Hi,
I thought it could be a good idea to start a thread with some useful tips for newbies to affiliate marketing. (maybe even sticky it ?)
I get lots of PM's asking questions about certain things all the time, and obviously alot of others on here get asked similar questions very often also.
So as we are a close community who work together, I thought it would be a good idea if those people who consider themselves to be successful at affiliate marketing could post just 1 or 2 tips in this thread to help all the newbies out ?
If you have any information which you think is relevant and helpful then please add it in this thread
My first 3 tips are these :
1. If you are targetting google.co.uk for the main stream of your traffic, always buy a keyword rich domain name which ends in .co.uk.
If your chosen domain name is taken in .co.uk, check on google to see if there is a site already built and established on the domain. If there is not site built and established on your preferred domain name, then look to see if the .org.uk is available.
From my experience, It is alot easier to rank a .co.uk or a .org.uk domain name on google.co.uk, than other extensions such as .org or .net (sometimes even .com)
2. It is always a good starting point to buy a domain which "does what it says on the tin" and is a phrase which a user is likely to type into a search engine.
For example, if you buy a domain called loans4u.co.uk it will be harder to rank this site quicker than if you buy a keyword rich domain such as ineedaloan.co.uk (ineedaloan.org.uk is available at time of me writing this) as your domain name alone will give you extra brownie points.
It is very unlikely that someone will type into google "loans 4 u" but there is a very good chance that some would type "i need a loan"
3. Don't jump straight into the deep end. It can be very demotivating to start off in a massively competitive market (loans, holidays, diet products etc) and achieve no results as you will be dealing with big established websites who have been around for years.
If you choose something more niche such as size 10 clothes (
www.size10clothes.co.uk is available at time of me writing this) then this is very specific as someone is specifically looking for "size 10 clothes" and this will have less competition and be very narrowed down, which could increase your sales rate.
Ok thats enough from me for now, I have toyed with the idea of starting a blog but I don't really have the time
Feel free to add your own tips to this thread and hopefully we can help out some of the newbies and help to make them successful also
Cheers