You know, running an Affiliate Marketing Business can be a bit like conducting an ocean liner.
On an ocean liner you need help to keep things running correctly, as Captain of the cruise liner you cannot serve the refreshments, work the bars, operate the engines, pilot etc etc.
You hire a crew to get help on a ship.
In Affiliate Marketing, you get help by outsourcing.
Just as a cruise liner necessitates a pilot to get the ship out of the harbour and tugs to assist her to start moving, so your affiliate business necessitates to find somebody to offer tips to steer you through the muddy waters of "get rich quick" schemes and hints and tips to get you directed in the right direction to get your business moving.
The similarities do not end there though. A cruise liner, just like your internet business, takes time to get up to full stride. It will gain speed slowly, moving quicker as it gains momentum.
Throughout the period that it is leaving port, the captain of the cruise liner gives over control of his ship to the pilot and can therefore turn his hand to extra things that require to be watched as the ship leaves port. But as soon the pilot has got the ship underway, he heads off to help someone else.
Your affiliate business is the same. In the primary stages you will get help from a mentor or advisor on how to proceed and they will command the direction.
Notwithstanding, once you are on your way, they may aptly move on to the following person requiring help and you will require to begin taking hold of everything that is happening round you.
Once this force begins to increase, you will probably do what every other individual does. It is human nature. That is, do the things you savour doing and leave the things you do not. So let me ask you now, what percentage of affiliate marketing are you NOT doing because you don't enjoy it?
Writing Content, Writing articles and building backlinks are merely a few of the areas that get forgotten, specially as time gets more valued.
A lot of of you will be balancing a full-time occupation with trying to get the business started and after sleep; attempting to schedule the work to be completed is really difficult.
Look, it truthfully doesn't matter which area you are letting go, they will all hurt you if they are not done and there are individuals out there who can take on a selection of of the work for you for a lot less than you think it will cost.
It is named outsourcing and just like the captain of the cruise liner, it will establish you a 'crew' to help keep the ship mobile.
Now there is of course a remarkably good explanation for doing all the work yourself in the early stages and learning what is necessary for success. Simply stated, if you do not recognise how to do the job on your own, how can you initially tell somebody else what you require and secondly, understand they have accomplished good work for you when they have finished.
Let us assume for the moment that we are looking for help with writing content for your web pages. The further sites that you start up, the more content you necessitate and the less time you will holdto write it. If the content becomes careless you will not earn money with it so outsourcing is an superior option.
Notwithstanding, before you start to outsource, you want to plot carefully to get the better results. In order to get good outsourcing, follow these tips.
1.When looking to outsource work, make certain that you ask for samples of the work that the prospective employee has done to ensure that they at least look to possess the qualities you are looking for.
2.Many of the agencies that you employ to outsource will have a 'feedback' rating on the applicants. Check out the people that are applying to do your work. When checking your applicant, if the result is not good, reject them.
3.Provide clear and specific instructions on what you require.
4.stipulate very clearly that you want original content, not anything that has been plagiarized or even just copied and pasted from the internet and will consequently be duplicate copy*
5.Request a definite time-frame for completion of the work.
6.Remember that the cheapest bid may not always be the best one.
7.Tell the worker that you want good grammar, spelling and sentence construction for the language you require the article written in, but personally I would engage care of Keyword optimization myself.
8.If you possess a little bit of time on your hands, you might be capable to further cut the cost of the project by taking charge for checking the articles and realising that you may have to re-write them in parts. Nevertheless you could then employ writers that have only mediocre language abilities. This can work to hold costs down but honestly, I figure if you possess time to rewrite the article you likely had time to write it yourself in the first place.
9. Let your writer know what you think of the article. If they are not up to standard, tell them why and maybe they will improve for you. If they are really effective, tell them so, they will appreciate the kind words and will work harder.
10. Look after a good writer. A good writer is really hard to come by.
*You should observe for this stage that there are websites like http://www.copyscape.com/ where you may ascertain the originality of your copy versus what is already on the web.
Where do you find outsourcing
There are a variety of agencies on the network that can serve you here. I would suggest you look at the following sites.
-Elance
-Vworker
-Odesk
-Craigslist
Craiglist also have sites like Craigslist Manila and will assist you to acquire workers from areas equivalent to the Philippines.
To give you some approximation of the sort of material you will ought to provide, a job on Elance will appear something like this:
10 Articles About Ovarian Cysts
Job Description Client: (11 projects posted, 6 Awarded)
Credit Card confirmed
Provider can contact client More info Client Location:
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Budget:Less than $500
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Proposals Received: 43 Proposals (Average Bid: Sealed)
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Posted:06/28/2010 03:26 EST
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Proposals Accepted Until: 6 h, 13 m+ (Ends: 07/12/2010 03:26 EST)
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Job Description:
This task you are bidding on is for the creation of 10 articles in the Ovarian Cysts niche.
I am looking for somebody who is swift, effective, has English as their principal language, delivers on time, provides value for their work, has exceedingly clear communication and has experience writing articles.
Project details:
10 articles
minimum 400 words
Each article must be well researched and exact in its material
All articles are checked through Copyscape for plagiarism, please do not post if you re-create from the internet.
I will provide 10 keywords for the articles.
For example : cure for ovarian cyst, ovarian cysts symptoms etc.
I will be promoting a product about typical cures for ovarian cysts so this is the angle to be used when writing the articles.
I am very quick with payment, and clear with communicating and detailed in what I expect.
When posting to this bid, please provide:
A sample of written work you have done of a similar nature
As far as price goes you can ofttimes pick up articles for less than $5.00 each and I am sure that your time to conclude other tasks is worth at least that. Be prepared to pay more for work of better quality. It all depends what you need from the outsourcing.
It really is moderately straightforward to apply and companies like elance give a deal of help to you. They also assist with controlling payments so that both sides get paid satisfactorily and receive their work as required.
So as your Affiliate Marketing business picks up speed and seems like it is about to set sail on the SS Outsourcing, research outsourcing as a highly recommended way for you, as captain, to maintain the whole thing on course.
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