By Erik Saether
Many people start out their internet marketing career by doing affiliate marketing and then later work into creating their own products. These new affiliates tend to be doing marketing part-time around a regular 9-5 job in order to get extra money for the budget. Often, they don't have the funds to pay for a domain and hosting when they are starting out and they worry that they won't be successful without their own website.
While it is true, it is harder to gain credibility when you don't have your own website; it certainly is possible to begin your affiliate marketing journey without having to have your own website.
Thank you, Web 2.0
There are many web 2.0 properties available where you can get free web space to promote your affiliate products. Places like Squidoo.com and HubPages can be very good for those just starting out.
Many of these services will allow you to put an affiliate link within your content but you must be careful to be providing a lot of content on the sites.
For those that do not allow a direct affiliate link, you can easily set up a free blog at sites such as blogger.com - then you can link your content to your blog where you will further direct the reader to your affiliate product.
Free host solutions
There are also various free hosts on the web, like weebly.com, where you can create a regular web page from which to promote your affiliate products. Many of the free hosts do not offer much in the way of support and they usually will limit how much space and bandwidth available. However, if you take the time to provide good content, you should be able to make some sales.
When researching free hosts, take your time and compare the options before deciding on which one to use. Choose the one with the best reviews and you should have no problems starting your affiliate marketing business.
The pros of free
Starting out with the free web 2.0 properties or free hosts serves two purposes. It will give you some good experience with setting up a web page, optimizing your content and developing your sales abilities.
Starting with the free options will also enable you to get the money you need to purchase your own domain and hosting without having to take the cash from your personal budget.
While having your own website is certainly more professional and credible in the long run, starting out without your own site is definitely possible and the experience you gain could make your business more successful in the long term.
Erik Saether is the man behind Affiliate Leap, a blog solely focused on helping new affiliate marketers. Go there now and read one of the latest posts: Setting goals for affiliate marketing.
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Summary :
Many people start out their internet marketing career by doing affiliate marketing and then later work into creating their own products. These new affiliates tend to be doing marketing part-time around a regular 9-5 job in order to get extra money for the budget. Often, they don't have the funds to pay for a domain and hosting when they are starting out and they worry that they won't be successful without their own website.
Monday, November 2, 2009
3 Important Skills You Must Know to Have a Successful Affiliate Marketing Business
By Zack Lim
If you want to be successful in this affiliate marketing business, it will be important for you to master the important skills so that there will be strong foundation for the business. There are many things that you have to do but there are some very important skills that you must master if you want to see good results from your business. Here are the 3 important skills that you must know.
The 1st skill is to know how to presell the product to your customers. Doing a business on the internet is no different from doing selling products offline to customer. You will want to learn the skills on how you can educate your customers to get more response from them, the different approach to communicating with them and more. Marketing is a creative activity and you will want to be creative in the way you are communicating with your customers so that you will get them to look at the product that you are promoting. This will ensure that you will get maximum profits from the traffic that you send to the offer.
If you want to be successful in this affiliate marketing business, it will be important for you to master the important skills so that there will be strong foundation for the business. There are many things that you have to do but there are some very important skills that you must master if you want to see good results from your business. Here are the 3 important skills that you must know.
The 1st skill is to know how to presell the product to your customers. Doing a business on the internet is no different from doing selling products offline to customer. You will want to learn the skills on how you can educate your customers to get more response from them, the different approach to communicating with them and more. Marketing is a creative activity and you will want to be creative in the way you are communicating with your customers so that you will get them to look at the product that you are promoting. This will ensure that you will get maximum profits from the traffic that you send to the offer.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Disciplining Your Kids
By Rosalie Lynch
If you ask parents if they enjoy dishing out discipline to their kids, the answer will always be "no" they do not enjoy it. After all it makes them feel bad and of course it makes the kid feel bad. You may be surprised at the attitude of some kids toward discipline.
When you have to discipline your kid they want to know and understand what they are doing wrong that caused them to be punished. And as a parent, I am sure you think your kid understands what they did wrong and you don't need to explain it to them. Most kids lack short term memory and most of the time they do not even remember what they did to get your negative reaction. A yelling match and a spanking on the bottom without a lesson to be learned is nothing more than abuse, in my opinion.
The kids think it is the responsibility of the parents to explain to the kid why they are being disciplined. I am sure the kids will argue that your explanation is stupid and they should not have been punished. However, if you ask kids when they are calm and detached from punishment, they will tell you they want to know why their parents reacted the way they did by punishing them.
