Affiliate Marketing Strategies #26– Buy an Aged Domain and #27 – Flipping Websites

Buy an Aged Domain

Google places a strong emphasis on aged domains. Simply put, they’re more likely to “trust” a website that is a few years old.

So you can increase your search engine rankings (and affiliate commissions) by grabbing an older domain that’s based on your target keywords.

Most people think it’s difficult to grab an aged domain.

Actually it’s not that hard to snatch up one of these sites using the Go Daddy Auction feature. Here you can find aged domains by selecting these parameters:

•      Select auctions that are Ending Soon

•      Plug in a word or phrase that’s related to your niche

•      Choose a one (or two) year minimum

•      Select a .com, .net or .org website

This search will bring up aged domains where you can place a bid or even immediately purchase. The best part?  You can grab some sites for under $20.

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 Flipping Websites

Domain flipping is similar to what’s done in the real estate market. You buy a “fixer-upper” website, make improvements on it, and then sell it for a premium price.

In theory it sounds easy.  But you need a good eye for sites that don’t live up to their profit potential.          Look for sites that get traffic or rank high for a keyword phrase. But also try to spot one MAJOR flaw that’s preventing this site from really making money.

You don’t necessarily have to sell the website. What you can do is fix-up this website and turn it into another source of affiliate income.

The best way to get started is to check out the “Buy, Sell, or Trade” section of the Digital Point Forum.  Here you’ll see a bunch of listings and how much it costs to sell a specific domain. Also, Flippa is another good resource for buying and selling domains.

Plus if you’re already in a niche, check out the search engine listings for specific keywords. Probably you’ll find a bunch of sites that haven’t been touched in months – Even years.  Contact the owner and make an offer.  You’d be surprised at some of the valuable properties you can purchase for a few hundred dollars.

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Affiliate Marketing Strategies #24 – Create Niche Specific Review Sites and #25 – Build Small Niche Affiliate Sites

Create Niche Specific Review Sites

Writing reviews for products is a great way to hop on a popular trend. The trick here is to be “forward thinking.” Look for products that are about to bereleased. Then create a website that reviews this product…with your affiliate link of course!

This is similar to technique #19 where I talk about piggybacking on popular trends. The only difference is you’ll target offers where people seek additional information.

Also, you don’t necessarily have to build individual websites for this technique. Here are a few ideas:

•      Build a website that reviews all of the products in a specific niche

•      Create a Squioo lenses that do the same thing

•      Upload YouTube videos that target the title of the product, author, and

review keyword

People will always use Google to research a product. You can leverage this fact by creating quality, in-depth reviews.

To join affiliate marketing training goes here, it is absolutely free. 

Build Small Niche Affiliate Sites

Small niche websites are a great way to create additional income for your Internet business. These are different from authority sites because they tightly focus on one topic.

Here are a few ways to monetize a niche site:

•      Google Adsense

•      Affiliate Marketing

•      Cost-Per-Action (CPA) Offers

Niche sites are great because they’re relatively easy to replicate. You can easily create one every week. In a year you’d have a portfolio of income-generating businesses.

Now…to be perfectly honest, I’ve only just started building niche websites. So my experience is limited with them. To more about this project, I recommend you check out my Niche Affiliate Income Series.

To join affiliate marketing training goes here, it is absolutely free.

 

Affiliate Marketing Strategies #22 – Build Adsense Sites and #23 – Increase Google Adsense Click-Thru-Rates (CTR)

 Build Adsense Sites and

Google Adsense is a great income model if you hate worrying about converting traffic into affiliate sales. The idea is simple.  You create content around a specific topic. Then you embed contextual advertising (like Google Adsense) into these articles.

You make money every time somebody clicks on an ad.  This can be as high as a few dollars per click. When you do the math, these clicks can add up to a substantial amount of income – If you’re getting thousands of page views each day.

One way to profit from Google Adsense is to build a series of small, niche- specific websites. Each laser-targets a topic and ranks for specific keyword phrases. People will click on ads because they will be directly related to what they want.

Now, I know there are literally thousands of paid products for Adsense. But the most useful information I’ve found is a blog post by Lisa Irby: How to Make Money with Adsense.

Lisa gives specific examples, case studies and videos about making money with Adsense. In addition, she provides a completely free (ie: no opt-in) ebook on this subject.

I’d start with her site if you’re interested in Google Adsense.

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Increase Google Adsense Click-Thru-Rates (CTR)

One more thing about Google Adsense…

You’d be surprised at how often a few simple tweaks can double, even triple your earnings.

For instance, back in 2005 I made a full-time income from Google Adsense.  I’ve since moved on to revenue streams; but I still remember the importance of ad position in relation to web content. At one point; I averaged a 25% click thru ad; which produced a nice income; despite my low number of ‘page views.’

Now, Google Adsense has changed a lot of their rules in the last few years. So what I “know” about this income model has probably changed. The important take-away is to track ad positions and tweak ad styles till you get (at least) a 15% click-thru rate.

The best way to take action on this is to use a content management system (CMS) like WordPress to host your Google Adsense site.

WordPress offers a variety of plugins that automatically insert ads. Use one of these tools to instantly test and tweak different ad styles.

To join affiliate marketing training goes here, it is absolutely free.