Affiliate Marketing Tools for Beginners

I hate visiting different websites to access cheap marketing tools. It is time consuming and besides there is a learning curve as you try to figure out how to use different types of marketing tools. Some of the tools’ interfaces really suck….

Some tools require downloading of software, which degrades my computer memory. Besides, you can hardly find websites that teach you how to become an affiliate marketer step by step and then provide you with the necessary tools.

I however stumbled upon a website with all the essential ‘Get Started’ affiliate marketing training and has web based marketing  tools onsite. You can try out all the Affiliate marketing tools for free.

Yes! …. no downloads or shuttling between websites.

That was a no-brainer. Let’s get started if you are ready …………

Here is the instant opportunity to take the Word Press website generator for a spin.

Enter your domain name in the space before .siterubix and hit enter. Of course later you will be prompted to create a password to protect your website from spammers.

 

1. How to find a profitable niche….

If you are new to affiliate marketing you can follow the step-by-step process below starting with choosing niche.

For starters, the definition of  niche …. a group of people with common interests. It can be interest in gardening, sports, dating etc.

Here’s a PDF list of 2 000 possible niches ……………………..  Massive Niche List

Remember having passion only in a niche is not a guarantee of success. It must have a high search volume, affiliate products to sell and you must have sufficient knowledge about the niche.

2. Choose a domain name or the website address.

 

The domain or website address is where people visit if they want to read content on your website …..e.g. this website’s address is www.avertscams.com.

This is were most beginners get stuck …..  because most ‘experts’ or ‘Gurus’ skip this stage. They assume everyone is familiar with how to do this.

The name must be relevant to the niche, memorable and enticing ….. it does not necessarily affect how easy your website will be found in search engines.

Here is a free website name generator…… enter the required information and choose the most exciting name.

Let not this stage slow down your progress, you can always edit, delete and choose a new website name latter….. remember you are online, it is not a real life physical address which can be difficult to change.

Now that you have both, the website address and name …. lets slot it into one of  the fastest website builder…

3.Online Website Builder.

This is one of the best website builder; sites are created or build in under a minute. Too good to be true… No worries. l will give you an opportunity to try it out for free.

Of course it is not a drag-drop website builder, but it is a instant website builder … it takes 30 seconds and 3 clicks to be precise. Fast, easy to use website builder with an easy to navigate interface ….. building a WordPress website has never been this easy.

You only need to select or complete the highlighted areas of the WordPress web-builder.

The trendy website builder was created with Affiliate marketing beginners at heart. The 3 essential WordPress plugins are pre-installed… waiting for single click activation.

There are Free beautiful website templates to choose from ….. no need to earn how to design a WordPress website.

It only takes a few minutes to type the website address, business name, choose a free template & bingo.. in 30 secs you website is ready.

Creating websites, is by far the most important tool for running a profitable affiliate marketing  business. All the other methods; social networks, videos etc will help drive traffic to your website.

4. Ad Free website hosting.

Your website needs a place to be securely hosted. Your first two websites will be hosted at Wealthy Affiliate secure servers for free.

Most hosting companies deceive us by claiming that they are free yet you are forced to advertise their services on your website. This is especially detrimental to affiliate marketing success if the web-hosting  products compete with your   affiliate products.

I love this hosting because the support is responsive, up-time is very high and it allows secure website auto login.

My favorite features include …automatic website backups, website health analysis and access to Ftp …. makes the hosting superb.

Hosting is not free if you are forced to add adverts on your website.

 5. Keyword Volume Tool.

 

There is no need to leave the site to search for keywords; the tool is right inside the main website dashboard.You need to know the words people are typing in the search engines to find services you are offering.

The keyword search volume is important in estimating the number of people searching for that keyword. You probably visited avertscams.com because l used this tool to find popular key words. That is what people type in search engines such as Google when searching for ‘legitimate opportunities to make money online’.

Build great content around these keywords……

Building great content which no-one can access is less useful as having keyword staffed poor content.

Search engine marketing and optimization begins with a long tail keywords tool. For starters, long tail key words are more specific phrases people in search engines compared to generic one or two words.

website builder – short tail, generic key words and they have high competition.
user-friendly website builder – long tail, specific search and there is less competition.

If you have already created your Free Wealthy Affiliate account, you will find the the keyword volume tool under ‘Tools’ – bottom left side of the dashboard.

l love this keyword tool because it allows you to do cool stuff that you normally find in premium keyword research tools besides showing the search volume for keywords. You can check how many websites are competing for that keyword and you can estimate if your your website can be found for that keyword.

It’s an overture keyword selector tool and any advanced keyword research can be accomplished using Jaaxy Keyword Tool. It is accessible both externally or via the Wealthy Affiliate dashboard.

Once you have a list of at least ten related keyword phrases, you can start creating quality content. More training on content writing is provided inside the community.

No need to open another website window to write your content…….. now you understand it when l say ‘all the essential affiliate marketing tools are on board?

6. Rapid Writer with keyword density counter.

I love this on-site tool because you don’t need to leave the website to write your content. It makes life soooo much easier….

It is WordPress optimized, includes an inbuilt keyword density calculator and allows the uploading of images. This means the formatting of your content is preserved when you paste it into web pages, you are not punished by search engines such as Google for keyword staffing.

You can also save your content and publish it latter.

It’s crazy when you type your content in word and when you paste it into Word Press, the format is lost and it looks horrible.

Visit the ‘Tools’ category and open the Rapid Writer.

7. Affiliate Marketing Link Tracking Tool.

 

Once your website starts receiving visitors you can include affiliate marketing links in your content. If anyone clicks on the links and end up purchasing or joining a program you get a commission.

The link tracking tool will help you track affiliate links and determine which ones are producing more sales and which ones are unproductive.

This opens up an unlimited number of opportunities as you tweak the affiliate links.

This way, you can optimize your affiliate links without installing or downloading any affiliate marketing software.

8. Free Affiliate Marketing Training.

If you need further affiliate marketing training, on how to monetize your website it is available onsite.

You can access thousands of up-to-date videos…… the training can be overwhelming, l must admit.

There are also live and interactive online classes. Classes cover; affiliate social marketing, how to drive traffic to your website and on other specific topics.

You can follow easy to understand tutorials and attend weekly live webinars which keep you up dated on affiliate marketing trends.

You can use the training to promote any high paying affiliate marketing program of your choice.

9. Affiliate marketing support.

Most affiliate marketing programs require you to send a 24 hour support ticket if you get stuck.

That is a loooong wait …….. even for the most complex problems.

Inside Wealthy affiliate, just visit the chat box (top left) and within a few minutes your issue will be addressed.

Support tickets are only send to the responsive technical team which often address you issue while you wait.

 

The unique affiliate feature being the ability to interact with the Wealthy affiliate founders, Kyle and Carson inside the affiliate marketing forum.

 

The community’s warm welcome to new Wealthy Affiliates is overwhelming so is the 24/7 responsive support.

Combined with the ‘live chat’ support feature, it becomes the best affiliate marketing website online.

Premium Membership;

With Premium Membership you get all of the advanced affiliate marketing tutorials and more tools. You can host as many websites as you wish and you can try it out for as little as $19. Without all the headaches of visiting different websites and at a fraction of the open market cost of individual tools.

Any comments, compliments and are welcome.