SEO – Why You Need It

Search Engine Optimization or SEO as it is popularly known as, is not something new nowadays.

Basically, if you want your online business to be successful, it's a good idea to optimize your site on a regular basis to make sure it's got a good position in the Web's top search engines.

Now, what in the world is this SEO?

Thankfully, most of us here, know what it is, but for those who came in late… SEO stands for search-engine-optimization. Now in technical terminology, search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via "natural" ("organic" or "algorithmic") search results. (Thanks wiki !)

Why You Need Affiliate Programs

Affiliate Programs, they say are the ideal way to promote your website, besides making money online.

You see headlines running like "make money with affiliate-programs" and how to work from home and make extra money online with affiliate-marketing etc. Now the question is whether you can really make money with them ; If so, which affiliate programs are the best to join, and what are the effective marketing methods to promote them?

ClickBank affiliate conversions

It is widely known that ClickBank is the best affiliate network for beginners.

Let’s assume, you chose two ebooks from the same ClickBank category to promote on your blog. The first ebook is rated at the top of the category and the second ebook at the bottom.

Imagine that you refer 200 visitors from your blog to the first ebook and 200 visitors to the second ebook. The first ebook has a sale page with a very good conversion rate of 1:25, and eight sales were made. The sale page for the second ebook has a much lower conversion rate of 1:200, and you made only one sale!