I honestly believe that making a good living as a gambling affiliate is not such a difficult task. Of course it takes time to build a steady revenue stream but it is not rocket science. There are many super affiliates who will admit they don’t have great IT skills, they are not great poker players and many don’t even gamble. Many make a good living from a single “killer” affiliate site whilst others make their money from, in some cases dozens of thin affiliate sites. Good affiliates are dedicated and highly self motivated. Many affiliates fail simply because they lack focus and put off daily tasks until tomorrow. Tomorrow never comes!
Even an inexperienced affiliate should be able to write 3 decent articles in a couple of hours. Over a year that is over 1000 articles which could be composed nightly by someone even with a full time job if they are dedicated. How many affiliates though end up with at least one site with over 1000 pages after a year? I will tell you that the answer is very few!
I was talking to someone the other night who is thinking about venturing in to the world of gambling affiliation. To be honest, if possible when I’m out, I try not to tell people my occupation as I know that I will end up talking for hours about the gambling affiliate industry, answering a flurry of questions about how it all works and the money that can be made. The other night my guard was down, so yet again I got sucked into an in depth conversation just like the dozens I have had before.
This time I was perhaps too honest. I told them how I was so motivated that over the years I had become so dedicated that I nearly let me marriage fall apart simply due to neglect. I told them that I had even missed an important hospital appointment with my son, who at the time had a suspected heart condition, as I had been working all night coding a new site. You see, where others struggle to stay motivated I’m the complete opposite. Once I do decide to do something I give it 110%, which as you may realise may actually be worse than not being 100% dedicated.
Surprisingly many who do become new gambling affiliates already have a full time job and in many cases even a young family. For those I would urge them to remember that family life must always come first. Perhaps start by trying to get a general sports blog approved by Google News as discussed in previous articles. Compose your articles once your kids are in bed and your partner is watching the soaps.
Let me detail a basic one year strategy for those who are holding down a full time job with perhaps even a family. Let’s take the Google News approved blog approach. Monthly hosting with a site such a Hostgator with a unique IP will cost you around $12 a month. An aged domain can cost you as little as $10 but take the time to read my buying an aged domain article. Use Google to find free WordPress magazine themes. Once you find a theme you like simply contact the owner and ask them how much they will charge you to remove the footer links as you don’t want to hamper the development of your site with spammy links on every page. If you prefer to buy a theme outright then use Google to search for “premium WordPress magazine themes” or “premium WordPress news themes”. You will be amazed to find that you can buy a quality theme for as little as $29!
Once you have your theme, plus your hosting package simply install WordPress. If you are not sure how to do that, then simply Google “Hostgator installing WordPress”. If you still are stuck then request help on a forum such as PAL. In regards to any task in relation to WordPress if you get stuck then Google is your friend as there are simply loads of tutorials online.
If you want a custom header on your blog then simply post a contest on the Digital Point forum. Take a look at the contest forum and see what a decent logo, even $10 to $20 will get you. Contests are great for logos and banners as you get a choice of dozens of designs from different designers. Once your blog is up and running all you need to do is write daily articles.
If you are going to try and get your blog approved by Google News then take this approach. Every day write one or two articles for that day and one article backdated, so after a month you have daily articles for a two month period. Don’t forget for your back dated articles you will have to manually change the publish date. After a month submit your site to Google News.
Keep at least some contact details on your site as I will guarantee that once your site is Google News approved you will get a steady stream of link exchange or even link purchase requests. Don’t sell homepage or site wide links on your site, instead either trade articles that include your links or charge a fee for posting others articles on your site. Many understand the authority gained from links on Google News approved sites although many affiliates have not wised up to this yet.
Experiment with different call to actions plus track all your clicks which I will be covering in great detail in the very near future. Experiment writing about different topics and analyse the traffic each article generates. You will soon start to understand what type of articles generate the most traffic plus more importantly what type of traffic generate the most signups.
After a year you should have a 1000 page plus site with a good number of sign ups and half decent Page Rank. All this is totally achievable if you can dedicate yourself for as little as perhaps 90 minutes a day plus extra time during the weekends for link building. I have seen Google News approved sites sell for $5000+ with only a few hundred articles. After a year your site, with decent Page Rank, 1000+ articles, plus at least a small revenue stream should provide a decent return if you decide the gambling affiliate industry is not for you.
So next time I’m out and on the verge of being drawn into yet another conversation about entering the gambling affiliate industry I can just refer to this article, which should save me from getting another bollocking from my wife.
