You have access to an entire community of other entrepreneurs like yourself. If you have any questions or need anything, please don't hesitate to ask.

I will be there every step of the way, if you ever have any questions moving forward just ask. You not only have my help and Carson's help, but I think you are realizing that we are a community of help and expertise here at WA. ;)

Any topic can be a good niche depending on how you "spin" it. Just make sure you choose something that you are passionate about. You will be creating a lot of content, so it's important you choose something that will not be a drag to write about every day. Here is a link from my friend that may help you narrow things down a bit: How to choose the perfect niche

Thanks

Your affiliate website should be about a niche "topic" you actually have passion or interest about.

You’re most likely to enjoy building an affiliate site in a niche you already enjoy, which makes your hobbies a good place to start.

For example, I love MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) so I might consider building an affiliate blog promoting MMA gear from Amazon like MMA gloves, shorts...

The great thing about using a hobby for your niche is your existing familiarity with the topic.

This means you’ll spend less time doing research, which makes the writing process less stressful. Trust me, if you pick a niche that you don’t enjoy on some level, the work will be a chore.

I learned that lesson when I tried to write dozens of articles about shoes. Never again.

Here are a few simple steps to get you started choosing your niche:

Make a list of your hobbies.

Think long and hard to answer this question: Which would you most enjoy writing about?

Next up, look for affiliate programs for your chosen hobbies. Which has the most earning potential?

Once you have a final list of hobbies with potential affiliate programs, do market research to see whether there is enough interest to warrant the effort.

Any niche you choose should have a decent built-in audience.
One good way to find out if there is a potential audience is by seeking out other big sites in your niche. If there’s competition, the topic is probably worth your time.

If you don't know how to find affiliate programs related to your niche or how to research the competition don't worry! Just follow the training here and you'll be good.

It's ok to get a bit confused at first because all of this is new to you! (we've all been there!) but after a few months, this will be second nature and most importantly this is worth the hard work because it will pay off big time!

Here are some good resources I found here at WA that will give you a better idea on how to choose a niche, please do spend some time to find the right niche because it's the most important thing to build a successful site! How to choose a niche -Think like a marketer How To Choose A Niche For Your Blog In 3 Simple Steps A Niche is A Group of People Looking for Stuff How to Choose a Niche - Easy Criteria Cheers!
Anis

Feel free to ask me any questions!

Ya & my niche is adult coloring books skulls deamons and dragons i enjoy coloring now im hoping to put together a coloring book for the dark side of life. The 2nd one is castle judy bells pixies & fairies and castles. I was looking into making a game out ot them.

Yes, these are some good niches Julli, the fact that they interest you is a plus!

No ive got to figure out how to make a dogmain

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Tks

Yes most definitely

Lets get started

Affiliate marketing is all about connecting people with what they're already looking for online. So yes, you don't have to sell it directly or supply it or ship it. You simply connect people with the products and services that do that already.

Sounds interesting & fun

Make a list of things you can do well that others maybe can't do so well. Make a list of questions you have this way you will start searching for answers to them. What is it that you dream of being able to do or what would you do every day if you had all the money in the world?

I like handbags, may be my nitch would be designer handbag business. would that act as my nitch?

Handbags would work well and remember that anything you enjoy sharing with other people is how you figure out if it's worth pursuing. Start by looking for keywords that relate to handbags. Don't be afraid to find other bloggers to use as inspiration. What do they write about, what kind of comments are on their sites, where can you make your mark to stand out in that niche?

Hmmm thank you! Gonna do some brain storming tonight

So glad you are enjoying the training. As you move for you are going to se your business take shape. :)

Write down exactly what you can promise to people who seek your advice and help. Then search for products or services that will best answer any type of dilemmas. It's a little hard to know what you are going to do without seeing your plan to do it.

First things first... just know that any niche can be a good niche. It really comes down to two things. One, what your "angle" is. I would imagine that is a pretty competitive niche, so you likely can't come at it head-on with just another generic site. Think about what separates you from the competition.

