Introduction
It requires only 1 to 2 hours of "start up" work, and then only 10 to
15 minutes of work everyday. It will probably take a month or two
to get up to $20 a day.
You can, of course, put more work into it and earn significantly
more - especially if you repeat these techniques over and over.
The premise behind this idea is that you're going to be using a
simple blog to generate some cash. You probably won't get rich off
of a single blog, but you will be able to create a small, steady
source of income by referring your visitors to other people's
products. As we said, repeat the methods we outline and you'll
make a big profit.
Becoming an affiliate reduces your workload (you don't have to
worry about all the bull that goes behind making the product - the
sales letter, credit card processing, and so on) and most of the time
the seller gives you the majority of the profits anyway, around 75%.
Step One - Research
First things first, you'll need to start doing some research. You're
going to find a somewhat specific subject area that interests you (a
"niche") - and one product that you can sell as an affiliate to match
your chosen niche.
To find a product, simply go to Clickbank.com Marketplace and
browse the categories that best match your niche. Find a popular
product (one that is in the top 10 or 20 search results, usually) and
use the following criteria to judge whether it's worth your time:
* Is $/sale over $20?
* Is %/sale 75%?
* Is Grav over 30.0?
* Does the sales page look professional enough?
* Would you purchase the product yourself? (Important!)
If you answered "yes" to all of the above questions, then you've
probably got a great product - write it down in a list. The first 3
criteria are flexible - for example, if you got a product that only
gives you $15 per sale but is selling like wildfire (very high gravity -
250+) then that's absolutely fine. The last 2 have to be "yes"
though, otherwise it's not worthy.
Once you've got a good number of products, determine ONE that is
your favorite. One that you couldn't live without. Information that
you're dying to know or use. And a killer sales page.
Now, sign up at Clickbank. It's free to sign up as an affiliate, as long
as you aren't selling your own products, and it should take just a
minute or so to do. Now, figure out the affiliate hoplink that you'll
use to promote the product. For more information, check out
Clickbank's Hoplink FAQ. It explains how to determine what link you
will be using to make sure you get credit for any sales to refer.
Step Two - Developing Your Blog
Next, we're going to start setting up your blog. Go to blogger.com
and click on "create your blog", the orange arrow on the right side
of the screen.
Create your user name. Choose your display name wisely, as this is
what will show when you make a post to your blog. Click continue.
Now, we get to the juicy stuff.
Blog Title: Think of a title that uses some basic keywords that
describe the product your promoting
Blog Address: An ideal address would be
yourkeyword.blogspot.com, if that is taken, then simply be
creative! It is important that you use keywords in your title, but not
essential.
Template: Choose whatever you like here. All a matter of
preference. Going for a clean look is probably your best bet.
Now that you've created your blog, it's time to start posting. Dabble
around with Blogger's interface and get a feel for it.
Go ahead and make a post, and take a look at how your blog looks.
Change the first link to link back to yourself, change the second link
to whatever product your promoting (with your affiliate link) and
delete the third one. If you want more help, look for a basic HTML
guide with Google.
Step Three - Getting Content/Traffic
This is probably the easiest, yet most important part in creating
your blog. Essentially, you have two options for getting content for
your blog:
1.) Create it yourself.
2.) Grab articles from article directories, such as EzineArticles.
Although using articles from article directories is appealing, the
major downside is that you're going to be dishing out a lot of
outbound links due to the author bio boxes - and those links will
distract from your main purpose, which is to refer sales and earn
money.
But, getting traffic is the hardest part...
If you plan to write articles yourself, which is the best idea
(although it will require more time) then just look around the
article directories to gather ideas for topics to write about.
Once you've written the article, submit it to EzineArticles with an
author bio box that links back to your blog. Do this multiple times
and you'll generate a good share of traffic from these directories
and people who use your articles.
To get more traffic, post to forums related to your topic (to find
some, just type "[Your Topic] forums" into a search engine, you're
bound to find something) and include a link back to your blog in the
signature file. Post daily and you'll find yourself with a good share
of traffic, especially if you can establish yourself as an expert
Step Four - Making The Money
As You can see - it is possible to make money working online. So, why $20 a day? Why can't we claim that you'll make more than
that? The answer is simple: $20 a day is extremely reasonable,
which would typically only require a referred sale every day or two.
This is not difficult if you are generating a hefty amount of traffic
to your website and talk constantly about how great your product is
and link to it often.
You can certainly make a great deal more than $20 a day, but
expanding much more is beyond the scope of this simple guide.
There, you're going to start to get into stuff like e-mail marketing,
autoresponders, finding additional products, squeeze pages and so
on. Just focus on this easy stuff for now, and if it works well for
you, start to focus on the more advanced aspects.
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