Uber Affiliate Marketing Guide

last updated 7/9/2013

Welcome to the epiphany in your affiliate marketing career. What I’m going to present here is a constantly updating mega affiliate marketing guide. It will be article links from blogs and forum posts. You will find everything you need to get you started with affiliate marketing, which means never again will you PAY FOR ANY AFFILIATE MARKETING INFORMATION. There’s too much quality free stuff out there for you to waste time and money buying something else. I’ve sifted through blogs to find the top informational posts that covers most topics of affiliate marketing. If you read every article in this guide and still go out and buy an affiliate marketing eBook without putting what you just learned to good use, you’re stupid. These articles will give you a very solid background into affiliate marketing and all the different techniques you can use. All you have to do is go out there and test what you learned. Keep what’s converting, and drop what isn’t. As I’m completely positive I haven’t covered every good article out there, make sure to contact me and hit me up with some links to add.
 

My CPA Networks and Tools

I’m just going to list out the affiliate networks I use, as well as the tools (paid and unpaid) I use when starting up a campaign. I recommend signing up for every affiliate network out there (even the ones I don’t mention), as each network has different offers with different payouts. You can be doing sweet on a niche, sign up with another network, and find out that they have a higher converting offer that pays out more. None of the paid tools are necessary, but each of them has their own special use to me and that’s why I use them.

I also stay up-to-date on affiliate industry blogs using AffPosts.com, so check that out for recent news.

My Networks

PeerFly
Neverblue
Integrate
MundoMedia

 

Keyword Research Tools

Keyword Discovery
WordTracker
Google Adwords Keyword Suggestion
SEO Book Keyword Tool
 

Tracking Tools

Prosper202 Self-Hosted Tracking
 

Other Tools

Facebook Ads Manager
Plenty of Fish Ads Uploader
Keyword Companion
 

Complete N00bies

If you just heard from the grapevine that affiliate marketing is cool, but have no idea what it is, here are some background articles for you to gobble up.

Affmen Free Affiliate Marketing Course
What is Affiliate Marketing?
Affiliate Marketing FAQ
Nickycakes Newbie Guide
Affiliate Marketing – Wikipedia
8 Beginner Questions and Answers
 

General Guides

Some general all around guides on affiliate marketing, and getting an affiliate campaign up and profiting as fast as possible. Good overall reads.

Free Affiliate Marketing Guide
Launching a Campaign From 0 to Profitibility
Launching a Campaign From 0 to Profitibility – Part II
The Super Affiliate’s Guide to PPC Marketing
 

Choosing a Niche

Thoughts on ways to select a niche that will be profitable for you.

Hot Affiliate Niches in 2013
How to Research Affiliate Niches
Researching Affiliate Niches in 2012
Picking a Niche is Everything in Affiliate Marketing
 

Strategy

Different affiliate marketing strategies and things to think about.

How to Build a Profitable Campaign on a Limited Budget
Landing Page or Redirect?
Diversification or Domination?
What PPC Engine to Start With
Affiliate Marketing On A Low Budget
 

Landing Pages

What the user sees after they click on your ad. The landing page game is changing now, read up and get ahead of the crowd.

Setting Up Your First Landing Page
Types of Landing Pages
Landing Pages And The Urgency Of Time
Mad lib form style testing results
Creating an Adwords-Ready Landing Page
Landing Page Quality Score
Cloaking Affiliate Links
Landing Page Keys to Success
 

Design/Photoshop

What the user sees after they click on your ad. The landing page game is changing now, read up and get ahead of the crowd.

Photoshop Guide For Affiliates
 

Keyword Research

Researching keywords is something most people complain about, hopefully you’ll get some good tips and shut your yap.

Uber Keyword Research
Keyword Research Secrets
 

Tracking

Any good affiliate will tell you: track, track, and track. Testing and tracking are so important if you want to really take your campaigns to the next level.

Landing Page Rotation Script
Keyword Tracking with Encryption
Split Testing Affiliate URLs
 

Writing Ads

How to write compelling ads that users want to click on.

Writing Your First Ads
Creating PPC Ads That Stand Out From the Crowd
 

Click-Through Rate (CTR)

Getting that CTR up in your ads.

6 Seductive CTR Tips
Tuesday Tips – Improving Landing Page CTR
 

Conversion Rates

Getting the user to convert once they make it to the landing page.

How to Split Test Your Landing Pages
11 Ways to Improve Landing Pages
How To Build Landing Pages That Convert
 

CPC/CPM Advertising

How to advertise smart in search engines and on web/social sites.

The 1 Penny Tip
How Super Affiliate Set Their Bids
How to Increase CTR of Your Facebook Ads
 

PPV Advertising

Those annoying popunders you get when browsing your favorite sites. Yeah…that could be you.

