"Internet Marketing"(IM) has been around for quite sometime, with it's limitless potential and very low (or even zero) cost to start, it is never too late to be part of this lucrative and auto-pilot venture!
If you are an individual owning (or planning to own) a website or blog and have not "monetise"your site(s), this is the page for you to explore how you can "monetise" your site/blog and at the same time create additional value to your visitors.
Simply put, Internet Marketing is the marketing/promotion of products or services over the Internet. So, "monetising" your site/blog is in a way creating an Internet Marketing platform on your site/blog.
This page contains general information/links that will help you get started.
First, let me share with your folks 4 SIMPLE steps of "monetising" your site:
Step 1: Create a website/blog (if you already have one, can skip this step)
Step 2: Join the Publisher/Affiliate Programs (Most registration are FREE!)
Step 3: Incorporate the Publisher/Affiliate link codes to your site/blog
Step 4: Driving traffics/visitors to your site
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STEP 1 : Creating a Website/Blog
If you've already owned a website or Blog, you may skip this step! However, for the newbie who are not familiar in creating or hosting your own website, Blogging is the fastest way to get you ONLINE (in fact, it's immediate).
There are many free blogging tools online that you can register and use it immediately (mostly Free). A few of the most popular Blogging Tools are (click on the logo to access):
Having said that, before you start any blogging, do some homework on the theme that you are interested on i.e. what are you going to blog about mainly? This is to ensure that you identify your own niche/audience earlier which will helps in your strategy in generating traffics subsequently!
Updated on 10/04/2011:
If you are not interested in manning your own blog, you can get quick online presence via the following popular and fun self-publishing platform [click on the logo to start the registration FREE]:
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STEP 2 : Join Publishers/Affiliates Programs
There are 2 main approach that you can "monetise" your site:
a. Advertise other people's product/service through well established on-line vendor (Affiliate Programs).
Such method usually requires the visitors to fulfill certain action like purchase of the product/service or complete the membership registration etc...
Following are a few prominent vendors worth exploring (click on the picture to access their site):
- LinkShare (a leading provider of full-service online marketing solutions specializing in the areas of Affiliate Marketing, Search Marketing, and Lead Generation):
- Chitika (pronounced CHIH-tih-ka, is a full-service on-line advertising network serving over 3 billion monthly impressions across more than 100,000 websites):
- Commission Junction (A global leader in the online advertising channel of Affiliate Marketing):
b. Advertise through Contextual Advertising.
For such method, the revenue will be earned upon visitors click through the links successfully (usually called "Pay Per Click").
Following are a few prominent vendors worth exploring (click on the picture to access their site):
- Infolinks (Join thousands of websites enjoying record high conversion rates and the industry’s highest revenue share with Infolinks In-Text Advertising.):
- Kotera (Kontera serves over 15,000 quality publishers every day with superior relevancy and an exclusive ad inventory that can not be beaten):
- Googe Adsense (Offers a contextual advertising solution to web publishers. Delivers text-based Google AdWords ads that are relevant to site content pages):
You are encouraged to use both methods and as many/few vendors/affiliate programs as deemed fit in your site/blog!
To understand more of the respective vendor or Affiliate Programs' revenue model, please click on the above mentioned link(s) to explore further!
By the way, once you've successfully registered yourself (do note that some vendors will review your site/blog before approving your registration), you are deemed "Publisher" or "Associate" to the vendor!
Welcome to the world of Internet Marketing and you are almost there...
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STEP 3 : Incorporate the Publisher/Affiliate links to your site/blog
Usually this is a simple 1 to 2 minutes step of copying and pasting the HTML codes to your site/blog. Some vendors (like Infolinks and Kontera) provide a one-click button to seamlessly integrate the codes with your blog via Blogger, WordPress etc..
For details, please refer to the corresponding Codes Integration guide provided by the selected vendor (rest assured that it is really a 1 to 2 minutes work)!
CONGRATULATIONS! Your site/blog is deemed "monetised" from now on and the next thing is to look into means to drive the visitors to your site(s)!
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STEP 4 : Driving traffics/visitors to your site
You need traffics/visitors to make this (Internet Marketing) works! Thus, the next crucial activities are for you to "promote" your site/blog to the world! For beginners, following low or zero cost approach are recommended:
a. Posting on Forums (as many as possible) -- you can easily Google the Forums related to your Niche market and get going from there.
b. Post on the the Social Networks site (e.g. Facebook, Twitter etc...)
c. Word Of Mouth (recommending your friends/colleagues to your site/blog)
In order to attract regular/returned visitors, please ensure to update your site/blog regularly (at least 3 posts a week)! So, it does mean that you need to find a niche that you are passionate to write regularly!
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The above is only my FREE sharing and do Google the topics of your interest if you like to know more. I will update this page regularly to provide more up-to-date details.
Feel free to email me at richard-ng@hotmail.com should you need any further information/clarification.
Hope you have a successful Internet Marketing experience!
Cheers!
