CAM Blog Podcast: Jim Kukral on getting started with blogs
Jul 15, 2008 Get started as an affiliate
Today, I was joined by top blogger Jim Kukral of JimKukral.com and Online VideoToolkit.com in response to a number of emails I have received lately from people interested in getting started as affiliates and wondering what web site design solution to use.
Jim and I both advocate blogging using either a self hosted WordPress solution or worst case, free blogs from WordPress.com or Blogger.com. We recommend this path for a couple of reasons. First, because it doesn’t take a lot of technical skill to blog - a novice can effectively be up and writing with a blog in a matter of minutes. Even a really nicely customized and branded blog can be set up in a matter of hours with some investment in header design and some time invested on a site like WebLogToolsCollection.com. More importantly, we feel that blogging is ideal because the way blogs are laid out is search engine friendly. If you write compelling content on an area you know about or research and become an expert in, and can write a good blog title, natural search rankings will most likely follow and quickly in comparision to a traditional website.
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How to get started in affiliate marketing - a popular question
Jul 10, 2008 Get started as an affiliate
I have been getting a TON of emails lately from people who are just getting started or want to get started in affiliate marketing and they are all asking the same questions.
How can I get started?
What free or cheap website builder should I use to build my site?
How can I get traffic?
How do I promote affiliate offers?
What offers should I promote?
The need is obviously there to attack these questions. So - we’ll do this. Next Monday, I am going to interview my good friend Jim Kukral of JimKukral.com and OnlineVideoToolKit.com on blogging and why we feel that “websites are dead.” from an affiliate perspective - especially as a beginner and a sole proprietor.
I’ll also look to line up some more folks who can speak to topics like using Squidoo to market affiliate offers, using social networking to get traffic, building email lists to market to, etc.
God Bless,
Wade Tonkin
Tags: affiliate newbie, getting started in affiliate marketing, how do I blog?, new affiliates, new to affiliate marketing
