Super Affiliate Handbook Review

The Super Affiliate Handbook by Rosalind Gardner has been one of the premier handbooks for learning Internet marketing for several years.  Thousands of people have used her techniques to learn how to make a full-time income online, and many more join these ranks every year.

The first thing Rosalind does is to tell you how to decide whether being an entrepreneur is right for you.  She explains that online affiliate marketing isn’t for everyone, and she tells you exactly how to decide whether or not it’s even something you should seriously attempt.

Next, she goes into detail about what affiliate marketing is, how to get started, and gives a brief overview of the first things you’ll need to know if you want to get into the industry.  She only devotes a few pages to the basics, so there’s not a lot of fluff here.

Then Rosalind starts to get technical, but in a way that’s not over your head.  She talks about some of the equipment you’ll need - like computer, hosting, and software.  She explains technical information such as routers, hosting, FTP, and several types of necessary software.

You’ll learn all about the types of research you’ll need to do.  She teaches you how to research the keywords you’ll need to use to attract search engine traffic to your sites.  She’ll show you how you can determine which markets might be profitable, what the people in that market are looking for, and how you can best appeal to them. 

You’ll learn how to determine how large the market potentially is, how much competition you have, and who your competition is. Rosalind goes in-depth about several affiliate companies, and gives you details about each one. 

You’ll learn the pros and cons of many of the most popular affiliate networks, so you can choose which ones you might prefer to work with. Then she goes into choosing a product to promote.  Rosalind spares no details here. 

She gets right into the nitty-gritty of how to find out whether or not a particular affiliate company is reputable, how to make sense of their affiliate agreements, how you can have the best chances of being accepted into your affiliate program of choice, and how much commission you should expect.

You’ll find out what cookies are, and how they’re used to track your commissions.  You’ll learn how to analyze other features such as statistics, pay rates, pay schedules, affiliate sales tools, and other data that can help you choose the right affiliate network.

Next, she explains how to find and register a good domain, how to set up your first website, and how to get it online.  She’ll tell you what software you need to build your site, how to find a good hosting company, and what features you’ll need your host to have.

Rosalind is especially detailed in regards to showing you exactly how to set up your first site.  She assumes the reader knows nothing about site creation, so she’s very careful with her explanations. 

Perhaps most importantly, Rosalind explains exactly how to get traffic to your site.  Most webmasters find getting traffic to their site is the hardest part of Internet marketing by far.  Rosalind explains 29 great ways to get traffic - most of them free!  She even gives you a step-by-step action plan of what to do daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly.

The Super Affiliate Handbook by Rosalind Gardner is a must have resource for your affiliate marketing education.  Don’t delay - get your copy today!

Hostgator Baby Plan Review

HostGator is one of the most popular web hosts on the planet, and certainly one of the most popular hosts for Internet marketers.  They offer a wide range of services, and their prices are practically unbeatable.

The “Baby Plan” is their most popular package.  Currently under $10.00 per month, it offers enough hosting for almost anyone at a price that’s extremely affordable, even for beginning marketers. 

You can get it even cheaper if you pay for more than one month in advance.  There’s no setup fee, so all you really need to pay for to get started is your first month! HostGator has a site builder system with several thousand built-in templates. 

This makes it extremely easy to set up a website, even if you’ve never built a site before.  The Baby Plan offers 600 GB of web space and 6,000 GB of bandwidth.  You’re also allowed unlimited websites. 

This plan is big enough for most marketers, unless you’re offering very large downloads of zip files, images, or video.  If you happen to reach your limit, it’s easy to upgrade to a larger plan. 
HostGator offers exceptional 24/7 live support via telephone, email, and live chat. 

They pride themselves on the fact that their support staff isn’t outsourced - it’s all in house.  Their support is there for you any time you need help with anything, and they’re more than willing to help newbies get started.

HostGator offers almost every feature you could ever need for your hosting.  They have PHP and MySQL, so you can run all of the scripts you need to run.  They offer Fantastico, which is a great script that allows you to easily install dozens of the most popular scripts, including WordPress, Joomla, OS Commerce, CubeCart, Zen Cart, phpBB2, and dozens more.

You can have unlimited POP3 email accounts, so you can set up all of the email addresses you need for every domain.  They also offer email aliases if you just want to forward emails to a central address. 

They have built-in autoresponders.  And they have Spam Assassin for stopping those irritating spam messages. HostGator also offers the latest version of cPanel.  You’ll be able to use cPanel to easily manage domains, add email and FTP accounts, and deal with all of your MySQL databases. 

You’ll find that cPanel is the most common system for managing these things, and it’s easy to find tutorials that teach you how to use it. HostGator also offers both AWStats and Webalizer so that you can tell where your traffic is coming from and how much you’re getting.  This helps you find out which advertising methods are working best.

If that’s not enough for you, along with the many other features they deliver, HostGator offers a 100% money back guarantee.  If you’re not happy with their service in the first 45 days, you can let them know and they’ll give you a full refund the same day.