| Through the years as an affiliate marketer I've come | | | | products and services than you will ever be able to |
| to use and rely on a few websites and tools that | | | | get around to promoting. |
| help me greatly in my online marketing efforts. Read | | | | No. 5 - Either one of the free email services offered |
| on as I list and briefly touch on the ones I absolutely | | | | by Yahoo, or the big G's service Gmail. There are |
| would not want to be without. | | | | hundreds of free email services available, however if |
| Note that some of these tools are free to use and | | | | you insist on using a free email service I like the |
| some come at a monetary cost, but ALL have | | | | immediate name recognition of these two. |
| proven themselves to me to be very effective and | | | | No. 6 - I have to put The Super Affiliate Handbook |
| have helped significantly in my quest to generate | | | | on any list of tools that I create because it has been |
| affiliate income. | | | | for me as it's title implies, my super affiliate |
| My criteria for these selections are very simple. The | | | | handbook. |
| tools you'll see listed below either save me | | | | No. 7 - Web hosting service from Hostgator. Even if |
| measurable time, or directly impact my ability to | | | | you haven't already done so at some point you're |
| generate revenue. | | | | going to want to put a website or two, (or 200). I've |
| So here it is my Top 10 Affiliate Program Marketing | | | | dealt with a couple dozen hosting companies over |
| Tools: | | | | the years and I have to say Hostgator is the most |
| The first tool I would not want to be without is the | | | | hassle free outfit I've found. |
| keyword research tool Keyword Elite. It is considered | | | | No. 8 - Speaking of putting up websites, you're also |
| by many to be the gold standard when it comes to | | | | going to want to pick up a pocketful of domain |
| keyword research tools. | | | | names as you grow and there is no better domain |
| No. 2 - The website statistics service from Google | | | | name registrar than No. 9 - For learning the affiliate |
| known as Google Analytics, an enterprise level | | | | marketing ropes you'll definitely want to get familiar |
| statistics service offered completely free of charge. | | | | with the forum at AssociatePrograms.com, It is quite |
| No. 3 - For a site building application I just don't think | | | | simply one of the best free forums on the internet. |
| you can beat WordPress. With an ever increasing | | | | No. 10 may be one that's for the slightly advanced |
| pool of freely available themes and plugins WordPress | | | | affiliate marketer but RSS to Blog certainly belongs |
| is a ridiculously flexible application. | | | | on my top 10 list of tools. This little gem has literally |
| No. 4 is a combination of the affiliate program | | | | saved me weeks in terms of time. It's pricey but it's |
| directories Commission Junction and ClickBank. | | | | really well worth it. |
| Anyone who joins these two directories will find you | | | | So there you have it, my top 10 affiliate program |
| have at your fingertips more high quality goods, | | | | marketing tools. |