Make Color Work For You

If you've got the time, take a look at the Orange Country website.

I love the orange county web design. I think it’s neat how orange, the name of the county, is used throughout the site.

Just thought this was a pretty good way to 'remind' people of the name of the county they are looking at.

Taking Communication To The Next Level

What tools are you using to drive your affiliate marketing business?

Internet? Article writing? Forum posts? Blog posts?

Are you ready to take it to the next level?

Satellites have long been used for tracking, cell phone usage, and pictures. Now mobile satellite usage has allowed companies to spread their word, not only via the Internet but also by voice, data and video.

Do You Need a Professionally Made Site?

A professionally made can make your site very memorable to your visitors, who will, hopefully, then become customers.

Take a look at the Orange Country website.

I was doing some travel research and I love the orange county web design. I think it’s neat how orange, the name of the county, is used throughout the site. This is a very good way to make the site memorable. Working with a professional can end up making your site memorable too.

Succeed in a Narrow Niche

One of the ways to be successful in affiliate marketing is to find a niche that is narrow and yet still draws a lot of searches. And also consider whether or not there will be a growing demand for the item.

For instance, I just did some checking on the phrase women's lab coats. Google competition on this is very low. And yet as more and more women get into the medical and clinical field, the demand for a product, designed specifically for them, will only grow.

Promoting an item like this, fitting into a narrow but growing niche, is the way to be successful with affiliate marketing.

"Cash, Track and Earn"

That is the motto for Linkbee.com.

Linkbee offers URL shortening. This can be used for links on blogs, forums, website and social bookmarking sites like Twitter and Facebook. What is so neat about these shorter URLs is that they can be coded in different ways.

Linkbee.com is a revenue sharing site. You can code your shortened URL to open with an ad banner on top of the page, or for an ad to display first, before your page opens and you'll share ad revenue. (If you just want a shortened URL, that's OK....you can code it for no ad. You just won't earn any money.)

Everyone has links on their sites. Wouldn't it be nice to make money every time someone opened one of those links? Well you can. With Linkbee.com! So be sure to sign up today!

Bring Traffic by Giving Something Away

If it doesn't already, your business web site should have its own blog. (For those that don't know, blog stands for web log. It is a diary where you write articles of interest for your readers. Within your articles, you can link to a web site or directly to the landing page of the product (s) you are selling.)

Google loves blogs because the content is constantly changing. You could find your blog coming up with a Google search within days.

Blogs are also a great way to interact with your customers. Allow Comments on your posts. Maybe a dialogue will start and will bring repeat visitors to your site.

And a blog is a great place to promote contests, like the one being promoted by Titanium-Jewelry.com. Note how the promotion has been picked up by a blog site.

If your website business doesn't have a blog, it is past time to get started.

Forums Are Great Resouces for Information and Help

I am a regular visitor to the Digital Point Forum. I closely follow two threads: affiliate marketing and blogging. For anyone doing both, this is the place to get free help and information.

For instance, in the blogging section, I came across this question:

How Do I Set Up A Blog And Start Earning From It?

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I really want to set up a blog for free and start earning.

Can somebody please give me a bit of advice on how to set a blog up for free and earn?

Thanks DP members!

And among the many answers was this excellent post....

Whoa..wait a minute ! First of all, you seem to think that having your own blog is a free way to make money without investing anything...nothing is further from the truth.

Blogging for dollars is a business, and if you are not willing to spend anything at all, you will get out of it what you put into it.

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To be a successful blogger and make a living, you need to:
1. Be a good content writer.
2. Have knowledge, passion or expertise in a niche.
3. Learn SEO
4. Learn Internet Marketing.
5. Be good at, learn how to make, or buy a good design.
6. Understand Social Networking, and Bookmarking...not just plopping up links, I mean learn it.
7. Learn how to run a business effectively and turn a profit.

And there's a lot more on this post. Here's a link to the original post.


http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1280142

If you are looking for great, free advice, then a visit to the DP forum should be on your daily calendar.