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The Complete Guide to Affiliate Marketing on the Web: How to Use and Profit from Affiliate Marketing Programs [Paperback]

Bruce C. Brown
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April 20, 2008
Affiliate marketing is a highly profitable online advertising method in which Web site merchants pay independent third parties to promote the products or services of an advertiser on their Web site. In other words, affiliate marketing involves posting a company s banner on your Web site or blog and attempting to send visitors to their Web site. If someone clicks on that banner or goes to that site and buys something, you will be paid a commission. While some affiliates pay only when a sale is made, some selling big ticket items like cars, credit cards, travel, and so forth have modified the model and pay for qualified leads. Affiliate marketing is now viewed as a key component of a company's online marketing strategy. Affiliate marketing is an advertising technique that originally was developed by Amazon.com. In this new book you will learn how to master the art and science behind affiliate marketing in a matter of hours. By investing a few dollars you can easily increase the number of visitors to your Web site and significantly increase sales. If you want to drive high quality, targeted traffic to your site, there is no better way than affiliate marketing. Since you only pay when a sale is made, your marketing dollars are being used more effectively and efficiently compared to any other advertising method. The keys to success in affiliate marketing are knowing what you are doing, devising a comprehensive and well-crafted advertising plan, and knowing the relationships between your Web site, search engines, PPC advertising, and campaign methodology. This groundbreaking and exhaustively researched new book will provide everything you need to know to get you started on generating high-volume, high quality leads. You will learn the six steps to a successful campaign: keyword research, software needed, copy editing, setup and implementation, performance analysis, return on investment, and reporting and avoiding PPC fraud. In addition, we spent thousands of hours interviewing hundreds of today s most successful affiliate marketing masters. This book is a compilation of their secrets and proven successful ideas. Additionally, we give you hundreds of tips and tricks to ensure your Web site is optimized for maximum search engine effectiveness, which will drive business to your Web site and increase sales and profits. You will find actual case studies from companies who have used our techniques and achieved unprecedented success. If you are interested in learning hundreds of hints, tricks, and secrets on how to implement affiliate marketing, optimizing your Web site for maximum search engine effectiveness, developing a cost-effective marketing campaign, and ultimately earning enormous profits, this book is for you.

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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company (April 20, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1601381255
  • ISBN-13: 978-1601381255
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #56,592 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Product Details

  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company (April 20, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1601381255
  • ISBN-13: 978-1601381255
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #56,592 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Bruce C. Brown was born in Bayshore, New York, but moved around quite a bit in his youth, finally settling down in Silver Springs, Florida. He joined the U.S. Coast Guard in 1984 and has completed more than 29 years of service to our nation. Bruce is the author of thirteen published books and has been recognized with numerous awards for his writing.

To date, he has written "How to Use the Internet to Advertise, Promote and Market Your Business or Web Site: With Little or No Money", "The Ultimate Guide to Search Engine Marketing: Pay Per Click Advertising Secrets Revealed", "The Complete Guide to E-mail Marketing: How to Create Successful, Spam-Free Campaigns to Reach Your Target Audience and Increase Sales", "The Complete Guide to Google Advertising: Including Tips, Tricks, & Strategies to Create a Winning Advertising Plan", "The Complete Guide to Affiliate Marketing on the Web: How to Use and Profit from Affiliate Marketing Programs", "The Secret Power of Blogging: How to Promote and Market Your Business, Organization, or Cause with Free Blogs" and "Returning From the War on Terrorism: What Every Veteran Needs to Know to Receive Your Maximum Benefits", "How to Build Your Own Web Site With Little or No Money: The Complete Guide for Business and Personal Use", "How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Web Site Design Business", "Google Income How Anyone of Any Age, Location, and/or Background Can Build a Highly Profitable Online Business with Google" and "How to Stop E-Mail Spam, Spyware, and Computer Viruses from Ruining Your Computer: The Complete Guide for Your Home and Work". Bruce is currently working on his latest project, a 2nd Edition to his first book "How to Use the Internet to Advertise, Promote and Market Your Business or Web Site: With Little or No Money."

