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==Affiliate Marketing ==
Affiliate marketing is currently becoming a big thing in the business world. You can have people sell your products and services using their websites and blogs and pay them only when a sales is made. Affiliate marketing is where an organization has people sign up to be marketers of their goods and services at their websites and/or through affiliate network websites which have their own affiliates. These affiliates put text links/banner/graphics at other websites/blogs and if people buy things within a specified period of time, they get a commission (most affiliate marketing programs are pay for performance [pay for actual sales] rather than pay per click). Having a knowledge of affiliate marketing can help you better promote your website and your website's store products. Many Christian ministries offer books, tapes, etc) that educate their readers. An excellent company that will run an affiliate marketing program to sell your organization products/services is [http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=46&u=302406&m=47&urllink=&afftrack= ShareASale]. [http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=46&u=302406&m=47&urllink=&afftrack= ShareASale] is one of the bigger companies and they have won many awards from a popular affiliate forum which annually rates affiliate marketing network companies.
===Affiliate Marketing Training===
'''Affiliate Classroom'''
In 2008, Anik Singal is a finalist for Business Week's entrepreneur of the year. Anik runs an excellent and inexpensive affiliate marketing training class called Affiliate Classroom. Although there is certainly people earning excellent incomes in affiliate marketing and Anik has an excellent school make sure you read the income disclaimer button material at the bottom of the page :) : [http://www.amclassroom.com/cmd.php?af=858155 Affiliate Classroom]. In all seriousness, Anik was nominated to be the entrepreneur for 2008 and you can read about him [http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/09/0908_2008_entrepreneurs/5.htm Here]
Companies can have an outside affiliate management company program run the program or you they can install affiliate marketing software for their websites.
===Affiliate Marketing Software===
The following affiliate marketing software was recommended to me should you wish to run your own program: http://www.idevdirect.com/idevaffiliate.php
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==Pulling Web Traffic from the websites of your key competitors ==
Two very helpful free tools for pulling web traffic from your competitors are [http://www.semrush.com/ SEM Rush] and http://spyfu.com/ which help you discover the keywords your competitor rank high for. The results are not always accurate for these two tools and perhaps it is because they are lagging indicators. Be sure to confirm the Google ranks for the results you receive from these websites. These websites also have a pay for results option which will reveal more keyword results for your competitors.
==Online SEO Training==
