Affiliate Marketing: The Process
Making a website, (or using a blog, etc.), for affiliate marketing or for any other profitable purpose is easy. WISEnterprises has laid out a timeline guide for how to go about doing it in the most efficient way possible.
Our website is organized chronologically to make it easier for you to follow along and do this right. It may look like a lot of information, but we've attempted to make it as easy as possible for anyone - even those with no prior web design experience - to start making money from their own website, or using the other techniques for affiliate marketing. This section is basically a Table of Contents for the rest of the site, and gives a basic overview of the sections to follow.
Affiliate marketing can be easy or hard, and we have tried to make it easy for you. The information is free and well-organized, and you should find it quite simple to start affiliate marketing in a relatively short amount of time. Perhaps you could even become a super affiliate some day!
DOMAINS
A domain is the address and name of a website. Before you can publish your website on the internet, it's vital you register a domain. It's also highly recommended for blogs. Professionalism is key when you're an affiliate marketer. It is one of the few expenses involved in this enterprise, but it is necessary. Domains are easily less than fifteen dollars a year, so it shouldn't be much to worry about anyway. In this section we tell you why it's so important to have your own domain. We also give you tips on how to select a good domain name. Web hosts usually offer free domains, so we recommend that you not purchase a domain until you check out our Top Ten Web Hosting Services list.
WEB HOSTING
Your website must be hosted on a server before people on the web can access it, and in this section we talk about how to select a hosting service. We also recommend a few hosting services that we think are the best value. Picking the right one will make your experience more enjoyable and ensure your website works as efficiently as possible in order to make you the most money. We talk about some free hosting services, but as you will see in this section we highly recommend you spend a little money on a premium host.
WEB DESIGN
Once you've got a domain name and a web hosting service, you need a website to put on them! In this section we teach you how to design a website. We have tutorials on XHTML and Cascading Style Sheets. We also have links to programs which you can buy that will allow you to make websites without knowing any code, and a couple websites where you can do that same thing for free. Even a beginner can be making a website in a relatively short period of time.
AFFILIATING
Once you've got your basic website designed, and you're in with a good hosting service with a good domain name, you're ready to add the content to your site which will help you to start earning some money! In this section we teach you how to find good advertisers to affiliate with, how to put the affiliate links into your website for best results, and even give you links to some of the best advertisers to affiliate with.
MARKETING
You've got a website with affiliate links on it, you're with a good hosting service and have a great domain name, so what now? Well you're not going to make money if nobody visits your website! In this section we teach you how to get your website out to the public via search engines and other marketing techniques. Marketing your website is the most important part of this process. You need to drive the traffic to your site so you can start generating revenue, and we're going to teach you just how to do it.
TIPS & TRICKS
In this final section we give you some extra ideas about how to make money with your website. Every little bit of information could mean the difference between a website that sinks quickly and one that generates residual income for the rest of your life.
