Learning how to pick a niche domain name to start an affiliate marketing site is one of the most important strategies that an internet marketer can learn. There are blatant disadvantages for marketers that choose not to follow these tips and major rewards for those that do.

Exact Match Domain Names

The best domain name selection strategy to use for almost any type of website is choosing an exact match domain. These domains are based on search engine keyword phrases, so the objective is to find an available domain name that exactly matches a keyword phrase.

The goal of this strategy is to pick a keyword phrase that receives exact phrase internet traffic regularly. More monthly traffic is better, but higher traffic level phrases will generally have a lot more search engine competition so a healthy balance between traffic and competition is recommended.

Search Engine Rankings

As an affiliate marketer it is so tempting to present the hard-sell. I’ve been guilty of it myself.

However, it’s not your role to sell. Your role is to pre-sell and let the vendor’s website do the selling.

As an aside, this is why it’s important you promote products which sell well and have websites that convert well.

An affiliate refers and suggests. Think of your role in the following way.

Suppose you have a mechanic you’ve been using for years. You trust this mechanic and you’ve always received value for money. More importantly, they do what you pay them to do – that is keep your vehicle on the road and maintain vehicle safety.

When a friend or colleague asks you about a mechanic, you’ll naturally suggest your mechanic. You might even mention a few reasons why you like your mechanic such as you trust them, the guarantee, and most importantly, your vehicle gets fixed properly with no problems.

With the rise of popularity of social media networking sites, affiliate marketers have realized that these sites can be an enormous source of free, targeted traffic. This traffic can be directed to other websites or through affiliate links to refer sales for commissions. Since there are so many people using social media sites, almost any kind of affiliate can find a large group of people who will be interested in their offers.

Social Media Niche Focus

No matter what social network an affiliate decides to use for their affiliate promotions, it is extremely important for them to have a specific niche focus. This means that affiliates should create social networking accounts that concentrate on a particular topic or category.

Affiliate marketers love using affiliate links. The more, the merrier seems to be the motto.

However, the deal with affiliate marketing is that more affiliate links is not always better. In fact, if you’re promoting products as a an affiliate, especially in an affiliate review website, judicious use of links can be the smarter approach.

Why? Because a website littered with nothing but affiliate links comes across as a thin affiliate website.

Now, as an affiliate marketer, I like more eyeballs on my links and clicks as much as anyone. However, I also want to avoid my review website from being a thin affiliate site and risk search engine rankings or perceives as one big blatant sales pitch.

How can you avoid your affiliate review website from being a thin affiliate website?