Start Thin - Grow Fat :: Million Dollar Affiliate Advice
Thin Affiliate or Fat Affiliate???
We’ve heard warnings in the past about “thin” affiliate sites, but as Jeremy Palmer - the “Million Dollar Affiliate” reports, there is a time and place for everything!
Start thin and grow fat! Jeremy shares some wisdom and suggests you test market by 1st building a quick & easy THIN affiliate site for PPC. Then build it out into a FAT & STICKY affiliate site, after you’ve proven to yourself the viability of the niche and are sure it’s a topic you want to put additional energy into.
Head over to ‘Quit Your Day Job’ and read:
Thin Sites vs. Fat Sites
This goes hand-in-hand with a post I recently wrote about a very efficient method for testing new affiliate marketing campaigns and new niche ideas before investing too heavily with your time and/or money. This post goes more into detail about how exactly to set up your campaign for testing profitability. How Profitable is your Niche? Marketing Test
#1 Affiliate Fortune Cookies » Blog Archive » Tips: This Business Is a Marathon, Not a Sprint wrote on Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007:
[…] Linda Buquet links to some very sage advice from super affiliate Jeremy Palmer… grow slow. Start thin and then let your site grow into a fat and overweight middle aged affiliate (you’ll see enough of those skantily dressed for the Miami heat at Affiliate Summit this July). There’s something to coming off the starting grid at full speed, but make sure you save something for later in the race. Affiliate marketing is a marathon… not a sprint. […]
#2 Stop The Internet Marketing Insanity » The key to Internet marketing - Test, test, test! wrote on Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007:
[…] It was while reading Jeremy’s post and in his comments I noticed that Linda of 5 Star Affiliate programs commented about the thin vs. fat post, Linda is another person I pay attention to so when she commented I took notice. She mentioned her post about his subject and even created a discussion about it on her forum (you can read Linda’s post here). Linda’s post lead to yet another (this is the final of the good things come in three’s/fours ) post on the subject by John Reese. […]