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How to Start Your Own Affiliate Program

[ November 9th, 2008 ] Posted in » Affiliate Programs
Written by: Derek

Are you looking to start your own affiliate program but have no idea on how to start going about?

Affiliate program is a joint venture between merchants and other websites to increase their traffic.  At the same time, the website owners are also making some money from the sales or clicks that they get on the advertisement.  Increase your earnings by managing your own affiliate program.

Affiliate marketing works in this system:  A merchant put their ads on another website for a price.  The website is not in direct competition with the merchant but has a well-matched business.  Both are counting on the quantity of traffic to the affiliate’s website for clicks or sales.  Once the visitor clicks on the ads, it is tracked from the affiliate back to the merchant’s site.

When your business can support it, you may consider starting your own affiliate program.  All of the work falls on the merchant to manage and promote the affiliate program for those who participate.  To improve some of the work, you can join an affiliate network.

Affiliate networks are set up to help both affiliates and merchants to handle the management of affiliate programs.  They facilitate merchants track their traffic to various websites.  For affiliates, these networks list a variety of affiliate programs available so the affiliate can choose the program that is right for them.

Starting with an affiliate network will get all of your questions answered about managing an affiliate program.  These networks also manage expenditure to affiliates and make sure that you have set up your plan appropriately.  It is great that networks like this exist but they are not free of charge.  Joining a network requires a considerable outlay of cash in the thousands of dollars. Ask yourself what you want to achieve with the affiliate program.  Are you seeking to get affiliates in specific country or globally?  What kind of method will you pay your affiliate members?  Can you pay for clicks, leads, or actual sales?

The answers will determine how well your business will perform with an affiliate marketing program.  With the right websites advertising your business, the quantity of sales and traffic will increase quickly. The affiliate network will filter your affiliates.  This is a required part of the process. You do not want to waste time on websites that aren’t well-matched with your business or do not bring you a high volume of website traffic.

Using an affiliate network helps you to overcome the learning curve of managing the program. I hope this blogpost give you some heads up on how to start your own affiliate program. Feel free to leave any comments or sugesstions here.

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November 9th, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Is directory submission service a profitable niche?

[ November 8th, 2008 ] Posted in » SEO & Link Building
Written by: Derek

Alot of people are selling directory submission services ever since google says that more backlinks == better serps and pagerank. Since the procreation of this market, many seo companies are started up and this niche seems to be getting more and more compeitive. Prices are being slashed ridiculously to get more clients, people set up their own directories and offer submissions deals. It seems that everyone is engaged in a “price war” that makes it really hard for seo companies to survive in this industry niche.

There are people selling really cheap packages like 1000 submission for 8 dollars. In any price war scenario, users are always the one that benefit most. In past years, you would rarely find any seo companies offering 1000 submission for just 8 dollars, but now, it’s everywhere.

Recently, i just purchased a submitter software which submit your website to the directories in their database in a semi-automated process. Semi automated means that you would need to manually enter the captcha code in order to complete the submission. Infact, after acquiring the software, i am thinking whether should i provide some directories submission services to offset the cost of the software. But i gave up on that idea soon after seeing people offering just $8 for a 1000 submission. A 1000 submission will takes around me a couples of hours ( non stop, sitting infront of the computer and submitting the links) to complete.

A couple of hours for just $8? It’s not really worth it. If anyone is considering whether to provide directory submission service? think twice, is that worth your time and effort?

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November 8th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Franklin Debt Relief Dot Com

[ November 1st, 2008 ] Posted in » Talk of the day
Written by: Derek

Due to the economy crisis recently, a lot of people were “burnt” in the stock market. There are people whose net worth decreased by 50%, there are people who are seriously in debt. Are you owing your bank money? Are you in debt? If you are in debt, you will be really interested in this website that i am reviewing today.

Franklin Debt Relief is a debt solution company that simply just help people get settle and clear their debts ( Provides debt settlement programs ). It implements an innovative solution that helps it’s client to reduce their the monthly expenses and their overall debts. This is a american’s only program, which means that if you are located out of U.S, i am sorry but you are not being able to particpate in the program. 

“To help Americans relieve their excessive debt burden and the everyday emotional anxiety that accompanies it.” - This is the motto/goal of Franklin Debt Relief

Their company website also provides alot of resourceful information, such details about credit card consolidation companiesdebt help, debt settlement faq and many more. So even if you can’t participate in this program, you could also drop over to their website and learn more about how to settle your debt loans. 

