Friday, October 26, 2012

Key tips for starting your affiliate webpage



When starting your new affiliate website for Binary Options it is important to remember these tips.
Pick 2-3 topics you care about
Just because you have started Binary Options affiliate website doesn't mean you have to focus on just one topic. Though this is a financial niche, there are many different subject the make your reader interested in the product. There is stock analysis, market updates, currency pairing tip, trading tips, broker reviews, secret strategies.
The point is to write about something that interests you. Affiliate marketing is not something that will make $20,000 a month starting, it could take you years to get there, so what you decide to write about better be interesting to you.
Domain name
You need a good domain name for your new site. We use GoDaddy.com, and while they are not the best service, you should be able to get a good domain for a little as $10 a month. Try to find a domain that relevant to your topic, and the shorter the better. If you can not find a domain that you like that is okay, it is not the most important thing, but it will help you brand your product or website. Start with a registration of one year, because you can extend it at any time, and if you decide the domain stinks you can change it easily in the future.
Hosting
To keep things simple there are basically two main types of hosting accounts you can get: shared servers and dedicated servers. A shared server is a cheaper option where your site is on a server with lots of other sites, a dedicated server only has your site(s) on it. When starting a new affiliate site, a shared plan should more than enough. Once your website start to see lots of traffic you might want to consider upgrading to a dedicated server. 
You will know when the time is right when you have noticed that your webpage is loading significantly slower then it used to.
Email service
One of the key methods for driving traffic back to affiliate sites is to work with an email service provider that enables your visitors to opt-in to get updates, newsletters, etc. from you by email. Find an email service that is right for you. You do not need this day one, but the ability to gather people who sign up to your service email addresses in a database will be an invaluable tool in your future.
Patience
The cheapest but most difficult thing you need for your new affiliate site: patience. Do not give into the temptation to put up ads right away. Instead, focus on building content to give people a reason to visit your site. When the time comes to incorporate ads, use ads that will help your site grow, and not those that pay the best. I’d suggest posting more than 20 quality times (at minimum) to a blog before any ads are up there. When you do put up ads, do not go right for banners, they are horrible converters. The vast majority of my affiliate commissions come from text links.
For example, I am writing about which broker is the best. I’ll link the name of the broker to a place where it can be purchased. That’s far more effective than a banner for the product. It is very important that you constantly test different ways to run advertising on your site to optimize the advertising strategies and phase out things that don’t work. 
Also, you don’t want to hear this, but you shouldn't expect much money for months. It takes time to build up a site and an audience. It will take time, but if you stick with it you will make an excellent income without lifting a finger.
Find your voice
People will follow your affiliate site as they get to know you. Unless you are a journalist, the last time you had really written anything was high school or college. All you need to do is remember to be yourself and write in your voice. It can sometimes get tough to think of things to wrote on your blog, so read other peoples blogs, find a format that works for you.
Also, its is good to comment on peoples feedback. The best blogs are often a dialog between a reader and the writer. Take advantage of your readers thoughts and turn that into interesting topic for your market
Find an affiliate programs
There are many affiliate programs out there. It is important to know how they will track your traffic, when you will get paid, what is a realistic performance for the traffic you will be sending. 
Luckily our affiliate network does all these things and more. Check us out at www.VIPAffiliates.com.

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Best Binary Option Traffic Converters

We investigate binary options affiliate websites to find out which sites convert the best.

Not many people understand what binary options are. It is still a relatively new type of market trading but one that is rapidly increasing in popularity. In the simplest terms, binary options allow investors to predict whether a specific financial asset will go up or down within a short time frame. If the investor is correct then they win (up to 85% profit) and if they are wrong then they lose(keeping 10% of the investment).

The time frame in which the investor has to predict is usually only a few minutes. So for example an investor could predict that the stock price for Apple will be higher in 5 minutes than it is currently. If it is not then the investor loses their investment. Because the time frame to make your decision is so short, being able to both consistently and accurately determine the outcome of the stock price is very difficult . Even seasoned stock market traders would have trouble determining if a stock price will be higher or lower in only a few minutes.

The rising popularity of the binary options websites has caught the attention of affiliate marketers, who take advantage of the growing binary options and people who want to make money online. They do this by creating websites that promote binary options trading as “proven systems” that virtually guarantee riches.

Looking at mybinaryrecoded.comone of these make money fast types of websites, we see the question “Can you afford to be passing up $500 to $1000 a DAY”. The site also claimed that there are only 28 free spots remaining in our area, and that mybinaryrecoded.com was “featured” on CNN and MSNBC. The focus of the site was a video news story about working from home. These are proven affiliate marketing techniques that dress up Internet marketing information to be that “breakthrough system” that makes anyone who ventures it rich beyond their wildest dreams.

Some pages are designed to look like a news story webpage, and include the claim that we could earn money every 60 seconds, along with other claims about how there was no risk, and how we would be using a “100% proven system” along with more typical get-rich-quick hype. These sites then link to two binary options websites (brokers) and provides instructions on how to use them.

