I've looked at quite a few of your sites, and I have to say, they're beautiful. Not only that, all of you seem have put a lot of thought into your sites, and you have lots of good content.
However, "the big secret" everyone hints about in internet marketing that the "gurus" do, is build a list. Many of these marketers who have been around for a long time have huge lists. They get a new product, they send an email, they make money. That's their marketing plan, and they make enough doing it that they really don't have to do any other marketing.
Now I got off a lot of those lists a long time ago. The reason is that I've bought plenty of their products, and after awhile, I found out that about the only thing I was doing was spending a lot of money. I've bought some great ebooks. I've bought a lot of garbage, and some of the best ebooks I've read were free.
(I also have a library card, and I read extensively from the library system here in Atlanta, where I live.)
As an affiilate marketer, the most important question you need to ask yourself before you buy anything is this: "Will this product help me reach my goals?"
If you don't have goals for your SS sites, you better get some so you don't fail. You want to make money.
Your goal could be to earn $1 a page per month. Or $100 a month for each SS you have. Something like that. Although you want to continue to build, you want to automate too.
Set your goals.
Anyway, back to list building and affiliate marketing.
You have a unique opportunity here to express yourself with your sites. You have a lot to talk about. Now all you need is subscribers/readers. Then you can turn them into buyers. You can do this by building a list with your target audience and then building a relationship. This will increase the conversion of your website.
The best ebook I've have read on affiliate marketing, that's free, is Ewen Chia's Affiliate Money Machine (this ebook is even better than the upsell, Secret Affiliate Weapon).
Ewen teaches you how to build lists. Although you do simple lead capture pages in his course, you don't even have to do that. What you can do is add a subscription box to your site. Build your list. Give your readers a freebie. Reel them in.
This package also includes videos on website building and building traffic to your business. It's the most complete course of its kind, and it's free. You don't have to sign up for anything. Just download it, read it, watch the videos, apply what you learn.
You can get it here:
Affiliate Money Machine(This package is in zip format. If you don't have a zip manager, you can get one free, here:
ICEOWS).
This package will give you a solid affiliate marketing education. Stay tuned. I'll be adding more, and if you have questions, post them.
Jinger
