While the advantages of affiliate marketing makes it a lucrative way to make a great living online, most affiliate marketers make the same mistakes repeatedly killing off their chances to make significant income.

What starts off as a seductive dream of being a super affiliate quickly fizzles away into frustrating series of road blocks and tiny affiliate checks. This inevitably leads one down the torrid AND horrid path of chasing new opportunities.

If you want to genuinely rake in fat checks, just avoid these 7 affiliate marketing mistakes:

1. Failing To Build A List - After working your butt off to get some traffic if all you have is one shot at making a conversion, even the best marketers will have less than enviable results. Building a list of people in your niche gives you the power to continually persuade, tempt, and engage the prospect into a conversion, and more than likely multiple conversions.

2. Rushed or Confused Keyword Research - The mistake most make while doing keyword research is looking at dry numbers. Like most, if you are choosing keywords to optimize your pages for is based on just search volume and competition numbers only you’re shooting yourself in the foot. While those two metrics are very important, you need to spend just a second or two “seeing” the meaning of the key phrase relative to the offers you’re promoting.

For e.g. you may see good traffic and competition numbers for the weight loss keyword “body mass index calculator”, but if you’re promoting an ebook on how to lose weight fast like fat loss 4 idiots it is an extremely poor keyword to target as the chances of converting that traffic is minimal. Look for the “meaning” behind the keywords you choose and not just the right numbers purely from an SEO point of view.

3. Absent Pre-sell - Just writing an article based around a keyword does absolutely nothing towards helping you convert. When promoting offers adopt the mentality of a news reporter who is simply reporting on the advantages and shortfalls of the product or topic and do your best to “wrap” it within a story. Personalizing what you’re saying makes a real connection with the reader which in turn dramatically increases your chances of making money off them.

4. Site Structure Chaos - Are your web pages structured like London or New York City roads? It better be like NYC as the roads are very well organized with it’s streets and Avenues…easy to get around. London roads on the other hand have no structure!

Structuring your site into themes and sub themes not just by way of linking but on your actual web host makes your site rank dramatically higher, especially in Google as it makes it easy and logical for the search engines to clearly understand what you site and pages are actually about.

5. We Hate Paying VAT But What About VAB - Value added bonus. This is one of the critical ways super affiliates stay miles ahead of the pack. Offer something e.g. a report, an audio, a collection of Youtube videos you’ve compiled etc that offers REAL value on top of the product you’re promoting. Giving that extra increases two things in your favor. The exclusivity of your bonus makes you the one the prospect will buy through…and to actually convert on the original offer itself.

6. Choosing The Wrong Niches and Products To Promote - Since building sites and writing content takes effort do not make the mistake of promoting products in niches that have provide no further opportunities to earn from. While there is money flowing through let’s say markets like “Government records” “reverse phone” services etc, there are usually one time purchases. There’s nothing more to offer such a prospect. Choose a niche where a person typically buys multiple things.

7. Failing To Build Relationships With Your List - Most folks build lists and look at them as “numbers”. When you have that approach you will fail to make much money, if any at all. View your list as X amount of real, breathing human beings and the way you communicate and write your follow ups will change automatically.

Avoiding the above 7 affiliate marketing mistakes will make certain you only need a few sites to enjoy super affiliate income, and not continually build small worthless sites after another. Quality will always beat quantity.

While current users will usually provide postive Xsitepro reviews, what I’d like to address in this review are the very same questions I had a year ago before I bought Xsitepro.

I don’t see the point, as you will probably find in others who have reviewed Xsite pro, of re-writing a great list of features that this cutting edge website building program offers.

That’s something you can find out for yourself on the official site.

What I would like to address are the main differences which make it stand apart from the various other site building programs, which in turn will help you make up your own mind about whether Xsitepro is the way to go for you. And…

Does It Make Business “Sense” To Invest In The Software

The fact is Xsitepro is never a choice for professional web designers. They will always choose Dreamweaver or in some cases Frontpage.

But pay attention to the word I used - “web designers”.

Web designers use tools like Dreamweaver because of the versatility the program offers, especially from a design perspective.

However, what it lacks is the very thing that Xsitepro has in abundance and the exact reason why YOU may consider buying it.

Xsitepro Is The “Ultimate” Website Building Program For “Marketers”

And what are the two specific things marketers want when building sites?

Ease of use, and to earn money from our sites. That’s it!

What makes Xsitepro standout is the incredible ease of use to build even the most advanced type of site should you choose to, while being a complete “dunce” when it comes to anything technical, html, coding etc.

With the new Xsitepro version 2, you can build full content websites and integrate powerful marketing elements such as video, audio, podcasts, rss feeds, images and monetization strategies…all with a few clicks of a button.

