How can I promote web hosting providers as an affiliate for free?
How can I promote web hosting providers as an affiliate for free? Great question. There are so many web hosting companies out there and some of them offer great deals! If you want to become a legitimate affiliate, you will need to be able to offer high value website hosting services with your own recommendations. This guide will show you how to do it and how to be successful at it!
There are many different methods that you can use to promote web hosting services. You could:
a.) Create a website targeted towards hosting services and nature of your content will all be related to hosting, making sure not to mention any specifics about host A versus host B. This is good if you want to be able to advertise any hosting company you would like in the future.
b.) Create a website that is specifically targeted towards one host and promote them as an affiliate. This is great if you already know which web hosting company you will be promoting, but it limits your ability to advertise other companies later on without having a new website built.
Creating a New Affiliate Website
Creating a website targeted toward hosting is ideal if you intend to promote multiple companies in the future! No matter what niche or industry your website goes after, it’s important that you have specific pages talking about web hosting and what it has to offer. This will be very helpful for search engine optimization.
If you are a highly skilled web developer, you can build a website from scratch to be targeted toward hosting. If not, there are plenty of affordable web design companies that will design the website for you at any budget.
All your content must look professional and provide informative value! Don’t just create a site using pre-made templates, try to have a unique design that is targeted toward your specific niche.
Affiliate Disclosure Policy – Important!
It’s very important that you make sure you have an affiliate disclosure policy on your website so the web hosting company knows exactly who you are, and it also helps maintain transparency towards visitors of your site. Without this policy, you could be violating FTC guidelines, and that is a big no-no when it comes to affiliate marketing.
Affiliate Disclaimer Example:
“We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.”
Here is a helpful site that provides text for your disclaimer.
Getting Traffic to Your Web Hosting Affiliate Website
So, you have a website all ready to go with an affiliate disclosure policy in place? Congrats! Now it’s time to get some traffic going and make money! There are different ways to do this, but the easiest method is to use article directories and social media.
Article directories will provide a backlink to your site helping with search engine optimization, while social media will help people find your website when they are searching for web hosts.
Here are some examples of great websites you can post articles on:
StumbleUpon – You can submit articles to StumbleUpon and target the right users.
Webmaster World – This website focuses on hosting and can be a great place to submit articles and links to your website.
BizSugar – Another highly targeted site for business owners, this is another good place to post content.
Reddit – Reddit can be a little tricky depending on what niche you are going communities to drive traffic from this social media site.
Reddit – reddit is a community that shares articles and other content as voted on by the users of reddit. This is a great way to get your articles noticed fast!
Listly – Listly can also be used as an article source for driving traffic.
Blogger – Create a blog post on blogger and post your articles there.
Tumblr – Tumblr is another social media source that will drive traffic to your article!
Weebly – This site has a free article submission option where you can submit a link to one of your articles.
Article.com – Article.com provides an easy way for affiliates to submit articles to targeted websites in a variety of niches.
Social media is another great way to get traffic and visitors to your website! Lucky for you, we have written several posts on ways that you can use social media to promote your web hosting affiliate website.
Facebook – Facebook is one of the top places online where people like to hang out, make sure you have an account with good content.
Twitter – Twitter is another great place to interact with people and get your website noticed!
Google+ – Google+ is the latest social media craze, try it out for yourself!
LinkedIn – LinkedIn can be a great source of traffic if you focus on groups that are related to your niche.
Pinterest – Pinterest is a visually based social media site that can provide you with traffic if you have good photos that are related to your content.
So, we’ve talked about different ways to get traffic and how-to’s on making money through affiliate marketing, but we haven’t really mentioned the different types of web hosting companies that you can promote. Not all web hosting companies are made equal, so when choosing which one to promote, you must consider factors such as your audience, the services that each company has to offer, etc. Here are some popular web hosts in no particular order:
Host Gator – Offers shared hosting plans among other service types
Blue Host
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Host Monster – Offers shared hosting, VPS and dedicated servers
StableHost – Offers shared hosting, VPS and dedicated servers
SonicWall – Offers business hosting solutions.
iPage – Offers both web-hosting and domain registration services.
Dream Host – Provides shared hosting, VPS and dedicated servers.
Just Host – Provides shared hosting, VPS and dedicated servers.
Veerotech – Offers both web-hosting and domain registration services.
This is just a small list of the many companies that you can work with as an affiliate for your website. These are all companies that I have used in the past with success.
What are you waiting for? Promoting web hosting providers is a great way to earn big bucks, learn how through this affiliate marketing guide!
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