Thursday, October 29, 2009

Implementing a Strategic SEO Campaign

Rx Affiliate Marketing is constantly stressing the importance of an SEO marketing campaign, in order to increase the volume or quality of traffic to ones' websites. It is pretty much common sense that the higher you are on a search engine, the more visitors your site will get. SEO marketing targets different types of search engines to give your site a voice within the cyber world.

Rx Affiliates are always striving to find new ways to have the finest SEO campaigns possible. Finding the right methods to move up in Google results is not the easiest task, especially given the fact that pharmacy affiliates are bombarded with (SEO) affiliate marketing information overload on a day-to-day basis. The fact of the matter is that finding an effective SEO strategy is not accomplished overnight, but rather something that is built slowly over time. Remember, Rome wasn't built in day!

Whether you're a super rx affiliate or a newbie affiliate, it is vital to remember that SEO is not only about selecting the best and most relevant keywords for your site. The placement of these keywords is essential to the success of an SEO strategy.

As an rx affiliate you will find that most adequate use of keywords is when they are placed in post titles, category names, URL, text of permanent links etc... When trying to move up in Google, here is a secret tip: Google bots tend to consider most the content within the first two paragraph's of your website. One should choose high ranking keywords in order to improve your sites' placement in Google's search engine.

However, in recent times, search engines like Google, Yahoo and Msn are placing high value on the reduction of manipulative SEO behaviors used by webmasters. Aggressive SEO techniques, like blackhat SEO, try to improve their positions using frowned upon techniques. A example is that some affiliates try to employ hidden text within their sites. This means they select a text color that blends into the background, making it concealed. These methods have caused a huge influx in the number of affiliates websites being banned from search engine conglomerates. There are ways to avoid this. If you want to make sure you covered all relevant keywords, including their common misspellings, don't cram those misspelled keywords into the page, and then try to hide it. Instead, create "reviews" and "feedback" pages, where you can have the misspelled keywords part of the text. In such places a few misspellings are expected and appropriate, so you do not have to hide them.

The more the better! Having as much content, without cluttering your online pharmacy website, is a great way to guarantee bait for web spiders to come crawling to your site. The more up to date and refreshed your content on your site is the more frequent visits the spider will schedule to make. Try posting articles onto your website as frequently as possible to ensure that your site will be visited as much as possible.

Although articles are mainly written for SEO purposes, keep in mind you want to keep the content appropriate. Choose the hottest and latest pharmacy affiliate topics, however, make sure they are relevant to your website and its niche. Keep in mind that actual human beings may be reading these articles too! Hence, do not just plug-in as many keywords as possible, rather write genuine articles that are worth the read. Visitors, who are your ultimate audience, will be more inclined to take your site seriously and come back if your content is easy to read and relevant to them.

Using the right SEO techniques for your website will help you generate a successful ROI. With the correct implementation, a winning relationship between you and search engines will nicely come into fruition and making your online affiliate marketing experience as great as possible.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

The Alternative Choice...

Today, alternative medicinal treatments are being widely used to combat societal fears of becoming overly medicated. Many individuals are searching for other alternatives such as herbal products. As a result, herbal affiliate programs have seen a dramatic rise in the number of affiliates looking to become part of the success.

Herbal Viagra, has gained popularity for its natural, safe and effective ingredients, as opposed to its brand name counterpart. Just one more reason so many pharmacy affiliates have jumped on the herbal affiliate program bandwagon.

In this fast food nation, people have become more obsessed with their weight. At least one out of four adults has tried some sort of diet, from Atkins Diet to the Cabbage Soup Diet. Herbal Phentermine is an all natural dietary supplement which suppresses your appetite without the harmful chemicals, which leave you feeling anxious all day. Due to its quick and safe way to weight lost, Herbal Phentermine has become one of the top selling herbal products.

People are turning to herbal products to replace the more conventional medicinal therapies, paving way for its gained popularity in the online pharmacy industry. Though herbal medicines have been used for centuries in the East, herbal products continue to flourish in the West as a well-established and healthier supplement for many individuals.

Due to the over-reliance of medications, especially in North America, selling other Rx products can sometimes be a bit trickier. There has been a vast increase in the number of affiliates joining our herbal affiliate program. Expanding your efforts is a smart game play, never put all your eggs in one basket. Start exploring the many niches rx affiliate programs have to offer.

Monday, October 12, 2009

The Wonder Wheel Goes Round...

Well, some of you may saying, "that was so last season..." However, for those of you who may of missed out, this is for you.

Google has released some new and pretty amazing tools on its search pages.

For all those in the SEO world, you need to check this out pronto. It is called the "Wonder Wheel" and it was launched by Google in May 2009. Its main objective is to make searching in Google a more effective and memorable experience. It allows internet users to refine their search results more time efficiently.

Okay, so here is the gist of how it works. Go to Google and do a basic search for the term "cars". Now, once results come up, look underneath the Google Logo to the left of the search box and click on “show options…”. Down near the bottom you will see a link called, “Wonder wheel”, click on that… And voila! Pretty nifty huh?

From here things get a bit more interesting. Click on any of the spokes on the wheel, now you will find you can journey deeper into the car niche and find a sub-niche related to the original term,“cars”.

This is a very fast and convienent way to discover new sub-niches and take advantage of.

Check out this video for a more hands-on demonstration...Enjoy!

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Back in Action

I know I have been MIA for a long time but I am thrilled to have returned to the blogging world... I'm back and better than ever.

There has been lots of changes over the past year in the affiliate marketing world and over the next few weeks I will be covering some of the hottest topics in the affiliate marketing world.

Let us first go back to the basics and take it from there...

It is no brainier that starting out isn't always easy or necessarily cheap for that matter. So, I thought I would dedicate my first post to new, potential, and fellow affiliates all around the world.

Finding a unique and effective advertising campaign can be costly but there are ways to create keep costs down until you start to bring in revenue.

An easy way to advertise is simply by implementing a signature into your outgoing emails or into your forum posts. No one wants to spammed so always write something of interest and relevance to your readers. All you need to do is go into your "options" section in your email or forum control panel and add a link to your website. This way people can click, at their own free will, and instantly be directed onto your site. From then on, every email or post will be attached to your link you created. Talk about easy as 1,2,3!

There are also many free classified sites available that allow you to advertise without be looked at as spam. You can post your advert and have it visible to high amounts of traffic that click on such sites in search for particular advertisements.

These techniques may seem obvious but it is important to know many affiliates have seen great results using free advertising techniques, such as the ones mentioned above. Once your budget increases, you can move up to several other forms of advertisement such as newspaper and magazine articles, opt in email programs, and even pay per click programs.

Remember, time is money... Your hard efforts always pay off in the end.

Stay tuned... as there is much more to come!