I wanted to write a follow up to our last article on Affiliate Money Making Tips, and all too often we focus on the big search engines; Google, Bing, Yahoo that we tend to forget that we are “Internet Marketers First” and “SEO’s” second. I am a regular on the Poker Affiliate Listings Forum owned by my good friend Jeremy Enke, and at least once a day a Poker Affiliate posts wanting to know why he is getting 100 visits a day, but not making money and often times not getting signups. This is a common issue and one where SEO will not help much. Obviously if you already have traffic, SEO is not your problem. The common issues for lack of conversions are:

Note: This is the first in a series of articles which cover some very simple tips which will help you expand your affiliate business, increase conversions, and enhance your exposure in the major search engines. If you have any questions or want some specific areas covered, pelase let us know in the comment seciton. Poker SEO skills is a must have for any webmaster, and as with anything, practice makes perfect

Background

When I first started out in poker affiliating, I was just like every other beginner – I had no idea how to make a website, I had no idea how to interpret html, and I had no idea how to SEO my site. Most importantly, I had no idea what to even make my site about. After mulling over some potential topics like poker for college players and a regional poker website, my partner (JeremyM) and I finally settled on creating a site all about poker sit and go’s.

Since I started this site I get daily requests to look at people’s websites, blogs, and portals and they always seem to have a few things in common. The first one is universal, they think their site is the next Poker Listings or Card Player. The truth is that most affiliates will never reach that point with their sites, and the exciting truth is they never have to and can still make high 6 or 7 figure incomes a year.

If you are a new poker affiliate, or even an affiliate that has been at it a while, you may find that you are making several easy to fix mistakes. Don’t worry, most of these mistakes are common and you are not the first one or the last one to do it. The one thing you need to get out of this article is the willingness to fix these issues and change the way you think.