Creating Content to Attract Visitors (Part III)

STEP 4: Find the Relevant Affiliate Merchant

This is what you would do if you didn't have flowers to sell. You would go find a merchant who sold flowers and re-sell the flower for them and get the commission. You don't have to hold any of the flowers and the merchant will do all the packing and delivery. All you have to do is to become the merchant's affiliate and with the link that they provide you, start marketing it on your web site and when someone clicks on it and makes a purchase, you get paid.

Not bad for an hour's worth of effort in coming up with a web site?

But when searching for merchants, you want affiliate merchants that have excellent products, excellent reputations and sites that look as though they're good at selling. One good place to search for worthy affiliate merchants is Allan Gardyne's AssociatePrograms.com affiliate directory for ideas.

Consider aiming for lifetime commissions.

If you're lucky, you'll manage to select a web site topic that has affiliate programs which pay lifetime commissions or residual commissions - the type of merchants reviewed at LifetimeCommissions.com.

You'll earn repeat commissions when "your" customers make more purchases.

STEP 5: Build and interesting, niche web site

Here is where you web designing and programming skill will come in play. Remember, you're competing against the whole world now. Your visitor's attention is very short, so you will have to come up with an interesting site.

Don't think that your site will have to have all the latest gizmo's - no. An interesting site is an eye catching site, easy to read, and provides a lot of information. Buyers these days are smart. They can easily smell if you're providing them with information or taking them for a ride.

This is where I would recommend Ken Evoy's Site Build It (SBI). SBI is a site-building, site-hosting, site-promoting suite of tools, all in one place.

Once you have SBI, you don't have to go scurrying all over the Net adding more tools and software. You have almost all you need in one package, so you can concentrate on the fun part - creating useful, interesting content.

With SBI, the possibility is limitless. Students can use it to build their own business while in school. If you're a travel bug, then why not making a good income from it by telling others about your vacation.

Do you have a hobby? Then turn your hobby into something profitable.

Work at home mum's can start building their business while raising their kids. Download this PDF document to learn how you can start doing it now.

Even accomplished web masters have been using SBI to create and manage multiple sites for their customers, doubling their revenue almost immediately. Download this PDF document to learn more.

You can use SBI to weave the affiliate links you obtained in Step 4 above into your web site. This will redirect your visitors to the affiliate merchant and if the sale goes through, well done, you've just made a sale!

STEP 6 >> Monetizing Your Web Site