Although affiliate programs are used for marketing, some e-businesses consider it a source of income. The Businesses that sell products and services to a niche market, for website that offer information or entertainment contents but do not sell products and or services, and also, newsletters and blog publishers. Entrepreneurs can generate income with out the hassle of logistics, selling , shipping products, and providing customers service.
Becoming an affiliate and getting the most out of program requires: selecting an appropriate merchant and affiliate for your e-business, understanding the terms and conditions of the program, adding affiliate links to your we page, creating traffic at your we site.
The first thing for selecting an affiliate program is finding a program that is compatible to your e-business. Also, a thorough knowledge of merchants involved in your affiliate is crucial since since may view your business according to your affiliates.
Understanding the Affiliate Agreement is the key to a successful affiliate program. It is imperative to be familiar with all the elements of a affiliate program such as: the type of web sites allowed, types of links allowed, the guidelines of their usage, referral fees and commissions, payment terms, usage of logos, and contents, restriction on type of contents, and compliance of laws and regulations.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Page Layout WeeklyPost # 7
Studies have shown that most viewers generally look a the top and then left to right.
That's why it is important to place critical information on the right spot.
Information such as: contact, important elements of the services, or products, and company logo should be positioned accordingly.
The resolution of your web page should comply with the resolution of your viewers because most people use 800*600 or higher. Consider how your web pages will look in different size web browser windows. Using a Liquid design technique that allows your pages to adjust to the size of browser windows.
The length of web page should according to how the user will easily read or print the content of page. If it is primarily for reading on line, it should be broken down into smaller pages to read and navigate pages. In contrast, the pages intended to printed and read later should be combined for easy printing. The web page should be conveniently lay out for user. For instance, having an commonly used search engine might be a good idea to keep your viewer on your your page if the need for web search arrives.
That's why it is important to place critical information on the right spot.
Information such as: contact, important elements of the services, or products, and company logo should be positioned accordingly.
The resolution of your web page should comply with the resolution of your viewers because most people use 800*600 or higher. Consider how your web pages will look in different size web browser windows. Using a Liquid design technique that allows your pages to adjust to the size of browser windows.
The length of web page should according to how the user will easily read or print the content of page. If it is primarily for reading on line, it should be broken down into smaller pages to read and navigate pages. In contrast, the pages intended to printed and read later should be combined for easy printing. The web page should be conveniently lay out for user. For instance, having an commonly used search engine might be a good idea to keep your viewer on your your page if the need for web search arrives.
Writing for Web page Weekly posting#6
The guidelines for effectively writing for a Web page emphasizes writing short scan able text, since most people do no have the time to read long wordy information on web pages.
Write simple and direct language with an active voice.
Paragraph should be descriptive with limited number of words and the number of sentences.
Make sure the content of web, ancronyms, and abbreviations can easily understood or explained.
Use bold face word to to catch eyes and do not underline.
Use bullets or number list for easy scanning and each list with short description.
Use proper font colors corresponding with the back ground and use familiar commonly used font
The color theme of a web site can important. It is the first thing that viewer sees. Color can can have a positive or negative impression of the content in the web site. The use colors should be consistent through all pages. The page color should reflect the theme of your target audience.
Use images and multimedia to enhance your web site's design and it's appeal.
Write simple and direct language with an active voice.
Paragraph should be descriptive with limited number of words and the number of sentences.
Make sure the content of web, ancronyms, and abbreviations can easily understood or explained.
Use bold face word to to catch eyes and do not underline.
Use bullets or number list for easy scanning and each list with short description.
Use proper font colors corresponding with the back ground and use familiar commonly used font
The color theme of a web site can important. It is the first thing that viewer sees. Color can can have a positive or negative impression of the content in the web site. The use colors should be consistent through all pages. The page color should reflect the theme of your target audience.
Use images and multimedia to enhance your web site's design and it's appeal.
Affiliate Marketing/weeklypost5
Affiliate marketing over the years has evolved much like everything else about E-business. Now it is a major part of overall business plan. In some cases electronic version of sales referral programs generated huge sales. Affiliates earning world wide has grown in billions of dollars. The most common users of this program are: retail, gambling, finance, travel, education, and publishing. Of course, the biggest user of contextual advertising is Google's AdSense.
