A Quick Introduction

Well hello there! We are SO incredibly excited that you are not only registered for
Wednesday nights webinar, but that you are also here taking action!
Or cheating if you will
We put together this cheat sheet to help you get started down the road to total affiliate
doination, and set you apart fro all the others who choose to !ust wing it"
Side note# $oesnt the phrase total doination ake you want to say it in a creepy
baritone raspy %oice& 'o& (ust e& )o%ing on
*elow you will find a coprehensi%e breakdown of each and e%ery step we use to
create profitable affiliate sites that not only ake bank, but run on auto+pilot!
So without further adieu, lets get into it"""
What Is Afliate Marketing?
Also known as referral marketing, this strategy works when you as refer customers
onto a merchant who you are afliated with
If the customer then makes a !urchase, you take an agreed u!on commission
"ommissions are tracked through a s!ecial tracking link where a cookie is
downloaded to the com!uter of the customer #eing referred
$hese cookies allow the merchant %&ia their afliate !rogram' to determine that the sale
came through your s!eci(c tracking link
It)s like magic, #ut with tracking links and cookies And no, you can)t eat these
cookiesunfortunately
*ow $o +efer "ustomers
$here are many ways of referring customers through your tracking link, howe&er the
one we)ll #e discussing is #y far the most sim!le to gras! and make money from
$his is the #asic conce!t,
- "hoose a !roduct that !eo!le are searching for on .oogle
/ 0uild a we#site #ased around reviewing the chosen !roduct
/ +ank on !age 1- of .oogle
2 +ecei&e trafc from .oogle
3 +efer &isitors onto your merchant &ia your tracking link
4ow if you 5ust did an audi#le huh?, don)t worry, we)ll #e #reaking this whole
!rocess down on the u!coming training we#inar
6or now, sim!ly read o&er this cheat sheet to familiari7e yourself with the techni8ue
#efore showing u! to the we#inar
Remember you will have a chance to ask us as many questions as you like on the
training so make sure you show up live!
Action 9te! 1-, Product Hunt
$he (rst ste! in the !rocess is to (nd a list of !roducts that you can recommend to
your readers
:ater on we)ll talk a#out creating !roduct re&iews that not only add &alue to your site,
#ut hel! im!ro&e your chances of !eo!le clicking on your tracking links
0ut you)re going to ha&e to kee! reading to (nd that 5uicy info
;h sna!< We)re such teases<
Search The Afliate Networks
6irst to (nd a list of !roducts, we recommend com#ing through the many afliate
networks
$hese are online hu#s that you can sign u! to for free that host &arious merchants that
o=er !roducts for you to !romote on your we#sites
0elow is a short list of a few afliate networks that you can sign u! to today (the rest
will be available on the training webinar),
, "ommission>unctioncom
, Afliate?@rogramAma7oncom
, :ink9harecom
, "lick#ankcom
, "lick#oothcom
9ign u! to each of these and once you are inside your account, (nd the search engine
and start looking for !roducts to add to your list
6or eAam!le after a 8uick search in the *ealth category inside of
commission5unctioncom, I found the merchant ? htt! ,BB daily#urn com who o=er C/D for
any new !aid mem#er that you refer and CE for anyone who signs u! to their free trial
$hat)s not #ad coin for a sim!le referral<
It)s also im!ortant to note that the name of the !roduct is daily #urn and that)s
eAactly what I would use to add to my list
*ot ti!, $ry to #uild a list of at least ED !roducts #efore mo&ing onto the neAt ste!
Action 9te! 1/, Keyword Research
;nce you ha&e your list of ED !roducts, it)s time to run keyword research using
.oogle)s free Feyword @lanner $ool %www google com B sktool B'
*ere)s the !rocess,
- "lick on 9earch for new keyword and ad grou! ideas
/ "o!y and !aste your list of !roduct names into the to! (eld as shown #elow,
2 4eAt click on the ta# called Feyword Ideas at the to!
