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Q: Is it still possible to make money today as an affiliate marketer, or is it harder to make money with Google axing the thin AdSense sites? Also, what are the top niche sites to look at if I was starting in affiliate marketing today? I see posts about making sites based on my interests, but I don’t know if my interests will make me any money. So I’d like to create specialty sites to serve as funnels for lead gen offers. How do I get started?
A: I guess there are a couple different schools of thought here. There are mercenaries who will use products like Google Trends and WordTracker to identify the most valuable keywords and niches to focus on.
Personally, I don’t advocate that approach. Rather, I think you should promote areas that you like… topics that you love.
The reason being that there is a greater chance you’ll stay with it longer and have passion for it.
If you are going to go with trends, they change day to day, so it will require constant research and tweaking.
You might also want to check out AffSpy to find the best offers.
2 responses so far ↓
1 Troy Duncan // Apr 21, 2008 at 3:01 pm
The most successful businesses were started from a passion that filled a need.
2 Collin - Feed Flare // Apr 22, 2008 at 7:38 am
The top niche sites I think have all been covered Shawn, in some way shape or form.
What I have done to make my site different and stand out a lot more is gone into the video market. I post at least 5 times a week on two different blogs using video and written posts. I have increased backlinks from sites I never thought I could get a back link from, nailed top spots in the search engines for huge keywords.
I think if people want to really capture a market, there going to need a camcorder, your conviction stands out a lot more about a product or program you are supporting as well which will help with those affiliate sales.
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