Kids want to know their boundaries. When they overstep their boundaries and get disciplined, without a clear understanding as to why, the lesson is not learned and their unacceptable behavior will reoccur. Kids said they do not mind being disciplined, although they clearly think spankings are extreme and not needed as long as they know the "why".
Rosalie Lynch is a Certified Life Coach who works with parents and kids in figuring out how to live together. You are invited to check out the blog at http://www.thekidsspeakout.com Coach Rosalie reports on issues kids face everyday and how we adults can help them go through their difficult times. She puts humor in her posts and believes adults need to always keep their sense of humor when relating to kids.
Summary:
If you ask parents if they enjoy dishing out discipline to their kids, the answer will always be "no" they do not enjoy it. After all it makes them feel bad and of course it makes the kid feel bad. You may be surprised at the attitude of some kids toward discipline.
If you ask parents if they enjoy dishing out discipline to their kids, the answer will always be "no" they do not enjoy it. After all it makes them feel bad and of course it makes the kid feel bad. You may be surprised at the attitude of some kids toward discipline.
When you have to discipline your kid they want to know and understand what they are doing wrong that caused them to be punished. And as a parent, I am sure you think your kid understands what they did wrong and you don't need to explain it to them. Most kids lack short term memory and most of the time they do not even remember what they did to get your negative reaction. A yelling match and a spanking on the bottom without a lesson to be learned is nothing more than abuse, in my opinion.
The kids think it is the responsibility of the parents to explain to the kid why they are being disciplined. I am sure the kids will argue that your explanation is stupid and they should not have been punished. However, if you ask kids when they are calm and detached from punishment, they will tell you they want to know why their parents reacted the way they did by punishing them.
Kids want to know their boundaries. When they overstep their boundaries and get disciplined, without a clear understanding as to why, the lesson is not learned and their unacceptable behavior will reoccur. Kids said they do not mind being disciplined, although they clearly think spankings are extreme and not needed as long as they know the "why".
Rosalie Lynch is a Certified Life Coach who works with parents and kids in figuring out how to live together. You are invited to check out the blog at http://www.thekidsspeakout.com Coach Rosalie reports on issues kids face everyday and how we adults can help them go through their difficult times. She puts humor in her posts and believes adults need to always keep their sense of humor when relating to kids.
Summary:
If you ask parents if they enjoy dishing out discipline to their kids, the answer will always be "no" they do not enjoy it. After all it makes them feel bad and of course it makes the kid feel bad. You may be surprised at the attitude of some kids toward discipline.
How Kids Can Make Money
By KC Chong
There are many ways in which children can earn money easily. Earning money can make them responsible and hence they are helpful in making children aware of job responsibilities and the joys of earning one's money. The following are some of the most common ways in which kids can make money online:
• Babysitting: If one's child is fond of younger children than baby sitting is a very good choice for them. There are many people who need good and reliable baby sitters that need to take care of their kids. The child can be a part of a regular baby sitting service as well.
• Parents Helper: A parents helper is very similar to a baby sitter. If the child is too young to baby sit kids than he can act as a parents helper by doing some household chores around the house. They can also assist with gardening chores and other activities like looking after and feeding pets or younger children.
There are many ways in which children can earn money easily. Earning money can make them responsible and hence they are helpful in making children aware of job responsibilities and the joys of earning one's money. The following are some of the most common ways in which kids can make money online:
• Babysitting: If one's child is fond of younger children than baby sitting is a very good choice for them. There are many people who need good and reliable baby sitters that need to take care of their kids. The child can be a part of a regular baby sitting service as well.
• Parents Helper: A parents helper is very similar to a baby sitter. If the child is too young to baby sit kids than he can act as a parents helper by doing some household chores around the house. They can also assist with gardening chores and other activities like looking after and feeding pets or younger children.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
How Will the 2012 Planet Alignment Affect Us?
By Maya Prodgers
Come the winter solstice, 2012, the planets will be positioned in a rare alignment that has taken thousands of years to come about. Many people around the world are wondering how this alignment will affect us.
The most common fear is that the gravitational pull of the other planets will all act together and cause such a huge pull on the Earth that earthquakes result. The pull would be greater on one side than the other given that there are more planets further out than there are between us and the Sun.
