The Affiliate Journal

This step by step guide is designed to help Internet Marketers achieve success in any type of web based business. The focus of this guide is on Affiliate marketing, but the methods, tips, and examples described inside are for anyone who is interested in starting, or improving their own on line business.

Below I have written a short description of the different topics I want to share with you. If you are already involved in Affiliate Marketing then you may just want to skip to the topics that interest you.

Section Descriptions

• Getting Started
  I will tell you how to earn enough money to get your online business up and running, without using your current paycheck. By no means will these methods make you a lot of money, but starting your own online business is not very expensive. It is very important to read this section now! This will be the beginning of your on line career.

• Affiliate Networks
  Once you know what you want to accomplish on line, it will be time to find the right products to sell. If you don't have your own product or literature to promote, then it is time to read up on Affiliate Networks. These programs are free to join and have ready made links for your site for hundreds of products and companies.

• Designing Your Site
  Whether you are going to design your own site, or use a template based site, these tips will help you create search engine friendly pages.

• Hosting Companies
  At this point you will be ready to Go Live! This means that your site will be available to anyone who knows the address. It is a big decision to pick a hosting company for your on line presence. They are some important guidelines to follow in choosing the right option for you. went about choosing a hosting company for my web sites in the Hosting Companies page.

• Exchanging Links
  Now that your site is available for the world to see, it is time to be seen. One of the best ways to help search engines find you is to have other sites link to yours. Most of the time the site that will link to you will want you to link to them. This helps both of you in your search engine rankings. There are many free services on the web that help you find compatible web sites to exchange links with.

Section 2 >> Getting Started