Preparation - the Way to Success

Written by Jude Wright


I have two questions to ask you. One. How much time do you spend marketing your affiliate programs? Two. How much time do you spend preparing to market your affiliate programs?

Which of those two questions do you think isrepparttar most important? I sayrepparttar 102218 second. Without doing your preparation "homework," you will lose your focus.

The affiliate programs that you promote are "your" products. Takerepparttar 102219 time to learn everything you can about that product. Even though you are not actually sellingrepparttar 102220 product (you should be PRE-selling), you still must know what you are talking about.

The best way to do that, of course, is to ownrepparttar 102221 product yourself. But whether you ownrepparttar 102222 product or not, studyrepparttar 102223 sales copy that was written byrepparttar 102224 owner ofrepparttar 102225 product. You'll be able to lead your prospects toward "the click" much easier if you know why you want them to click on that link.

When preparing an advertising campaign, ask yourself what you want to achieve. That is your goal.

Now write downrepparttar 102226 steps that you need to take to get to that goal. Don't forget that there can be more than one way to get there. Use your imagination!

Let's say you want to use ezine advertising. There are several options that you can choose. You can use free ads, purchase ads through ezine co-ops, buy top sponsor and solo ads directly from each newsletter publisher, or write articles and send torepparttar 102227 publishers.

What is a Blog? In Plain English Please.

Written by Vickie J Scanlon


If you are fairly new torepparttar Internet, you have probably heardrepparttar 102217 word “Blog” flying around. But what is a blog? How does it work? And how can I use it on my website? These are all good questions, which I hope to answer for you.

What is a Blog?

A blog, in simplest terms, is a daily journal of your thoughts that is maintained by a blogger (which would be you) onrepparttar 102218 web. When posting to a blog you will notice that it is arranged in chronological order – withrepparttar 102219 most recent additions on top.

You can choose to allow your readers to add their own comments/feedback to any issues you may have addressed on your blog. Or, you can add audio to your blog. Pretty neat, isn’t it. What a great way to have contact with your customers.

Can it be used on my website?

Can it be used on my website? Definitely. It can be a great tool for you and your contacts. However, I personally feel that it would be a greater benefit torepparttar 102220 established website that has a following. In other words, start with a newsletter first, to build your mailing list, than go forrepparttar 102221 blog.

If you have a following, than go for it. Don’t want to pay for it? That’s okay, you can go to www.blogger.com, they have a great tutorial andrepparttar 102222 blog is free.

What can it do for my website?

I see many inventive uses for a website that is based on content. Such as:

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