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Hi, I really like the idea of becoming an affiliate. But I dont know where to start or how to go about becoming one. I know your probably asked this all of the time but any and all help is appreciated.
I roughly need to know things like what sort of budget i need to get me going. I want to keep things to a minimum if your know what i mean.
Thanks
BenFirst of all, you should create a site, if you want to promote casinos, poker rooms from a site.
The site must be a high quality site and very interesting for visitors to have a success in online gambling business.
When you have a good site you’ll be able to register in affiliate programs, and upload their marketing materials to your site.
You’ll have to exchahge links with other webmasters to get a high pagerank.
It’s important to optimize your site for search engines, becuase traffic from search engines is the most important.
There are a lot of things you have to know, so I recommend you to read a lot of articles about SEO, site promotion, to visit forums and learn and learn. There is a lot of information in the Internet.
Good luck!
Cool cheers! I have been offered a little help of a friend, this being Fonzi (user name here) I’m currently a mod for one of his sites. Would you recommend I set up a site for one particular program? or a couple of different ones?
Also are there curently any new members of these forums who have just st up sites. if so how are you coming along?
Time to start swatting up then eh!!
Thanks
BenWhere do you start? With a good idea!
We become affiliates because we want to make money, but to be successful, you’ll have to think like a visitor to your site.
What does your site uniquely offer ie why should they come to you rather than one of the millions of other sites out there?
It’s true that it’s probably all been done before, but what you have to do is find a niche – something that only your site does and/or does it better than anyone else. Even if you’re just re-packaging old information, do it uniquely and you’ll attract visitors.
I’ve been doing this for about 4 months now. I’ve been attracting visitors for about 3 and getting clicks and downloads for 2. I’ve just received my first payment for a few hundred £s and it feels great! Not enough to retire yet, but a nice start.
My advice would be:
1. Research the market and find where there’s a gap.
2. Design a web site to exploit that gap. Spend a lot of time making it look good and read well. Ensure it offers exactly what your targeted visitors will want.
3. Sign up with the affiliate programs of the casinos that offer something to your visitors first, you second.
4. Optimise your site for the search engines. There’s loads of info out there. I started completely from scratch and am amazed how much I’ve been able to learn for free.
5. Promote your site to your target audience. There are ways to do this. Do your research!
6. Be patient. Expect to allow a year to 18 months for your site to rise to the top page of search engine results. Anything you get in the meantime is a bonus.In summary, think what you can offer the gaming community rather than how you can fleece them. It’s a sophisticated market these days, but there are still gaps. Find them!
Good luck and enjoy the journey.
I’d highly recommend you spend a significant amount of time reading about search engines and Search Engine Optimisation. Being a web-based business you are likely to find that the majority of your traffic, and thus your revenue, comes from the search engines. It’s therefore vital to understand how the search engines work and how to ensure your site is given the best possible chance by them.
As Fortune Palace said, you can expect that a newly registered domain will not rank for anything competitive for some months – this is known as the ‘sandbox’. So be prepared to wait for good revenue to come in, or look out for existing sites for sale that can help you overcome this time-delay (with the obvious downside that you can’t necessarily get exactly the name you want.)
Excellent advice Fortune Palace,
It is all about research and understanding your market audience, then using that knowledge to offer something unique and attractive which they will want to return to again and again.
Good luck finding your niche!
Research, research, research…