TrafficVance – Demographics & Tips
PPV Network Reviews
A Simple Way to Split Test PPV Landing Pages Without a Rotator
3 Ways to Increase Your PPV Landing Page CTR
Laser Targeting Your PPV Campaigns
 

Media Buying

Ready to play with the big boys?

Tips on Media Buying

 

Google Adwords

So annoying that it gets it’s own category.

Getting Cheap Traffic on Adwords
Optimizing Google Content Campaigns
Google content network basic strategy
Conquering The Google Content Network
10 Adwords Mistakes
14 Adwords Tips for Beginners
49 Tips on Adwords
 

Traffic Guides

Guides written about utilizing specific traffic sources.

The Beginners Guide To Advertising On Facebook
Plenty of Fish. Plenty of Money.
 

PHP Codes/Tools

Write your own tools instead of paying for a programmer.

Free Geo IP Javascript To Increase Conversions On Your Campaigns
Monetizing International Traffic
 

Tricks

Misc. tricks that may give a small boost to some of your campaigns.

Increase Landing Page Relevance with Domain Aliasing
 

Advanced Tactics

Once you’re a beast at your niche, some super affiliate tactics.

Becoming An Advertiser : Part 1 (Overview)
How To Scale A Campaign
 

Case Studies

My favorite way to learn is by reading other people’s experiences and experiments that they post to the public.

CS1.1 – Pay Per Click Case Study Part 1
CS1.2 – Pay Per Click Case Study Part 2 – Keyword Research
CS1.3 – Pay Per Click Case Study Part 3 – Landing Pages and Tracking
CS1.4 – PPC Case Study Part 4 – Advice, Tips and Campaign Structure
CS1.5 – PPC Case Study Part 5 – Campaign Update and a Top Secret Tool
CS1.6 – Pay Per Click Case Study Part 6 – Stats Recap and Going Forward
How I Generated $1,700,000 in Auto Sales Despite a Weak Economy
Plenty of Fish Case Study – CPM Bid Effects – Results
How I made $7,144.00 using TrafficVance.
$10k PPC Experiment
$10k PPC Experiment Part II
Facebook Experiment
Case Study : Diet Pills – How I Ran It
Pay Per Click Network Challenge

 

Information-Packed Forum Threads

Threads that are packed with good conversation about affiliate marketing. You may find one or two gems.

NEW Facebook Ads
Plentyoffish Self Serve Advertising.
UKoffer Question Thread
 

Super Affiliate Mindsets


37 Comments

  1. October 1, 2007

    I have no idea how I came across your blog and who you are but your blog is fast becoming my favorite read. Excellent advice and a great post, thanks a million for spending the time to write it up mate.

    All the best,
    Keith

  2. October 1, 2007

    Impressive list.

    I am going to post this one for sure…

    Thanks!

  3. October 1, 2007

    Hey, thanks for adding links to some of my articles! Your blog is great, I’ve been subscribed ever since I read your post on Shoemoney.com

  4. October 1, 2007

    Awesome list of resources! It’s really true, if you do your research you can find a TON of great free info on how to do affiliate marketing.

  5. Mattman
    October 1, 2007

    Great list, I am going to bookmark this one! Thanks

  6. October 1, 2007

    Likewise, I have no idea how this got in my feedreader, but great list. Diorex is a great blog, and he started posting again as well. Look forward to reading more of your work in the future.

  7. October 1, 2007

    Great blog post. Going to be a good reference!

  8. October 2, 2007

    Excellent stuff,
    Only link I’d question is Wordtracker paid as I find their keyword search volume reports can be way off. Spyfu.com imho completes the Keyword Research list.

    Kieran

  9. October 2, 2007

    for the keyword lists I would say KeywordSpy is the best, but wordze should be in there too.

    http://www.keywordspy.com/
    http://www.wordze.com/

    Nice list though, a lot of stuff to sift through that’s for sure.
    Keep it up SUP3RNOVA

  10. Darren
    October 2, 2007

    Great stuff…I love that you are giving away alot of the same info that other IM are charging for..

    Your blog has become my favorite discovery of the year.

    Looking forward to yoir future posts..

    Cheers,
    Darren

  11. October 2, 2007

    Great list of resources. I wish I’d had these when I started!

    Stumbled, Dugg, and subscribed. Keep up the awesome work. =D

    -OOE

  12. October 2, 2007

    Ok. Time to start reading. There is a lot of reading to do to get through all of it.

  13. October 3, 2007

    This is the post I’ve been waiting for Paul. This ought to keep me busy for the next several days.

    Cheers.

  14. October 4, 2007

    Two quick questions. I am trying to sign up for an affiliate. What do most people do, enter an SS# or get a tax ID? Also the site I plan to advertise on is like what you had done on facebook, what do I enter for my “website URL/Traffic/Etc…”? I am very new to this.

    I want to turn $80 into $200 if possible… Then see how far this can go.

  15. October 4, 2007

    Unless you’re running it under a corporation, just use your SSN.

    For your website, just put “affiliate landing pages”.

