Targeting Traffic to a Blog or Website

          Targeting Traffic to a Blog or Website                     

If you already have a blog or website and are now ready to build your business by adding affiliate marketing to the mix, you’ll need to search for ways to drive targeted traffic to the sites.   The more traffic the better.                                                                  
You’ll need to successfully create a following that will click on the affiliates you’re promoting and purchase from them – creating revenue for you.                                                                              

Visiting other websites and blogs that are similar to yours is a good way to begin to get ideas about the design of your site, the content and what others are doing to become successful.                    
Here are some ideas about increasing traffic to your blog or website:

• Relevant Content – To increase clicks on your affiliate sites, you can write a review, post on your blog or create a video about the product or service.  

• Pay-Per-Click – Two of the most popular PPC advertising methods are with Yahoo Search Marketing and Google Adwords.       

These types of programs also sent your ads to other websites.

• YouTube – Post a video review about an affiliate product or service on YouTube for an effective way to build a following. Providing a link placed beneath the video is also a good idea.  
• Forums – There are so many great forums online with links to particular communities. 

When you post messages on these forums along with a link to the site, you’ll be going the extra mile in gaining trust and ‘clicks’.
Use WordPress Plugins If you’re an Internet marketer, you already know the power of WordPress.    

There are some great plugins that will help optimize your search engine power and drive traffic to your site – and your affiliates. Here are just a few:

• WordPress SEO by Yoast – Yoast’s plugin is one of the ultimate plugins for SEO optimization and one of the easiest to use.  

• Widget Logic -- http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/widget-logic -- Works with your widgets by specifying exactly where that widget appears. You have the control.  

• Simple URLs – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-urls/ -- A way to track links, this plugin lets you calculate the conversion rate so that you can know how many people purchased a product or service from the affiliate link.  

• Members – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/members/ -- You can become much more flexible with WordPress by adding this plubin so that you can edit users’ positions and also add user positions. 

• RB Internal Links – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rb-internal-links/ -- Can assist you with internal linking by posting the identification internally rather than with the URL. It also ensures that your visitors will reach the page they want to see.  

• CB Press Marketplace – This is a ClickBank plugin for WordPress that helps affiliate marketers who are having problems getting started. With this plugin, you can add affiliate links to your content using short codes and widgits. Immediately create a ClickBank marketplace with this plugin. 

Personalize Your Affiliate Marketing Campaign A successful Internet marketing campaign           (one that puts money in your pocket) means that you must know your audience and what they’re interested in seeing and purchasing.

 • You can find out a lot about services and products on other sites by checking out keywords and names in reviews such as those on YouTube, forums and Amazon.
This can also let you have some insight into what other people are going for.

 • Develop interesting content that brings out your personality and brands you as an expert.                A blog is a great way to interact with others who may be interested in certain subjects.

• Harness the power of social media. Facebook, Google+ and Twitter are perfect places to  personalize and get the word out about your affiliate links. You can easily find new people to  market to.

• Also, use blogs that are similar in interest to your site to gain more of a following. People who
 are found in certain forums are likely to have the same interests as you and can help boost your  following if approached correctly.

Using SEO strategies can also mean the difference in an affiliate marketing venture that struggles and one that successfully promotes products. It takes time to find keywords, but it’s time well spent. Direct emails are also a good way to increase talk about a product or service. Find targeted databases that provide emails for direct content and before sending them, be sure to personalize them.

6. Add Affiliate Links to Your Content Begin the process of becoming an affiliate marketer by adding your affiliate links to your content and blog posts. Besides adding banner ads and other methods of affiliate advertising to your websites, blogs and website content can boost your revenue and brand your name or product.

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