Until June 30th 2012, Easyspace, the UK’s largest ICANN accredited domain name registrar and web hosting provider, is happy to offer a 40% discount on all .info domains to all new and existing customers.

The .info domain was officially launched in 2001 after ICANN, (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), approved the introduction of seven new TLDs; .com, .net, .org, .mil, .gov, .edu, and .int. The .info was the first Internet addresses introduced for public registration, and has since become a truly global alternative to .com.

Throughout the years the .info web address has gained a huge interest from registrants around the world, reaching over 500,000 new registrations within the first 90 days since its official launch. By Q4 of 2010, .info reached over 6.5 million registrations, maintaining a strong position on the domain market as the sixth largest domain name extension worldwide.

The .info domain is intended for informative Internet resources, the .info remains one of the largest top level domain names, with over 8 million domains registered to date.

Websites with the .info extension are intuitive and globally recognised.

Why consider a .info?

• It’s extremely popular and well known
• It’s the 4th largest domain name extension after .com, .net and .org
• Its suitable for individuals and businesses alike
• It’s perfect for sharing information online
• It’s intuitive, international and unrestricted

Easyspace MD Sarah Haran, commented – “Our aim is to offer the best possible online experience to all new and existing customers. With over eight million domains registered; the .info remains the most successful domain name extensions since the official launch and is the top destination for info on the Web”

Whether you’re an individual, a small business or large organisation wanting to share information online, we strongly recommend registering a new .info web address.

.info domain names are available for only £7.75 until 30th June 2012

For further information about latest offers please visit web hosting and domain name pages or call our friendly sales team on 0370 755 5088.

If you’re not using Twitter for your business, then ask yourself why are huge brands such as Pepsi, Dell, TESCO, Boots, Shell, Topshop, etc using it? They are using it because it benefits their business. Many of your customers will be on Twitter. By using Twitter a business can not only engage with its customers, but it can also help it understand what companies in its business sector and customers are discussing.

There are many ways you can use Twitter effectively for your business – here are 8 ways to get you started:

1. Pitch to your followers

   Tell them about your product/services and the benefits of using them. How will they help your clients? E.g. save them money? Increase their security? Save them time? Avoid a common industry problem?

2. Post discounts, coupons, special offers and package deals

   Twitter can help you raise awareness of any special offers you have, and sometimes your followers will re-tweet the offer to their followers, thereby resulting in even more business for you.

3. Target niche audience

   Depending on your type of business you can target specific niches that might be interested in what your business has to offer. For example, easyspace works with a lot of new business startups – providing domain names and web hosting services for them. One way to target niche audiences is via related “hashtags” on Twitter e.g. #startups.  Many of these type of potential clients will be monitoring such hashtags on twitter to find info directly related to them.

4. Track conversations mentioning your name or your brand

   Using the Twitter search function you can find conversations on Twitter that have mentioned your business name or brand. This can provide you with independent feedback on your business – good& bad. You then have the opportunity to build upon this feedback, and take action if necessary.

5. Respond to tweets talking about you and your brand

   It’s important that you are active in engaging with those who are talking about your brand. For example, if somebody makes query on Twitter  about your business product/service then respond by providing a link to more detailed information, guide or FAQ page, etc. Don’t ignore tweets that criticize your business (no matter how much you want to) e.g. customers complaining about your product/service. Research has shown 70% of companies ignore customer complaints on Twitter. Ignoring a Twitter complaint is a bad decision for two reasons:

   a) It’s an opportunity to turn an unhappy customer into a happy one. People that are using Twitter to complain are already disproportionately upset. The people complaining on Twitter are doing so because your company already failed to satisfy them in your existing customer service processes.Often upset customers are just looking for a sympathetic ear, and resort to venting their frustrations in a public forum. Just the fact that the company acknowledged the problem and showed it was listening will help improve a damaged customer relationship, and provide a starting point on which to re-build the relationship.

