Affiliate marketing is a great opportunity to provide for yourself and your family online. However, not every individual involved in affiliate marketing is going to be a great coder, marketer, promoter or expert in another field. However, there are a number of tools that can be used to help affiliate marketers take their business to the next level.
1. Wufoo (Form Design)
Wufoo is a product that allows affiliate marketers to design their own web forms. These forms can come in handy when you are selling a product or simply want to be able to make a contact form. The basic level of pricing allows 100 free entries a month. Anything above and beyond that requires a small additional fee based upon which plan you select. Pricing can range from free to $199.95 a month. The forms work on any platform that supports HTML.
2. Aweber (Email Marketing)
Aweber allows marketers to reach an email list for an amazingly low price per month. Unlike its competitors, Aweber is dependable to ensure that your links will be online and ready to be clicked when they are sent out to your subscribers. Other features include auto responder emails, list management and excellent customer service. Email marketingis going to be one of the fastest growing markets online over the next few years. Why not jump on board? Aweber has a basic plan that is offered at $19.95 and has many options that range up from there. It works on any platform that supports HTML coding.
3. WordPress (Content Management)
WordPress is a content management system or CMS that is used by millions of websites across the world. Millions of people are familiar with the easy to use tools and features that WordPress has to offer. However, you do not have to be someone who is easily amazed to be happy with WordPress. This CMS has the ability to easily switch themes, making it easy to split test or try to improve your CTR. Don’t forget that there are dozens of themes that are specially designed for affiliate marketers who are looking to make a profit. WordPress is easy to install and well worth a look for anyone who is in the Internet Marketing industry. WordPress is free and requires a server running Linux with PHP/MySql.
4. Comparipress (Price Comparison)
Want to prove to your visitors that you are offering the lowest price? Comparipress does just that. This price comparison plugin for WordPress pulls live price information from Amazon, Overstock, and many other retailers. Comparipress is $97 for a year of service and requires a WordPress installation.
5. WP Review Site (Product Reviews)
Review blogs have come under fire since the FTC began to rule that you must actually have a consumer try a product before they review it. However, WP Review Site helps marketers to build powerful blogs/websites based off of already existing reviews. Reviews are available on a wide range of different products and can make a huge difference between a low priced product purchased and a high commission purchase. Give WP Review Site a try today, the software requires a WordPress installation and costs $97.
6. Datafeedr (Datafeed Powered Stores)
Tired of spending all that time and effort to keep up your web store? Datafeedr takes care of all the work of up keep on a virtual storefront. This gives you more time to promote as well as to enjoy the profits of your labours. This plugin allows you to input a virtual store into your WordPress blog without having to touch any code. Anyone who wants to create an online store should really try to use Datafeedr at least to try the interface. Datafeedr requires WordPress and costs $27 a month for one website.
7. phpBay Pro (eBay Integration)
phpBay Pro is a great program for eBay affiliates that allows anyone to setup an online store and sell products listed on eBay. The product itself runs on any web server with PHP and costs $79, which is a very low barrier to entry considering the potential to earn with eBay’s affiliate program.
8. Basecamp (Project Management)
Basecamp allows teams to work together seamlessly over the Internet. Projects can be all over the place but still organised thanks to the unique tools that Basecamp provides. Basecamp does not require any hardware because it is run off of the servers that are owned by the company. Prices start from $49 a month for the most basic package.
9. Teamviewer (Screen Sharing)
Teamviewer is a virtual communication platform that allows you to work with people anywhere. The product costs $719 for a lifetime license for one users. However, the product is well worth it and anyone who works with people over long distances should highly consider it. No hardware other than a computer is required to use Teamviewer.
10. oDesk (Outsourcing)
oDesk is an online outsourcing website that helps businesses to find talented people from across the world to assist them with design, programming, content creation and more. Businesses are able to save thousands of dollars by assigning work to virtual employees who are a fraction of the cost of traditional employees. Best of all, these employees can be taught to do almost any task you find necessary. Don’t pass this opportunity up!
This guest article was written by James Adams from Cartridge Save, an online store based in Manchester that was ranked by Hitwise as the biggest online specialist in printer consumables and printer ink supplies in the UK.
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