Hell0 Fellow Marketing People,
I just want to start by saying thank you for arriving on this page and I hope you enjoy this FREE manual on how to start making money working from home and with affiliate products.
My name is Mark Boyle and my online journey started by accident in February 2008. I left my job in the tool and lifting hire business to embark on a trading journey after buying books, courses and studying about stocks and what effects their movements. I realised after the first year that this didn't suit my personality nor my trading bank balance which was starting to head southwards :( I needed a change of direction and I came across some excellent and free information from a guy called Jon Street.
This information enabled me to start my journey in online marketing and be able to design a basic HTML website with no prior knowledge. I also learned about hosting a website, registering a domain name, understanding email marketing, the power of an autoresponder, getting the word out there about my products and services, affiliate marketing and competing for keyword phrases on Google.
I remember getting my first affiliate sale for a Clickbank digital product called False Favourites in the horse racing niche. The enjoyment I felt was quite something and even although it was only a $19 commission, the sense of achievement was superb. That was back when article marketing was all the rage and you could write a few 300 word articles with Ezine, get them indexed quickly by Google, receive some targeted and free traffic and get a few sales. Sadly, with all of the recent Google updates those days are sort of in the past :(
The three main components for me in online marketing involve affiliation (physical and digital) , email marketing and creating your own digital product. Affiliation is the best way to start if you're still learning and is the least expensive route to take when everything is relatively new.
There are quite a few companies out there who offer straightforward affiliate programs, but I'll stick with two which are popular and easy to use and they are Clickbank and Paydotcom which is crucial if you're a newbie.
I'll break this down in to two parts. The free route in part 1 involves using a free blog and reviewing digital products in the Clickbank and Paydotcom marketplace and the second part involves having your own website and opening up unlimited doors with regards to the affiliation with tangible items via places like Amazon, Affiliate Window and Skimlinks.
So who is this marketing manual for and who shouldn't bother with it?
Well, if you like spending your time online watching adult material, looking at shopping channels, playing games, seeing who's liked your Facebook posts or slagging folk off on Twitter then, this is probably NOT for you. If you want to learn how to make money online, have a determination to make a difference and accept that you have to put the work in at the beginning of your online journey then , this is CERTAINLY for you.
So with that we can move on to the first part and the meat and potatoes of what I'm trying to get across.
