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As an affiliate marketer, the blog is a must have. You can make a review of different products or services you offer. You can give some tips and advice to people on how to use this or that product. More, you can stay in contact via the ''comments space''.
There is another reason why the blog is very important even if you already have a web site. It is easier to get a good ranking with a blog than it is with a web site. Search engines, including Google, love blogs.
Instead of trying to obtain a high ranking for your site first, get your blog in top positions. This way you will get visitors to your site more rapidly and it will help your site increases its own ranking. This is a real win-win situation for you.
The blog is more than a blog, it is now a major player on the Internet. Successful marketers and experts realize that years ago and it will be this way for a long time. If you do not have a blog, start one as soon as possible.
A blog generates obligations, you must keep posting on a regular basis, at least once a week. It is not a lot of work, taking 10 to 15 minutes a week to put a new product review or new information about related topics.
A blog is also a very good way to build a list. What ever your niche is, people always want to have news about products or services they like. If you are selling bird seeds, be sure that birds lovers will thank you if you send them an email about a rebate on bird seeds. That is more sales for you.
Put a newsletter sign up form (you can use an auto responder like AWeber or GetResponse to name only two) on your blog and start building a list. Believe that when someone joins your list, it is because that person is ready to buy.
