Affiliate Business : Ten Things for Your Success
While it can be quite easy to start an online business, not all people make a success. How then successful business man/woman could make it? Every successful business has its own story, however, there are some common factors that make a business...
IS YOUR SHOPPING CART COSTING YOU MONEY?
They was a time when doing business on the internet simply meant hanging out your electronic shingle and raking in the profits. Then it became necessary to build your online credibility through reciprical linking and membership in organizations like...
Selecting a Quality Domain Name
Copyright 2005 Shelley Lowery
When you're ready to launch your web site and you're trying to select a good domain name, there are many factors that need to be taken into consideration.
Select a Domain Name that Reflects Your Web Site
Above all...
She Makes Nearly Half a Million a Year Online as Super Affiliate Selling Other People's Stuff
Rosalind Gardner gets really mad if anyone says -- or even suggests -- that you can't make any money promoting affiliate products. How mad? Well, her usual rejoinder goes along the lines of "What a pile of unadulterated cow dung!" "Affiliate...
The Quickest Way To Have A Product To Sell On The Internet
The Quickest Way To Have A Product To Sell On The Internet
One of the best ways to make money on the Internet is by having your own product that you can sell to a well-defined Target Market hungry for it.
However, creating a product from...
Reciprocal Linking in a Nutshell
As you probably know, one of the main differences between Web media and traditional print media such as books, magazines, etc., is the ability to jump to topics of interest through hyperlinks in the documents you read. From a marketing standpoint, this can create very targeted traffic.
For example, a visitor to a medical reference site who is reading an article related to diabetes management would very likely click on a link to another site specializing in blood glucose monitoring systems. It would be in the best interest of the site providing the blood glucose monitoring systems to try to solicit a link from the reference site. Vice versa, by providing a link to the reference site, the site offering the blood glucose monitoring systems would provide a valuable reference source to its customers. Similar benefits could be imagined from the perspective of the medical reference site as well. A common linking arrangement would be for both sites to provide links to each other. This is known as reciprocal linking, and it can be the
source of very targeted, well-qualified traffic to your Web site.
The key to successful reciprocal linking is based on two things: finding the right sites to solicit links from and the positioning of the link within each site. You must first find sites that are somehow related to the product or service you are offering, and contact the owner or Webmaster of those sites to arrange a link trade. (Posting their link first is a sign of good faith on your part.) In positioning the link, make sure that it is located in an accessible part of your site - but not too accessible; You don't want your traffic being diverted by the red, bold-faced, "Click Here for My Friend's Amazing Site" link on your home page. Likewise, make sure that the link you receive from the other site is in a decent location.
About the Author
Alan is the lead developer for InfoServe Media, LLC (http://www.infoservemedia.com/), a Web development company that specializes in Web site design, hosting, domain name registration, and promotion for small businesses.