17: Building Your Wealth Through Affiliate Marketing with Kris Jones
Kris Jones is an entrepreneur, angel investor, best-selling author, accomplished public speaker and dedicated philanthropist. He founded Pepperjam in 1999, a full-service internet marketing agency and affiliate network that was sold for millions to eBay Enterprise ten years later. Since Pepperjam, Kris founded KBJ Capital, French Girls App, and LSEO.com. Kris is also the author of the best-selling book Search-Engine Optimization: Your Visual Blueprint to Effective Internet Marketing, which was originally published in 2008 and now includes 3 editions. He is also a contributer to Forbes, Inc., Fast Company, TechCrunch, Mashable, Business Insider, and Citi Bank Financial. EPISODE Affiliate marketing can be so much more than generating some extra income -there is a potential to make millions. In today's episode, Kris Jones takes us through the steps you can take to become a super affiliate, and shares the best strategies to make the big bucks. Discover how to get started in affiliate marketing, the best companies to partner with, and how to become an expert. We discuss: How to become a thought leader by showing your expertise and confidence. The affiliate websites to use for the best returns. Why you should add paid traffic to your website. Passions into Profits, and why you’ll want to join in. For complete shownotes and more, please head over to www.marketingspeak.com/krisjones LINKS a RESOURCES MENTIONED Passions into Profits Pepperjam KBJ Capital French Girls App LSEO Commission Junction LinkShare Your Visual Blueprint to Effective Internet Marketing Amazon Associates eBay Partner Network Ebates RetailMeNot FatWallet Upromise Pubcon SEO by Wiley The Art of SEO SEO for Dummies by Bruce Clay Affiliate Summit Marketing Conference ClickZ Conference Shop.org Internet Retailer IRCE Focus STEP UP YOUR MARKETING GAME! 1) Check out the different affiliate websites and decide what the best options are for your goals-whether that’s hard cold cash or some form of points/rewards system. 2) Never stop learning about your field-pick up a book or sign up for a conference like Pubcon. 3) Grow your website’s traffic. Adding paid advertising to your organic traffic is a good tool because you will make more as you gain more visitors. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING! As always, thank you for tuning in. Please feel free to drop by the website to contact me or leave a comment. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it! -StephanSTAY CONNECTED 10 Point Facebook Ads Checklist - Free eBook | Twitter