  16. October 5, 2007

    Hey Nova, if we ever get to go snowboarding together, i’ll buy you a lift ticket for putting together this list. That is a super cool move. – OFF TOPIC QUESTION – What is your favorite place to ride?

    Now i’m off to read all these articles…

    ~rideswitch

  17. October 5, 2007

    I just board around where I live in Southern NY.

  18. October 5, 2007

    Ever been to Hunter Mtn? I drove up there once b/c they open the earliest in the season w/in driving distance of me in Central PA, Lancaster County. For some reason I thought you were in the midwest. I’m going to Rochester NY to the Higher Education Web Developer Conference in Mid Oct. I know it’s not Affiliate Marketing but it’s what i’m into to pay the bills for my family while I work at Elizabethtown College and build my Affiliate Business.

  19. October 7, 2007

    Hey Paul,
    your link to the free wordtracker keyword tool is incorrect, it is freekeywords.wordtracker.com now

  20. October 8, 2007

    Hey great information. i just subscribed to your blog. i’m a struggling affiliate. hope to turn that around. thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.

  21. October 8, 2007

    This is a great list! Do you think you’ll be publishing a guide that’s more kinda ‘step by step’ or is there an assumption that people already know some of the basics?

  22. October 8, 2007

    SUP3RNOVA, i know you from digitalpoint forums. You’re a helpful guy. I have a question. Hopefully other can benefit for it as well.

    As an affiliate do you encourage newbies to test water with ppc promoting clickbank products or promoting lead (zip, email and name) offers from networks like copeac and CPA Empire. I have seen zip and email offer on both networks with payout of $1-$5. Which network do you recommend?

    I have had okay experience with promoting clickbank products. However, the conversion rate is really low. I have never tested promoting small zip and email offers. I imagine, the conversion rate is probably really high with these? What’s yout experience is been like with these offers?

    Please share.

  23. Tolits
    October 8, 2007

    Yes, I agree to Daniel saying “for the keyword lists I would say KeywordSpy is the best, but wordze should be in there too.”

    I used keywordspy too and it gives me an opportunity to immediately track down competitors and gather keywords for the promotional campaign of my online business.

    KeywordSpy is keyword research technology where you can also earn and even surpass what your competitors are making with Google Adwords and Overture. KeywordSpy gives you the key to their success: a good ad-campaign with the right keywords.

  24. October 10, 2007

    This guide is awesome. I’ve been wanting to crack the lead/landing page game, and found some incredibly useful info.

    I also linked you off of my website.. You got yourself another loyal reader!

    Thanks!
    hanji

  25. October 17, 2007

    Hi,

    I have be in few affiliate network but due to incentive traffic and cause my account suspended. I am not sure what kind of traffic is allowed. Not even allowed to drive traffic from forum. Hope some one can give some guide. I will also do my best to read the recommended article at here. Thanks

  26. October 19, 2007

    Thanks Paul for the link ;)

  27. October 19, 2007

    No prob :).

  28. November 9, 2007

    Bookmarked…..now I just need some time to read it :P

  29. November 21, 2007

    Splendid. This is a great list of advice. I am very keen in affiliate marketing but pretty slow in the progress. Had subscribe to your RSS and you had been a great help.

  30. November 27, 2007

    I guess this beats asking you questions on IM or email like

    how to make tons of cash?
    how to start making money?
    how to advertise…

    blablabla

    Nice stuff.. subscribed to your feed.. this is gold

  31. December 31, 2007

    can’t seem to read the article

    White Websites Convert

    I am sent to a wordpress login
    I logged in now I’m redirected
    to my landing page…

    was the article interesting???

  32. Michel Zieleman
    January 1, 2008

    Adminx,

    If you refer to Diorex blog, it’s offline for a while now!

    You still able to read his great posts by using:

    http://www.archive.org/web/web.php

    Just copy the url mentioned here and pasted it at Archive.org!

    HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

    Michel

  33. Emer
    January 2, 2008

    Hello UberAffiliate,

    Great blog! Please keep’em coming and expanding.
    BTW, your link for Hydra is not working? (I got your nice 404 message) ;-)

  34. January 16, 2008

    Thanks again man, you’re an inspiration to us all.

  35. Hi there, I know you don’t need my traffic sent your way, but this is just about the best guide I’ve seen on the topic and I’m including it (and your blog) in this week’s Sunday Seven, so stop by if you like!

  36. This is a really great list of resourceful links. I have always wanted to delve deeper into affiliate marketing, I think if done right, it is highly profitable. Now I know where to come for all my affiliate marketing information.

    Thanks for the great article!
    Kind Regards,
    Teen Blogger Fabien

  37. paul
    January 20, 2008

    This is a great guide, but it all seems to be about PPC marketing and google adwords. Do you have any guides on other affiliate marketing strategies like bum marketing? Or ways to make money with very little to no investment just to get some start up capital?

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