Tips for Successful Affiliate Marketing

Newbie help please

[jeremymgp]

Hi,

I run a 3000-unique-user a day educational site, I got there from 10-a-day at the beginning of Jan 2003 thanks to WW and Bretts guide, and now I'm in a pretty good groove of systematic content writing. I tried affiliate marketing before with CJ, but I simply couldn't believe that those banners pushing products actually sold anything, and I felt they lowered the quality of my site, so I quit.

However, I also hear that affiliate marketing can be extremely successful, so I'd welcome any tips as to how I can make the best of affiliate marketing, and what steps I should take to get going in the right direction. All and sundry comments are welcome, especially sundry, and many thanks in advance for all your help,

Cheers,

Jeremy

[roscoepico]

but I simply couldn't believe that those banners pushing products actually sold anything

Have you considered using the text links offered to you by the same merchants @ CJ? You could then incorporate those text links into your content. We have found that text links not only look more appealing, but also convert better then banners.

[MrSpeed]

Here's a great article to start with.
[webmasterworld.com...]

Also poke around the library
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roscoepico has a great idea about incorporating text links into your content.

[Smiley]

Have you tried running google adsense [webmasterworld.com] on the site?

With affiliate schemes sell in context.

[jeremymgp]

Thanks for the ideas and links, they're just what I need to get going.

Cheers,

Jeremy