From Affiliate Marketing to Direct Lead Generation

Search engine marketing for affiliate marketing is almost dead since google mad the changes to their rules a while back to no longer allow affiliate links in pay per click advertising. Now they are even making it harder by not allowing landing pages with affiliate links built in. The way they used to.

One way I am overcoming this is by creating properties with lead forms on the landing page and ping posting leads in that fashion. Not only does this bypass and comply with googles rules it also allows your properties to become a search engine marketing total control dominator using both pay per click and search engine optimization.

Direct lead sales are actually more profitable than referral traffic to affiliate landing pages and adsense clicks. It only makes sense to do it this way rather than affiliate programs. That does not mean I do not have other properties that still do not use the traditional old method of referral traffic. One of my best convertiong pages is actually on squidoo and goes after buy here pay here car lot searchers.

Getting out of Mainstream Niches

One of the most often overlooked niches by affiliate marketers is the B2B niche.  I am not starting to launch some campaigns that will run to target business to business sector most notably small local businesses.

With the economy is as bad shapes as it is in now it is the time to capitalize on these on these markets to help them expand their reach.  I have been researching some affiliate networks that will help accomplish this goal while at the same time be affordable enough for it to be a minor investment for them and achieve ROI at the same time.

It will be fun to see if I can pull this off and make it profitable both for me and the businesses that choose to engage these products and services.

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