What is Search Engine Marketing?

Potential clients often call to mention they are interested in pursuing search engine marketing. I ask them what they mean by search engine marketing and they often are not sure.

What is Search Engine Marketing?

What is search engine marketing? It is a global term that refers to all the different ways you can market a site on the zillion or so search engines out there. In truth, it is a catch all term for most people who know they should probably have a website, but not much more than that. It is like walking up to a real estate agent and saying you need a house.

If you have a business, you need a site. If you have site, you must need search engine marketing. Logically, this makes sense. In the practical world of internet marketing, however, search engine marketing is a very broad term. It encompasses a wide variety of things.

When most people use the phrase, they are really saying something else to a marketing company like ours. What they are saying is I need exposure for my site. I need to get people from the search engines to my site. Most important, I need them to buy. If this is your general thought process, you are thinking along the correct line of thought. There is, however, a problem.

Search engine marketing has a number of distinct areas. You can read about them here: “The Key Elements of Search Engine Marketing”. The problem, of course, is most sites should only use a certain type of search engine marketing. The role of a good search engine marketing firm such as ours is to identify those areas, explain why they should be used and successfully carry out a campaign for your site.

In general, search engine marketing is just a catch-all phrase that really means very little. If you are considering marketing for your site, make sure to get a more detailed understanding of what you are getting into and why you should do so.

A Few Key Features of Wealthy Affiliate

NicheQ
Industry Niche Reports for Internet Marketers. Unlocking the Hot Niches Online.

We give you in-depth, professional research reports on the hottest Niches online. No more trial & error looking for your next profitable Niche. What’s your NicheQ?

Site Rubix
The Most Advanced and Easy To Use Website Builder Available Online.

Build your websites in just a few minutes without having to know anything about website programming.

WA Jobs
You don’t need any experience to start making money right away.

Need a job? How about getting some web development or some articles written fast? If you are on a limited budget, or just want to make some fast cash, WA Jobs will be perfect for you!

Free Web Hosting
Stop paying for web hosting because we offer hosting for free to all members.

WA Hosting offers you a solution to get your websites up and running in no time at no additional expense. Save your money and use the free WA Hosting.

Your Own Blog & Space!
Own a part of the Wealthy Affiliate community by setting up your personal WA Space.

Showcase your talents, websites, products, pictures, create a blog and add other members to your buddy list so that you can build business relationships and partnerships.

Rapid Writer System
Create, Spin, and Generate highly optimized content for your website promotions .

Rapid Writer is an Internet marketers DREAM tool that allows you to pump out super highly optimized content for your Articles and Websites. Quickly generate Search Engine Optimized content in minutes.

Personal Support & Coaching
We’re here to help you every step of the way!

At Wealthy Affiliate we have a rule that no member will ever be left alone to figure things out on their own. We (Kyle & Carson) work with you on a personal level to help you achieve success.

This is How You Make Money Online

Internet marketing is not new. Each and every year Internet marketers (including us) earn tens of billions of dollars online in revenue selling products for online companies. It may sound complicated but you will be surprised at how simple the process is. Making money online as an Internet marketer is broken down into three simple steps that anyone can learn.

	As an Internet marketer it is your job to send people to company websites using the techniques and strategies that we teach at WealthyAffiliate.com.
	When those people make purchases you are paid from the company who owns the product. There are literally 100,000’s of companies online who are willing to pay you up to 90% of the entire product sale price just for sending people to their site.
	Each pay period you will receive a check in the mail that you take to your bank and deposit (or cash). Some companies will pay you directly to your Paypal account, or even directly to your bank account via wire transfer.

These are the three high level steps of how Internet marketing works, but there are many aspects of Internet marketing that you need to learn if you plan to make money online। This is where Wealthy Affiliate comes in! We teach you everything that you need to know and provide you with all the tools and learning resources that you need to start earning money online.

What Exactly is Wealthy Affiliate?

Now that you know a little background information about us, here is why Wealthy Affiliate is going to propel your online success. There is NO program, service, e-book, or product anywhere online that is similar to Wealthy Affiliate. Regardless of your experience level, we will teach you how to improve your current financial situation. Whether you are looking to earn an extra $500 a month or an extra $15,000 per month, our system provides you with a blueprint of how to succeed in making money online. Here is a taste of what you can expect from becoming a member of Wealthy Affiliate.

• You will learn EXACTLY how to earn a steady income online, and we’ll show you (step-by-step) how this is done
• You are provided with learning resources to walk you through all of our HOT marketing techniques
• We provide you with tools to uncover niche keywords, audiences, and sales angles that sell like crazy
• You will be working along side literally thousands of marketers who are willing to share their secrets with you
• We will hold your hand and teach you how to get started (YES, we offer personal support and coaching)
• You get the EXACT training that our members who earn $1000+ per day received (and still utilize)
• You’ll learn that you DO NOT need money to make money, our free techniques will earn you $1000’s per month

How To Make Money At The Wealthy Affiliate University Without A Budget?

Let me just say that it is entirely possible to make money online without being a Wealthy Affiliate University member, but by being a member you have a distinct advantage. Let’s look at why:

1) Choose a product from Clickbank.

Wealthy Affiliate has a tool called the Clickbank Research Tool, and with this you can discover some very interesting facts about products listed there. Every day a new list of hot products is created, based on marketplace momentum, gravity, and refund rate. Straight away you can spot the products that offer the greatest potential, so it’s simply a matter picking one of the better ones.

2) Keyword Research.

Pop over to the website of the product you have chosen and have a read of the sales page. Make a note of the general idea of the product and try to come up with a list of 5-10 keywords that are relevant to the product.

Plug the keywords into the keyword research tool at WA and look for keywords that are longtail, or more than 2 or 3 words. You also need to check the current competition using the keyword research tool to choose keywords that you stand a chance of competing against. Ideally, you would need to look for at least 5 tightly related keywords to take to the next stage.

3) Build a landing page.

Many people go straight to using the free WA website builder to create their pages, but another option is Squidoo. Inside WA there’s an excellent tutorial on how to build an optimised Squidoo lens, and best of all it’s free. Be sure to choose your best keyword when setting up the url of your Squidoo lens.

4) Create your content.

The first thing you need to do is to create content for your lens. To do this you can use the Rapid Writer authoring system at WA to make sure it is fully keyword optimised. You will also want to insert your affiliate links for the product you chose in step one. To do this you can use the Mylinker program at WA to create cloaked links so that you will be able to track your clicks from inside WA.

Finally, you will need to create articles so that you attract targeted traffic to your Squidoo page. Once again, Rapid Writer will allow you to create keyword-optimised articles very quickly, with the only restriction being the effort you put in. Once completed, submit your article to the major article directories and wait for the money to come rolling in!

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