Which brings up the second thing: your competition. Come up with a rough idea of keywords and topics you would write about. Then Google them and see what's already out there. The key to remember is that we get nothing handed to us. We have to deserve to be there. So look over the top 10 results for each keyword, and make some notes on what you might have to do to take their spot. For example, if their posts are 500 words, you write 1000. If theirs is 1000, you write 1500. If they have only text, you add images. If they have images, you add a video. And so on.

Hope this makes sense.

Good luck, and keep us posted. If you have any more questions just give us a shout. :-)

Wigs : ), but honestly I've decided to promote Wealthy Affiliate. After, further research I found out that there has been women that have made human hair purchases from Facebook but received hair from animals, silicon. So the blog will be any and all new footage and real accounts from others this has happened to, pros/cons, and links to purchase authentic hair conveniently located on my site. Well, I know it is still rough around the edges. It is competitive but some of these companies I have purchased as well only to receive a low quality product.

That's fine, I think it's best to learn how to earn with WA before struggling through any niche on your own. At least that's been my experience and since you won't likely lose anything by focusing where people are most interested (making money online) you will have a ton of possibilities versus a smaller window.

Yes that all makes good common and positive sense AJ and I'll certainly take that on board as i only joined today, so today is the first day of my new life I guess, and look forward to the guidance of the community and WA...... Cheers!

No worries. And welcome to WA. Just work your way through the training program. Everything you need is there step-by-step. Now, here's probably my biggest tip for someone just getting started...

At the end of each lesson you will see a checklist with "action steps" for you to take. Don't make the mistake of breezing past these. Make sure that you actually complete and check off each item before moving on to the next lesson.

This is extremely important because later lessons all build on what you have done before, and if you miss something you may run into a wall. Just go through each lesson as many times as you need to understand it in full, and then do the required work associated with it, and you will be up and running in no time :-)

Hi - you should only have one niche per website. I suggest you pick one to start with and concentrate on that first website. The training is quite in-depth and it would be challenging to try and work on two websites at once.

Thank you Diane for your wonderful advice. Maybe I should start with the cookwares first.

That could definitely work Mary. If you want any further help refining your niche let us know. :)

That would be great. Thank you Kyle

It all depends on how you spin it. I would still split them, but if you did a self defense for kids niche you may be able to "sneak" a few articles of the other on there.

Hi James,
I see you got good answers already. What you mention are not connected, so you should choose the niche you like the most. However, your niche could be something like kids “personal development” where one of the topics could be martial arts focused on kids (exercise is part of that niche).
Credit cards and saving tips, for instance, are in the same niche, both are under Finance. In your case, your passion for helping kids and martial arts could be under kids ”personal development”. You could become a good trainer (not only in martial arts) or mentor for them through your blog.
Tom

Hi James, I pick niches based on this criteria: How to narrow down broad niches. Examples and tips. I find this will help you.

Hi, I’m brand new and don’t have a website yet, but if I’m correct in my observations, I would think you’d want a site for each to maximize potential earnings. Maybe if there’s some crossover, you could add links to drive relevant prospects to the other site? Also, you never said what you teach. :)

Ah I see, now you have sorted this out you can communicate and ask for help when you need it Paster. I will also be here to help you out personally if you need anything at all moving forward. :)

hey hi Sarah & welcome to Wealthy Affiliate (WA) Premium!

It's all good and see that you've just joined in today -- Congratulations for making a choice move!

As for reviews, there a number of different kinds, for instance, there are informational posts, review posts, and best of posts as examples ....

Suggest it's best to get rolling and continue on with the awesome WA training here .... and with your Premium membership, you may want to augment your learning by also checking out Jay's weekly WAbinars in Live Events ...

hope that helps you a wee bit, all the best, cheerio ... :)

Hi leader, please I have an high concern and it is about the language. I am ivorian and myblocal language is French and don't understand very well English. Maybe I can translated the writing but I can't catch very well the movies. But if I can get an explanation with screenshot it will help a lot.
Please think about. I am very determinated for the journey with WA.

When selecting a niche, I always recommend going with what you are most passionate about. So, think about any hobbies, interests, or even expertise that you may have. Or, perhaps, maybe even a topic that you have always wanted to learn, but never had the time (this might just be the "excuse" you were looking for to get around to it.)

