{"id":314,"date":"2021-10-01T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stephenfbrown.com\/?p=314"},"modified":"2021-10-01T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T13:00:00","slug":"niche-affiliate-marketing-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/01\/niche-affiliate-marketing-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"Niche Affiliate Marketing Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Getting Started The Right Way In Niche Affiliate Marketing<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Niche affiliate marketing can be a great way to start working from home, but only if you choose a niche that suits your passions. Working in any niche can be more challenging when you don\u2019t like what you\u2019re doing. But when you love what you\u2019re doing, you wake up in the mornings with the energy and the enthusiasm to get to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take a few minutes and consider which niches might fit with your passions. If you\u2019re not sure what your passions are, imagine you have a whole day to yourself. What do you spend it doing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/stephenfbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/e-business-4148211_1280-1-1024x760.jpg\" alt=\"niche affiliate marketing\" class=\"wp-image-633 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenfbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/e-business-4148211_1280-1-1024x760.jpg\" alt=\"niche affiliate marketing\" class=\"wp-image-633 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/e-business-4148211_1280-1-1024x760.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/e-business-4148211_1280-1-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/e-business-4148211_1280-1-768x570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/e-business-4148211_1280-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Would you spend it perfecting new recipes? Exploring your city? Writing movie reviews? If you\u2019re still having trouble, look at your existing hobbies. What do you enjoy doing in your spare time? What do you spend your money on?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking a moment to consider what you love doing will help you decide which niche is the best fit for you. Or maybe you recently discovered niche you\u2019re passionate about. What do you do then?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Begin reading and researching. Fully immerse yourself in your chosen niche. Sign up for every email list that you can. It pays off in big ways to know the current issues and events in your niche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spend time browsing websites &#8211; both of experts and amateurs alike. Blogs are a great way to learn about what\u2019s happening in the niche industry you plan to use for your business. Search blog directories for your category by going to a search engine and typing in \u201cblog directories.\u201d Then choose a blog directory and browse it by category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By now, you probably have a list of potential niches just waiting for you to tap into. If so, it\u2019s time to trim that list. Par it down to your top three. These three should be your main choices &#8211; the niches you have the most interest in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t just go by income level (although you should consider that, too). Just remember when your niche interests you, it shows to your customers and when you\u2019re only in it for the profit you can make, that shows too. Choose a niche that you can earn an income in and gain personal satisfaction from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you know which niche is right for you, take a minute and ask yourself, \u201cWhat\u2019s not being covered? Which audiences are being ignored? Who are the rising stars on the horizon and how will they change the niche?\u201d Since you already have an interest in these niches, you\u2019ll be better at gaining consumers that other entrepreneurs are missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">After Nailing Down a Niche You Need to Tackle Keywords<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After you\u2019ve picked your niche, you need to do some keyword research in order to get the word out about your site. Many beginning entrepreneurs make the mistake of choosing their niche and then launching a website shortly after that with no thought to keyword research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But entrepreneurs that grasp the benefits of well-chosen keywords take the time to research because they understand the relationship between traffic and keywords. Proper keyword research will allow you to know which words get your target audience\u2019s attention because those are the words they use themselves in a search engine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keyword research will position your website or blog at the top of search engine results so that your site receives plenty of traffic. When you\u2019re targeting keywords, even subtle things like the plural form of a word make a difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/stephenfbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/e-commerce-1606962_1280-1-1024x728.png\" alt=\"niche affiliate marketing\" class=\"wp-image-634 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenfbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/e-commerce-1606962_1280-1-1024x728.png\" alt=\"niche affiliate marketing\" class=\"wp-image-634 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/e-commerce-1606962_1280-1-1024x728.png 1024w, https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/e-commerce-1606962_1280-1-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/e-commerce-1606962_1280-1-768x546.png 768w, https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/e-commerce-1606962_1280-1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance if your niche is pet training then it\u2019s important to know that the word \u2018dog\u2019 receives forty five million searches a month while the word \u2018dogs\u2019 receives only sixteen million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your goal is to select keywords that will garner you the most searches per words. What you\u2019re looking for is something with little competition but a lot of searches. You can shell out money to pay for fancy keyword tools like Market Samurai to help you in your quest, but there are free alternative tools like Google Adwords Keyword Tool where you still get the information you need to get the traffic you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using the wrong keywords means you\u2019re missing out on important traffic and missing out on the sales you could be making. You can use the wrong keywords and bring people to your site, but it\u2019ll be those people who are not interested in what you\u2019re selling. You want your keywords to be relevant to your audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you build your site, you also want to make sure that you not only use keywords in your paragraphs, but you also want to make sure that you use keywords in your titles. When you pick a name for your website, select one with a keyword or keywords in the URL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember the better you use SEO on your site, the higher it will rank when search engines display the results. One of the mistakes entrepreneurs make is naming their pages incorrectly in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be specific. Don\u2019t have an \u2018About\u2019 page. Going back to the earlier example about pet training, have an \u2018About Pet Training\u2019 page. When you put up a contact page or box, use a keyword phrase there as well. Such as, \u201cContact me for more information on pet training.\u201d This nets you additional keywords.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting Started The Right Way In Niche Affiliate Marketing Niche affiliate marketing can be a great way to start working from home, but only if you choose a niche that suits your passions. Working in any niche can be more challenging when you don\u2019t like what you\u2019re doing. 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