The ease of use is second to none.

In the past four years since I’ve built sites, I have used SiteBuildIT, Silo Publisher, Dreamweaver and Frontpage and none of them are as “marketer freindly” as Xsitepro.

SiteBuildIT is the only one that can compare, but it’s far more expensive. Essentially you end up paying about $500 PER website PER year! It is a good program, but unless all you plan on building is a couple of sites, it’s ridiculously expensive.

So all things considered, Xsitepro is the only smart choice for a “marketer” for it’s ease of use and one time fee.

Apart from the incredible ease of use Xsitepro offers features which can only be described as a marketers dream!

The days of building sites with a bunch of random content pages and slapping up Adsense are long gone.

We want to build sites that leverage all multimedia elements that work in the Web 2.0 social media world.

Prior to Xsitepro we could generally only build boring static and one dimensional sites. If we wanted to include a snippet of audio or video on a page we’d have to turn into “tech geeks” with knowledge of complex coding etc.

The technical aspect of incorporating multimedia elements would leave us technophobes in tears more often than not.

With Xsitepro ALL these hurdles evaporate with a few clicks of a button. Literally a few clicks of a button!

Here’s what Xsitepro 2 creates for you…

…Do you want to build sites that are search engine friendly? Done.

Want to include audio on your pages? Done.

Want to include video (either your own or from Youtube) ? Done.

Want to embed social media like Digg, Delicious, Furl etc? Done.

Want to automatically create sitemaps (both for visitors as well as search engines) ? Done

Want to grow content on your site automatically with other peoples content? Done

Want to build a responsive list of subscribers to earn money from for years to come? Done

I was especially floored when I saw how dead easy they’ve made it to build a list on my site, including pop overs, pop unders and the creation of your optin box is so ridiculously easy I actually burst out laughing when I used it!

I will conclude by simply saying this. If “YOU” are a online marketer who wants to build professional, money making sites with ALL the bells and whistles, Xsitepro 2 is not the best choice in my opinion…

…but the ONLY choice.

I can’t recommend alternatives as there are none…and I’ve been playing the online game for over four years, full time for the last two.

However I will leave you with one last but crucial bit of information, without which this Xsitepro review would not be complete.

Xsitepro is to website building programs, what a Formula 1 Ferrari is to cars. It is the very best.

However it’s one thing to have the best website building tool, it’s quite another to know how to rake in the profits.

Click on the link to get your hands on the Xsitepro Bonus Cash Cows video series. This is an exclusive videos series which you CANNOT get anywhere else, except as a free bonus for buying Xsitepro through my link.

I will close this short letter with one last thought. I use Xsitepro on a daily basis and would recommend it highly to anyone wanting to build quality sites fast. And I would encourage you to get my bonus with your purchase.

But if you don’t want my bonus and go through my link….that’s totally cool - But just get Xsitepro!

It’ll be one of the very BEST and profitable investments you can make to help grow your online business.

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Building effective websites that served the internet marketer has never been easier than with Xsitepro, especially version 2.

Having seen the enormous amount of features that Paul Smithson, the driving force behind the software, has created typically leaves us online marketers drooling.

What make xsite pro v2 even more powerful is the multitude of features, each and every one of them, are made extremely easy with wizards.

Whether it’s search engine optimization aspects, social media integration, professional templates, building a responsive subscriber list….XsitePro makes it incredibly simple and intuitive to use.

Click Here to watch an entire walkthrough of how to use this incredible website building program. 

Grab yourself a beverage, and watch the program in action, and remember to get the exclusive xsite pro cash cows video series as a bonus when you order the software through my link.

How To Create Newsletters That Build Massive Subscriber Lists

Building a list is relatively easy, but building a quality list that people will eagerly subscribe to, and stay subscribed to, is something different. In order to keep your subscribers, you need to develop a newsletter or mailing format that offers readers real content and real value.

If your newsletter is something people would pay to receive, then they’re sure to stick around for a while. They’ll also be much more receptive to buying anything you recommend, and they’ll even be willing to refer more subscribers to you.

It’s vital that you give your subscribers quality content. So many people just blast out ad after ad to their list, with absolutely no regard for what their readers want. They do not have their readers’ best interests at heart. This isn’t a wise path to tread as you will slowly kill your list both in terms of the number of subscribers and the overall responsiveness.

In order to make sure your newsletter is actually read, you need to provide quality content on a regular basis. This means sending out a newsletter fairly often - at least once a month.

The more often you provide great content, the more your name will stick in the minds of your readers. Once people realize the quality of the content you send, they’ll start opening your emails more often. Of course, if you send messages out too often, people will unsubscribe. It’s recommended that you not send out more than three to five messages per week, and that is an absolute maximum. Depending on the topic you are mailing about you could find that even three to five mailings a month is too much.