3"lick on the column title called A&g monthly searches until it lists the column from
highest to lowest
E $he neAt ste! is to remo&e any of the !roducts that ha&e :G99 $*A4 EDD a&erage
monthly searches
$his is the total num#er of searches e&ery month for each s!eci(c !roduct name In
other words how many times !eo!le are searching for a !roduct on .oogle
$he reason why we only care a#out the !roducts that ha&e more than EDD searches
!er month is #ecause anything less than that would normally mean that we won)t #e
a#le to recei&e enough trafc to our we#site for it to reach the goal of CEDDBmonth
And let)s #e honest, we want to start makin) the dollah dollah #ills with our site<
After remo&ing all !roducts with less than EDD monthly searches, you should now ha&e
a much smaller list
Variation Keywords
$he neAt ste! is to (nd out if there are any &ariation keywordsHthese are any
!hrases that include the !roduct name within
6or eAam!le if the !roduct name is daily #urn and eAam!le of a &ariation keyword
would #e daily #urn re&iews
"heck to make sure there are at least 2 &ariation keywords and remo&e any !roduct
that doesn)t meet the criteria
We)ll #e using these &ariation keywords later when it comes to creating content on
your site
Again, we)ll discuss this more in the training we#inaror as >ill likes to call it, the
cy#er?5am
Action 9te! 12, "hoosing A @roduct
4ow that we ha&e a shortlist of !roducts to choose from, it)s time to select the most
a!!ro!riate one to create a we#site around
$o do that, 5ust follow these two ste!s,
Step #1: Run an Ethical Analysis
4ot all !roducts are created e8ual and you)re only going to #e !romoting the ones that
you #elie&e !ro&ide &alue to its customers
4o scammy !roducts allowed We sco= at scammy<
$he #est way to check to see if a !roduct is ethical in nature is to search for it on
Ama7oncom
If it is #eing sold, check the re&iews to make sure !eo!le are ha!!y with the !roduct If
there are some 3 and E star re&iews, usually that means the !roduct is ethical in nature
*owe&er, if there are mostly -,/ and 2 star re&iews, we would consider remo&ing it
from your list
Moral of the story, $he more stars, the #etter
Step #2: Analyin! "a!e 1 #o$petition
+anking on !age - of .oogle is no easy feat, howe&er if you target keywords with little
to no com!etition, it does make your 5o# much, MI"* easier
:ater we)ll discuss how to rank on !age -, #ut for now do the following,
- +un a search for each !roduct name on .oogle 6or eAam!le if the !roduct Daily
Burn was on your list, you would run a search for daily #urn
/ $ake a look at the results on the (rst !age
2 If you see many large sites taking u! most !ositions on the (rst !age, consider
remo&ing the !roduct from your list 9ome eAam!les of common large sites include,
amazon.com, walmart.com and ebay.com. 0asically if you recogni7e the name of the
site, it)s !ro#a#ly considered large and difcult to com!ete against
3 ;n the Ji! side, if you (nd a num#er of unnown sites taking u! most of !age -, you
ha&e a good chance of com!eting against them for the to! s!ot
As a more accurate alternati&e to determining .oogle com!etition, you can use a !aid
tool called :ong $ail @latinum %:ong$ail@ro com'
4ot going to lie, >osh kinda geeks out o&er this tool and will show you how to use it to
disco&er low com!etition keywords on the li&e training
Take a close look at the products with the lowest competition and choose one to
create your frst site around.
Action 9te! 13, +egister A Komain 4ame
;nce you ha&e decided on a !roduct to !romote, the neAt ste! is to #uild a we#site
*owe&er, in order for that to ha!!en, you (rst need to register a new domain name
6ortunately it)s not going to cost you an arm and a legor any other #ody !art<
+egistering a domain should only cost you around C-DByear
*ere)s a shortlist of domain name registrars you can use #elow,
, 4amechea!com
, .odaddycom
, 4amecom
, *o&ercom
, .andinet
Lou ha&e / choices of domain names we recommend you register,
-" 0rand 4ame Komains %daily#urnre&iewscom'
." +ele&ant Komain 4ames %workouta!!re&iewscom'
%rand Na$e &o$ains
$hese are domain name that I4":IKG the name of the !roduct 9o if the !roduct is
called Daily Burn, a #rand name domain could #e dailyburnreviews.com or
reviewdailyburn.com
$hese tend to rank higher on .oogle a little faster than rele&ant domain names,
howe&er it)s not always !ossi#le to register these domains if there are trademark
restrictions on the !roduct in 8uestion
"heck with the owner of the !roduct (rst #efore registering a #rand name domain
Rele'ant &o$ain Na$es
If you can)t register a #rand name domain, it)s a good idea to register a domain name
+G:A$GK to the !roduct
6or eAam!le if Daily Burn was your !roduct which ha!!ens to #e an a!!lication related
to working out, then a good eAam!le of a rele&ant domain would #e
worouta!!reviews.com
Although it may take a little longer to rank on .oogle, one o#&ious #ene(t of using a
rele&ant domain name is that if there are multi!le !roducts in the industry worth
!romoting, then this kind of domain allows for that
Action 9te! 1E, "hoose Lour *osting @ro&ider
;nce you ha&e your domain name registered, you now need to choose a hosting
!ro&ider for your we#site
6or this we ha&e two recommendations,
-" 0luehost com %chea! and easy'
." *ostnine com %#etter for multi!le sites'
%luehost(co$
6irst u! we ha&e 0luehost com for C3MEBmonth If you)re 5ust getting started and only
looking to create one afliate site, then this o!tion is for you
$here are other similar o!tions, howe&er we recommend 0luehost #ecause that was
the com!any we used when (rst getting started
$he !rice of most entry le&el hosting accounts is around the same so feel free to sho!
around if you feel so inclined
)ostnine(co$
*ostnine com is the current hosting !ro&ider we use for two reasons,
-" Lou can host u! to -DD we#sites under the one account
." Gach we#site will ha&e its own uni8ue i! address which >osh will eA!lain more in
detail on the li&e training we#inar
0ecause the cost is C-NMEBmonth, this is more for those looking to #uild an em!ire of
afliate sites and make a full time income with their online #usiness
9ide note, *ow cool does #uilding an em!ire sound?
