One of the most important reasons for failure in affiliate marketing is not having proper tools. Proper tools will make your journey in affiliate marketing easy and fruitful. A combination of proper tools and techniques will make your affiliate business very rewarding.
In this post of the five part series of how to overcome failures in affiliate marketing, I am revealing all the tools that will accelerate the process of making money using affiliate marketing.
The lists of tools and resources that will aid you in your affiliate business venture are listed below. Some of these tools are free and some require you to buy them.
EMAIL AUTO RESPONDERS:
Aweber Autoresponder:
Unlimited autoresponders follow up messages, and campaigns are at the heart of the AWeber system. With 99.34% email deliverability, this is a must have tool for any affiliate marketer.
Visit: http://www.aweber.com
GetResponse Autorseponder:
GetResponse is easy, web-based email marketing software that delivers your campaigns, offers, newsletters, follow-ups and autoresponder messages. This is the second most used autoresponder after aweber.
Visit: http://www.getresponse.com
ARTICLE MARKETING:
EzineArticles.com:
The number one Article Directory. Submit your articles for distribution in front of our content-hungry audience. Also find articles to publish on your Blogs and web-sites.
http://www.ezinearticles.com
GoArticles.com:
GoArticles.com is one of more than 15 web sites comprising the Jayde Online Network. It is a well established article directory with a nice page rank. Get a lot of exposure by submitting articles to this directory.
http://www.goarticles.com
SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION (SEO) TOOLS:
Web CEO:
Web CEO is one of the most complete SEO software. There is a free version available. The free version offers many features, which you don’t find even in some paid SEO software.
http://www.webceo.com
SEO Elite:
SEO Elite is one of the best products by Brad Callen. It’s written for the absolute beginner, but covers things that only the most advanced search engine optimizers know. SEO Elite is one such software which I recommend very much.
http://www.seoelite.com
MARKETING & KEYWORD RESEARCH TOOLS:
Word tracker:
Wordtracker helps website owners and search engine marketers identify keywords and phrases that are relevant to their business and most likely to be used as queries by search engine visitors. Marketers can also determine how many competing sites are using those keywords and can identify the phrases that have the greatest traffic potential.
http://www.wordtracker.com
Keyword Elite:
Keyword elite is again one of the most powerful products from Brad Callen. And it justifies the statement on his site ‘The most powerful keyword research software on the planet!’ A must have tool, if you are serious about making money online.
http://www.keywordelite.com/
Keyword Discovery:
KeywordDiscovery compiles keyword search statistics from over 180 search engines world wide, to create the most powerful Keyword Research tool. KeywordDiscovery can tell you the search phrases people use to find products and services, as well as the search terms that drive traffic to your competitors.
http://www.keyworddiscovery.com/
Keyword Suggestion Tool:
This is a handy little tool that will show you the phrases that are searched more often from both Wordtracker and Overture. This tool is Free.
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/suggestion/
TRAFFIC ANALYZERS:
Google Analytics:
The new Google Analytics makes it easy to improve your results online. Write better ads, strengthen your marketing initiatives, and create higher-converting websites. Google Analytics is free to all advertisers, publishers, and site owners. It’s one of the best traffic analytics software on the web.
http://www.google.com/analytics/
CrazyEgg:
Create tests to figure out what people are doing on your website. This tool tracks where readers of your site click when surfing. It creates a heatmap of the results.
http://www.crazyegg.com
BLOG SOFTWARES:
Wordpress:
Wordpress is the undisputedly the best blogging software. The best part of the tool is that it’s absolutely free. The tool is comprehensive software which you can use for your blog or CMS. With thousands of themes and plugins, you can customize the software as you want.
http://www.wordpress.org
Blogger:
Blogger is also one of the powerful blogging platform which is hosted freely. The tool is also easy to use and widget ready. You can make your site live in minutes with this tool and that too absolutely Free!
http://www.blogger.com
These are some of the tools that will help you accelerate your journey to make money online. Do share the tools you are using in comments!
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November 10th, 2007 at 12:33 am
Hi, A very nice set of tools. Thanks a lot for sharing.Do u have any resources to find the list of sites of top affiliates?Thnks!
November 12th, 2007 at 5:32 am
I loved the WEBCEO free verison. Thanks for sharing this tool. Its really cool
November 15th, 2007 at 9:05 am
What is the best free SEO software would you recommend??
November 15th, 2007 at 10:04 am
good dude helping people to make money very easily.Through your ideas even i had made money from google.So thanks a lott
November 15th, 2007 at 10:05 am
actuall i fell to thank you again and agian for your brilliant ideas giving to people to make money so thanks once again.
November 15th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
Thanks all for your comments!
@Silent Maverick -WEBCEO offers a free version of their software which has many many features. You can try that. The techniques I implemented using that free version made my blog gnaka.com rank on the first page for the Keyword ‘Genuine Online Opportunities’ in Google Search.
January 9th, 2008 at 5:42 am
Cool information and wish to add in Squidoo also. Squidoo Lens is a good free tool for doing affiliate marketing
July 4th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
very good information is being provided.