What would be your Basic Advice for an Affiliate just entering market ?

Krishnamurthi Balaji This is what happens in marketing and this is why so many people get so lost.

Here is some advice regarding dealing with various forms of advice you will receive in marketing - first decide what marketing method you want to use.

There are three basic forms of marketing for free - there is list building, there is social, and there is SEO.

The advice given here on this post is vastly related to list building. The reason so many people turn to list building over that of S

@Todd a good response although personally I don't get involved with TEs and safelist building so I cant comment on that. Back to Krishnamurthi your Niche is like specialsied Category (helpful if you already have a talent in a particular field) but you do great SEO work with just a niche...you need to start your research and look at Keyword phrases within that niche that are related within the niche. Once you have keywords that you want to use then place your posts on your social networks using

Now that we know you are looking to start the totally free ways, Here are my thoughts.

First you are starting in the right place being here on APsense.

Second make sure you set up 4 gmail accounts.
1. yourname @ gmail . com that is used for signing up to social sites and paid programs/membership sites
2. yournamecontact @ gmail . com for use when signing up to credit based safelist. Don't use for anything else
3. yournamelist @ gmail . com for use when signing up to credit based safelist. Do

I agree with most of the above recommendations. From day one, folks should start building their list. You must have a squeeze/lead capture page with your photo and name. Three or four bullets on what your list will do for people and I always recommend a free gift of some kind for folks who subscribe to your list. I have always used free ebooks that I have bought the rebranding rights.

Since 1999, I have used traffic exchanges to build my lists. traffic exchanges are jam packed with newbies

promote using only free methods, as I am a retired person and for time being can't afford to spend . yes, I am already in one or two social networking sites. you correctly said about understanding Niche, etc. Can you please help me explaining?

one thing I wanted to ask Krishnamurthi was are you trying to promote using free methods or are you willing to pay for some services... If your going to do it the totally free way then get accounts with lots of social networking sites and register for a free pinging service. Patty and Bruce offer some positive and well known advice to you and many a marketer but to me they are a little above the basics for a newbie. one golden nugget I give you is you do need to devote time to understanding Nich

oh! thats fantastic ! Sweet of you to have given this much information . so nice!

My advice for people just getting into affiliate marketing is start with whats easiest. The first thing you want to do is build a list as patty suggested there is no doubt about that, and she is spot on bout creating niche lists also. However when you are just starting out building a list can be hard work and there are a few things you can do to make that easier.

I would recommend your first list being a "marketers list". The reason is, its EASY to target things at marketers. We are everywhere

Thank you so much Patty Scheeler for the input! will do it!

My basic advise is to make sure you create your own capture page so you can start to build your list from the beginning. Make sure that each niche you promote has it's own list. Cheers!