | | | | Time: 10 minutes to install the articles |
| sites a week with ease (If you do this full time then | | | | Cost: If you outsource your articles then around $25, |
| you can make two or three a day), and your earning | | | | if you don't want this extra expense and you are |
| potential can be multiplied very easily and quickly. | | | | capable of writing them yourself then obviously your |
| Here is a quick breakdown of what you will need to | | | | cost will be zero. |
| do from start to finish to make profitable five page | | | | That is basically it. Your own profitable website built in |
| website: | | | | 1 hour and forty five minutes, at a cost of $40 (that |
| 1. Product research. Look for a suitable product that | | | | is if you buy domain name and also outsource your |
| can be sold and then sign up to their affiliate program | | | | articles). Not bad for starting up a new business. |
| so you can earn a commission whenever you sell any | | | | So as you can see from the breakdown and |
| of these products. TIP: Look for physical products to | | | | explanation, this is one of the easiest, yet most |
| sell rather than digital products. This is because there | | | | effective article marketing techniques that can be |
| is much less competition and it becomes much easier | | | | implemented by anyone. |
| for your websites to rank on the first page of the | | | | Of course it always helps to have a blueprint to |
| search engines. This is the secret behind the success | | | | follow, so you know the exact steps to take in a lot |
| of this method. | | | | more detail than I have given above. |
| Time: approximately 30 minutes | | | | There is a blueprint that teaches you the exact |
| Cost: Zero | | | | steps to the affiliate marketing technique that I just |
| 2. Purchase a domain name that is related to the | | | | described above. Even if you have no experience this |
| product you will be promoting. | | | | blueprint details every step you need to take to |
| Time: approximately 10 minutes | | | | form your new affiliate marketing business. |