Action 9te! 1O, Install Word@ress
Word@ress is the !lat"orm you will use to dis!lay your we#site *ere)s a short list of
com!anies that use Word@ress,
P "44
P 6or#es
, 4ew Lork $imes
P Masha#le
, Lahoo<
, 9crew the 4ine to 6i&e ? #ecause o#&iously we deser&e to #e on this list QwinkQ
If you use any of the two hosting !ro&iders mentioned in the !re&ious action ste!, then
you can install Word@ress from within your c@anel with the click of a few #uttons
9ha7am<
$hese details will then #e sent to your email when you create your hosting account
In the u!coming li&e training we#inar, >osh will show you eAactly where to (nd the
installation o!tion from within your hosting account
;nce installed, you should see a &ery !lain looking site that we)ll #e customi7ing in the
neAt cou!le of action ste!s
Action 9te! 1R, Install A $heme
After you install Word@ress, you)ll #e gi&en login details to your #ordPress
$dministration $rea which you can access #y &isiting yourdomain.com%w!&login.!h!.
;nce logged in, (nd the o!tion in the side#ar under $!!earance '' (hemes
$his is where you can install new themes %tem!lates' either for free using the internal
search engine or #y manually u!loading a !aid theme
9!eaking of themes
*enesis "aid The$e
;f course it)s not -DDS necessary to #uy a !remium theme, howe&er here are a
cou!le of reasons why using a theme like .enesis could come in handy,
-" It)s mo#ile res!onsi&e which means &isitors won)t ha&e to !inch their screens to
read your content
." It)s eAtremely easy to customi7e
$his is also the theme we use for all of our afliate sites as you)ll see on the li&e
we#inar
;nce you ha&e a theme installed, you now need to remo&e a few unnecessary
distractions
Action 9te! 1N, +emo&e Kistractions
0efore we can start !u#lishing content on our site, we (rst need to remo&e any
unnecessary distractions for our readers
$hese include,
-" Kisa#ling comments %use a free !lugin called disa#le comments'
." +emo&ing all side#ar widgets %we)ll #e !lacing an afliate #anner in there shortly'
/" +emo&e all links in the footer of the site
0" Add a logo to the header of the site %use (&err com to get logos designed for CE'
;nly once you ha&e made those 3 changes should you mo&e onto creating content for
your site
Action 9te! 1M, "reate "ontent $hat "on&erts
.oing #ack to action ste! 1/, you may recall we talked a#out variation eywords
We)re now going to use each of the #est &ariation keywords for the content you will #e
writing on your we#site
$he goal is to write uni8ue articles targeting 5ust one &ariation keyword each
6or eAam!le let)s say your keywords are,
, daily #urn
, daily #urn re&iews
, #uy daily #urn
, does daily #urn work
Lou should attem!t to write 3 se!arate !osts making sure to include the target
keyword in the following !laces,
-" $itle of the !ost
." Within the content /?2 times
/" Within the )eta Descri!tion at least once ? we)ll go into this more on the training
#ontent Silo
4ow this is where things get real seAy as this silo is actually one of our secret
strategies that not a lot of !eo!le know a#out
0est of all, it can ha&e a ma5or e=ect on your .oogle rankings
*olla
*ere)s how it works,
-" *ome!age of your site links to the second !age in the se8uence
." @age / then links to the 2rd !age in the se8uence
/" @age 2 then links to !age 3
0" @age 3 links #ack to the home!age
Gssentially what you)re doing is creating a loo! within your site *ere)s how a content
silo can hel! im!ro&e your .oogle rankings,
-" When you start #uilding #acklinks to your site, it)s those links that hel! you get
to !age - on .oogle
." $ry to think of #acklinks as ha&ing a certain amount of 5uice %literally !icture
something like orange 5uice'
/" When you #uild a #acklink on another site that !oints to your own, some link
5uice will Jow through to your site
0" When you create a loo! using internal links on your site, link 5uice will
continuously Jow throughout all the !ages on your site then #ack to the
home!age In other words it will continuously #e recycled, which is something
that .oogle is loooo&ing right now
In the training we#inar, >osh shows you an eAam!le of a content silo in action
Action 9te! 1-D, Moneti7e Lour We#site
We)re (nally ready to start adding afliate links to our we#site and making that cash
money
$here are 3 key areas on each !age that we recommend you !lace in your afliate
links,
-" An *rder +ow #utton a!!earing at the to! right of the !age %this is for anyone
who is ready to #uy the !roduct you are re&iewing immediately'
." A side#ar #anner that stays on screen as you scroll %use the free !lugin called
,-#. /i0ed #idget'
/" Within the #ody of your articles as teAt links -?2 times
0" At the #ottom of e&ery article as a call to action saying something like 9till 4ot
"on&inced? "lick *ere to :earn More A#out $he Kaily 0urn A!!