There are many debt settlement services out there and how many of them are certfied businesses that their solution really works? For your information, Frankin Debt Relief LLC  is a trusted entity with a valid BBBonline seal and it’s also an active member of  The Association of Settlement Companies (TASC).

         

If you are seriously in debt and are looking for a trusted debt solution company, why not choose Franklin debt reliable?

Please note that this is a paid review by Franklin Debt Relief LLC and i did not engage their services before.

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How to sell your website effectively

[ November 1st, 2008 ] Posted in » Webmastering
Written by: Derek

Selling a website is probably the same as selling any other things that you could have thought of. The golden rule is just “to convince” that your website is worth that price that you are selling for. I could still remember that time when i sold my first website, which is a couple of years ago, i was totally a noob. I knew nuts about how to get buyers, how to price it, and most importantly, how to convince the potential buyers to buy your website. In this blog post today, i will be sharing some of my experiences in the process of selling a website and i hope this post will eventually helps some of you out there.

There are many reasons why people sell their website. Here’s a couple of common reasons.

  • They are tired of the website niche. ( No interest)
  • Their main objective of creating a website is to sell it when it’s established. ( To make money )
  • They may be in need of funds urgently for personal or business purposes.
  • They have no time to manage the website, may be due to reasons like studying, exams, work.
So assuming that you want to sell your website. The very first thing that you should do, is to work out your target. How much do you want your website to be sold? Are you making a profit from your investment. Some factors that determine the worth of your website consist of, 
  1. Current google pagerank
  2. Number of quality backlinks ( Check yahoo  site explorer)
  3. Alexa Ranking ( This tool is crap, but you can use it to determine the number of traffic. If a website has thousands of unique daily and has a alexa ranking of 20 million, you know something is wrong.
  4. The amount of traffic the site gets monthly.
  5. The amount of revenue generated from the website.
  6. The type and niche of website.
  7. How revenue is earned from the website.
  8. Is the website using a custom developed/ designed script?
  9. The SERPS of the website. Is the website ranked highly for certain market keywords?
  10. Level of particpation of the users.
  11. More..
I would recommend you to document all the above information in advance before selling your website. All these information are the common questions probably from potential buyers and will really save you ton lots of time. However, please set realistic goals. If you have a website that is making $50 monthly, try not to set your target selling price to $1000, 000. Who will probably buy it? Unless you have the “WOW” factor in it.
After determining the worth of your website, the next step that you do is to set your starting bid, the bin and reserve price, increment bid. If you do not know the above terms, do not panick.
Below is the definition.


Starting / Minimum Bid - The start bid to get the auction going on. So let’s say your starting bid is $100, buyers will have start the bid from $100 minimum.
BIN - Short term for ” Buy it now”, i am sure no other explanation is needed.
Reserve Price - This is the price set to protect the sellers. This means that the seller will not sell the website till the reserve is met. So imagine your reserve is $2000, after the auction ends, the highest bid that you get is $1000, so reserve price is not met and you can chose not to sell your website.
Increment Bid - If the increment bid is set to $50, the first buyer bid $100, the next buyer will have to bid $150 ( increase by $50) and so on.


Getting proof of the metrics of the website is also another neccessary thing that you should do if you are serious about selling your website. You could have say your website makes $500000 per month, but how do the seller know? Getting the metrics documented is to “convince” the buyers. Remember, the key factor to sell a thing is “to convince”. 
So now you have all the necessary things ready. The next step is just to list your website to get potential buyers. There are many places that you can sell your website, i would recommend digitalpoint.com and sitepoint.com. You can try other methods also, such as emailing competitors website. For example, If you are selling a hosting business, bigger players will be interested to buy your business to increase their client’s base.
Next, just sit back and wait for bids. If the website you selling has good metrics, i am pretty sure you would get bids coming in. The last thing that you will worry about will most probably be the payment methods. 
  • Paypal ( Would recommend for transaction below $3,000. Fees are expensive for big transaction).
  • Check / Wire transfer
  • Moneybookers
  • Western Union
  • Escrow.
I hope this post give you a heads up on selling a website, and if you sell a website following the tips successfully, be sure to email to tell me so. 

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November 1st, 2008 | Leave a Comment
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