How To Choose The Best Affiliate Programs To Promote

November 10, 2008

Promoting affiliate products is a fast and easy way to generate cash for your business.

The merchant would handle the product development, fulfillment, payment processing and customer support. All you have to do is just send visitors to their website.

However, with so many affiliate programs out there, choosing a great program can be a challenge.

So here are five elements to look for when choosing an affiliate program:

1. Conversion rate

The first and most important element in an affiliate program is the conversion rate. You need to know how successful is the merchant’s sales page in converting visitors to customers.

This metric is critical especially if you’re advertising the affiliate product. You must be able to calculate whether you’ll be profitable with your advertising campaign. Read more

How To Write Ebooks Quickly And Easily

September 23, 2008

In another article, I mentioned that how-to ebooks are the best selling ebooks in the world. So, they are a great way to supplement your online profits.

But the problem is most people dread writing. I know I do.

You have no idea how much effort is required just to write a 30-page ebook like the Startup Rebel Adsense Blueprint. (If you’re wondering what is the Adsense Blueprint, click here to find out.)

So, in this article, I’m going to discuss the six ways you can write ebooks quickly and easily. Read more

The Best Selling Ebooks Of All Time Revealed

September 17, 2008

Do you know what’re the best selling ebooks of all time?

It’s how-to ebooks.

People are starving for information. They want an instruction manual on how to do just about everything in life. They want to learn how to:

  • get a job
  • get a date
  • start a business
  • dance like professional
  • sell on eBay
  • play Texas Hold ‘Em
  • lose weight

The how-to book market is so lucrative that one book publisher built a million dollar franchise book series. You may have heard of it. Read more

Adsense Terms That You Should Know

August 18, 2008

If you are adding Adsense to your blog or website, it is imperative to get a firm grasp on some of the unique terminology associated with the Adsense program.

Here is a list of important terms, their common abbreviations and meanings:

Terms of Service (TOS). All participants in the Adsense program are required to abide by Google’s Terms of Service. This is basically the “rule book” for Adsense. Anyone who fails to conduct themselves according to the TOS may be banned from participation and/or have their account suspended. You should read the TOS carefully.

Publisher. That’s you. Anyone operating a site displaying Adsense ads is considered a publisher. Read more

One Of The Most Overlooked Keys To Adsense Success

August 11, 2008

One of the most profitable revenue streams for a blog is Google’s Adsense program. Here’s how it works:

You agree to display contextual advertising served up from Google on your site. In exchange, Google will pay you for every visitor who clicks on the ads. Your blog becomes the online equivalent of a billboard and you are paid for getting cars to drive down your street to see it.

There are a few factors to optimizing Adsense profits.

One factor is getting traffic to your site. In order to get paid, you need to get clicks. In order to get clicks, you need to get visitors. Thus, many bloggers pay a great deal of attention to developing multiple traffic streams.

Another factor is choosing a profitable topic that attracts many advertisers. Some topics have more advertisers than others. So, it’s imperative that you choose a topic in  a market that offers many products and services. Read more

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