Affiliate Marketing For Bloggers
- Introduction to the Course
- My Affiliate Marketing Philosophies
- The Technical Ins and Outs of Affiliate Marketing
- What You Can Realistically Earn With Affiliate Marketing
- The Rules of Affiliate Marketing
- An Introduction To Crafting The Perfect Affiliate Website
- Brainstorming An Affiliate Friendly Niche
- Narrowing Down Your Niche
- Picking A Good Domain Name
- Setting Up Your Site Right
- Install These WordPress Plugins
- Create Content That’s Searchable and Converts
- How to Pick Affiliate Products, Programs, and Networks
- Recommended Tools for Affiliate Marketing
- How To Supercharge An Existing Affiliate Site
- Tracking Your Affiliate Links and Affiliate Income
- More Ways to Promote Your Affiliate Links
- Common Affiliate Marketing Mistakes To Avoid
- People Online Who Do Affiliate Marketing Well
- How to Grow and Scale Your Affiliate Marketing Efforts (Conclusion)
- BONUS: Lasso Affiliate Marketing WordPress Plugin Walkthrough
- BONUS: Building A Profitable Affiliate Niche Site From Scratch with BrewCabin.com
- BONUS: The Best Affiliate Marketing Practices on a Podcast with Travis Sherry
The Technical Ins and Outs of Affiliate Marketing
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1. What’s Affiliate Marketing? (The Quick Basics, If You’re New)
- Affiliate marketing is the act of earning a commission by promoting products that aren’t yours. You promote someone’s product to others and earn a commission for each sale.
- If you get someone to make a purchase through your affiliate link, you are then rewarded by the company with a commission. That’s called getting someone to convert.
2. How Does It Work? The Technology You Need To Know
- Impressions vs. clicks
- Commission (% or flat fee)
- URL parameters (your page)
- Cookies (referral partners page)
- Cookies vs. Sessions
- “Cookie length” – How long affiliate codes are tracked depends on affiliate program
- Fundamentals of links in HTML <a>
- Rel = “nofollow”
- Target = “_blank”
- Event tracking in Google Analytics