A Successful Satellite TV Affiliate Website

Written by Nick Smith


Satellite TV has exploded onrepparttar scene duringrepparttar 102148 last decade, providing expanded channel offerings and new technologies that were not previously available from regular television. Whenrepparttar 102149 "mini-dishes" were developed andrepparttar 102150 satellites put in place by Dish Network and Direct TV, satellite TV became available to almost everyone. Now, more than 23 million households subscribe to satellite TV with thousands more joining allrepparttar 102151 time.

The major players in satellite TV have moved some or all of their operations online, prompted both byrepparttar 102152 cost-effectiveness of automating systems andrepparttar 102153 relatively inexpensive advertising market available. Many satellite TV providers have developed affiliate programs to increase their visibility and sales online, and that is why you are reading this article. Below are five things to consider when building a satellite TV affiliate website. This list is not comprehensive, but will at least get you started downrepparttar 102154 right path.

Identify and cater to your audience. Satellite TV service is relatively inexpensive, and there are few Americans that seem to be able to go without a television blaring somewhere nearby. The result is a huge, very diverse market for you to target, including people with different socioeconomic statuses, geographic locations, and programming desires. If you try to cater your affiliate website to everyone, you risk not effectively targeting anyone. Choose one demographic to target and provide them withrepparttar 102155 type of information and content about satellite TV you expect hem to ask about. If you can resolve some of their doubts before they click through to he sponsoring website, you will have increased your likelihood of receiving a check.

Mask your affiliate links. This may seem like a no-brainer to some of yo, but don't risk losing a potential sale simply because you forgot to mask or camouflage your links. Some people shopping around online for satellite TV service may not be wary of affiliate links, but others may, so it is best to be overly cautious. Searching

Will the Online Quiz Make the Old Fashioned Printed Quiz Obsolete?

Written by Brian Fong


Q. Can you tell merepparttar benefits of publishing an online quiz versus a printed one?

A. Well,repparttar 102147 first benefit of publishing an online quiz that comes to mind isrepparttar 102148 fact that it's an outstanding way to drive traffic to your web site. People love quizzes and they take ones that are printed in magazines all ofrepparttar 102149 time. It's reasonable to assume that if these same people knew aboutrepparttar 102150 existance of an online quiz that they would beat a path to your home page.

Another great feature of offering an online quiz is that you can changerepparttar 102151 subject regularly. In fact, you could offer a subscription where members sign up to be notified whenever a new online quiz gets posted.

An online quiz can also be used as a sales tool. One ofrepparttar 102152 best ways of accomplishing this is to link your quiz questions to affiliate sites where you earn money when people make purchases. Then you can have a "scavenger hunt" online quiz where people have to visit those sites to findrepparttar 102153 quiz answers.

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