One tip that has always helped me is to look at it this way:

Pick something that excites you. You are going to be creating a lot of content over time, with little reward in the beginning, so what topic (niche) would you talk about most, even if you weren't getting paid for it?

For instance, my niche is the topic of writing. I am constantly talking about it and helping others with their writing, have done so for years, and up till now never made a dime at it; I just enjoy it and love sharing that passion with others. In other words, I can't imagine NOT talking about writing.

The only difference now is that I am sharing it in the form of a blog that I have monetized.

Put some time and thought into this. If you choose something you aren't excited about, you will likely burn out long before you get enough content out there to be successful.

Hope this helped.

Hey thanks for such an insightful answer. It is helpful.

I have always struggled to turn my hobbies/passions into anything else but something that takes my stress away. Two passions that I have are - Latin Dancing and Travel Planning. Will dig in a bit to see which one I want to take towards Affiliate Earning Business.

Thanks for your reply :)

That's perfect. Either one would make a dandy niche. Now, just follow the training about how to go about it, but you should "run the numbers" to determine which one might be easier to break into with a new site and then start from there. And, by the way, I just did a preliminary run for you... still do your own research to confirm, but to me it looks like Latin Dancing is the way to go :-)

"Run the numbers" ? Not sure how to go about it.. Is it something covered in further trainings?

Hey can you give me a quick reference of where and how you did the "run the numbers" check?

Hello,
WA is definitely legit.

If you don't upgrade to Premium you will lose Live Chat and you won't have access to the Premium only training like lesson 2 and up of the OEC and Bootcamp trainings.

You have 2 options for paying for Premium, credit card and PayPal.

I can't answer your third question.

Thank you please

As a member here you can promote WA as for Amazon and other affiliate groups they are normally free to join so you will need to apply directly with them.

There is no association between WA and other affiliate groups the only connection is your website and what you create with your chosen Niche

Just follow the lessons in the order given and it will all come together don't rush ahead of things.

Wishing you well

Andre

Once you build your website you can promote the products you want to on it.

WA teaches you how to build a site in any niche, how to get traffic, and how to monetize it and gives you the tools to do it. But it is your site and you can promote the products you want to on it.

Nice. I admire your enthusiasm. Keep us posted on your progress.

Glad you enjoyed the training. You can actually earn an income through Google as well through their Adsense platform (which allows you to put ads on your website and get paid for clicks on those).

Google used to have an affiliate network, but no longer does. There are 10,000's of affiliate programs available to you as an affiliate marketer.

Thank you for your response, Kyle

Hey Isaiah. Yes. The Football Snack Helmets site would be considered a micro niche site focused on one product--not necessarily because it's a seasonal product. But I also expanded into other products which you can do as well with a micro niche site.

I'm not Kyle but I thought I'd pop in here...

There are a few ways to get product imagery:

1) Obtain the product and take your own shots
2) Use an image affiliate link (like the Amazon image link)
3) Visit the manufacturer's website and see if they have a media kit with imagery to use
4) Ask permission from the manufacturer to use their imagery from their site

Thanks for the info! Sorry did not mean this just for Kyle so I am glad you responded!

Any time...you can also check out the free image sites but those are usually not product images.

I too was curious about the same thing. Ty for the info.

Happy to help.

Scott has provided you sound advice. Often times affiliate programs will provide you with product images, and often times if you are promoting a product, they don't mind you using their images. Alternatively you can take your own photos, leverage many of the CC0 websites (free images) or use SiteContent images (over 1+ million there).

This isn't going to be a big issue moving forward. ;)

Ok great. Thanks for the additional info!

Gladly!

That is great to hear. There is so much misinformation out there and people that simply don't know "affiliate marketing" that are trying to teach how it works.

Glad you enjoyed this and as you move forward you are going to be taking action and building out your business on this exact process. ;)

There definitely are opportunities out there. Once you understand the research element (which you will be getting into very soon), you are going to realize that there are too many opportunities out there, and not enough time to take advantage of them all. A great position to be in as a marketer.