Of course, there are always exceptions. If you are offering a daily business newsletter then you would obviously have to mail daily, but anyone subscribing to a daily newsletter would expect to be receiving it each day and so wouldn’t be annoyed and such a regular mailing schedule.

So, once you’ve got people to join your list how do you keep them interested so that you maximize the chance of your mails being opened and read, whilst at the same time minimizing the number of people who unsubscribe?

There’s one technique that has been used incredibly effectively by many of the leading online marketers and that is …

Get personal!

Build rapport with your readers by providing them with personal information and anecdotes. The more your readers feel like they know you personally, the more they’ll trust your opinions, and the more likely they will be to respond to your offerings and recommendations.

But getting personal is much more than just telling them about what’s happening in your life - much, much more. Although adding a personal touch to your mailings is a generally good thing, the truth is that unless you’re a famous actor or rock star the probability is that your readers are much more interested in the meat of your newsletter. They might get a chuckle out of hearing about your latest funny encounter on the subway, but that isn’t really what they subscribed for. So, whenever you give them your own personal story, try tying it in with some related content.

Nearly all stories can be worded in such a way that it has a hook that relates to your subject in some respect. Get creative! By tying in personal anecdotes to your content, youq will build a base of readers that not only love the content you add, but really like you.

When you’re going to send an ad out to your list, you should consider offering some truly exceptional content that is related to the product. If you’re promoting a product about using AdWords, why not provide your readers will several of your top AdWords tips in the same email? It’s a case of give and take. If all you are doing is taking (i.e. expecting them to part with their hard earned money) then you need to be giving too. This can be in the form of great content or well researched recommendations. If you’re just recommending something so you can earn a quick buck, then think twice.

Getting personal is a two way street. It isn’t all about you telling them about your own life, it’s about you going out of your way to meet the needs of those readers, not just once, but time and time again. If you can do that you will have a list of subscribers who are likely to be with you for many years to come.

Paul Smithson is the founder of Intellimon and the driving force behind the best-selling XSitePro web site development tool. Since graduating in Business Strategy and Direct Marketing from two of Europe’s leading business schools, Paul has set up five multi-million dollar companies, one of which is now owned by the BBC. His areas of expertise include business strategy, e-commerce, on-line and off-line marketing, software development, and maximizing the potential of on-line businesses.

Instigate Viral Marketing

It is hard to beat the marketing power of thousands or even millions of people doing your marketing for you, but having a campaign go viral can be tough.

In order to go viral, something has to have mass appeal. This is why it can be very difficult to launch viral campaigns for niche subjects. When a niche is particularly small, there may not be enough volume to generate sufficient interest to spread far and wide.

Viral marketing is definitely better suited to larger niches, although it can be done in smaller niches with a little thought and creativity.

At this moment in time the primary means of getting something to go viral is video, but it certainly isn’t the only means. Other things include photos, eBooks, special reports, and software.

Whatever vehicle you choose you need to find people who will be willing to spread the word for you. These people love to tell other people about things. They love being the first person to spread something new, whether it’s a funny video, a great new piece of technology or some insightful information.

Seth Godin, an advocate of viral marketing, released a free ebook on the topic called "Unleashing the Idea Virus." He called these people "sneezers." Sneezers not only love to spread news, they have enough charisma to make people listen to them!

Finding these people can be tricky, but all it takes is a few, and word can spread like a wild fire in a forest of tinder-dry wood.

For example, if you are selling an Internet marketing product, you’ll want to get your viral marketing piece into the hands of some of the top Internet marketing gurus. If necessary you can offer them monetary compensation to help you spread the word, but ideally you want them spreading the word because it’s something worth spreading the word about.

If you have an affiliate program, you can offer potential ’sneezers’ their own copy of your viral media with their affiliate link embedded. If you already have a large list of your own, you could use that as leverage to get them to JV with you. If a few big names decide to do a join venture with you, your campaign has a much greater chance of going viral.

Once a few of the bigger names start talking about your campaign, it will trickle down. The mid-level people will start talking about it, and their followers will start talking about it. Pretty soon you have lots of people talking about it, and it’s everywhere. The virus has been unleashed, and it’s spreading like wildfire!

But remember, this viral marketing piece does need to have mass appeal. People aren’t going to spread the virus if it isn’t contagious. You need to make your viral marketing campaign very appealing. The best way to do this is by offering massive value for free. This is a technique that has been used very effectively by many leading Internet marketing experts over the last few years.

