Most of what I write here at Internet Wealth Master is generally about Affiliate Marketing and related subjects.

Affiliate Marketing on the internet happens when you promote somebody elses product and receive a commission each time someone buys that product after being reffered to the sales website by your affiliate link.

The most popular method of Affiliate Marketing is to promote other peoples products on your own website.

However, this is not the only way to do it, there are several other ways that you can do Affiliate Marketing - You can use Pay Per Click programs such as Google Adwords (see Beating Adwords and Wealthy Affiliate), Article Marketing websites such as Ezine Articles or GoArtilces, and classified ad sites such as US Free Ads.

How To Get Started With Affiliate Marketing

Here is a basic blueprint on how to get started with Affiliate Marketing:

1. Find a suitable product with an Affiliate Program.
2. Sign up for their Affiliate Program to get your Affiliate Links.
3. Set up your website, PPC campaign, or other form of advertising.
4. Promote their product on your website using your Affiliate Link.

Any questions? Please leave a comment and I’ll answer them as best I can.

Find out more about by browsing through the articles in my Affiliate Marketing category.

Last week I posted my review or Beating Adwords. Today, I’m going to post my Wealthy Affiliate Review.

Wealthy Affiliate is a sort of sister product to Beating Adwords. It is produced by the same two guys, Kyle and Carson, but instead of being a downloadable ebook, Wealthy Affiliate is a members only affiliate marketing website that aims to coach you to success in internet marketing.

What Is Wealthy Affiliate?

The contents of the Wealthy Affiliate website consists of:

• Affiliate Marketing & Advertising Tutorials - Enough material is provided here to provide a novice with the essential knowledge of this subject. Fresh ideas are also provided for people who are already experienced.
• Video Tutorials - These show you around Google Adwords and explain how to set up an account and campaign. These would be really useful to a Google Adwords beginner.
• Keyword Lists - There are several keyword lists that contain many keywords each. Each of these lists is provided with relevant affiliate products. You could easily set up some campaigns with these immediately.
• Private Forums - Newbies and successful marketers gather at the forums to seek and provide advice.
• 1 on 1 Coaching - Kyle and Carson will answer emails promptly to help you out with your campaigns. If you want to, they will log into your Adwords account to give you advice on your campaign. This helped me out a lot on my first campaign (remember to change your passwords afterwards!).

There is a whole load of other resources such as free landing page templates, case studies, and courses that I won’t go into here because it will take too much time. Visit the Wealthy Affiliate Website to find out more.

The primary method taught by Wealthy Affiliate is the PPC - Affiliate Marketing technique, whereby you promote affiliate products through Pay Per Click programs with the desired outcome of spending less on advertising than you make in commissions.

Wealthy Affiliate does not claim to make you rich overnight, but sets out a strategy for building your income over time - with goals of reaching several thousand per month after about 1 year. Many of the subscibers who take part in the private forums are achieving this and helping people who are not.

Is It Worth Joining Wealthy Affiliate?

If you are a seasoned pro at Google Adwords, then you would probably not learn much that is new to you (allthough it might be worth just joining for a month to have a poke around).

If however you are thinking of starting out with Google Adwords or PPC/Affiliate Marketing then I would definitely encourage you to join. I have been a member for a few months now and have no reason to cancel in the near future. I make more money from the ideas I get and utilize than the $29 a month that I am paying.

I have also learned a couple of other techniques from members of the private forum that are nothing to do with PPC, but are earning me extra money.

Click here to visit Wealthy Affiliate.

Related Link: Wealthy Affiliate Review Review of the affiliate marketing program Wealthy Affiliate. Go inside the members’ area to see what’s inside.

Last week I wrote about How To Get Started In Internet Marketing. One of the things that I mentioned that are need to get started is Website Hosting. So let’s take a look at some things that need to be considered when choosing website hosting for the first time.

1. Price - How much do you want to spend and how much can you afford on Website Hosting?
2. Features - What is included in the price of your Website Hosting?
3. Reliability - Will your Website Hosting company let you down.
4. Value For Money - What do you get for your money?

Now that list above depends heavily on the type of websites that you plan to host. So let’s assume that you are starting out in the world of internet marketing and plan to set up a few sites on certain topics to give us a feel for the internet marketing landscape.

OK, now let’s take a look at that list again.

Price Of Website Hosting

If you are starting out, then I would recommend going for Share Website Hosting. This is one step up from free hosting, but there are many different options that you can choose that will vastly affect the price of yor website hosting bill. I’d say to expect to pay about $10 a month for a quality shared website hosting plan.

Website Hosting Features

Things to look for here is stuff that will make your life easier and your website hosting experience faster.

First take a look at the software that can be installed on your website hosting plan with one click installs for software like Wordpress, Joomla and phpBB. This means that if you are not too familiar with setting up databases, ftp and the more intricate aspects of server configuration, then some of the most useful website software can be installed automatically with scripts provided by your website hosting company.

