Bum Article Marketing Tip

When I first started affiliate marketing it was all Greek to me, still is for the most part. A mentor of mine was telling me one day about forwarding domains. Huh? What was a domain? I had no clue and I certainly wasn't going to tell him that, he was already really frustrated and accused my blond dye of going past my roots and into my brain. So I did what anybody would do and consulted with my friend Google.

He was telling me how to forward my clickbank hoplinks to a domain. Ok, ok, so I got it, then what? Then you just place your domain name as links in your articles. Duh, that is so simple. Why didn't I think of that.

The fact is that most major article directories won't allow a direct affiliate link, but they will allow a domain name in the body of an article. This was amazing to me. So to be an affiliate marketer, I really didn't even have to have a web site to get started, just purchase a few cheap domain names and forward my hoplinks to those domains and ta da, I am in business.

I use Godaddy.com for my domain names. You can purchase them for as low as $1.99 per year and that is pretty cheap.

Is Building a List really Necessary in Affiliate Marketing

To be honest, my jury is still out on this one. Please remember though, I really don't know what I am doing. Do I have a list? Well yes, but I did not have any auto responders to get it. Oh no, that would have been way too easy. Instead I found public forums to post on and in the process I built relationships. It's only been a year, but I have made many a friend that has landed in my inbox. They trust me and rightfully so, I have been with them on these forums for over a year. Work, well yes. Rewarding, well that too. They are friends. Virtual friends, but real people on the other side of these copper wires.

Oh yes I could add a responder, come up with a clever campaign and mail it out to everyone on my list, but would I really be targeting my market? It's the old numbers game, send it to enough people, someone will buy. Like dating, which by the way is my niche in internet marketing. Mine and about a million or zillion others. Am I making a killing? No. Am I making money consistently and is it growing? Yes!

Funny thing happens with my small list, the market is targeted, they trust me and when I tell them something is a great product, they believe me. If I don't think it is great, I am not going to ask you to buy it.

I have not invested any money with one exception which got me started. Curious? Click here.