There are various ways for a business to approach a successful affiliate marketing program. A merchant can acquire big variety of affiliate members. A good example of that would be amazon.com that has more than a million affiliates.
Another way is to find a smaller number of highly successful affiliates that are closely related to the business.
There are various ways for a business to approach a successful affiliate marketing program. A merchant can acquire big variety of affiliate members. A good example of that would be amazon.com that has more than a million affiliates.
Another way is to find a smaller number of highly successful affiliates that are closely related to the business.
Search engine optimiztion/weeklyPost4
Search engine optimization(SEO)
It uses the volume of clicks and quality of a web site to rank web pages through different methods. SEO that use spiders to find web pages list the pages in "organic" or "algorithmic" search results. The web pages that are published earlier and ranked higher will be more likely to get most clicks from searchers. SEO can also target specific type of search, such as: local search, image search, or specific to an industry vertical search engines.
Understanding how people search online is important to optimizing the chances of a website being found web crawler. The process of a search involves a search engine spider downloading a page and then indexing the information based on the content, specific word in the page and it's relevancy to search. The leading search engines, Yahoo, Google, and Live use crawlers to find web page on their algorithmic search results. Google is credited for revolutionizing the page ranking.
Search engines are the most commonly used practice for bringing track to a website. However, it is not wise to entirely depend on search engines due to the lack of their guaranty that they will always be there. Instead, a better, more practical source of maximizing traffic is linking from other website.
It uses the volume of clicks and quality of a web site to rank web pages through different methods. SEO that use spiders to find web pages list the pages in "organic" or "algorithmic" search results. The web pages that are published earlier and ranked higher will be more likely to get most clicks from searchers. SEO can also target specific type of search, such as: local search, image search, or specific to an industry vertical search engines.
Understanding how people search online is important to optimizing the chances of a website being found web crawler. The process of a search involves a search engine spider downloading a page and then indexing the information based on the content, specific word in the page and it's relevancy to search. The leading search engines, Yahoo, Google, and Live use crawlers to find web page on their algorithmic search results. Google is credited for revolutionizing the page ranking.
Search engines are the most commonly used practice for bringing track to a website. However, it is not wise to entirely depend on search engines due to the lack of their guaranty that they will always be there. Instead, a better, more practical source of maximizing traffic is linking from other website.
amazon.comAffiliate program Terms
a. amazon.com commission structure:
Two compensation plan
1. classic fee structure
4% of the final sale through an affiliate website
2. Performance Fee Structure
It is based on the number of referrals, 4% to 10% The Higher the referral the higher the
commission.
Member may change to any structure at any time of the month.
Only Computer equipment has a max cap of $25 and video downloads have a
cap of $1.50.
b. The frequency of payment made to affiliate members are monthly.
60 day after the last day of the month amazon.com will either write a check with a
minimum of $100 total commission earned. There is $15 processing fee for this method
Members can also use the direct deposit with a minimum of $10.00
c. Restrictions on the contents of affiliate website
1. Sexually explicit materials
2. Material promoting violence
3. discrimination against: race, color, sex, age, gender, origin...
4. promoting illegal activities
5. amazon.com or its affiliates trademark as part of their URL domain
d. Associate agreement may be terminated by either parties at any time for any reason with a
written notice.
Two compensation plan
1. classic fee structure
4% of the final sale through an affiliate website
2. Performance Fee Structure
It is based on the number of referrals, 4% to 10% The Higher the referral the higher the
commission.
Member may change to any structure at any time of the month.
Only Computer equipment has a max cap of $25 and video downloads have a
cap of $1.50.
b. The frequency of payment made to affiliate members are monthly.
60 day after the last day of the month amazon.com will either write a check with a
minimum of $100 total commission earned. There is $15 processing fee for this method
Members can also use the direct deposit with a minimum of $10.00
c. Restrictions on the contents of affiliate website
1. Sexually explicit materials
2. Material promoting violence
3. discrimination against: race, color, sex, age, gender, origin...
4. promoting illegal activities
5. amazon.com or its affiliates trademark as part of their URL domain
d. Associate agreement may be terminated by either parties at any time for any reason with a
written notice.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
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