To many people, affiliate marketing is the perfect way to earn a living. No customer service. No merchant accounts. No dealing with products. You are simply moving people from one place to another. Simply directing people who are looking to buy something to somewhere they can buy it – and earning a commission as a thank you.
Equally WordPress is now one of the single most popular ways to run a website whether that site happens to be a blog or a static content site. The range of plugins and themes means that WordPress can now do just about anything and even better WordPress sites tend to rank very well in the search engines. The combination of ease of use, zero charger to use the software and the way WordPress sites attract so many visitors makes it the perfect tool for affiliate marketers.
The basic concept of WordPress affiliate marketing is as follows. You create a website based around a specific niche or keyword phrase. Once you have chosen your niche the next job is to create content around that theme. Luckily adding content to WordPress sites is incredibly simple.
By having plenty of articles on your site this gives the search engines – Google, Bing and Yahoo – plenty to discover on your site. And the more articles you have, the more potential traffic you have coming your way.
Visitors arrive at your website having found it in the search engines and you then using a variety of techniques you try to convince them to buy something. When they do you get your commission.
WordPress is easy enough to get started with – as well as being free. The real skill when it comes to WordPress affiliate marketing is figuring out how to attract enough visitors to make a healthy profit, and how to turn those visitors into buyers.