Make sure your afliate links a!!ear in those 3 locations on e&ery !age throughout
your site #efore mo&ing onto the last action ste!
Les, we said last ste! #ecause we)re a#out to #ring it all home, #a#y<
Action 9te! 1--, 9G; T @romotion
4ow that our site is com!lete and ready for &isitors, it)s time to start ranking on !age -
of .oogle
$o do that, you)ll disco&er / 9G; %search engine o!timi7ation' techni8ues for #uilding
#acklinks and hel!ing you clim# u! to !age -,
-" Gasy 9G; $echni8ue %we#site feed#ack ser&ices'
." *ow $o 0uild Lour ;wn @ri&ate 0log 4etwork
Easy SE+ Techni,ue
$he (rst #acklinking method we)ll #e discussing in the training we#inar is a sim!le
techni8ue that anyone can do, e&en if you ha&e ne&er #uilt a #acklink in your entire life<
*ere)s how it works,
-" Uisit any we#site feed#ack ser&ice like criticuecom
." 9u#mit your we#site
/" "heck inside your new account and you should see a #acklink !ointing to your
we#site
)ow To %uild -our +wn "ri'ate %lo! Network
A !ri&ate #log network is literally 5ust a network of sites that you own and use to !oint
#acklinks to your afliate sites
In other words it)s a way of owning your links so you don)t ha&e to continuously
attem!t to #uild them on other we#sites
0asically, it)s the #ee)s knees of 9G;
4ow you can)t 5ust use any old domains in your !ri&ate #log network Instead you need
to use eA!ired domains that used to eAist as real we#sites at some !oint in the !ast
$his means they will still contain their own lin 1uice that will !ro&ide &alue to your site
when you !lace links on them
*ere)s the !rocess we)ll #e discussing in greater de!th on the training we#inar,
-" .o to eA!ireddomainsnet and sign u! for a free account
." When running a search for eA!iring domains click on 2D 30!ired at the to!
/" 4eAt click on /ilter and choose to only show domains with more than -DD
#acklinks
0" 4eAt sort the remaining list #y 3ndtime ? this will dis!lay the most recently
eA!iring auctions
1" "heck each of the (rst -D domains on o!ensiteeA!lorercom to make sure the
!age authority is at least 2D or more and that the links it contains are from
relia#le sources and not 5ust s!am
2" 6or any domain that looks like it would #e a good addition to your !ri&ate #log
network, click on it #efore su#mitting a #id on 2odaddy $uctions
When it comes to deciding what a good !rice !oint is on these ty!es of domains, we
recommend s!ending no more than C-ED
What)s more likely is that the a&erage cost !er domain will #e less than C-DD
*ow)s that for a deal, hmmmm?
;n the training we#inar, >osh will touch on a techni8ue that we use to (nd the same
8uality of domains that can #e registered for C-D<
Les We 5ust said -D K;::A+9, so make sure you show u! li&e to (nd out how to do
that<
#reatin! -our "ri'ate %lo! Network Sites
>ust like what we discussed earlier with #uilding your afliate sites, again we)ll #e using
Word@ress to host our @04 sites
$hese sites don)t ha&e to look as !retty or !rofessional, 5ust make sure you use a
uni8ue theme for each site in your network
$he goal here is to make sure all your sites look di=erent, hel!ing to decrease your
foot!rint on .oogle and !re&ent them from (nding your network
6rom this !oint on, your goal show #e to #uild as many links as you can to your afliate
site $he more links you can #uild %es!ecially those that eAist on your !ri&ate #log
network' the higher the chance of your site reaching !age - on .oogle
And honestly? @age - of .oogle V !hat cash
9how I! :i&e $his Wednesday At N!m G9$
;n the li&e training we)ll #e going into greater de!th a#out e'erythin! highlighted on
this cheat sheet
6or now though 5ust 5ot down any 8uestions you ha&e %we)ll #e answering A:: of your
8uestions at the end of the training' and come ready to learn and im!lement<
;h and make sure you kee! an eye on your in#oA 5ust #efore the e&ent starts for a link
that goes directly to the li&e we#inar where we)ll #e cy#er?5amming it out
Now all thats left to say is well see you at the training!