And therein lies the issue. The traffic they send have no idea what they are doing or where they are going. By the time your clients reach the Binary Option broker they have already forgotten what they signed up for. Sites like these are essentially dress up regular binary option trading as “killer systems” that are effectively guaranteed to make you rich. They do this so you create an account with the binary option broker and the gey paid because they referred you. Binary options are great ways to make simple investments, but you will not get rich over night. BS marketing techinques like those employeed by mybinarydecoded.com can be an effective affiliate marketing technique but the number of people that you send to the broker that convert will be minimal and you will make much less money from you website.

On the other hand there are affiliate portals like www.binaryoptionsbase.com and www.BinaryOptionsNow.com. These are simple Binary Options review and market news hubs. By providing credible and realistic information to its readers; they build up trust with the traffic they send to the different brokers. Their traffic is targeted and direct, and when their clients arrive at a Binary Options broker they are there for one thing, to deposit. When an affiliate provides quality information and not hype, the traffic that get sent is significantly better.

Affiliate portal websites do require much more attention than the make money online sites. But, in the long run, if both sites send 100 new sign ups to a Binary Options broker, BinaryOptionsNow will have twice as many conversions. That can be the difference in $10,000 in revenue.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

What is an Affiliate Program?

What is an Affiliate Program? 

An affiliate program is a system that pays you a commission when people buy a product after using your website as a portal. Let me use an example. If you click on this link for 24Option on the website BinaryOptionsNow.com you’ll be taken to 24Options.com’s landing page. If you create an account and deposit, you will get a large commission for sending your traffic there (the commission is somewhere between 30% to 60% their initial deposit depending upon how much 24Options up-sells your customer.

Affiliate programs come in a massive array of shapes and sizes and on thousands of different niche topics. You can send traffic from broker reviews, banners, ad-space, recommendations, and special promotions

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

What’s the secret to effective affiliate marketing?

What’s the secret to effective affiliate marketing?


Two words: BE PRODUCTIVE


Effective affiliate marketing means your are producing something. That something (in the context of Binary Options affiliation) could be broker reviews, information about options trading, trading strategy, market signals, financial news, stock tips, the sky is really the limit.

If you want to master affiliate marketing you will want to produce something relevant to find people interested in your product or make them interested, not just in what you are offering but the in the industry your promoting. The more things you can produce the more authoritative your site is and the more effective the traffic you send will be.

The lowest form of affiliate marketing are banner ads that are just added to a website. Yes, you can make money using banner ad's, but the quality of lead that it generates is very low and as a result you will see much lower conversion on your traffic .


Here are five productive assets you can add to your affiliate website and generate more income.


1. Basic Binary Option Information



With newer markets like Binary Options good and simple information is in short supply. Your website can be that source of intelligence. By producing relevant information about your product you generate a greater amount of interest. Once a potential customer is educated, they are much more comfortable about making a sizable investment in online trading. So when you send people to a Binary Options broker who are interested and knowledgeable about the product, it is an easy conversion for them, which means money in your pocket.


2. Broker Reviews


A great way to make customers secure in a purchase when they have many options open to them is by providing reviews. You can add credibility to a review by pointing out how the Options broker is not perfect and then go on to explain why the imperfection does not negatively impact the useablity or enjoyment of the product or service.

Reviews can also be powerful tools to drive traffic. For example, if you are promoting three different brands and one is giving you a larger CPA; you can drive traffic by making the review of the one broker more glowing and by pointing out other brokers short comings more strongly in their reviews.

It is important to always stay honest in any review and never take advantage of your readers trust.


3. Tutorials / Education


By creating tutorials or an education program for you clients you can monetize your traffic to a greater extent.

By giving your readers different strategies you create a solid product. The combination of tutorial video, eBook, and extended education course is great content for free any website and if properly developed can be another way to monetize the traffic on your website.

Many ClickBank affiliates sell products like this for over $500! If you are selling a high-end product and getting CPA for promoting different brands, you are getting twice the income from you visitors.

Even if it isn't a really strong strategy and it is not good enough to sell , because it demonstrates that you’re focusing on adding value and delivering useful tools to your audience it will show you results.


4. Competitions


Using a bonus to send traffic to Binary Options brokers is tired and ineffective. For one out of every 200 free money people you send, you will see one CPA. It is better to instead promote competitions where your readers or customers can win larger bonuses or get special services with the broker you promote. It is a great way to keep your traffic excited and interested because they will need an account with your broker in order to take advantage of what they win. Contests are also great because there can be lots of winners that do not know about each other creating feeling of exclusivity. Once you promote your exciting competition into your endorsement, review, or announcement and you will see your traffic being much more successful.


