Hi guys,

Following on from my last blog post about Web 2.0 secrets, today I'm going to show you another one of my favorite ways of increasing your affiliate marketing income. I like to call this strategy "piggybacking" - basically, it involves helping yourself to the hard-earned traffic of other webmasters and affiliate marketers. This might sound malicious and wrong, but this method is mutually beneficial for everyone involved.

This isn't going to be a long blog post. Instead, let's get...

There have been a lot of changes on how Google ranks pages over time. Judging from the algorithmic updates that they have continuously implemented the past several months (from Panda, Freshness, Parton and to the recent Search plus your World), it is clear that the task of being more visible in this area of marketing is getting more challenging than ever, particularly for smaller websites, like affiliate sites.  

Given that search engines are now more adept in identifying weak and irrelevant...

If you browse the big Internet Marketing forums like Warrior Forum or Digital Point, there is one question that always pops up: 

“Is article marketing dead?”

Those of us who have been involved with affiliate and Internet marketing for a while probably remember the “glory days” of article marketing. Around 2007/2008, you could make massive profits with just an Ezinearticles account, and a simple landing page or URL redirect to an affiliate offer. 

This approach, immortalized in Travis Sargo’s...

Getting traffic to your website is only half the battle with affiliate marketing. You also need to have a healthy conversion rate if you want to maximize your profits.

Think about this little math problem:

You have a website that receives 100 visitors a day. Of those visitors, 5 buy your offer.

I have a website that receives 1000 visitors a day. Of those visitors, 15 buy my offer.

Who has the higher conversion rate?

You do! Your conversion rate is 5%, whereas mine is only 1.5%. Even...

The Internet gives people the freedom to find what they want, and communicate with others all across the world. When running your online marketing campaigns, do not forget the power that people have! Not only are they your customers, but they can also be a source of fresh ideas, content, and advertising to help spread the word.

Here are five social marketing strategies you can use, all of which rely on people power: 

1. Get content ideas from blogs comments and forums

Are you ever stuck for...