If you're not sure of what type of website to build as an affiliate, you are strongly urged to consider building a niche blog! These are amazingly effective for affiliate marketers. For one thing, the most popular blogging platform is WordPress, which is easy to set up and very enticing to visitors and the search engines.
Another reason why niche blogs are often the way to go is because people will want to come back to them. People are in the
habit of bookmarking their favorite blogs and visiting them regularly. You really can become an authority in your niche with a highly targeted blog.
Of course, it's not about just installing the blogging software and putting up a few articles. You will want to dedicate yourself to consistently writing articles to keep people coming back. The great thing is that you can intersperse affiliate links, recommend and review different products they will be interested in, and have advertisements in various locations on your blog.
When done the right way, blogs can help you earn some great commissions. They are set up with an RSS feed which can help to syndicate your content around the web. There are various ways of promoting your blog that will help you get a steady stream of traffic.
Another reasons why blogs rock is because they can be very interactive for your visitors. People love interactivity! They can leave comments, subscribe to your feed, etc. You can respond and interact with them too! Instead of having just a static website, people will feel like they are talking to a real person, which can really help sales.
It doesn't have to be said, but a lot of people are very wary of clicking links and buying things online. When they know that there is a real person behind the niche blog and the products recommended on it, your commissions can really increase.
Of course, you have to set up your blog in the right way. Be sure to do what you can to search engine optimize it -- add relevant content that is likely to be enticing to the search engines and to your visitors (in other words, focus on keywords but also make the content readable and interesting -- never force your content just to stuff another keyword in).
Some people like to focus on having just one or two niche blogs, while other people have an incredibly large network of blogs. No matter what you decide on, know that having a blog can be one of the smartest decisions you make as an affiliate marketer since it opens up so many possibilities and takes away a lot of the guesswork.
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