admin Hello everybody. I hope my suggestions for research and developing a strategy in the previous post inspired you to consider how to start your own affiliate marketing business. Great. A strategy is a good place to start. Now here’s an issue I have with strategies and plans in general. Just as a ship is constructed … Read more
One central affiliate marketing question is: how to find profitable niches? In addressing this holy grail of affiliate marketing, I have to address affiliate marketing synergy — between two powerful forces, emotions and the market — that characterises it. One of the reasons you found yourself here today may be at some point you have come across a … Read more
Trust is one of the central planks of any successful business and perhaps more so in online marketing in general, of which affiliate marketing is a significant part. It stands to reason, therefore, we take some time consider this vital issue. Trust — apart from all the other technological aspects — is what drives affiliate … Read more
The the big affiliate marketing question: How do I begin? The answer to that is a business plan which has already been made for you — and just in case you missed that, it’s here: Wealthy Affiliate. Everything, you’ll find, has been neatly summarised for you. What’s left, then? The Zen of Affiliate Marketing A plan … Read more
Increasingly, the single-channel approach that has long dominated affiliate marketing is being replaced by a multi-channel approach. This shift can be attributed in no small measure to the evolution of social media. Facebook , once the pioneering social media, has now been surpassed by others. Consequently, this is also reshaping affiliate marketing already … Read more
Every industry is susceptible to trends — forces that redefine consumer behaviour with a net-positive effect on sales. One of these trends in the case of affiliate marketing is: the use of influencers. As it is, affiliate marketing is a partnership-driven enterprise resting on the shoulders of a brand and an affiliate. The influencer becomes … Read more
Affiliate marketing is the direct result of what we today call e-commerce. Thus to understand affiliate marketing is to understand e-commerce. The name William J. Tobin is inextricably linked to affiliate marketing. It would be no exaggeration to state that Tobin is the father of affiliate marketing. In 1994 Tobin launched what we would call … Read more
Just as we are all a work in progress, so is this post — which I shall be updating. Every human activity begets its own terminology and affiliate marketing has its own specialised vocabulary. It can be overwhelming. But it need not be. Arming oneself with a glossary is one of the first step. One … Read more
That question can be asked in other ways. How difficult is affiliate marketing? How easy is affiliate marketing? The word competition itself deserves exploration. If something is more competitive, you have to ask why it is competitive. What makes it more competitive? Another word synonymous to competition is “demand.” When something is in demand many … Read more
Before I even start, if you haven’t watched the companion post to this one, please check this out, first: What’s Affiliate Marketing? Here, I would like to start by talking about Swiss watches. Yes. Why do we admire them so much? Why do we want to own them? Why are they so much … Read more
