Day Four - Affiliate Programs and Content

Okay - I have my key phrase *cheer* and I've scoped out the competition. Now it's time to find a product to sell -- just to test the key phrase to see if there is any interest whatsoever. Ed was quick to reassure us that the Thirty Day Challenge is not about Affiliate Marketing, we just need "something" to put up there to see what's what. Why spend hours creating a product if no one cares about it? Remember the Symphony from Day One? Product comes last.

So I learned/was reminded about two great sources for affiliate products. I'd used Amazon.com in the past, but in all actuality had forgotten about it. I even had my affiliate link all set up through them, just hadn't used it yet. Amazon is cool because they have a lot of everything and no matter what your niche is, you can find a product to sell through Amazon. It's really easy.

The other source was Clickbank.com. I'd heard of them before, but had never researched them. Good and bad points: They are good 'cause the commission on sold items is way higher than Amazon (some are even 75% of sale price). Takes more thought on choosing an item though as there are a lot of personally created products on Clickbank....you want to be sure that what you are promoting is actually as valuable as the producer claims.

So, I found one item at each place. Looking forward to seeing how all this fits together!

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