Adult Affiliate Guide

A while back there was this video introducing a new "system". They totally trashed affiliate marketing as a loser way to market online. Then they made this very bold claim of earning a fast 20k in 20 days or something like that. What they really did was invested 10k to earn 2k. I don't have 10k to lose in order to earn 2k so I'm pretty sure that program was a complete failure to most people who tried it.

THIS is in fact my greatest pet-peeve about making money online. These clever videos that suck you in and then treat you like their personal ATM which by the way, they talk about all the time.

Another guy years ago earned $250.000 on his preview video on how he would teach you to earn thousands on his AdSense system. Everyone was all excited over what? The fact that he earned and was bragging about how fast he was making money on .... AdSense??? NO, it was all bragging about making money selling the program. No one paid any attention to this clever and in my opinion deceptive marketing scheme.

Wouldn't you like to say NO to being their personal ATM machine? I do. I have and I hope I can help some of you do it too.

Now then... here's what I want to say and I hope it helps anyone struggling as I have done for many many years.

FOCUS - I had a serious problem with this regarding my online marketing business. I would buy this and that program, subscribed to this service and that services. I have earned a few thousand dollars from an ebook I wrote and I've earned several thousands of dollars selling training programs for programs like wordpress. The problem for never getting any further was because I was a tiny guppy in a shark pond. These sharks knew how to scare me and distract me. They had more money than me, they knew how to market, I didn't, and they knew how to keep me from following through with my little success I had started by eating up my money and never telling me about outsourcing. I only just learned about Outsourcing last year.

I am going to share with you some of the best affiliate marketing advice that I have learned, and in fact one particular keyword research tip, that once employed, single handedly kick started my affiliate success.

What confused me, early on in my affiliate career, was why I was not making sales when I had a great looking website up. I also had some fantastic Google rankings so the traffic was ok, and I'd made sure that all my pages were monetized properly, by having images ad and plenty of obvious affiliate links to click, yet hardly any sales!

This was quite a disappointment for me, I thought affiliate marketing was going to be easy and I could kick back and watch the money roll in, however that's when I realized the flaw in my plan.

What I soon realized is that when someone has decided to do some shopping online, they often start by going to Google and doing some initial research. Very few people just dive straight in and buy the first product they come across, I wish it were that easy!

Let's say a person has decided it's time for a new T.V. and they know they want it delivered to their door, so purchasing online is perfect for them. Well, first they might go to Google and type in "Best T.V.'s" and browse a handful of websites to get an idea of the types of T.V.'s and their prices.

Next they might refine their search down further and go back to Google and start to type in "Plasma T.V.'s" as they have now narrowed down their choices to some kind of plasma. Once they have browsed through another bunch of sites that discuss Plasma's, they should have a better idea of the kind of plasma they want.

Again and again, the biggest question newbie's ask is "how do I decide which products to promote?"

Now when you're first starting out, this decision can be a little daunting - everyone wants to be that overnight success, and if you make a mistake in choosing the right niche, you're worried that you won't be able to recover.

Well for starters - quit worrying so much!

If you get your first niche wrong, you learn what you can from it and you move on! Even the best internet marketers get into niches from time to time that don't work out - the difference is they don't let it discourage them, they simply learn from their mistakes and move on.

That being said, it is of course preferable that you do succeed, even just moderately, in your first niche. The rush of confidence that you get from your first few sales can really give you the kick you need to keep going. So what single technique is the most effective at helping you choose what to promote?

Sell what you know.

Everyone has interests - things they like to do, things they like to read about. We're not talking about being a veritable expert here, but if you actively seek out new and interesting information about a topic, or have a good grounding in the basic concepts of something, then I suggest that this is the best place to start your internet marketing empire!

But why should you focus on what you know? Surely you should go for whatever niche is most profitable? Not necessarily. Sure, there might be a lot of money in those niches, but are you going to get far enough to find out? When you're first starting it out, focusing on your existing interests and hobbies can definitely be the best place to go. Here are 5 reasons why:

1. Being bored out of your skull isn't fun.

Do you want to make money in the adult entertainment industry? Promote porn paysites and earn revenue for every member that signs up. You can build your own adult blog using free online tools even if you are completely new to content promotion. Most adult affiliates work alone and from home.

Basically, there are three ways to promote adult paysites you can consider. They will let you jump into the adult entertainment business without significant investments and decide whether or not this kind of work is for you. They are:

• Free websites
• Galleries
• Blogs

Personal and corporate blogs have become very popular in the last few years. Community sites such as myspace.com, livejournal.com and blogger.com attract millions of users every day. Because of their huge web traffic and ease of use, blogs are often used as an online promotional tool.

Of course, the adult industry could not miss this new trend. However, traditional community sites specify that adult content is not allowed, so they can remove all your hard work without warning. You have to choose other ways to create your porn blog.

The basics of adult blogging

Adult blogs combine text messages and images from a particular niche. They have numerous links to gallery pages hosted on the sponsor websites, or tour pages for paysites. The messages encourage the surfer to click on the link to get more content.

If the visitor likes the sponsor website and decides to pay for subscription, then the blogger receives commission. Affiliate programs are based on a pay per sign up system ($25-$40) and/or a revenue share formula (around 50%).

In addition, you can get money for webmaster referrals (5%-10%), international sign ups, check sign ups, sign ups for a trial, etc. These commissions and payments can add up to a significant sum over a longer period of time.

Can PPC and SEO work together? You might be surprised at the answer to that question, particularly when you've most likely read so much about the differences between the two approaches. Actually PPC and SEO can be integrated effectively to help you build a better site.
PPC and SEO are different!

Before we start talking about how you can get PPC and SEO to make music together let's just confirm that the two are separate methods of attracting visitors. SEO focuses on building a lot of traffic naturally by improving your site's optimization for specific keyword phrases and attracting backlinks. PPC is used to get immediate traffic and, because you're paying for it, it's heavily targeted towards buyers and doesn't waste any time getting straight to the point. Conversely SEO is happy to attract anyone including info-seekers and tire-kickers. So the two employ quite different methods of keyword research and landing page construction.

But we're not here to talk about their differences – we want to see how you can use PPC to boost your site's SEO, and how good SEO can boost your PPC campaigns. If you were to treat the two as mutually exclusive you could be missing out on a lot of valuable information.

Stop! Don't start doing PPC just because you think it will improve your SEO. The tips in this post are only if you are currently using PPC and want to get more from it.
One big way SEO helps PPC

Even if you're relatively new at PPC you're most likely familiar with QS (Quality Score). QS is Google's method of ranking advertisers and a high QS (ranking is from 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest) will result in a lower cost per click and better ad exposure. So it's no wonder that achieving a high QS is a priority for advertisers.

But how do you get a good QS?