Once you've identified the niche market and its potential profitability, your next step would be to set up a simple direct response website to market the selected affiliate program.
You'd want to do this for long-term success as a money-making super affiliate. This is
the website where you can capture leads and make profits from over and over again.
We'll briefly cover the essential steps for you to get started below (You can readily find
tons of information on these from the search engines and free tutorials online).
Choose A Suitable Domain Name:
Before you go to register a new domain name, it's very important that you sit down and
generate a list of potential names for your affiliate leads capture page. There are two
approaches to doing this:
. Brand a site for the promotion of one affiliate product
. Brand a site for the promotion of multiple affiliate products
In the first case, coming up with available domain names is quite simple. Let's say that
you've chosen to promote a product like CheapCarFinder.Com as an affiliate. You can
create variations on this domain name until you come up with an available one.
Some examples include: mycheapcarfinder·com, thecheapcarfinder·com,
findacheapcar·com, etc.
The second scenario takes a little more brainstorming, but is worth the effort for the sake
of leverage and cost savings.
Rather than purchase a domain and hosting account for each product you promote, you
will choose one domain and set up each of your products in subdirectories like:
www·mydomain·com/product1
www·mydomain·com/product2
The trick is to come up with an appealing and descriptive name that is still somewhat
generic. Here're two powerful domain-branding tips:
. Register your full name, for example, www·EwenChia·com.
. Mix in words like 'info', 'marketing', 'tips', 'publishing', 'ebook', 'news' or 'secrets'
as these words imply content.
Domain and Hosting Resources:
Decide on the best host by doing your research. However no matter which you choose,
a word of caution is in order here...there are a couple of situations I have to recommend
you avoid:
1. Paying too much for hosting. The industry standard varies. There are dozens of
power packed hosting accounts available for $25 per month, and you may want
to upgrade to one of these further down the line. However, I'd recommend going
even cheaper than that as a newbie. We want to get you into the profit zone on a
shoestring budget.
2. Domain/Hosting Combos: These are deals where you register a domain with
hosting included for one flat fee. The reason I don't recommend these is because
you often don't have control over the administration of your domain name. This
makes it much more difficult for you to transfer that domain to other hosts at will.
Creating Your Affiliate Leads Capture Page:
Once you've decided on your hosting provider, it's time to create a simple direct
response driven website with just an opt-in form on the main page.