I’ve used a lot of different affiliate marketing methods and find one of them to be the most effective.

Article marketing is cool, except the article directory gets to keep all the ad revenue and they are getting more particular about what articles they accept.

Review sites are OK, but does anyone really trust the reviews they read on those sites anymore? Most people know by now that review sites are just disguised sales pitches and aren’t honest reviews.

Social media is fun, but it has its limits. It’s more about socializing, less about doing business. Sure, you can make connections there but at the end of the day the lion’s share of your profits likely isn’t coming from social media. Social media sites are not the most important place on the web.

So what is?

Your own blog. In my opinion, there’s nothing like having your own blog, especially if you use WordPress. WordPress makes blogging much easier and more effective.

Your blog is your castle. YOU get to decide which content to put on it and don’t have to wait a week for someone else to approve it.  YOU get to keep your ad revenue. If you use Google Adsense, however, chances are it’s more like Google Adcents. And don’t get me started on Google slaps.

That’s why it’s more effective to promote affiliate products on your blog rather than rely on Adsense. Affiliate
commissions have a much higher payout than ad clicks.

One option is to have a “blog sponsor” section in your sidebar. Place ads here (preferably with eye-catching graphics rather than just text) that link to select affiliate products and also your own products if you have any.

Another option is to occasionally write a blog post that promotes an affiliate product. The posts should contain solid content in addition to the sales pitch. Write the post as if you were talking to a friend so that it doesn’t come across as too sales-y.

Don’t forget to have an opt-in form on your blog so that you can collect the email addresses of your blog readers. You can occasionally promote affiliate products through email to your list. You should also send out emails that contain helpful, engaging content. You can use your blog posts as content but you should also use original content in your emails too. Mix it up.

There’s one type of text ad that I highly recommend and that’s WordPress Affiliate plugin that automatically
inserts professional-looking ads for Clickbank products on your blog. Check it out here:

=> WordPress Affiliate ClickBank Plugin

Let me start by saying that I’m not a layer and you should not consider any part of this post as legal advice, but, I’m sure you’ve heard of the new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines coming into effect on 1st December 2009?

Well, one of the changes being introduced is the need for affiliate marketers to disclose the fact that their marketing emails contain affiliate links for the products they are recommending.  Now I was wondering how to do this, what words I should use etc. when I came across this free resource from attorney Mike Young that shows you how to add an affiliate disclosure to your email marketing messages. Perfect!

This is a ‘must have’ resource for anyone doing email marketing and so I thought should share it.

You can download it for free by right clicking and choosing ‘Save Target As’ here:

=> Affiliate Email Marketing Disclosure

In addition, Mike has another great product which ensures your website  has all of the correct website legal forms so that you are fully FTC and legally compliant. I picked this up straight away andyou can see all of my new legal forms in the footer at the bottom of my blog.

Whatever you think of the new FTC regulations, can you really afford to ignore them?

Have you ever thought about starting your own blogging site to make money? Many people do think of this, but not a lot actually act upon the thought. Blogging is fast becoming a profitable way to make extra money. In fact, many successful bloggers make a profit well into the six figures.

Being successful at making money blogging will depend foremost on your desire, determination and work ethic. Only those that are dedicated and hardworking are successful. Other areas that will be essential to your success will be researching and choosing a niche that is in high demand, yet has little competition. If you chose a niche for your blog that has little competition, yet the information is in high demand you will certainly increase your chance for quick profitability.

Setting up your blog in a marketable way will also be important. There are a number of ways to get your site up and running, and you will need to look at the advantages of each one. Of course, learning to market yourself and your blog will be the most important ingredient to your profitability. You must be able to get the word out and to draw customers to your site in order to turn a profit. Although this may sound daunting, given the right tools you can very easily be successful.

If you are now thinking, wow blogging for profit really could be for me, you will certainly want to download this free report Make Money Blogging. It discusses everything you will need to know on how to get started with your blog. The report goes into detail and gives step by step instructions on how to research your niche, set up your blog site and to market yourself to be profitable. So don’t wait any longer. Download this free report today and get started on your money making adventure.

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How important do you believe you are to the internet world? Do you think you have any particular skills or expertise that could make you more useful? Well perhaps you do in the form of Review Writing.

It is all very well for companies to market their products as “the best ever” and “better than all the rest” but these types of sales pitches carry little or no weight if they aren’t backed up and properly reinforced by reviews of the product itself. This is where you can come in.

If you own a blog or a website that has a decent, steady and consistent amount of traffic then your value to these companies that sell online could be, well, invaluable. You could be paid very well and make a nice tidy sum out of writing a review about a product. Essentially a user review can make or break a marketing campaign, it can be the deciding factor in the success of the product being sold.

Maybe you think you aren’t a good writer? Fear not because help is on hand. In “The Elements of Writing Profitable Reviews” you will find a guide that could give you the confidence to go on and prove your worth to these companies. Review writing itself isn’t particularly hard but doing it so that it has the maximum effect takes some fine tuning and enhancement. That is exactly what you will find in this free report.

Review writing can be broken down and analyzed in 10 different ways and all 10 of these methods are described in “The Elements of Writing Profitable Reviews“. Writing is an art but that doesn’t mean you have to be an artist per say to be good at it, you might just need a little help along the way.

“The Elements of Writing Profitable Reviews” could show you how valuable you can be on the internet.

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I know that there are loads of hyped up product launches coming at you every day, particularly in the Internet Marketing niche, but here is one that you definitely won’t want to miss.

Mark May 17th down on your calendar today!

I can assure you that you won’t regret it. One of the most influential marketers on the internet today, John Delavera, is announcing something big in the world of internet marketing on that day. He will also be providing one of THE most powerful tools for making money online as bonus, completely FREE of charge.

It’s so fundamental, that I’ve set up a separate blog with all of the details, free reports and videos. Just follow the link below to find out more.

Delaverian Marketing News