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Welcome to the GuruGazette Affiliate Marketing Profits Website. If you are a new visitor here, you can read a bit of backstory on this site and find out how I qualify to write it.

As time goes on, this page you’re reading will be a comprehensive index and reference point. I intend for it to be a starting point for new affiliate marketers and a refresher for those who have been around awhile.

As you can see from the planned topic list below… I have a lot of work to do

Bookmark this page so that you can reference it regularly. Topics will be clickable when content is available.

• Making Money Online
  • Passive Profits
  • 24/7 potential
  • Work once, continue earning
  • Part time work, full time earning potential
• What is an affiliate program
  • Telling about things you like, recommending things to others.
  • No selling
  • No inventory
  • No shipping
• Types of Affiliate programs
  • Sales Commission
  • Pay Per Lead
  • Cost Per Action
  • Residual or Recurring
• How to start an affiliate business
  • Ground Zero: Choose your focus
    • What do you enjoy?
    • What are you good at?
    • What do you want to learn?
  • Step 1: Select your Structure and growth options
    • Your own website
    • Free websites
    • Social Networks
  • Step 2: Select your primary business approach
    • Common Approaches

      Information based

      • Blog
      • Tutorials
      • Articles
      • News
      • Research

      Entertainment

      • Videos
      • Music
      • Games

      Product Based

      • Reviews
      • Comparison Shopping
      •  Sales and Coupons
  • Step 3: Select good products and services
    • Digital products
    • Tangible products
  • Step 4: Select good affiliate partners
    • Independent Partners
    • Affiliate Networks
    • How to evaluate a partner
      • The affiliate contract
      • Advertising restrictions
      • Payment levels
      • Minimum earnings
      • Cookies and tracking
      • Their website pages

 

• How to grow your profits
  o Email & Newsletters
  o Social Networking
  o Dedicated Website Pages
  o Tutorials, How Tos and Guides
  o Reviews and Comparisons
  o In the trenches
• How to manage your Affiliate Business
  o Keeping track of affiliate partners
  o Managing cash Flow
  o Staying Productive
  o Staying Motivated
  o Keeping control of your links
  o When affiliate partners go away
• Keeping it Legal
  o Paying Taxes
  o Advertising Laws
  o Industry Regulations
• Scams, Schemes & Pitfalls
  o Honesty and Ethics
  o The lure of Automation

 

• Appendix 1: Major Affiliate Networks in Depth
  o Commission Junction
  o Share A Sale
  o Linkshare
  o Click Bank
  o CPA Networks

 

• Appendix 2: Google & Amazon
  o Google AdSense
  o Amazon Associates

 

• Glossary

 

• Resources
  o Website Hosting
  o Domain Names
  o Free Websites
  o Website Building Tools
  o Email & Newsletter Management
  o Related Reading