Mini sites are profitable. Mini webs are
even better!
Minisite? Miniweb? Mininet?
Minisites are, of course, websites with just
a few pages, typically 5 - 10 inter-linked
pages, all on the same subject.
Miniwebs (or is it... mini-webs? I think
it's your choice) are similar, except that
the pages will be distributed over several
different sites. Again, they're all on related
subjects... with a similar overall theme.
Why? So that linking the different domains
all together builds up the link popularity
of each site.
Mininet? Just another name for a miniweb...
a miniature network of linked websites.
Miniwebs, the Affiliate Marketing 'Secret'
Mini networks of linked websites are no longer
just for super affiliates. And now that their
big-profit 'secret' is out of the bag, we
can all use mini-webs (a.k.a. mini-nets) to
make more money from affiliate marketing.
Affiliate marketing is simply the act of
bringing buyers to other people's websites
and getting paid a commission on all sales
you generate. It's an industry that is already
worth more than US$23 billion per year. And
growing strongly.
Now, miniwebs (or mininets) bring together
two of the best strategies for making money
online right now -- affiliate mini sites and
link popularity.
When you create a mini web, you set up your
own network of inter-connected affiliate marketing
mini sites. It sounds simple enough, but there
are some rules. At least if you interested
in getting good search engine rankings and
making good money, there are!
The 'Rules' of the Mini-web Game
* Every minisite should develop a different
aspect of the same overall subject. And that
subject is, of course, tied right in with
the products you're promoting.
* Each site in your mininet (mini network)
should be linked to the other sites. Maybe
to all of them, or maybe to the most relevant
ones. This pattern of incoming links establishes
each site's link popularity. And links from
same-subject websites are now ranked higher
in the search engines than any other links.
* The way you do the linking also makes a
difference. Use text links, where your visitors
click on the keywords of the page the link
points to.
So...
- What's the best way to go about creating
affiliate mini sites?
- What is the optimum size for each site?
- And how actually do this inter-connecting
so as to get maximum results from your miniature
web?
To become an expert on mini-web affiliate
marketing, you could buy a lot of ebooks and
subscribe to several membership sites. You'd
certainly get a lot of excellent information
(and along with it, a certain amount of repetition
and some sub-standard material and outdated
tricks).
But if you're more or less a beginner in
mini-web affiliate marketing', then this page
will provide you with a solid base of sound
information to get you started.
Mastering the Mini-web (or Mini-network)
Strategy
Here are the most helpful resources that
I've found. I'm personally using these and
can therefore thoroughly recommend them to
you.
1. Phil Wiley has written a superb
ebook on how to create profitable mini
sites. It's crystal clear information, and
Phil takes you step by step through actually
creating one of his (many!) minisites. If
you've never built a commercially successful
minisite, do yourself a favour and grab Mini
Site Profits.
It's 162 street-smart pages (for an ebook,
that's big) and it covers everything you need
to make money from minisites. Plus he's got
a twinkle of humour.
Phil quotes the legendary Marlon Sanders
("Find
out where the money is and throw yourself
in its path") then goes on to show exactly
how to do that. For me, this was one of the
most important and helpful sections. He goes
step by step through how to identify hot
products.
Phil Wiley lives way off the beaten track
in Queensland, Australia, which only goes
to illustrate that you can live anywhere in
the world and make good money using quick-build
minisites.
2. Another real world expert is Michael
Campbell from Vancouver. Michael makes over
$200,000 from home using nothing but affiliate
programs. No staff. No stock. No order
fulfillment. Just bring the traffic to other
people's doors - and get paid for it.
 He's
written a comprehensive how-to manual called
Clickin' It Rich. In it you'll learn how
to build a mininet of inter-connected one-page
mini sites to powerfully promote affiliate
programs. Any affiliate program you like.
There's even a bonus section called "Top
10 secrets to making the sale". And Michael
should know!
This 55 page ebook explains how to select
the best affiliate companies. If you're going
to promote them, you want to make sure you've
picked good companies. Michael explains how
to do just that... as well as how to do the
linking so as you maximise your profit potential.
In fact, you'll learn how to
"monetize everything", to use Michael's
term.
My rating? (and I've read it from cover
to cover, pen in hand, several times). Excellent!
Especially the appendix where he lists the
exact tools he uses, for whenever you're ready
to take the next steps into the higher incomes.
3. Next, each of your mini sites will
need to live somewhere. When it comes to domain
hosting, you could go straight for the
hosting companies that provide top performance
at a top price.
But if you havent yet established a significant
internet marketing income flow, you will probably
want to find a cheaper webhost. Here are the
web hosting services
I use and recommend.
4. Another part of the mini-web strategy
is the domain names that you're using
for each of your sites. Michael and Phil explain
the very important principles behind selecting
search-engine-attractive names for your websites
so I wont cover that. But I will mention that
you can save money by getting your domain
names for just $8.95 from GoDaddy.com -- why
pay more? I dont.
Building Mini-webs Super Fast
And now comes an AMAZING piece of software
that creates fully optimized, inter-linked
websites for you. Quite revolutionary. Click
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Web Site Builder.
This is not the kind of software that gets
your sites banned. And SEOWSB does not create
sites that look like a lot of other sites.
Infinite variation is possible. Your site
can be as unique as you are... with unique
content and unique appearance.
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