Affiliate Tools I Use
On this page, I intend to show you the various software tools, and other unique offerings, that can not only save you an immense amount of time, but that also have helped me to improve my business many times over.
There are many free tools that are certainly worthwhile having in your arsenal, that you can use when needed, and I will highlight all of these below.
There are also a number of premium , or paid tools, that are available. Some of them I have tried out and abandoned, and then again there are those that I have purchased and used, and they ‘just work’ and are what i would consider ‘must haves’ in your business. (They’re certainly a must have for me, and I wouldn’t be without them).
Anyway, I hope you get some great worthwhile use out of these. Some of these Premium tools, do offer a free (or small initial fee) trial period, and wherever possible, I have indicated that next to the particular tool, so you can try it out for yourself
FREE AFFILIATE TOOLS
1) Google Keyword Tool
This is an awesome Free tool, that certainly helps when it comes to researching keywords. Most searches I do, are filtered so that an ‘exact match’ search is done. I also like to apply other filters when I use this tool, so that I get moderate-high competition keywords (This helps you to know that people are bidding in Adwords for these keywords, which means there is definitely money being spent on those keywords), and I also like to filter out the high volume (non specific) keywords, and I do this by excluding results above about 25,000 searches
PREMIUM AFFILIATE TOOLS
2) Aweber Autoresponder service.
Having an autoresponder is essential if you are to become a successful internet marketer. Why? Well, because whenever, you acquire a new customer, or prospect, you should be able to capture their contact details, so that you can continue building a relationship with them over time. This helps with respect to building trust, and rapport with your clients, and also shows up in solid conversion numbers when you make contact with them and promote other products to them in the future. Many successful Internet marketers report that the majority of their income comes from having a responsive list of subscribers. An old rule of thumb, used to say that you should expect to be able to make $1/mth for each subscriber you have on your email subscriber list, assuming you market to them at reasonably regular times (ie once per week)
3) Market Samurai (Free trial available)
Market Samurai is a great tool for keyword research. It goes into much greater depth than all the free tools out there, and when you’re focusing on building niche sites, keyword research, competition analysis, and tracking become vitally important. I have used Market Samurai now for over 2 years, and again I believe it to be one of the most essential tools in my internet marketing toolkit. The only issues, I have is that it can be time consuming waiting for results, and often requires constant updates, but other than that if I was starting out in Internet marketing again from scratch, it would still be one of the first premium products I would buy.
