First $1,000 Month as an Affiliate Marketer

I started off in the world of affiliate marketing in October of 2008, and after more than a year of diving in I finally broke through a major barrier and had my first $1,000 month affiliate marketing in December of 2009. That always stood out as one of the goals I was shooting for, so I was extremely pleased that it happened.

My journey towards earning 4 figures a month as an affiliate marketer took about 14 months, but in reality only 6 months of those were spent really applying myself. The first part of that time I was too occupied with my day job to spend enough time into developing and marketing my sites. Luckily that changed, and the results are certainly speaking for themselves right now. If only I spent the time developing my own sites that I do producing content for others, then I’d really be in business!

Here are some of my favorite tools and resources that I used to help me on my journey. All of them play an integral role, and have different purposes.

1. Build a Niche Store – The definitive tool for building niche websites focused on selling through the eBay Partner Network. Great way to build a website from scratch without needing to code, and great way to hook up with many existing eBay products. Don’t make the mistake so many others have, and start producing content rich, valuable websites.
2. Micro Niche Finder -This is a fantastic tool for learning how to find great markets for niche websites. You’ll find some great keywords that you can target, you’ll avoid markets that are too competitive and you can dig deep to find long-tail keywords for individual pages and posts. Easy to use and extremely effective.
3. Reviewazon -Reviewazon lets you show Amazon products through WordPress. It integrates fantastically into your posts and provides many options.
4. PHPBay -PHPBay lets you show eBay products through WordPress. Similar to Build a Niche Store, but for the WordPress platform, PHPBay is therefore a bit more flexible. PHPBay and Reviewazon can also be used together and integrated in the same posts.
5. Chitika -Chitika is similar to Google Adsense, but instead it only displays text ads when somebody finds your site through the search engines. The ads are highly targeted, showing their exact search query and producing ad results based on that, leading to high click through rates.
6. Number 1 Way to Make Money Online Guide – This guide will walk you through all of the steps in building and developing niche websites. You’ll learn how to pick a market, plan and build a site, market that site and then turn 1 site into 10 or 20. Great tool for beginners interested in learning the right way to build niche websites.

Are these all of the tools and services I’ve used? Of course not! Google Adsense, Amazon affiliate program, Commission Junction, Popshops, Clickbank and more are just a few of the additional programs and tools I’ve spent time dabbling with to some degree or another. It’s all about testing what works for your sites and your markets, and continually trying new programs and using new tools to refine your tactics.

After my first month earning $1,000 as an affiliate marketer, I’m certainly not slowing down now. My next goal is to keep that number up even though the holiday season is over, and then to double it to $2,000. I have a handful more websites I want to develop, and I also have revitalization programs in store for some of my under-performing or untapped sites.

The point is though, if you’re just getting started with affiliate marketing, niche websites and making money online, keep working hard! You can reach your goals if you follow through. Consider using some of the software and tools above for increased success and profits, and if you need help producing content that raises your rankings in the search engines and converts your traffic, then consider hiring an SEO web content writer such as myself to help get the job done.

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