5. Market Analysis

Sit and watch Bloomberg TV for two hours. You will notice one thing, it is just barley news and vague ideas on where the market will go. "Apple is releasing the new iPad today. We are going to either see Apple have a very strong day or perhaps we will see some slight negative movement", that is all market analysis is and you can provide it to. Find good open news source and write a brief summary. It will always do well to write useful information about the markets while leaving your opinion out of it, but the content that you provide will be appreciated and your readers will usually come back for more.





In closing it all boils down to the simple facts.

Interested readers = knowledgeable potential traders = CPA

Friday, October 19, 2012

Introduction to Binary Options

Binary Options Trading - An Introduction to a New Financial Instrument 

Digital options, also known as “binary options” or “fixed return options” are alike to traditional options in many ways but also differ in some very significant ways as well. Digital Options are really the simplest trading instruments, requiring no exceptional knowledge of or experience with trading on financial markets. Of course, superior knowledge of markets and trading does often lead to superior results, but it is certainly not a prerequisite to being a profitable digital options trader. In this brief article we shall touch on both some of the advantages and disadvantages to trading digital AKA binary options.


Digital options (Binary options), similar to traditional options, are available on a large number of underlying assets. Stocks, indices, commodities and currencies are the most popular assets available on which to base your binary options trade. However, unlike traditional options these “exotic” options pay out that fixed known return. This limits the risk and increasing the profits and it isn't at all dependent on how far “in-the-money” the option is. If the underlying asset you traded is higher than the strike price by so much as one pip/tick then you are paid out the same high returns as if it finished in the money by 100 points. Magnitude is irrelevant with binary options. This is one of the most appealing features of trading in digital options for investors.

There are many Binary Options trading highlights. Most importantly market neutral instruments. Binary options are the quickest and easiest way to trade; not just on the internet, but on any platform. Digital options are strictly limited in risk and only require a small initial investment. The trades does not need to worry about commissions, fees, or other hidden costs because there are not any. You know exactly what your profit margin will be prior to taking your positions. Binary options are available twenty-four hours day seven days a week meaning they can be traded at any time of day or night. Most importantly you can invest in almost any stock, indices, currencies, commodities.

Some Digital Options trading disadvantages. You will need roughly a 55% win rate for profitability. Digital options trading can be a great choice for some investors or speculators but as with anything in life it too has both its drawbacks and strengths and isn’t right for everyone. Like any investment there is risk involved.

Binary Options, higher profits than traditional stock trading, less risk than Forex, the excitement of gambling online; If this is not a market that you are taking advantage of, you should be.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

An Introduction to VIP Affiliates


An Introduction to VIP Affiliates


Everywhere you turn there a big companies offering you money to simply send them traffic. Unfortunately what most people soon realize is that it is not a simple as they make it sound. Effective affiliate marketing takes an investment of  time, energy and even money. Whether you are able to make an strong affiliate website or not, you need to compete with the rest of the world to promote your product or brand. Even if you dominate the competition in your niche market, you need to hope against hope that the businesses you work with will pay you and one time. And even if you get paid the companies you promote will more often than not forget about you over time and allow your traffic and your lively hood to dwindle into nothing. That is why we created VIP Affiliates.

VIP Affiliates works directly with the companies your are sending traffic to and will work ceaselessly to insure that you get paid for the customers you send. Our impeccable tracking software, used by major United States based companies such as Zyanga and Sears, makes sure you get credit for the customers you provide. Most importantly we work with you one-on-one helping you develop a product, service, or webpage that will send only the highest quality easiest to convert traffic, ensuring that you see the greatest return from your website. Our portfolio is vast and full of success stories and we want to ensure you that we can help you grow and continue to be an effective affiliate marketer.





Our affiliate network focuses primarily with Binary Options. This is new form of investment in different types of financial markets. Similar to Forex, this industry pays extremely high commissions and is quickly growing. We are looking for affiliates that would like to capitalize on the exponential growth of the Binary Options industry. Since Binary Options is simpler and safer than Forex, more lucritive than penny stocks or day trading, and has the same excitement of casinos online; we can very soon expect to see huge amounts of competition in these markets. Now is the time to capitalize on them before it is too late.




Coming from a background in different industries and working as affiliates in the past, we know better than anyone what it is like to be a 'forgotten' affiliate. Maybe your website has gotten tired, or there is too much competition for you product, perhaps your traffic is just not what it used to be; in the end its all has the same result, your not making as much money. With VIP Affiliates we help you develop your website and brand to be the most effective marketing tool that it can be. We also provide our clients with regular gifts and rewards to show how important you are to both us and the industry and to encourage a steady flow of traffic. If there is anything you want or need to help your business grow we will be there for you.


VIP Affiliates is an affiliate network built from the ground up to take advantage of new markets, find only the most trustworthy companies to work with, and most importantly provide our clients with highest commissions, on time payments and the tools to keep them and their website traffic relevant; not just for the next few months, but the next few years. By joining our affiliate network you will receive the best CPA possible and impeccable tracking to make sure you get credit for all the customers you provide. We are VIP Affiliates and with us you are a VIP.