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Affiliate Marketing Primer Table of Contents INTRODUCTION TO AFFILIATE MARKETING…………………….………………4 Basics of Affiliate Marketing .................................................................................6 Affiliate Marketing 101 – The Basics ....................................................................9 The ClickBank Marketplace 101 .........................................................................11 Researching Your Products ................................................................................14 Amazon.com Bestsellers ....................................................................................14 NEWBIE TO PROFITABLE AFFILIATE .............................................................17 Build Up To About 10 Products To Promote ......................................................17 Clickbank Marketplace .......................................................................................18 CB Trends ..........................................................................................................19 CB Engine ..........................................................................................................20 Getting Traffic To Your Site ...............................................................................23 Video Promotion ................................................................................................23 Things to remember: ..........................................................................................25 Pay-Per-Click Advertising ..................................................................................25 Adwords & Contextual Advertising .....................................................................26 Ad Variations ......................................................................................................29 URL Display and URL Actual .............................................................................29 Yahoo and MSN’s Contextual Advertising .........................................................30 Facebook and Myspace Advertising ..................................................................31 Squidoo and Hubpages .....................................................................................32 Web 2.0 Social Networking ................................................................................33 Building Your Affiliate Funnel .............................................................................34 STEP-BY-STEP CHECKLIST TO AFFILIATE SUCCESS ................................39 Get Organized! ..................................................................................................39 Sign up for Pay Per Click programs ...................................................................39 Sign up for ClickBank……………………………………. .....................................40 Affiliate Marketing Primer 2