Monday, January 7, 2008

Earn Quick Affiliate Profits Using Consumer Review Sites

Earn Quick Affiliate Profits Using Consumer Review Sites
If you're looking to earn money working from home, you may
want to consider developing a mini web site, a simple one
or two page site. If you make your mini web sites consumer
review sites, they may convert better than simply having a
mini web site that is a sales letter.

Consumer review sites are designed to convert viewers into
buyers by briefly describing the various benefits and
liabilities between various websites in a particular niche.

While the advantages of mentioning benefits is obvious,
here's why you should also sprinkle a few critical remarks,
too:

The reason you want to mention liabilities is because you
want to come across as an objective reviewer. However, you
should keep your critiques mild, rather than condemn the
merchant's products strongly. Your aim is to sound
balanced. It is not to burn the merchant.

Here are some steps you need to take to develop a mini site.

One, find a profitable niche. Do keyword research to
determine the niche.

Two, determine the best products to review within your
niche. These are products which you will be making an
affiliate commission from.

Three, write well-crafted reviews of each merchant. Do
about three to five merchants. You don't want to bewilder
the reader with too many choices. Each review need not be
more than 100 or 200 words. You want to be short, punchy,
and concise, while still being helpful and informative.

Four, design an attractive landing page. Add headers and
graphics and neatly spaced frames. Avoid slapping on
banners or other advertising. These will only distract
your visitor's attention. You want them to read your
reviews and click on a link so that you then become
eligible for a commission should they buy.

Each mini-site should sell only one particular niche and
should be optimized only for that niche. You want to
select keywords that are based on your niche, those that
are popular enough to attract some good traffic.

The best way to optimize your mini-site is to use your
keywords in the title, heading tags, and graphic alt tags.

Make everything very easy to find and make on-page
navigation very simple. You don't want your prospects
confused by where to go or what to do.

Whatever you are reviewing, quickly describe the product
the merchant is offering. Keep your focus tightly on the
product or service. You can also pre-sell the merchant by
mentioning endorsements and bonuses.

When setting up your mini site, don't skimp on costs by
buying cheap hosting. You want to have a host that has a
good track record of minimal down time and prompt,
efficient, and courteous technical support. The domain you
select should have the niche name in it and the word
"review" in it as well. This will help with your search
engine rankings and traffic generation.

Mini sites have numerous advantages.

One, they are easier to optimize for search engine ranking.

Two, inbound links to your mini sites will lead to a higher
Google Page Rank.

Three, you can easily establish yourself as an expert in
your niche.

Four, the combination of all these three can generate
higher traffic than many regular websites that have an
unclear focus.

Using mini sites to market consumer review sites is an
easier way to make quick money because you do not require
much time or money to set them up.


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Wouldn't it be nice to sit at home and get paid building
websites that give your opinion or review? Do you think
it's to hard because you don't know how to build a consumer
review site? Well it's not. Go to
http://www.squidoo.com/consumerreviewsites to find out how
easy it really is.

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