Hi - that's not really the way to look at it. Remember, you will be writing a lot of content, so it should really be something you are interested in, otherwise, you will soon get bored. Plus, your readers will soon realise if you are writing about something that you have no knowledge of. Every niche is capable of generating an income.

I understand. Thanks

You should not be looking for a "hot" niche. You will be creating a TON of content to get your business off the ground, and if it is not something you are passionate about you will likely burn out long before you get there. Think about your hobbies or what interests you have. Choose a niche that you will be happy talking about for months, or even years, even if you weren't getting paid... because chances are you will. regardless of what niche you go into, you may be writing to a "ghost town" for a long time, so it's important that you pick something that will sustain your motivation during that time.

That is exactly how Affiliate Marketing works. We become affiliates of companies who have an affiliate program who provides us with unique links that track back to us. When you promote their products using these links. and if a purchase is made using your link, you will get paid through your account you will have set up when you became an affiliate.

This is all taught in the training. So don't get ahead of yourself. Be patient and learn this the correct way via the training.

Cheers!

Edwin

Your niche certainly doesn't need to be unique or rare. Some of the most successful blogs are based on popular products. You simply need to check out your competition and do it better. Jim

I believe you want to be unique to have better results? I would!

There may be 1,000's of websites in the same niche making money.

Think about it this way: You have the biggest marketplace in the world (Internet). Is there enough people ( 4,3 BILLION) for more than 1 business in each niche?

The answer is yes :)

No, it does not. There are millions of websites out there, and probably hundreds of them have the same niche that you do, or that you are thinking of. Not to worry. WA gives you a leg up on every one of them. Our training and community support is what makes the difference. You come up with the quality content and WA will teach you how to drive traffic to your website and leave all the competition in the dust. Just make sure that whatever niche you choose, you are passionate enough about it to create lots of quality content. To paraphrase: "If you build it out, they will come."


C.al

Wow! thanks so inspiring.

You can still keep your site "global" if you like.

In general, the only difference between a global site and a local site is a matter of focus. For example, in addition to more universal posts, you could also write posts that have a local slant by including the name of your country or city in the title -- "Ten things to do in Canada", "The best places to shop for clothes in London" -- that sort of thing.

This is often a indicator to your readers what the content is about and if it is relevant to them. Global visitors won't likely likely bother reading it unless they are planning a trip, but your local customers will most certainly be drawn to it.

The same applies to the other side of the business equation: sourcing. You could work out an agreement with local companies to sell their products on your website. The trick is to determine the best way to make the money exchange. For instance, if PayPal is available in your country and people are open to using it, you're good. If there is some other medium of exchange in use, you will need to figure out a way to make it work. What are those local vendors using (cash, credit cards, etc.)?

Using our example from above, you can even tailor your offer and method of payment to that one post since it is focused exclusively on your local customers; again, the global visitor is not likely reading it anyway, but if they are and the product is sold in "XYZ" currency -- and they don't have that -- then that's another signal that this particular post/offer isn't for them.

I truly believe there is no challenge in business that is too big to solve. Sometimes it just takes a bit of brainstorming to come up with a reasonable solution, but I know you will figure out a way to do it.

Hope this helps :-)

Oh thank you. It's really of help. I have a homework of finding companies to market their products and services probably. And we don't have PayPal in Zambia and fortunately enough we have other mobile money transfers. We

Absolutely! His site is very successful... it's a master lesson in affiliate marketing in itself if you know what to look for. :-)

You can help people with anything, it doesn't have to be their relationship with religion. If someone is looking to build a website, you can help them do that and build a business doing so. If someone has constant foot pain, well there are solutions to that and lots of things you can discuss and help people with in respect to that.

A niche can be anything, but ultimately you get to choose.

Yes, there is certainly more than one way to create a business online, and we are going to give you the flexibility and control to go in many different directions here. It all stats with a solid foundation that you can build off of, so that is going to be our first focus as we move forward through the training. :)

Yes, Amazon does, if the customer purchases something within 24 hours. Other affiliate programs each have their own terms and conditions, so you would need to check the details of any that you are interested in joining.