Four of his books have won prestigious awards. Bruce has three children and a beautiful wife, Vonda. His oldest son, Dalton, is a graduate from the University of South Florida and St Leo University. His middle son, Jordan, is a graduate from the University of Florida and earned his Doctor of Jurisprudence at the University of Texas School of Law. His youngest son Colton, is attending the University of Florida. Bruce has been happily married to Vonda for 29+ years and is currently serving as a Commander in the United States Coast Guard.

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45 of 45 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Complete Guide to Affiliate Marketing on the Web July 6, 2009
Format:Paperback
This book is a must have for anyone who seriously wants or is toying with the idea of Affiliate Marketing. Brown takes you through the entire process from getting started to choosing a software application right for you to how to market and promote your site. He explains the ins and outs of Affiliate Marketing on the Web in language anyone can understand, even if you're not smarter than a fifth grader.
Do you know the difference between residual and flashflood traffic techniques? How about pay per click as opposed to pay per lead? I didn't. However, after reading this book I certainly have been educated in the lingo associated with Affiliate Marketing. Brown also manages to take the guess work out of Google.
You don't have to be a web designer to apply the techniques, but if you're somewhat computer savvy it's beneficial. Brown doesn't present a get rich quick scheme, but instead delivers a sure fire way to get more traffic to your site and more money in your pocket. He doesn't lead you down the garden path and his book will definitely help you travel the road to success.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Bible of Affiliate Marketing July 29, 2009
Format:Paperback
Bruce Brown's The Complete Guide to Affiliate Marketing on the Web is a crash course for those who want to learn how to successfully host an affiliate program on their Web sites or join an affiliate network. This book provides an in-depth look at all of the basics of affiliate marketing, including managing, promoting, and growing programs; helping affiliates who are technically challenged, managing cookies, developing multi-tier marketing, and writing a marketing plan. It's clear the author has a firm grasp of where affiliate marketing is today and where it's likely to be headed over the next few years.

I was worried that this subject would be too technical and, therefore, hard to learn. Fortunately, the author provides simple, step-by-step, easy-to-follow instructions for novices who are learning how to become affiliates. He also describes how to maximize search engine optimization, how to become a power affiliate, affiliate mistakes, and effective ways that to deal with click fraud and scumware (commission stealing applications).

The book is chock full of useful resources regarding website development techniques that will enhance affiliate marketing programs, the best software to use (and it's often free), and ways to select the most reputable affiliate programs. Also, the last part of the book features case studies and interviews with several experts in the field--I learned a lot from reading what they had to say. Though the book is big (nearly 400 pages), I found reading The Complete Guide to Affiliate Marketing on the Web to be profitable and worthwhile, and I would highly encourage anyone who is interested in a good introduction to the subject to read this book.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars A reasonable introduction but needs editing April 4, 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
If you are completely new to affiliate marketing, you will appreciate the overview, advice, and pointers. For me the book was way too basic and was not polished (lacking solid editing) like I expected from a book available on Amazon. It promoted a few affiliate management software products which felt salesy and out of place. I agree with the comments that the content switched back and forth between being an affiliate and running an affiliate program for your site. The book was OK and serves a purpose, so 3 stars is my review.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Affiliate marketing is a profitable, web-based advertising method in which internet merchants pay independent third parties to promote their products or services. While Amazon.com developed it, it is available to any business, and The Complete Guide to Affiliate Marketing on the Web provides six steps to developing a successful web marketing campaign to increase web visitors and sales. Case studies supplement the practical tips in a guide perfect for any business library catering to web-based businesses.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Nitty-gritty advice August 10, 2009
Format:Paperback
This book begins with a quote from the Godfather: "In war there is no substitute for victory." While that seems like an unusual opening to a marketing text, this book is very hard-hitting and aggressive, insisting that if you want to make this style of marketing work, you have to go for it - but that profiting from such marketing is attainable.

