I happen to discover this method after seeing results that I get on one of my website. I don't have any particular reason for doing it that way on my website, but it seems to work like magic.

Sometimes, I search for people who are linking to me by looking at my referrers. You can also do that by checking your website statistics.

Sometimes, I do a link popularity check at MarketLeap.com.

And to my surprise, I realized that when I visited those websites, they are linking to me using my most targeted keywords.

My Keyword

That is how people are linking to me. And result, I am ranked number 1 against 2 million websites on Yahoo and MSN. And this is for a keyword that has about 2000 searches per month.

But just how do you go about doing this?

You are about to know little-known-secret-steps to getting more link partners with your most targeted keyword.

But before I go into that, I just would like to make some statements about this method.

Some people may like this method and some might not. There are pros and cons. I don't really know if this will suit well for business or corporate websites. All these while, I have only used them for content-sites promoting affiliate programs and Adsense, which is I think is most suitable.

If you are thinking about building a passive income with Adsense and affiliate programs, then you should read this.

First, you should do a keyword analysis. You can use WordTracker or Overture Keyword Selector Tool.

http://www.wordtracker.com/

http://inventory.overture.com/

After having your list of keywords, you can compare that to number of competitions that you against with on Google.

By comparing numbers, you know which is easier to optimize for. And you can also try checking popular keywords at Search Guild Search Term Difficult Checker.

http://www.searchguild.com/cgi-bin/difficulty.pl

Another tool that you can use is NicheBot.com.

http://www.nichebot.com

Don't get trapped into analysis-paralysis zone. Just follow indicators and look for most popular and easiest keyword that you can rank for.

I know that you want to rank for more than one keyword, but just follow me on this and select one keyword that has high in traffic and easy to optimize for.

Now, here's secret number one. You are going to name your website with that keyword. If your best keyword is "Growing Orchids", then that's is going to be your website's name.

Here's secret number two. Get a domain that has that keyword in it. If you can't get "growingorchids.com" or "growing- orchids.com", you can try dot-net (.net). And if you still can't get dot-net, you can add some numbers in front of keyword like "1-growing-orhids.com". You should be able to get either one of those.

Affiliate marketing refers to promotion of products or services through affiliates. Affiliates are usually other webmasters and ezine editors who choose to act as sales people on behalf of their principals for a commission on every sale.

There are mainly two types of affiliate marketing programs: one-tier program and two-tier programs. In one-tier programs affiliate earns on a per referral basis and cannot recruit sub-affiliates to assist. In two tier programs not only affiliate earns from his/her direct referrals but also gets a percentage commission from referrals by co-affiliates who join program through him/her. It is also possible to have multi-tier affiliate programs but these are not yet prevalent. If you are an online entrepreneur or marketer and you have your own website then you can also promote your business and increase your sales through affiliate marketing. You will need an attractive and genuine product plus credible sales copy plus appropriate software to set up an affiliate marketing program. Set out program's terms and conditions,frequently asked questions and online registration form and post them on your site and let prospects read and be able to join if they are satisfied with your affiliate program.

Apart from providing details about your affiliate marketing program on your website you need to send out word out there that you have a lucrative and working program. Of course you could advertise in ezines or through ezine ad networks and high traffic websites. You will also need to register your program with affiliate program directories and networks such as www.associateprograms.com and www.comissionjunction.com so that prospects searching for new opportunities can find yours. You could also write reviews and articles and post them in free articles databases and request editors to publish them in your ezine.

If you have no products of your own and no website but want to earn money marketing affiliate programs you can set yourself up and succeed as an affiliate marketing. You would have to learn ropes of online marketing and invest time, money and efforts to earn legitimate income from promoting other people's products.