Thank you for your informative response Diane.
Kind regards
Femi

go through the course and you are shown how to rank in google.
it does work, well for me at least, organically on page one for loads of keywords.
the other main thing is that people are searching for those keywords.
but yes you can learn how to setup bing ads and ppc campaigns.
phil

Awesome. Thanks

I have that same question

It doesn't cost to appear on Google's first page - and when you think about it from a search engines point of view you'll see that it's actually quite a lot easier than you think.

Basically search engines like Google, Yahoo & Bing all have the same goal. They all want to provide the content the answers the users query best, first.

So if somebody is searching "what are the best tennis shoes" and your post answers that question in a way that the search engines deems good, it'll move your post up towards the top.

This won't happen instantly though - as most websites that launch end up closing within the first couple of months, so for the first couple of months search engines basically "trial you"... Are you going to stick around with your site & keep producing? If you are, then you'll be rewarded with good rankings... But they don't want to rank you well in those first couple of months in case that just like the others, you merely disappear. Hope that makes sense :)

That is what you are going to be learning as you move through the training, how to outrank others on the first page and you are going to become very good at this as time goes on...and as your website gains authority you will instantly acquire more and more first page rankings.

This is just one of the many ways of getting traffic to your website, and we are going to be covering this in detail as you move through the training. You will be a Google expert before you know it.

You've got it. The concept itself is simple, but it most definitely requires a lot of hard work and patience. If you have any questions or need anything just let us know :-)

The thing is you don't have to come up with the concepts or ideas, they are already out there. There are so many genres and products on a website like Amazon alone that will give you a ton of different ideas. ;)

You can promote over 550 MILLION products/services as an affiliate marketer.

Thank you AJ I will

This is definitely something that you can do and you can take this business as far as you are willing to work towards. You can sell your products, or others over time. The key is focusing on building an audience and a solid base of traffic first.

Once you have that and understand the process of attain the massive sources of traffic online (which we will be teaching you), the monetization part is the easy part.

Welcome to Wealthy Affiliate. We’re happy to meet you, David.

It sounds like you've come to the right place. Just follow the training program step-by-step and try not to move on to the next lesson until you have completed all the recommended tasks and checked them off the checklist. This is important because later lessons are often built on the foundation work you did previously.

If you have and questions or need anything, please don't hesitate to ask. We're all here to help :-)

hey hi & welcome to Wealthy Affiliate (WA) starter!

Glad to hear that you're enjoying the amazing WA training! Questions are all good!

We all recognize that 'life' is all what we make it and of course, have only so many hours in a day --- suggest that if you can allocate your time schedule to accommodate your learning on this platform then you can of course still make progress ... it's one step at a time ...

You, are your own best guide -- do what you feel is right for you -- just know that you've landed in the right place to build your very own on-line biz to success! ... with the amazing WA training, tools & resources, along with the awesome WA community of members world wide who are available 24/7 to help assist you along the learning journey, it can only result in success!

You and success are already super friends!

Enjoy it all!

All the best to you, cheerio .... ⭐️🎈

Hey there Ryan. Glad to hear you're enjoying yourself so far.

So the first thing to understand. Making money with a website takes time. Even the age of your domain name is a factor to ranking well, receiving traffic, and making money.

I say that because time passing in the online business world is really a good thing for your site. Even if you can't devote as much time as you'd like at this point.

If you can devote one hour a day to learning and applying it (going through the training) you can 100% make money with a website, but it will take more time than someone that has several hours a day to devote to this.

The awesome thing is making money with a website is pretty passive. Meaning the work you do today, pays off a month or even years down the line.

If you're serious about making a real income online WA is the best place to be to learn how. If you learn and apply you will see results. It may take more time to see your first traffic and first $1 but if you keep at it it's 100% possible for you to achieve success with your website on just 1 hour a day.

Let me know if you have any other questions or need anything else.

Brok

In my opinion, I think it would depend on the post. More than likely it would be best to use one affiliate link for the same item within the post. But if your review mentions various places to purchase, then sure link each one. Otherwise if there are multiple links that take costumers to different sites from the same review, it may create confusion.

Failure is apart of success. If you fail (which may not happen) that's just one way of NOT to run your business. Don't let that stop you learn from it and keep moving. Besides what if you do everything your suppose to and it works....Then what???? Hard work & much success to you.

