Every heard of the term bum marketing? It’s got nothing to do with hobos or panhandling under a bridge. Rather, it is a solid alternative to making quick cash online. Bum marketing allows you to do a bit of work today and receive residual income long after the groundwork had completed. Execute it properly and you can make about $200+ a week without further effort.
For the uninitiated, bum marketing is a nearly zero-capital endeavor that requires:
- An account with an affiliate marketing company like Clickbank or Commission Junction
- A propensity to write
- Basic knowledge of keyword analysis
- An account with top article aggregators like Ezinearticles and GoArticles
Have these and you’re set to make some serious and lasting streams of cash. Shall we begin?
First, understand the objective of bum marketing: to release helpful articles that will be republished by numerous web owners. Each article carries a lucrative bomb in the form of affiliate links that earn you up to 75% from products sold as a consequence of clicking those links.
The blow by blow method to basic bum marketing consists of the following steps.
- Decide first on topics you are passionate about. This is vital because you will be writing 250 to 600 words on it.
- ReSearch google on the chosen topic by typing in related phrases . If you see that search results for the topic is over 10,000 and under 100,000, you have a profitable niche. I’ve observed from experience that self help topics command great interest. Examples include weight loss, dating, starting businesses, power dressing ad travel.
- Visit the Google Adwords, keywords tool. Verify that the phrases you selected result in advertiser interest. If Advertisers bid on the phrases you chose, it’s profitable for you. Jot these down! An easy way to determine advertiser interest is how deep the bars are colored. Those bars over half gray indicate considerable advertiser spending.
- Construct your article based on your findings. Use the phrase you searched for on google as your title, but tweak it to make it enticing. Something like “7 Ways To Make Your Dog Stop Pooping” is clickworthy. “Dissertation on Labradors” is yawn inspiring. Remember that your title will make or break you.
- Once your articles are done (make five of them), search clickbank.com and commission junction for products related to your article. What you plan to do is insert these products’ affiliate links in your article. Choose products that have compelling sales pages. Avoid those that look unprofessional. It also helps to look at the %ref indicator for each product. The higher it is, the more likely it will sell for you.
- Create a tagline at the end of your article following the formula “If you’d like more information, check out xxxx”. XXXX will be a tantalizing anchor text to the selected clickbank product. Exercise your imagination when creating the tagline. You want them to click on that link.
- Visit the article repositories. I recommend EzineArticles.com and GoArticles.com Submit your articles complete with the taglines. In a few days your articles will go live. I love these sites because thousands of webmasters visit this site to get content and replicate them within their own sites. Imagine an army of over 500 to 1000 sites promoting your article with the affiliate links. Each time someone reads the article and buys a product as a result of your links, you get a huge cut! Realistically you’re looking at a steady stream of cash for the long term. Expect that these websites (as well as the article repositories) will keep your articles for a few months. For as long as the articles are live, you enjoy the possibility of making money.
Personally, I make it a point to upload at least one article to Ezine every week. I monitor the clickthroughs from the URLs and the originating pages (Clickbank allows you to track referrers). The evidence is clear: the three minutes you spend writing the articles is worth the time. Every article I’ve ever written generates at least 2 purchases a week. That’s been consistent for two years now
Are you ready to make serious cash as a bum?
