Affiliate sites done well - Trispace.co.uk
Time and time again people ask me what makes a good affiliate site and time and time again I say that all you need is to be passionate about something enough to write well about it. I truly believe that if you are knowledgeable enough about a subject to write engaging content then you will be a success.
Some people think that to become a successful affiliate they have to become a Google AdWords expert and blow a load of cash on PPC. Or they think they have to build a site about broadband/mobile phones/finance/gambling because that’s where the money is, meaning they will spend weeks/months trying to build something they have no interest in - painful. Or worse still create a cashback or discount code site just because everybody else is so there must be money in them thar hills. Believe me, that’s not the case.
WordPress has made creating and owning a website so accessible and simple that it’s now the only tool you need to build a good affiliate site. It’s easy to install, modify, has thousands of plugins to support and enhance it and most importantly is a doddle to use.
A friend of mine has just followed this advice and set up a new blog/affiliate site about his passion, the Triathlon. He’s a proper athlete, fitness nut, coach and sports therapist and what he doesn’t know about the sport isn’t worth knowing. So he’s set up a site called trispace and is now set to unleash it on the world. The beauty of creating a site around your passion is that it doesn’t seem like “work” when you’re updating it. Which makes it the best “job” in the world, as because you’re writing for the love of it, when the money starts to come in, it will be a bonus.
And the money will start to come in. All he needs to do is some grass roots marketing via word-of-mouth, some relevant forums and a few well placed links here and there. Honestly that’s all it takes for starters. If the content is good, people will tell others, the inbound links will flow and so will the traffic.
At the moment the site isn’t over-monetised and that’s fine. If it was plastered with ads etc. it could turn people of and give the impression that it only exists to make money. Instead opt for having 1 or 2 premium sponsors that you can feature and a few affiliate ads/links that are relevant. When the user base grows people will be knocking on your door for the chance to advertise to such a rich targeted demographic.
So there you go, affiliate marketing should be about monetising sites that exist because people have built them to fulfill a hobby and passion. All too often in this day and age affiliates build sites purely to “cash in” on trends and sectors, not because they have a real interest in something.
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Affiliate sites done well - Trispace.co.uk
Original post by Kieron