Yeah, I would recommend you narrow it down to something more specific when starting out. You can always diversify, you just don't want to be too broad with your niche when starting out as it typically leads to a sensation of being overwhelmed.

It's perfectly fine to be skeptical at this point; many of us were when we started. Feel free to keep working on the lessons and talking to the community... we've got nothing to hide :-)

Hi - that is exactly what this platform will teach you, so don't get ahead of yourself or you will miss out some important steps. Follow the training to build your own professional website first, then the rest will follow. Basically, it is writing interesting and valuable content, which attracts Google's attention, and puts you higher in the rankings. It's not a get rich quick scheme, but it's worth the time, effort and patience that is required.

Thanks Diane, i wont miss any step

Just follow the training. Everything is covered step-by-step.

Hi - the first 2 or 3 results are usually ads paid for by big companies, but all the rest are there simply by having the valuable content that people are searching for. This is achievable by anybody having a website. Within the training here, not only will you be taught how to build a professional website, but also how to add articles that contain the answers that people need.

Not true at all. Plenty of people have scored the top result and never paid a dime. Google ranks based on quality, plain and simple. Ranking is based on you providing the best result for that particular search topic or keyword. Thus, the real question is does the content you put out "deserve" to be in first place? If so, then you will get there in time. If not, no amount of money will help.

Yeah, you don't need a drop shipper. It is potentially one way you could monetize your website but there are much more efficient ways of doing this (ie affiliate marketing). That is what you are going to be learning in detail as you move through the training.

Just take it one step at a time. All of your questions and concerns are answered in the training program. Trust the process. :-)

Yeah, no kidding. The thing is there are literally MILLIONS of niches like this. The other day I was looking for branded ice buckets. They were next to impossible to find, but Amazon had a bunch and they were paying $5-6 commission per sale, plus anything else that someone would have bought.

That is just one such example. No idea is too bizarre or too obscure, with 4 BILLION people online, and 550 MILLION products/services you can promote as an affiliate, the opportunity is endless.

Definitely think outside the box. I bet there are thousands of things similar to this that you could do just with your horse knowledge alone. Good luck, and keep us posted with what you come up with. :-)

Yeah, that is the crazy thing and when you come to the realization as to just how big the opportunity is online and how little actual competition there is, you will get butterflies. When I go to do research, on any niche, I am blown away to this day!

Hi - yes, of course, you are welcome to continue your training here at WA. If you were to upgrade to premium, you could actually transfer your sites here providing they are built on the WordPress platform, as hosting is included in premium membership. Plus, premium gives you access to the rest of the lessons and videos, which might be more beneficial for you, as the first 10 do cover building a website, which clearly you have already done.

As regards product providers, simply Google health and fitness + affiliate program or wrestling + affiliate program. You will probably need to narrow down each of your niches as they are very broad and have a lot of competition.

You can have your domains hosted thru WA. It's easy to get them switched over.

Hi Diane, lovely to meet you thank you very much for the info I am very grateful, hopefully see you around on here more as I get to grips with it. :)

Happy to help, good luck!

when you affiliate with amazon you will need to apply to each of the regions you are interested in. there is a plugin called onelink and if you install this it automatically sends visitors to the tight region of amazon.
same with other worldwide programs.
find out why you were denied and sort that out before you apply again.
it is the only way to learn -try fail pick yourself up fix and try again.
you only fail when you totally give up.
good luck
phil

Amazon actually has an International Link for all the countries it serves.
It does cost for it.

Read This:

https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/help/node/topic/202164400

Thank you for your info....I'm most grateful....Hope to fix the bug and go ahead...thanks again...

A blog is simply how your content is displayed on your website. When you are writing articles, you are blogging.

When you are operating within the niche, it doesn't come back to WA. We have no involvement, you promote products and services on your website, you get paid from those companies through their affiliate programs. We don't take a "cut" of anything, you get everything.

We provide you with all the services, tools, support, training, and networking you need to create and manage your business online here at WA!