However, this fear seems unfounded, as the gravitational pull decreases significantly as the distance from us increases. Yet, since this kind of alignment has not occurred in human memory, there is no way to know for sure whether the gravitational pull of one planet will cancel out that of another or whether they would magnify each other. The results wait to be seen.
Other people say that it will be increased tidal forces that are more likely, given the fact that it is the gravitational effect of the moon that causes the tidal shifts on Earth. Again, there is a chance that with the distances involved, and the fact that one planet's gravity may cancel out another's. that any changes to the tides will be negligible.
Come the winter solstice, 2012, the planets will be positioned in a rare alignment that has taken thousands of years to come about. Many people around the world are wondering how this alignment will affect us.
The most common fear is that the gravitational pull of the other planets will all act together and cause such a huge pull on the Earth that earthquakes result. The pull would be greater on one side than the other given that there are more planets further out than there are between us and the Sun.
However, this fear seems unfounded, as the gravitational pull decreases significantly as the distance from us increases. Yet, since this kind of alignment has not occurred in human memory, there is no way to know for sure whether the gravitational pull of one planet will cancel out that of another or whether they would magnify each other. The results wait to be seen.
Other people say that it will be increased tidal forces that are more likely, given the fact that it is the gravitational effect of the moon that causes the tidal shifts on Earth. Again, there is a chance that with the distances involved, and the fact that one planet's gravity may cancel out another's. that any changes to the tides will be negligible.
Will the Mayan 2012 Prophecy Come True?
By Maya Prodgers
Some believe that the world will end based on the fact that the Mayan Long Count Calendar ends on December 21, 2012. But is this really a prediction for the end of the world? The problem with any prophecy is that until the time of the predicted event has been and gone, there is no way for sure that we can say that they will or will not come true. But there are things that we can look at for a guideline, things that we know to be true.
Here's the story. The Mayans as a people existed for thousands of years and were already around two thousand years before Christ. In their time. they were one of the most advanced people in the world and understood abstract concepts, such as the value of zero, long before other civilizations did.
Some believe that the world will end based on the fact that the Mayan Long Count Calendar ends on December 21, 2012. But is this really a prediction for the end of the world? The problem with any prophecy is that until the time of the predicted event has been and gone, there is no way for sure that we can say that they will or will not come true. But there are things that we can look at for a guideline, things that we know to be true.
Here's the story. The Mayans as a people existed for thousands of years and were already around two thousand years before Christ. In their time. they were one of the most advanced people in the world and understood abstract concepts, such as the value of zero, long before other civilizations did.
The Realities of 2012
By Anagarika Eddie
As with most serious problems in our country, only a crisis of major proportions generates action. By the time action is taken, however, it is always a day late and a dollar short. This results in bad judgment and further serious consequences. But this time it's going to be 2012, the end of our world as we know it.
All of the following will not happen by 2012. By 2012, however, the handwriting will be on the wall, and it will say that the only way we could ever get our power back is through a world war.
Both parties of congress point fingers at each other regarding the deficit, but neither acts when they are in power. That would be political suicide. Better to kick the can down the road and let the next group in power worry about it.
This arrangement of can kicking has worked for a long time, but it's obvious that we are about to get OUR can kicked.
The realities of 2012 involve a laundry list of eventual cuts that will affect every level of society from our adored military to our beloved entitlements and everything in between. Things will look nothing as they look today. Our military will be a shell of its former grandeur and old folks will be either roaming or rooming; roaming the streets or rooming with their kids, and getting medical care from the local pharmacist or medicine man.
As with most serious problems in our country, only a crisis of major proportions generates action. By the time action is taken, however, it is always a day late and a dollar short. This results in bad judgment and further serious consequences. But this time it's going to be 2012, the end of our world as we know it.
All of the following will not happen by 2012. By 2012, however, the handwriting will be on the wall, and it will say that the only way we could ever get our power back is through a world war.
Both parties of congress point fingers at each other regarding the deficit, but neither acts when they are in power. That would be political suicide. Better to kick the can down the road and let the next group in power worry about it.
This arrangement of can kicking has worked for a long time, but it's obvious that we are about to get OUR can kicked.
The realities of 2012 involve a laundry list of eventual cuts that will affect every level of society from our adored military to our beloved entitlements and everything in between. Things will look nothing as they look today. Our military will be a shell of its former grandeur and old folks will be either roaming or rooming; roaming the streets or rooming with their kids, and getting medical care from the local pharmacist or medicine man.
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