The Best Affiliate Marketing Strategy For Beginners

If you are just getting started with affiliate marketing figuring out the right affiliate marketing strategy can be challenging. It is very easy to become overwhelmed by all the different options out there: PPC, article marketing, forum marketing, web 2.0 marketing, which one is the best? The truth is, all of them work. However, the best strategy for absolute beginners with a low or non-existing budget is article marketing.

The main advantages to article marketing are that you do not need to invest any money to get started and you can be making money as soon as tomorrow. However the downside is that you will have to work hard and have to write. For some people this can get very boring. However, when you are just getting started, writing articles yourself is the easiest and cheapest way to begin making money with affiliate programs.

To begin promoting an affiliate program this way you will first need to find a good program to promote. Most ebooks will recommend you get started at Clickbank.com, because there you can easily find a product that sells well. However there are so many affiliates who are promoting Clickbank products these days that the competition is very high. This is why you are probably better of looking for affiliate products somewhere else. Good, reliable affiliate networks include Commission Junction (aka CJ), Linkshare and PayDotCom. Just try to pick a product that you think will sell.

Next you will need to build a basic landing page. Just sign up for free blogging service such as Blogger.com. Write a short review of the product you are promoting and put you affiliate link at the bottom.

After this you will need to do some keyword research. Use the Google Adwords Keyword Tool to find low competition keywords related to the product you are promoting. Try to use keywords that people who are looking to buy would use. These will usually convert best. Pick about ten of the best keywords to begin with.

Then it is time to get started writing your articles. Write one article per keyword. Just look online for content ideas (but don´t copy). Then submit the articles to popular article directories like EzineArticles and include a link to your landing page in your author resource box.

This affiliate marketing strategy is relatively simple but does work. Yes you will have to do some boring work, but after you are making some money you can then use your profits to have others write for you.

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