OK ... I think I understand. When I set up my website, I can write articles there?
I really enjoyed the video and your article about Organic Milk!
I’m so glad I joined the Premium plan. You all give a lot.

Thank you!

Lyn

Yes, you would be promoting products and services related to your topic. You can, for example, become an affiliate for Amazon and get affiliate links to literally millions of products on Amazon you could promote and get commission for.

Thank you!

Every affiliate program is different depending on the company providing it. In general, however, all of that is taken care of on their end. You are simply promoting the product/service and redirecting the potential buyer to their site for the purchase. Just make sure you read the affiliate agreement to be sure.

No worries, Dennis. We all deal with "personal crap" at one time or another.

If there is anything we can do for you, please let us know. I encourage you to not give up. You have an entire community here willing to help. All you have to do is ask.

That is exactly what the internet has afforded everyone...people that never had opportunity are now all on an even playing field and the Internet has truly opened this up.

You have an exciting and bright future ahead of you and I really do look forward to working with yoU!

Great to hear, this is definitely the "big picture" here, now you are going to be getting in the process. By lesson 4 alone you are going to have your very own niche website up and running, an exciting journey lies ahead!

Wow, serendipity. What timing andI know you are going to absolutely love it here. We are realistic about the process here at WA, and that is why we are the most trusted and respected platform in the industry (not to mention the most comprehensive).

I really look forward to working wth you Nancy!

Hi - there are literally thousands of affiliate programmes, so it is difficult to answer your question, as they all have different requirements. Be aware that Amazon expects you to have 3 sales within the first 180 days, or they will remove you. Therefore, it is best to wait until you have enough visitors to your site, to ensure that you make those sales. Other programmes sometimes expect your website to be well-established with plenty of informative articles before you are accepted.

It's best if you choose your own niche because it has to be a subject that you are really interested in. Remember, you will be expected to write lots of articles, so find something that you can happily talk about, and that has relevant products that you can promote.

The best time to start joining the affiliate programs you're going to be looking into is when you get to that point in the training. Don't ever put off things that you're tasked to do because you think you're not ready. The training here is meant for absolute newbies, so when Kyle tells you to jump out and apply with Amazon, do it! There's no harm or foul if after 6 months you haven't made a sale with their program. You can simply re-apply.

Amazon is usually the first program that people will apply to since they don't require any minimum traffic requirements. As you progress through the training building out your site and your content, your traffic numbers will grow. Be patient. So many people think that with their first article they're going to have loads of traffic. It's just a matter of putting your head down and trusting this training. It's all set up for your success. Continue progressing and learning and the traffic will come down the line.

Again, don't hesitate to apply for Amazon when you get to that point in the training. Complete the tasks your given and never tell yourself you're not ready :)

Thank you very much I really appreciate it

Well lets give this time around a full effort and truly work to create and grow a business online. It is just a matter of time and effort, EVERYTHING else to accomplish this is included here within the training. Let's make 2019 your most successful one yet James.

And of course if you need anything at all moving forward, let me know. ;)

Thanks and indeed let's hope this time around will be different.

Hey Connis, great to meet you here. I think that tattooing could be a great niche, this could bring local business to yourself, and the supplies could be world wide.

My only concern would be what other products could you sell to a mass market to scale your business. If its your passion this will work in your favour too.

I wish you every success

So what do you think cause besides tattooing supplies there will be other products that haas anything to do with artists artwork and also was thinking of doing instructional videos on the process of tattooing

All of these are great ways to add to your income, but these are all aimed at other tattoo artists and that niche could be too small. Need to come up with something that you could sell to the people having the tattoo and this would be a much larger market.

Could you design and then copyright your designs and then charge a fee for people to use it ?

That can absolutely be a direction you head, there is a huge audience within the tattoo space (as you are aware of) and there are all sorts of ways you can monetize this niche and establish your brand as you build it out.

Tattoo supplies certainly could be the direction that you head, helping fellow tattoo artists!

Your website is like your home on the internet everything you do should be sending people to your website... Google is like an advertising platform for your website you are trying to rank in Google for certain keywords which will then drive traffic to your site.

Your niche is what you are writing about on your website.

