Hey Guys.... Here's a quick and simple method for the newbies out there. I'm sure with the overwhelming amount of different plans, blueprints, and step by step guides, you are probably frozen in your tracks. Well, here's a super simple income method for newbies. The Ezinearticles Affiliate Redirect Method: 1. Choose a Clickbank product to promote. Pick one that has high Popularity and Gravity so that you know its a proven seller. 2. Grab your affiliate link and write it down somewhere. 3. Use the Google Keyword Tool to develop a list of about 20 long tail keyword phrases. Pick phrases that get at least 5,000 searches a month, and have less than 20,000 competing pages on Google (search with the quotation marks). 4. Take the best keyword phrase, and register a .info domain name using it. These are usually between $0.99 and $2.99 per year. Be sure to check for promo codes if you are using GoDaddy or Namecheap. 5. In your domain name account, set up your redirect. Redirect incoming traffic to go to your affiliate link. 6. Using the 20 keyword phrases that you compiled, start writing articles. the more you write, the more you'll make. I'm not going to say to write 1 articles a day, or 5, or 20. I don't do things that way, and I suspect most other people don't either. I tend to work in spurts. I won't write any articles for a week, and then bust out with 12 in one day. Just remember thatthe more articles that you have floating around, the more income you will make. 7. Set up your Resource Box in your Ezinearticles account. Persuade your reader (by any means possible - do a little research here on DP and you will find MANY cool ideas) to click on the link in your resource box. Remember, EZA is find with top level domain name redirect. Normally, they wouldn't allow an affiliate link. But they are fine with redirecting the traffic. 8. Collect commission checks. Here's why it work: I know that everyone is always screaming about building up a mailing list and using landing pages. But the more steps you put in the process, the more leakage you will get. And I'm just talking short term money. Long term, a mailing list is incredibly valuable. But if you have to make money now, this speends up the process. I know some of you won't believe me. Here's an example: Let's say through your article writing efforts, you are able to generate 100 clicks on the link in your author resource box. With Domain Name Redirect: The 100 people go directly to the affiliate salespage. Assuming a 1% conversion rate, you will get 1 sale a day. With a Landing Page: The 100 people go to your squeeze page. You have a opt in rate of 20%. So now, 20 people have signed up to your mailing list. After they opt in and confirm, you send them to the affiliate salespage. So you are getting 20 people a day to the affiliate salespage. So instead of getting one sale every day, you are getting one sale every 5 days. If you were making $50 per sale, the difference is masive. With Redirect: 100 people X 1% conversion X $50 commission X 30 Days = $1500 per month With Landing Page: 100 people X 20% opt in X 1% conversion X $50 commission X 30 Days = $300 per month!! Sure, in the long term, the mailing list will outproduce. But for many in a tight cash crunch (ie. need money yesterday), fewer dollars today in exchange for bigger dollars later is ok. Hope this helps a few people. Best of luck, 100Bones
BUM marketing has been going-on for a long long time and it can work PROVIDED that you know what you are doing.
^ add to that: you have to be motivated. or if you have the money to spare, hire writers. (good ones >.>)
If you don't have time to do it yourself, than outsource it. To OP, nice informative post. Thanks for sharing. - Dynashox -
My friend, he didn't say write 20 articles per day. He said he writes in spurts. e.g. none for a week, then suddenly 12 articles in one day. It is definitely possible to write 12 articles in a day. Plus, you don't have to do this everyday. You can always take a break if you want to. There is a cumulative effect when you submit and write articles regularly. The more articles you submit, the more money you make. It's a numbers game.
I'd suggest you set up a landing page initially, and swap it for the redirect after 10 days or so. Otherwise you may have more issues getting the article accepted by ezines (especially with their new strict policies coming online)