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March 2008 Affiliate Millions Newsletter

March 17, 2008 on 9:14 pm | In Newsletter Archives | No Comments

Hi Everbody, 

 

For those of you way up in the frozen North (where I used to reside before search marketing liberated me from the chilly grip of New England winters), keep your chins up.  I dimly recall the frustration of shoveling out my driveway just in time for the plow truck to seal me back in, and then shoveling out a second time before going to bed, only to wake up to another fresh foot of snow.  I understand this winter has been even worse than those I was once accustomed to, so I really do feel for you. 

 

First a little news,  I received notice that eBay Canada and eBay Australia are following the lead of eBay US & UK and will no longer allow search marketers to link directly to their sites from Google, Yahoo or MSN.  It is worth mentioning, however, that you are still allowed to link directly from the so-called third tier search engines.  I’ll list my favorites again below.

 

Affiliate Networks & Programs
 

Proven Search Marketing Winners
 

No matter how many times I say it, I still get almost daily emails from folks asking about a good program to start with.  If there is a program which is proven to work for search marketers and web site owners alike, offers a wide selection of different products to test your marketing skills on, and has the brand recognition that helps a new ad get traction… it’s got to be Amazon.com.  And I’ll tell you something else, too.  Although Amazon may not pay the margins to make you rich, until you can turn a small profit with them, you should be cautious trying out other programs.  You won’t find companies with more recognized internet brands (though some are as recognized) that are easier to drive traffic too, and if you can’t make an Amazon campaign work, this business might just not be for you.

 

Search Marketing Friendly Affiliate Networks
 

ClickXchange – With hundreds of quality affiliate program offers, high conversion rates, and a sign up process that is both quick and easy, ClickXchange is a great place to get started.

 

AzoogleAds.com – Another vast network of affiliate programs with competitive payouts and high conversion rates, also with a quick and easy sign up process.

 

 

Search Engine Marketing Tips
 

At long last, I am able to promote the MSN adCenter search and content network.  For those of you who have read my book, you already know I consider it a top-tier search engine (though smaller than Yahoo and Google), but until today, I have not been able to conclude an agreement with MSN to promote adCenter.  Making up for lost time, I can now offer my readers the chance to Try Microsoft adCenter for free* with a $75 credit for paid search clicks.
 

First Tier Search and Content Networks
 

Microsoft adCenter – Try Microsoft adCenter for free* with a $75 credit for paid search clicks.
 

Google AdWords – The pioneer in pay-for-performance search marketing. Google’s AdWords program is one of the top pay-for-performance search engines.

 

Yahoo/Overture Sponsored Search – Yahoo! represents one of the largest and oldest search engines on the web. They are currently running a promotion offering $25 worth of free advertising to new customers.  That could translate to as many as 250 free clicks through to the affiliate programs you choose to advertise.  Click on the link below to take advantage of this great offer.

 

Yahoo! Sponsored Search connects businesses and customers online. Sign up and get a $25 credit.

 

Second Tier Search and Content Networks
 

These are the search engines that eBay  still allows direct search on.  The quality of traffic is not always as high (though in some niche markets it may be higher) but the costs are generally lower, so there are good opportunities to start profitable campaigns, or expand campaigns that are already profitable.

 

Search 123:      A pay-for-placement search model, Search 123 is an excellent outlet for reaching customers you might not be exposed to on the larger search engines.

Enhance Interactive:      Enhance is a pay-for-placement search engine with over 2 Billion Monthly Searches.  Join Enhance Interactive today and receive $25 in Free Clicks.

MIVA:             MIVA is also a pay-for-placement search engine with high quality traffic.

 

 

Website Design & Marketing Tips
 

As most of you know, the bulk of my success with affiliate programs has been with search marketing, and I still believe it is the easiest and quickest path to profitability, but considering that more and more affiliate programs are disallowing this practice, it may well be that landing pages are the future of search marketing.  With this in mind…

 

Website Templates
 

As I have mentioned before, one of the services we are providing that I am most proud of is our FREE website templates.  These templates are professionally designed, and include simple instructions for incorporating your own affiliate advertisements into the html code.  Simply download the files from my site and unzip them to your root directory on your web server.  Don’t have a web server?  Don’t worry, just skip down a few paragraphs and you’ll find affordable and reliable web hosting services you can use to publish your new website.  These templates are available at www.AffiliateMillions.com/web-design.html. 

 

Website Promotion
 

One thing to keep in mind when you are promoting a website of your own is that there are many different options, some of which are not available when using search marketing just to promote affiliate programs.  Search engine optimization (SEO) is a good example.  With a site of your own, you should focus some of your efforts toward getting your site to appear in the natural search engine results.  If you can successfully climb near to the top of a few key searches, you will begin getting the best kind of traffic…  FREE!  Add to that the relevancy of the traffic you get from appearing at or near the top of a few relevant search phrases, and you will likely have established a significant revenue stream.

 

A great book about promoting your own website that I read in preparation for launching the Affiliate Millions website is Insider Seo & Ppc: Get Your Website to the Top of the Search Engines, available now on Amazon.

 

 

 

Good Luck, Affiliate Millionaires in training!

 

Anthony Borelli