I trust this helps
Martin

I would try to avoid a lifestyle blog. The reason being this is more about you, and less about your audience. To be successful online, ideally you want to become an authority in a specific niche. It is the experts within the online world that typically reap all of the rewards.

There are affiliate programs for everyone, so never worry about that. There are over 550 MILLION products/services that you can promote as an affiliate alone!


When deciding on a niche and trying to narrow down to a more specific niche, I recommend you ask yourself the following question:

I want to help people that ______________.

Fill in the blank and you are going to be much closer to a specific audience. After you do this and if you want to run any further ideas by me, let me know and I will give you a hand. :)

Yep you got it.

Exactly. While it does require hard work to create good quality content to attract the people searching in the first place, the overall concept is really quite simple. You've summed it up perfectly. :-)

Well 100's of millions of people watch football every week during the season, most of these people have social get togethers that involve football. They like their teams, they like snacks.

This is actually a "mini niche" compared to many others, the opportunity is just so vast within the online world that you can literally head in any direction that you want and there will be a great deal of opportunity!

I still get giddy when I think of all the opportunity out there!

There are plenty of niche's out there katchina

Good questions! If you follow the courses you'll find the answers - and more. Have fun ;)

You will get there as you go through the training, the first focus with your website is to build out the foundation, the content and get rankings. Once you have rankings and traffic then you can focus on what you are going to promote.

There are 10,000's of affiliate programs and millions of products you are going to be able to promote as an affiliate, don't ever worry about there being nothing to promote within a given niche. There will likely be 100's if not 1,000's of things you can promote. ;)

There is no sense in putting to much thought into what you are going to promote until you have content in place and an audience to promote to. You will definitely get there though!

When you are using affiliate links to promote products (for example Amazon products) each link carries a unique affiliate ID which will grant you the credits.

The google ranking system is based on a very complex algorithm which contains more than 200 different factors. Some of them are more important then others ... Just follow the training Daniel and your questions will be answered ...

Thanks for the insight a lot. I know i should have just kept watching, the problem is this seems so exciting and I'm eager to know as much as I can :)..

Godspeed :)

Yes, both are answered in the training program in detail, but here are the basics in a nutshell:

1) They use a piece of code called a "cookie" that attaches itself to the person's computer with your unique affiliate number so anything purchased get's credited to you. Just be aware that depending on the particular company the timeframe varies. For instance, I believe Amazon's cookie only lasts for 24 hours, whereas others may last 30 days or even a few that use "lifetime" links. You have to read each company's affiliate agreement to see what they use.

2) To be perfectly honest... no one knows. lol. Seriously, though, Google's algorithms are proprietary and kept secret, but based on experience we can tell basically what they are giving weight to.

Knowing that Google wants to match the most relevant and useful information and websites with its users, you know that good content is the primary factor.

Without going into a massive SEO lecture, just suffice it to say that Kyle and the gang here at WA have had over a decade to figure it out, so if you follow the training and complete each task you will be in a great position.

Hope this helps. If you have any more questions or need anything don't hesitate to ask; we're all here to help. :-)

When you join an affiliate program you will receive a unique code that represents you. This code is part of the affiliate links you use to promote the products on your site. As someone follows them a cookie is placed that let's Amazon, for example, know that your brought this shopper to them. You will then get credit for what they purchased.

A couple of things to note:
1) The cookie is good for 24 hours at Amazon
2) If the person goes to another site and follows their link to Amazon, they get the credit (it's basically last cookie wins).
3) If the person follows your link to a product on Amazon but they buy something else instead...you still get the credit!

A lot of things factor into Google's ranking system. Site age, word count, content quality, internal links, external links and so on. Check out Jay's ranking video...it's pretty good: 21 Minute Ranking Method in 7 Steps

Thank you so much Sir.

I definitely will check it out. Really thank you for your answers guys, I love the effort you make to help newbies like me.

Any time.

You're welcome. That's what we're here for.

Yeah, that is the thing. Affiliate marketing and leveraging affiliate programs is a very exciting space and you can promote over 550 MILLION products/services this way, but you are also going to be able to sell anything you want from your website and there are many ways in which you can monetize it.

You are going to be building out a REAL business. :)