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Affiliate Marketing And
The
Learning Curve
By Vickie J. Scanlon
When you put up your first website – you have to admit
that you are pretty green to the ways of the Internet World.
You think that once your website is up, and you have put
your links in place, you will be in the money.
I, and I am sure many, would love that to be true.
Just think how many Super Affiliates we would have.
I will give you a small sampling of what to truly expect.
Affiliate Marketing-What Should I Do Now
You will be excited at first, and you will have a sense of pride in your
accomplishment. Granted, it is no small feat to getting a website up and online.
But this is just the beginning of your Affiliate Marketing experience.
Once you have your website up, you should be asking
yourself -- where do I begin, or, what do I do now?
If you are short of cash, which, in most cases people in the beginning
are -- you can begin by:
1. Writing articles
2. Optimizing your site for the search engines
3. Putting Adsense on your site
All this takes time and work.
But, when you first begin, you do have time to optimize, to
write articles, and to put Adsense ads on your site.
Why? It has been said that for the next six months or nine
months, Google, and possibly, the other search
engines, may put you in the Sandbox. Some say the Sandbox
exists, some says it does not. Whatever it is called, you
will see a degree of dormancy in your site.
My own thinking is that there may be a pre-set time of six
months before you see a rise in your unique clicks – I know I did. I feel that
there may be several reasons for this:
- It’s
a great way to protect the Internet community against unscrupulous sites –
I figure that these sites have a lifespan of six months before people give
them the boot. It only takes
one person to feel the blunt of a scam, before talk in the online forums
begins.
- Websites
go up and go down daily. The
search engines are looking at saving themselves time and money. If you are
still on line after six months or nine months, you’re
paying your dues, and they may figure you are serious about maintaining a
business online.
Google Sandbox, What Do I Do During That Six or Nine Month Period
First, and foremost – since I have
supplied you with this information – do not get frustrated and throw in the towel.
Granted, at first the only clicks you may see is your own, but that will
change.
Second, start positioning yourself, so when your
dormancy with the search engines ends, you have the quality content, and the
quality products to begin to fly. That means, writing articles, getting your
name out to the masses, and learning to utilize Adsense. And when you have
spare change, try your hand at advertising on Adwords.
In the beginning your learning curve is just out of
the starting gate – take this time to read, buy appropriate ebooks, experiment
and research. All are important to
moving your learning curve to the expert level.
To conclude, a website is just a small part, but an
important part, of becoming an Affiliate Marketer.
The other important elements, is persistence, hard work, and
marketing. And finally, if you still have the passion after the
initial exhilaration of becoming an online
entrepreneur wanes – then you’ll make it.
About the Author:
Vickie J Scanlon Visit
her site at: http://www.myaffiliateplace.biz, articles,
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