Also take a look at what they in the way software to track you website statistics and what email features are include in your website hosting plan.

Website Hosting Reliability

There is nothing that is more frustrating that your website hosting server being down. Your pages won’t be showing and you won’t be making any money. Unfortunately, server downtime is a fact of life. Check potential website hosting companies for their downtime policy and what you can do incase you website does go down:

• Can you phone them? Some companies have a freephone 24/7/365 support desk.
• Can you email them? Or more to the point, will they answer your emails. I usually fire off a number of questions about their hosting and guage the promptness of replies before committing.
• Is there an online status that is updated with news of issues. DreamHost has an RSS feed that covers this.

Website Hosting Value For Money

You should take a look at how much you will be getting for your money. One thing I would say here is think expandability. If you find that you enjoy and are successful at internet marketing then you will probably want to set up several websites. To keep costs low when you begin, look out for the following in your Website Hosting:

• Multiple Domains - How many domains can you host on one account. Hosting companies like DreamHost and Host Gator offer unlimited domain hosting on some of their Website Hosting Plans. They will cost a couple of dollars more per month, but it is worth paying this.
• Monthly Bandwidth Quota - This is how much traffic your website hosting plan will be able to handle per month. Check out what the charges are for going over your limit.
• Disk Space - This will determine the size of you websites.

So there, in a nutshell, are some considerations for choosing you website hosting. If you have an others, then please feel free to leave a comment.

And my recomendation? It has to be DreamHost because of the ease of setting up website software, unlimited domains, huge bandwidth and disk space, and the online news service for status of their network.

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A couple of days ago I asked Brandon Hopkins about How To Blow Your PPC Budget. Brandon is now starting what will probably turn out to be a really interesting project - The PPCIQ Affiliate Test. I’m really looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

Jon Symons tells us his philosophy of business with Got Business? If my Get Started In Internet Marketing article interested you then you should check out what Jon has to say.

Internet Wealth Master has only been live for a couple of weeks now, and I think I should be asking Does My Website Make Sense? Thanks for the tips Yaro - Do you think I should make the text larger?

And finally, Darren Rowse alerts us of Over 100 Resources For Information Publishers.

Beating Adwords covers in detail how to make money on the internet using a combination of Pay Per Click (PPC) and Affiliate Marketing.

What is Beating Adwords?

Beating Adwords is an Ebook that you can download immediately (after paying for it!). It is very easy to read and will dramatically increase your chances of making an income using Google Adwords to promote Affiliate Products.

It is written by two experienced and successful internet marketers Kyle and Carson who also run a website called Wealthy Affiliate that serves as a coaching forum for the information in Beating Adwords.

However, membership to Wealthy Affiliate is not necessary for what you learn from Beating Adwords (but is an extra benefit).

Of course, you could use the information in Beating Adwords to promote your own products too.

What Information Is In Beating Adwords?

Here is what is in the 87 pages of Beating Adwords:

• An introduction that introduces the authors and gives a rundown of making money on the internet, PPC and Affiliate Marketing.
• How to get started with Google Adwords - What Google Adwords is all about and setting up an account.
• A really good explaination of Affiliate Marketing and where you can find great products that convert well.
• How to advertise these products. Setting up all the nitty grit bits and pieces of you Adwords campaign and how to write effective ad copy that sells (when you only have 4 short lines of copy to play with).
• How to outsmart your competition. This is really easy when you know how to configure your landing pages and implement effective bidding techniques.
• Optimizing your Adwords campaigns so that you can increase your Click Through Rate (CTR) and lower you bid prices.
• How to make web pages that sell - this is one of the key ingredients in increasing your conversion rates for a better return on investment. They include examples of effective landing pages that you can use.

Is Beating Adwords Worth Buying?

If you are planning on making money with PPC and Affiliate Marketing, then I would definitely recommend this book.

The bottom line is that as long as you take action on what it teaches you, then you will recover the cost of Beating Adwords quickly, even if it is saving money you would have wasted on in-effective advertising.

Also remember that most people lose money with Google Adwords simply because they are not aware of a few simple techniques that can seperate you from your competitors and convince your prospects to buy your products.

Click Here to visit the Beating Adwords Website.

If you are thinking about starting a business, and don’t want to risk too much money, then there is probably no better choice than Internet Marketing.

When I say Internet Marketing, I’m refferring to the process of promoting other peoples products on the internet to make money on the commissions for sales.

Here are some reasons for Getting Started In Internet Marketing:

1. Low Startup Costs - All you need is a computer, an internet connection and some webhosting space.
2. Time - You can work when it suits you. You can fit it in to evenings and weekends so that it does not interfere with your job.
3. Its Easy - With all the online resources available, you won’t have too much trouble getting to grips with what you need to do to get started.
4. Scalability - As you progress you will find more incomes streams become available. It is easy to scale up your business to accomadate these extra opportunities.

