Hi

I'm just starting out here and feel a bit like Julie as far as feeling a little overwhelmed here. I purchased Holly's book months ago, set it aside, and just today reread it and took notes on how to start up without a web site. It looks like the cheapest way to get started will be to write and post articles about using "Honest Riches", with an affiliate link. Do I have that part right?

Happywife, you have a beautiful site. I take it you are making money by being an affiliate to the links you provide? Your site helped me finally get into my head that when people say "put up a web page" they mean a page focused on a specific topic to help people find quality, organized content. And of course, you make money off of it. Am I getting this right?

Thanks!
Maryellen

He Maryellen

It sounds like you are going down the right route. Holly's book isn't the only thing you can promote though you can promote just about anything, just about every big company has an affiliate programme these days.

But for ease to begin with people generally start with clickbank or paydotcom.com. These days squidoo lens and hubpages are very easy for a new person to get there head around. I personally just made my first hubpage today and it was very straight forward. The biggest thing is to get your keyword research done correctly and then implement it correctly.

I tend to sell a lot of other products other than Internet marketing products purely because Internet marketing products tend to be over saturated so you have to be a little bit different to get good sales. I lot of Internet marketers offer special bonuses if you buy through their links and as a newbie this is not something I imagine you could do at the moment. However don't rule it out as because you have read Holly's book you can write an honest review etc on it.

Review pages tend to be the most used by Internet marketers, the dilemma is - do you have to buy the product to review it. I am trialling some different techniques at the moment and using the word Compare or comparison instead of Review as I am more comfortable with it if I haven't personally bought the product. Anyway, just wanted to say you seem to be on the right track and give us a shout it you need any specifics.

Masood - I earn money from my site in the way that Maryellen guessed.

I first built about 30 plus pages of just content, or information, about chocolate candy, my chosen niche. I submitted my site to some directories and did a few link exchanges with related sites.

After I started to get a bit of traffic (at least 20 unique visitors a day), I then started adding in affiliate links - chocolate sellers of different varieties depending on the particular page topic. I also got approved for Google Adsense, so I earn money from the Google ads when people leave my site via an advert.

I could sell my own products if I wanted or I could add a store and dropship, etc., but I am content with these methods at present. I, too, am still in the learning stage, and I don't want to get in over my head.

Maryellen,
Thank you for your kind words about my site. That is encouraging to me. I currently have over 200 "web pages" on my particular "web site" with the niche (topic) of chocolate candy. Each page is focused on a particular even narrower niche, so to speak.

I understand that there are many ways of doing affiliate marketing as mentioned throughout the forum - squidoo lenses, blogs, etc. Frankly, I don't really know how to do those.

Funny, I know, but when I read the affiliate masters course (in my sig.), the method that I am using just "clicked" in my head. It helped clear the confusion and frustration I was dealing with trying to make money promoting clickbank products with ads, etc.

As joecool mentioned, the internet marketing field is pretty flooded. I thought it would be much too difficult to carve out a piece of that for myself, especially since I didn't really know what I was talking about. Now, I know what I'm talking about when it comes to chocolate candy - ha ha.

I do promote SBI as an affiliate, which is the company that I used to build and host my site. But that is just something I do on the side because I understand their products now and honestly believe they are worthwhile because I've seen how they have helped me. My main business is my websites. I use the plural because I've been working on another site concept and hope to launch it in the next few weeks.

I figure if I can get a genuine full fledged website built and generating traffic and income every 6-12 months, I will be set for a while. Here's hoping.

Anyway, I hope that helps. If you have any further questions, just ask.

If you are interested in a free way to make money, I have just shown another forumer a way to make money using blog. you can learn it here

http://www.honestworkfromhomesuccess.com/forum/view/Affiliate-Marketing/Questions-8978/New-to-this- and-confused-Can-you-help/pg-2.html

I agree it is confusing.But don't worry,take small steps and learn.You didn't drive a car at your first attempt did you ? You learnt didn't you.
Don't be overwhelmed,it takes time and small steps,which lead to bigger steps,and bigger cheques !