7-1-2011 Update Notification
Affiliate Marketing is always in a state of flux, what worked yesterday doesn't do as well today. However this change also separates the men from the boys ( women from the girls) and only the most persistent and flexible succeed.
This method (direct linking) worked well several years ago (when this tutorial was first written) but as usual things have changed and many article sites are a bit smarter and catch forwarded domains. With that being said this can still prove to be a viable method to start out with and in fact it is something that still drives traffic to my own Wealthy Affiliate Link (www.realwealthyaffiliate.com).
And remember, once you have the skill to create your own website (that is why you are a WA member) you can disable domain forwarding and point traffic to your hosted domain with a couple clicks of the mouse. All your previous work, writing articles and posting back links will now send traffic and link juice to your new site.
The following sequels to this tutorial are still very powerful, even if you decide to upgrade from direct linking to hosting your own website.
Your fellow member,
klrrider
What you will not need:
No website!
No landing page!
No hosting fees!
No auto responder!
No large bank account!
No list or list making skills!
No special campaign tracking skills!
No Search Engine Optimizing (SEO) skills!
No Blog, Squidoo, Hubpage, or other free web page!
No sports car or huge monster truck (just seeing if you are awake)!
No competing with other same affiliate sales pages for search placement!
What you will need:
A way cool domain!
A way cool domain!
A way cool domain!
You will need to register a way cool domain to make this work.
It is the most important step of this Newbie Jump Start technique.
The first step is always the most important!
What do I mean by a way cool domain?
Well if you were promoting the membership here at WA for example then a way cool domain would be:
Get-WealthyAfiliate.com
Buy-WealthyAffiliate.com
WealthyAffiliatePlan.com
YourKeywordphrase.com
eYourKeywordphrase.com
myYourKeywordphrase.com
YourKeywordphraseInfo.com
YourKeywordphraseTip.com
You want to have your product name (or your chosen keywords) in your domain name and be sure to purchase a ".com" or ".org" and not some other type of domain. The fact is that people remember .coms the best and you want them to remember you. If your chosen keyword phrase is not available adding an "e" or "my" in the front or something on the end like "tip" or "info" will get you a keyword optimized domain and the Google love you want.
I use to purchase domains. You can use whoever but this tutorial will be referring to my experience with GoDaddy.
Again, brand-new here so any insight would be great. =)
THIS WAS SO HELPFUL THANKS FOR SHARRING SO FREELY!!!!!
Make sure you have your domain name spelled correctly. Sometimes we register it different than we are thinking we did. I don't get anything with WAELTHYAFFILIATE.COM... I'm not sure why you would end up at the order/signup page. You will need to go back and redo the links you entered in the fields. Be sure you are working with your raw affiliate link and the correct my-linker.
Do not use domain masking. Send me a PM if you need more help.
l8r
Bob