Beginning with basics and soon delving into technical nitty-gritties such as meta-tags, web site optimization and other technical nuances, necessary for such aggressive marketing campaigns as this book is touting.

Finishing out this guide with "Affiliate Mistakes" and case studies makes this book a great resource for anyone wanting to make a living from their laptop, or even those who already have a successful business and simply need a better marketing resource in a "Web 2.0" world.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars I Like It, But... November 22, 2009
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I just received this book in the mail not too long ago, and although I haven't been able to put it down I find the organization a little confusing. I am very new to affiliate marketing. I mean, I know how to use HTML, blog, etc but I am no techie. I can follow directions without a problem, but what I find confusing about the book is that the author goes back and forth with information for individuals who want to become affiliates (and sell other people's products) and individuals who have products to sell (who are considering enlisting affiliates to sell for them) and for a newbie it gets confusing. I admit that even when I was trying to figure out if I should buy the book I couldn't really figure out who it was for. I would rather deal with one side or the other at a time in one book, but not both.

There are some things that are confusing to a newbie such as "affiliate tracking" that isn't clearly explained, but (I'm old school) I have noticed that it is typical of writers in this day and age to assume that the readers understand most everything the author is talking about. Even when I took web design classes at a local college the instructors assume ALL students are millenials (I'm a gen X) and will not explain in more detail unless asked.

Though I like the book and would recommend it, I have been on the hunt basically for an instruction manual (haven't found one yet and don't think I will in this day and age). But the author does give good info about getting into affiliate marketing on both sides. Though I recommend it, it won't be the last book I buy.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars Very basic
If you need a VERY BASIC overview of affiliate marketing this will be good for you. If you are in the business over a year this will be a review of common knowledge.
Published 2 months ago by James
4.0 out of 5 stars So Far So Good
This book seems to have everything you would want to know about marketing on the web. I have been doing it for the last 5 years and love it. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Robert A Andolina
5.0 out of 5 stars AFFILIATE MARKETING
This book is really a CLASSIC.Every affiliate shoul read it.This book teaches the basics to be succesful in this kind of business. Read more
Published 14 months ago by ALMENCA
5.0 out of 5 stars AFFILIATE MARKETING ON THE WEB--BRUCE C. BROWN
great book! the information contained therein is a must for anyone who is considering affiliate marketing on the web. Read more
Published 20 months ago by flint007
3.0 out of 5 stars Good info, but not too deep
As an affiliate manager for a company that has over 20K affiliates, I can tell you that yes... this book has some good information. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Amos Ridley
5.0 out of 5 stars Affiliate Marketing on the Web
I am trying to catch up with changing America. I have purchased 4 books concerning affiliate marketing on the web and I am learning to communicate with my grandchildren. Read more
Published 23 months ago by K. B. Enger
3.0 out of 5 stars The INCOMPLETE Guide to Affiliiate Marketing
If you run a company that has a product that you want to sell through affiliate marketing, this is the book for you. Read more
Published on November 28, 2010 by Corbett B. Coburn III
5.0 out of 5 stars Are You Ready To Make Money?
Affiliate marketing is like getting a turn-key business without any investment. While others invest hundreds in a MLM, you can make an equal amount of money with no cash... Read more
Published on July 6, 2010 by J. Garton
5.0 out of 5 stars TOTAL Marketing LLC reviews Affiliate Marketing on the Web
Very useful book.. Full of information for anyone interested in joining an affiliate program or implementing their own affiliate program.
Published on June 13, 2010 by Dominic J. Di Cenzo
3.0 out of 5 stars Badly organized with little info
This book is badly organized. For starters much of it points to information in prior books of the author. Read more
Published on May 2, 2010 by E. French
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