How to Start My Own Pay Website

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Starting your own paying website or blog is both rewarding and challenging. In fact, many people who sell products on affiliate websites find it the easiest and quickest way to generate online income.

Thinking about and choosing a market niche or subject that interests you is critical. If you choose an obscure niche that attracts few online visitors, you'll probably not make money. Likewise, selecting a popular subject increases competition for visitors to your site also reducing your income. You need to strike a balance between the two to generate online revenues.

In this article, you'll learn how to find affiliate products, choose keywords that maximize website traffic, use article writing with keywords and affiliate links and select a web hosting and domain plan.

Instructions

ClickBank Affiliate Marketing Network

1. 

   Affiliate Marketing: The Key to Making Money on Websites

   Review online sources for affiliate marketing income. Although Commission Junction and other physical product sites are available, producing online income is easier marketing digital materials such as e-books.

   Affiliates receive 50%-75% of each sale through websites. ClickBank also handles billing. Each sale is net profit.

2. 

   Parrott e-Books can Help You Monetize your Website

   Go the the Marketplace at ClickBank.com, search through product categories that interest you and ensure they're enough products to promote in your selected market niche.

   For example, if you searched for "parrots," you would find more than twenty e-books selling from $10-$60, including "Parrot Training and Care," "Stop Your Parrot from Biting" and "The Ultimate Guide to Raising Parrots."

3. 

   Keywords: The Key to Success

   Write down keywords that often appear, such as "parrot biting" or "feeding your parrot." Use these keywords later in your online research.

   The ClickBank marketplace contains a diverse selection of e-book topics and niches.

Google Keyword Research

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   Use Google to Assess Market Interest in Your Niche

   Use Google's Keyword Tool online to assess market interest in your niche and find ten keywords for your affiliate website articles.

   Enter three to five related keywords--one on each line--in the Google Keyword Tool box. Make sure to include some keywords you found when reviewing ClickBank Marketplace products.

   Start with one or two keyword phrases (i.e. "parrots" or "training parrots") to explore your market niche. Then click on "Get Keyword Ideas."

2. 

   Click on "Global Monthly Search Volume" to sort from high to low. Google shows you the number of times each month--on average--people searched for each keyword.

   Scroll down the page until you see two to three keyword phrases like "parrot types," "exotic parrots "types of parrots." Some keywords may match your ClickBank selected products; others will not. That's fine because most of the e-books on parrots may cover different parrot topics.

3. 

   Decrease Competition by Choosing Lower-Searched Keywords

   Choose ten to fifteen keyword phrases (two to three words) that have a search volume of at least 1,500 or more per month. This ensures your keyword search volume is high enough to justify writing an article for your affiliate marketing site.

   Avoid keywords that have very high search volume above 20,000 searches per month. This will decrease your competition when you create your website.

4. 

   Keyword Searching Using Google

   Click "Add" next to each keyword phrase you select. In the right part of the screen, save your keywords to a text or Excel file by clicking on "text" or "csv."

   Save your keyword list in a text file like Notepad (PC) or TextEdit (Mac) or in an Excel spreadsheet.

Your Ten 500 Word Articles

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   Good Articles Bring Visitors to Your Paying Website

   Write ten 500 word articles each optimized for one keyword or keyword phrase. Make sure to include the keyword phrase in your title, the first paragraph and sprinkle the rest throughout the article but not more than eight times.

   This increases the likelihood your articles will rank higher in the search engines and those searching for your keywords find your articles.

   If your keyword phrase is "gray parrots," you may use "African gray parrots" or "training gray parrots."

2. 

   Peronalize your writing

   Personalizing each article increases reader interest. If you're knowledgeable about parrots, make sure to include your own information.

3. 

   Keep track of your keywords

   Include keywords you found while reviewing e-books in the ClickBank Marketplace. Underline or bold keyword phrases you intend to use as links in your affiliate website. You'll find them easier later.

Domain Names for Your Website

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   Buy a Domain Name that Matches your Keywords

   Choose a domain name for your website (ex. "ParrotTrainingInfo.com"). Think of domain names that contain one or more keywords you've chosen for your articles. This will increase search engine visibility and bring more visitors to your site.

   Start with the primary keyword (ex. "parrot") and avoid long domain names like "ParrotTrainingExercisingFeeding.com."

2. Purchase a domain name from established registrars: GoDaddy, Host Gator or Register.com. You'll pay $7-$10 for a one-year registration. Consider "private registration" for slightly more. This will remove your name, address and other personal information from the WhoIs Directory, a listing of all domain owners.

3. 

   Combine domain and web hosting to save money

   Consider choosing a registrar that also offers web hosting, possibly saving you money.

Hosting Accounts

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   Get on the web with a hosting account

   Purchase a web hosting account for around $5-$10 per month. If you intend to build multiple websites, buy a hosting plan offering unlimited domains.

2. 

   Templates and logos boost results

   Find hosting companies that offer website templates if you don't want to build your own. GoDaddy, Host Gator and other hosting firms usually provide templates that make it easier to build your affiliate website.

3. 

   Consider Making Money with Blogs Rather than Websites

   Consider a blog rather than a website.

   Many affiliates make money online using Wordpress blogging software. Blogs are generally easier to launch and maintain. Wordpress blogs are available free with most hosting accounts.

   If you want, you can design your Wordpress blog to look like a website by choosing pages rather than posts.

4. 

   Customer support is essential

   Launch your website or blog on your hosting account by following instructions from your web hosting company. If you need assistance, contact the customer support department.

Load Your Articles

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   Enter Your Articles Into Separate Website Pages

   Copy and paste each of your ten articles from a text editor into a separate page of your website or blog. If you used a word processing program to write your articles, first copy the text to a text editor (Notepad for PC's or TextEdit for Macs) to remove any formatting that the word processor may have created.

2. 

   Links identify you to ClickBank

   Only promote affiliate products on five of your pages. This will make your website appear more informative than promotional.

   Highlight keyword phrases relating to ClickBank affiliate products, click on the "link" button within your website or blog software program and enter your ClickBank affiliate link.

   The ClickBank link looks like this:

   http://5865fehlo8vu5j6-ada44.hop.clickbank.net/

   After you save your web or blog page, the link will usually appear in blue. Test the link by clicking it. You should then see a sales landing page for the product you're promoting.

3. 

   Insert Affiliate Product Links Only on Relevant Keywords

   Make sure when inserting links into affiliate website that your article's keyword phrase relates to the promoted product. If your article is about training parrots, don't promote a product about "feeding parrots."

   Some e-books may contain generic information about taking care of parrots. In that case, promote the e-book using different keyword phrases.

References

• Affilorama
• Google Keyword Tool
• ClickBank Affiliate Marketing Network

Resources

• Yaro Starak Entrepreneur's Journey Blog