Review sites can be found all over the internet and there’s no doubt that some affiliate marketers are making plenty of money from them. In fact, I have a few single page review sites of my own, but they don’t get a lot of natural search engine traffic so I have to resort to PPC to generate it.
Of course, free search engine traffic would be much better but the review site structure has to be done in the right way to bring in visitors. Of course, this means adding good content in the form of relevant articles so that it is not seen as a thin affiliate site by the search engines.
You probably know that most of these give out fake reviews and the trouble is many people are catching on to these kinds of sites. They don’t have any visitor value and the bounce rate is high. Let’s face it; some of them look like they were created in the internet equivalent of the Stone Age.
You can’t blame people for not trusting them if they look so phony. Nowadays a review site really needs something more than just a single page to convince visitors that you are an authority on the subject. You need one that will get them to check out your recommendations and then buy something through your affiliate link.
What this all means is you need a review site template that is specifically designed to bring in the search engine spiders and, more importantly, impress your visitors when they get there.
If you have ever read Jeremy Palmer’s Black Ink Project you will know why the right site structure is so important. He nearly got his review sites banned by Google so he had to completely change how they were made. The Black Ink Project is his story of how he builds an affiliate site from the ground up.
In Black Ink 2.0, you get to follow Jeremy’s progress as he puts together a mini review site, from building wire frames for the site, to outsourcing the graphical design and all the backend code to run the thing. The cost of all this was about $1000. It also took more than six weeks to implement.
The videos show you exactly how Jeremy designs a site from scratch and I had some fun making my own version, which was a pretty accurate clone of his when done. It’s somewhere on my hard drive right now if I can find it.
I was thinking about getting some review site templates designed for me but the cost and the hassle of dealing with outsource workers put me off.
Luckily, one of the Black Ink 2.0 followers decided that it would be handy to have a piece of software that could create an optimized mini review site just like Jeremy’s. A lot easier than having to jump through all the hoops of making your own from scratch. And way cheaper than outsourcing.
So this guy – his name is Stephen Carter – built a program to do just that. Turns out he was a top software developer looking at The Black Ink Project as a way of expanding his marketing skills.
To be honest, I have heard these kinds of claims before, so I almost didn’t bother checking this out. But was I pleasantly surprised. This guy’s mini review site software does just what he claims. Go check out the demo site at Affiliate Review Site Monopoly to see what I mean.
Seriously, this software practically does all the work of building a review site for you. Review pages, articles, and an automatic product comparison page. And every page appears to be completely SEO optimized. It even has a list-building form and a search engine built in!
Another great thing is that you can add a Wordpress blog that matches your review site perfectly. I don’t need to tell you how important this is for SEO purposes.
Ok, I still had to write some product reviews for my chosen niche, but that was pretty much the hardest part of it. And I did it all in less than 48 hours, which is a great time saving. You could even outsource this part if you want.
As someone who has gone through The Black Ink Project videos – there’s a lot to learn before you can turn a profit. Cutting down on expenses by automating the building of review sites is a huge advantage to affiliates, especially if you are just starting out and are short of cash.
But here’s the best part. Stephen is actually GIVING AWAY a software license with every copy of his ebook about running successful review sites.
With this mini review site software, you can quickly build niche affiliate review sites cheaply and without any of the risk that normally goes with these projects.
But having the right software is not the only thing you need to make a success of your review site.
It’s vital to avoid the mistakes that will cause your review site to fail before you even realize that you have a problem. You want a profitable review site that exudes authority not some lame excuse for one. The book will tell you everything you need to know about creating your own profitable review site.
I would go so far as to say this about the book.
You shouldn’t even think about making your first review site without it. And with the software as a bonus, you could have your review site up in a couple of days. Then you can repeat the process in another niche, eventually bringing in multiple income streams on virtual autopilot.
Affiliate Review Site Monopoly
