Starting Your First Website, The Idea

Now that we know about the various types of Affiliate Marketing we need to figure out the best way to implement each type. Doing this depends on the type of product, service or site that you want to create.

Usually the best way to get started is to create a website about something that you love or enjoy. The advantages of undertaking this first project can teach you the basics before you jump feet first into serious, product focused, Affiliate Marketing.

So, let’s say that you’re crazy about surfing in a particular spot on the Southern Coast of Australia. Why not create a nice informative site about the spot, with related information. Or maybe you enjoy Beach Volleyball, make a small site about that…

But how can doing something like this help me?

Jumping in at the deep end can be VERY frustrating. If you know nothing about how the internet works, how website promotion works & how affiliate marketing works it’s unlikely that you will be able to create a website that can compete with the hundreds of other competitors out there.

This was definitely one of the first mistakes I made. I tried to create an ecommerce site & failed miserably getting little or no traffic everyday. It made me want to quit the internet altogether. So I said, ok I’ll create a site about something that I love. That way, I’ll put more passion into the site, there will probably be less competition & It’ll help me get a feel for things.

I aim on this blog to try & give you as much of this information as I can, but at the same time much of the information is a journey of self discovery & experimentation, much like writing this is too.

So, it worked. I created a small site about a hobby I’m interested in. It ranked quickly in Google & I started getting some traffic. Much more traffic than I was getting trying to put together my Ecommerce Site. This was encouraging, it made me think: “Hey, you don’t NEED to write about mainstream stuff to get visitors & make money, the money is in the Niche markets.”

1. You’re creating a site with little competition, you’ll find it easier to rank in the search engines therefore it’ll teach you the basics of how search engines work & treat your site.
2. Once you start getting visitors you can learn how they find your site, what they’re looking for & how to analyze the data.
3. You can also learn to monetize the website by advertising services & using Affiliate Marketing on it.
4. You can experiment with placement of Advertising.
5. You can do research on Affiliate Marketing, product Research & Competitor Research.

The main beauty is that you know your subject. But at the same time it can help you learn all the little things that you need to know about getting your site off the ground.