First, let’s take a look at the low startup costs. Low can pretty much mean free in the internet marketing business. To test the water you could set up a blog at Blogspot (or similar) and get a feel for things there.

Then, you can buy some webhosting and a domain name and suddenly everything starts looking professional for less than $100 for the first year.

Now let’s take a look at the time that it takes to get started in internet marketing. Basically you can spend as much time as you like. It fit’s in perfectly as a part time job and as you start making more money it can replace your part time job. If everything goes well, you can take as much time off as you like because your website never sleeps and will continue to make money around the clock.

But how easy is it to get started in internet marketing? Answer: Very easy. It is as easy as buying some domain hosting, getting and open source CMS installed on your website and generating content and implimenting some basic marketing skills to start driving visitors.

And scalability? Well as you start earning money from a couple of sources, you will learn many other ways that you can increase your revenues. The beauty is that once one revenue stream starts ticking over, you can then start on another.. and another.. and another.

So there is a pretty simple explaination of how to get started in internet marketing.

Now that I’ve scratched the surface, I think I will have to write some more detailed articles.

Any comments or suggestions?

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Here are some really cool free website graphics that you can start using on your websites straight away.

The Satisfaction Guaranteed graphic that you see here is an example of his work, and is included in the download pack.

The website graphics are created by a guy called Brent Turner and he specializes in creating website graphics for sales pages.

Brent reckons that by using his graphics you can instantly double, triple, even quadruple your sales page conversion rates. He calls his style of design subliminally persuasive because the graphics are so attention grabbing.

Well I’m in no position to endorse this claim, but I do know that I really suck at graphic design, so any help in this area is greatly appreciated.

Here is another example of his work (it will take you to the Brents website where you can download the website graphics).

When I wanted to get aquainted with Pay Per Click advertising with Google Adwords a few months ago, I figured that I would practice by getting involved with PPC - Affiliate Marketing.

This is the practice of promoting an affiliate program using Google Adwords. Basically, you buy traffic to the affiliate site and if you have done your research, you make more money from the affiliate program than you spend on advertising it.

The one hurdle that I had to overcome with this is that I didn’t want to lose my initial start up capital for the project. I knew that if I did, that it would not really matter as it would be money spent on learning. However, It was proving to be a really psychological barrier for me.

Yesterday, I read that Brandon Hopkins of Pay Per Click IQ wanted people to ask him questions about PPC, so I emailed him to ask him - What Are The Top 10 Ways to Lose Money With PPC? - And you can check his answers at this link.

So now I will give a quick run down of his tips, but I’ll turn them around into what you should do so as not to blow your budget.

1. Do pick your affiliate program carefully. If you already run affiliate programs on your content sites, then maybe choose one that is converting well.
2. Do use appropriate tools to choose your keywords. Try this tool for free or Wordtracker if you don’t mind paying. Also, give Good Keywords a try for managing your keywords.
3. Do start with a low Cost Per Click (CPC). Increase it as you need to depending on your Click Through Rate (CTR) and Return On Investment (ROI).
4. Do learn PPC with Google Adwords before branching out into !Yahoo and MSN Adcenter. But do investigate other PPC programs when you are getting good at it to increase your Market Reach.
5. Don’t take advice from just anyone on the internet. Do read plenty and then do your due diligence.
6. Do use negative keywords - It will target your ads better and can bring your CPC down.
7. Do monitor your stats. You need to keep on top of your ads performance and constantly improve your campaigns.
8. Do guage your ROI. You need to know if you are making money and to cut your losses if you are not - this is basic risk management.
9. Do use multiple ads for each Ad Group. This is called split testing and will show you what performs best.
10. Do create landing pages. They are statistically proven to increase conversion rates as long as they are done right. I don’t know why - it’s just the way it is.
11. Do ask questions. This is Brandons bonus tip. If you are a newbie, it is one of the best ways to learn.
12. And here is my bonus tip: Constant Improvement. In The Definitive Guide To Google Adwords, Perry Marshall talks about Kaizen, a Japanese phrase that refers to improvement. Perry states that Kaizen should be applied to your campaigns at all times and that it is imperitive in the application of constant split testing. With constant improvement comes serious unbeatability.

So there you go. By (not) following Brandons advice you should be on the way to successful PPC campaigns.

Also be sure to check out the rest Brandons website for more great advice on PPC.

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Here’s a quick head’s up (in case you had missed it) about Aaron Wall (author of SEO Book) and Andy Hagans useful 101 Ways to Build Link Popularity in 2006.

I think that most of us agree that link building is one of the core practices that is required to build a successful website. And when I say successful, I mean getting as much traffic as possible.

By having implementing a solid linking strategy, you are looking to gain traffic from the linking websites and also from increasing the authority of your website pages in the Search Engines.

Whether you are a link building newbie or a seasoned pro, I suspect that you will learn something from this list.