Of course, you can achieve viral marketing success and the fame that goes with it by performing some crazy stunt. In the early 1990s a UK band called KLF managed to make headline news throughout the world by burning a million pounds. Unless you have a spare million that you don’t mind setting fire to, this can be a very expensive route, but with some serious creative thinking you might be able to come up with something seriously newsworthy that will spread virally to your target market in record time without breaking the bank.

Paul Smithson is the creator of Intellimon and the driving force behind the best-selling XSitePro web site development tool (www.xsitepro.com). Paul has set up five multi-million dollar companies, one of which is now owned by the BBC. His areas of expertise include business strategy, e-commerce, on-line and off-line marketing, software development, and maximizing the potential of on-line businesses.

Make sure you grab your XsitePro Bonus BEFORE you buy the program.

Xsitepro is one of the leading softwares in the Internet Marketing industry. It has been popular among the masses of Seo’s and Internet Marketers looking for a less time consuming means of quality internet rankings. But does this software hold up in its validity? Is this software really all that good? Let’s take a look at form versus function to let you decide whether or not xsitepro is for you.

Generally speaking, xsitepro is for the user who:

A. Doesn’t know html, or wants a solution for writing html that is quick and effective. With this software you will not need to know html, however there are limitations in its use.

B. Wants to pump out websites in a matter of hours or less. Xsitepro allows the user to make fast websites that are seo friendly in a matter of hours if not minutes, again there are some limitations to this. This means more money in a shorter amount of time.

C. Wants to make Search Engine friendly websites without the use of an SEO expert. In other words, Xsite pro allows someone to follow step by step seo rules as well as tells you when you’ve dones something wrong. This makes an excellent program for those who do not know the first thing about SEO or who want to expand their basic know-how.

D. Wants a cheap alternative to Dreamweaver and other more expensive website builders. Xsitepro is generally pretty cheap among the many website designing programs. This is a great html editor for the newbie who wants to compete in the Internet Marketing industry.

Xsitepro is not for the user who:

A. Wants to use primarily flash or highly interactive websites. Xsitepro is a little limited on exactly what you can do as far as creating intricate websites.

B. Wants websites that lay outside the standard template forms. In otherwords, you basically have to stick with the standard template in which you can resize and move around. However, this still is limiting to some but not many.

C. Wants complete freedom to do many different types of functions. Xsite pro offers a lot of freedom to do a lot of different functions, however it doesn’t give you total power over what you want to do. Keep in mind though, that you are able to edit any sort of code within the html of the body of your pages.

So basically states, this software is perfect for those who are either Internet Marketers, Basic Web Designers, Newbies, Under time constraints, or want a cheaper alternative to more expensive web design programs. You probably would reconsider buying xsitepro if you were either a coder, or advance web designer. In other words, this software performs more for function than form. So keep this in mind when deciding on a web design software that fits your needs. Xsitepro may or may not be what you are looking for.

How To Build A Web Site

The online world is filled with rubbish, and getting started online is a very frustrating task. To learn how to build a web site online is impossible, if you don’t have the right information or tools.

I have been online for years, and knows exactly what works and what it takes to build a website online, and I am not saying this to boost, but to let you know that you can do the same. Once you figure out how to get through the hype and learn how to take action.

Today there are 4 different web site builders online, that you can use to build high ranking websites, and those are:

1. Site Build It - The all in one house of tools, comes with it’s own hosting package, a domain name, SEO tools, WEB 2.0 ready and a simple interface.

2. XSite-Pro - Another great program, with all the bells and whistles to help you create a powerful site online, but you will need your own hosting account and will need to get your own domain name.

3. The high priced DreamWeaver and Frontpage, awesome programs, but the learning curve is too steep, and will take at least a couple months to master.

4. The free HTML Builders - NVU, Kompozer and the likes, great for testing the waters, but hasn’t seen any top sites built from those free programs. They are great for making HTML changes, but not good for building search engine friendly web pages.

It doesn’t matter what you choose to build a web site online, all the above programs will show you exactly how to build a web site, but the decision will be up to you.

Will You Build A Website For Fun - or For Profit?

To build a website for profit, you must learn how to build a web site that is rich in content for your readers and that is also built for the search engine. Don’t build trashy sites, they won’t last long in the Search Engines.

I must admit, that I have used many of the above builder, and I now use tone of those that uses no HTML, because I like things easy.But you will have to learn how to build a website through trial and error. The best teacher online today, or the student who succeeds online, is the one who ‘does just a little more", then everyone else.

So be that student, learn how to build a web site, by doing just a little each day, and you will make money online, and your websites will generate traffic.

Alexander Marlin is the Author and Expert that will show you how to create a web site online with tools, that needs No HTML knowledge. Build a website that gets loads of free search engine traffic.