6 Critical Rules When Building An Affiliate Website

There are 6 rules you must use when building any affiliate website if you want the website to make you any money.

Building Your Site Rule #1 Always have a strong headline.

No matter how great your sales copy is or how great your content and information is? no one will stick around long enough to read it unless you grab them with your headline.

Make sure you have a compelling enough headline to make the person want to stay and read your information.

Building Your Site Rule #2 Make your home page a strong sales letter that combines elements of an article and an endorsement.

The best way to have a sales letter that is not hyped up and can still do a good "pre-sell" is to have a form of a product "review" or "endorsement." What most people are interested in is reading the pros and cons about a product. Spend some time and dedicate the home page to a good product, write a good "endorsement" article.

Building Your Site Rule #3 Stop hiding your links. Let your visitors read your articles?

Some advocates of the old mini-site strategy advised you to have NO other links on your site. There was supposed to be just one other link ? the BUY NOW link. And I think this still works, but for merchant sites ? not affiliate websites.

Remember, your job is to PRE-SELL, not sell. You're not trying to corner your potential customer, you're just trying to gain their trust. The best way to gain their trust is to offer them a bunch of useful advice and helpful content. That means you'll need LINKS to all that good stuff on your site.

Now remember, the other articles on your site should also be "pre-selling" your readers ? so one way or the other, you will be able to gain their trust and get the sale.

Building Your Site Rule #4 Offer lots and lots of articles ? all with easy navigation.

As PPC gets more and more expensive, it's getting harder and harder to get qualified leads from search engine advertising. It's also getting tougher and tougher to find easy shortcuts to a #1 placement. A cheaper and more effective strategy is to patiently work WITH the search engines rather than trying to trick them or buy into them.

How do you work WITH the search engines? You offer content: articles, reviews, specs. If you can provide the search engines with what their users want, then the search engines will gladly send you free traffic. Affiliates are taking a strong turn towards doing search engine optimization and search engines want to see content.

Building Your Site Rule #5 Add some other services and products to your site.

Focus your site on one niche AREA; then introduce additional products or services in key spots throughout the site. These additions should ALWAYS be tightly related to your site theme. Your potential customers are introduced to additional choices in the CONTEXT of an article or a review. You're giving them additional ways to spend money on you.

And by additional products, I mean products that you have potentially created yourself ? high ticket products that can bring in a lot of money. High-ticket affiliate products are OK as well.

Building Your Site Rule #6 Include an FAQ section ? most critical!

Almost NO affiliate sites use this strategy. However, it's one of the most powerful.

You're probably very well aware of the most common questions people ask? Well, build them into your sales letter/endorsement/article. Use sub-headlines to draw attention to them. The quicker your visitors can find their answers through your website, the quicker they will buy from you and the more they will return to your site.

The above 6 rules should be followed very closely for every affiliate site you ever launch. Together they optimize your website to be the most profitable.

Copyright 2005 Kurma Group

This article is written by Anik Singal, founder of AffiliateClassroom.com. Anik Singal has developed his own affiliate system that helped him earn well over $10,466 in just 60 days. Now, he's looking for a few students to train one step at a time. http://www.AffiliateClassroom.com

---

Affiliate Programs - How to Pick the Solid Ones

This is very important, because your reputation is on stake... Read More

How Affiliates Can Have Their Own Radio Show...

Before we start, I want to ask you one simple... Read More

Internet Affiliate Marketing 101 - Its All About Relationships

So you've found the perfect affiliate program, you've signed up... Read More

WHAT! Internet Etiquette / Net Etiquette?

Many people know how -- and do conduct themselves in... Read More

What are the Benefits of Affiliate Marketing?

Affiliate marketing is a cooperative effort between merchant and an... Read More

How To Start Your Own Affiliate Program

1. Why Start Your Own Affiliate Program?Multiple web sites and... Read More

What Is Affiliate Marketing?

Affiliate marketing refers to the promotion of products or services... Read More

Affiliate Marketing Secrets that You Can Use

Affiliate marketing is a very hot topic on the web... Read More

Preparation - the Way to Success

I have two questions to ask you. One. How much... Read More

Become An Affiliate Champion: 10 Tips

Affiliates programs are one of the easiest ways to make... Read More

Promoting My Affiliate Programs--How?

Getting your website up, is really just the first phase... Read More

How to Make Money with Affiliate Business Programs

There are thousands of affiliate business programs on the internet... Read More

How To Make Niche Profits Without a Website

You don't need to buy any "amazing new ebook" or... Read More

How to Booost Your Affiliate Commissions by almost 30%

Affiliate marketing is one tough business. Everyone online... Read More

Are You Doing Well As An Affliate Marketer?

I have been working on the Internet now since December... Read More

Your Own Affiliate Program

What better avenue to drive high quality and targeted traffic... Read More

How To Super Charge Your Affiliates

In my article "Affiliate Marketing What Is It And Why... Read More

Never Get Burnt by a Cycler Program Again!

A cycler or doubler that offers nothing of real value... Read More

Top 3 Things All Affiliate Marketers Need To Use

Every affiliate marketer is looking for exactly what allows those... Read More

How to Build a Huge Opt-In List as an Affiliate

One of the biggest mistakes I see affiliates making everyday... Read More

Top 5 Tips For Frustrated Affiliate Program Marketers

Do you go through affiliate programs like most people go... Read More

Affiliate Marketing--Huh?

In my search for a presence on the internet, I... Read More

Affiliate Marketing - Ten Excellent Reasons Why You Should Do It

There are many opportunities to make money working on the... Read More

Reseller vs Affiliate ? Which One Is For You?

Have not decide if becoming an affiliate is for you?... Read More

Dont Make This Mistake...New Affiliate

Joining more than 2 programs at a time is something... Read More

Affiliate Marketing: An Online Marketing Strategy

Everybody it seems can make money online. The simplest way... Read More

Is There an Affiliate Free Lunch Program?

"Everything worthwhile has a cost... Whenever you think you are... Read More

Affiliate Marketing: Starting Out On The Internet

So you want to start your own business, and you... Read More

Spending More Money Than You Make In Your Online Business?

Have you been lured into online business and internet marketing... Read More

Are You Making These Costly Affiliate Mistakes?

There are many ways to generate sales, but there are... Read More

Affiliate is not a Dirty Word

It wasn't very long ago when the word "affiliate" left... Read More

8 Ways To Promote Your Affiliate Products

Many affiliates fail in affiliate marketing because they limit their... Read More

Finding the Perfect Affiliate Program

Finding a good affiliate program can be sometimes daunting and... Read More