   b) Other customers & potential customers are able to see if you are ignoring an unhappy customer on Twitter. They are also able to monitor your brand and business name when they are consider doing business with you. You need to listen, respond and deal with complaints. Ignoring them will show potential clients that you don’t care and this will damage your business. Better to bite the bullet, publicly acknowledge a complaint on Twitter (i.e. respond for all to see) and deal with it – this will actually show potential clients that you will treat them professionally, which will give you credibility and gain their trust./

6. Do market research and gain knowledge with polls and surveys

   For example, using a survey is a simple way to engage your followers and gain feedback. It’s a great way to collect insights and tips from your followers, which can help your business e.g. which features of your products are people most interested in? If you can understand the minds and lives of the people you’re trying to serve, you’ll have a better idea of what your customer wants – Twitter research can help you discover this.

7. Share info/tips that may be useful for your clients to enhance your reputation

   This will help you engage and connect with you followers and ultimately gain new ones. For example by sharing helpful & interesting articles, tips, guides and news etc  with your followers, you will develop a reputation for sharing interesting links, tools, etc then your followers will look forward to viewing your tweets. This popularity will help the reputation of your business. However, only link to your own content wisely and sparingly to avoid looking too promotional/spammy.

8. Participate in Twitter chats related to your industry or business

   The benefits of doing this is you could learn from the experience of others in your industry, you will widen your network and your opinion will be heard. In time your standing and reputation in the industry – of yourself and the awareness of your brand will increase which is likely to result in more business for you.

Using Twitter

When you first setup a Twitter account for your business you need to be careful what you write (tweet). Try monitoring how other respected brand names use Twitter – use them as your role model.  Be nice, even when you have a different opinion.  Don’t repeat the mistakes of those that have used Twitter unwisely e.g. Habitat UK (home furnishings retailer) spamming Twitter by piggy-backing sales messages on grossly inappropriate hashtags. Habitat UK caused offence after accusations it exploited unrest in Iran to drive online Twitter users to its products.

We recommend that you review Twitters official ‘Twitter for Business’ guide before starting: https://business.twitter.com/.

Avoid hard-sell tactics, instead focus on relationship building. Occasionally promoting products/services you offer is fine – but do it too often and people won’t follow you for long. Make sure you spread your tweets throughout the day, rather than posting all at once, since people tend to check Twitter at different times of the day.

Publish your Twitter ID on all marketing material, including business cards, email signature, email newsletters, web sites and brochures, so prospects can learn more about you. Mention when you’re attending or speaking at an upcoming business event/conference and include a relevant hashtag if the event has one e.g. #InternetWorld, #FashionExpo, etc.

Case Studies

Zappos.com Tony Hsieh, CEO said, “We’ve found that Twitter has been a great way for us to connect on a more personal level with our employees and customers. We use it to help build our brand, not drive direct sales. It’d be like asking how does providing a telephone number for customer service translate into new business when they are mostly non-sales-related calls. In the long term, Twitter helps drive repeat customers and word of mouth, but we’re not looking to it as a way of driving immediate sales.”

Dell Outlet Twitter is good source for not only raising awareness on deals but to interact with customers. Dell posts some offers exclusively on Twitter and makes sure to use twitter only a few times a week to avoid spamming their followers. They add  tracking to URLs they post in Twitter to monitor and determine what users like most. Dell found that  Twitter deals do increase their sales. Dell Outlet has more than $3 million in revenue via its Twitter posts. Also, their research shows that their brand awareness of the outlet has grown too.

Cadbury – Wispa Cadbury used Twitter to resurrect one of their products, Wispa Gold. After Cadbury ended production of the bar, there was significant public demand to bring it back. To aid in its relaunch, the company decided to use Twitter to build up awareness of the product. Cadbury revealed that since it launched its Promoted Accounts and Promoted Trends campaign, positive mentions of their Wispa Gold product and the brand increased by over 1,800 per cent. They also drove a 25 per cent engagement rate for their “Retweet for Sweets” promotion.

So if you’re not already using Twitter for your business then hurry up! Your competitors most likely already are…

Sign up to Twitter today via the link below:

https://twitter.com/signup

Leading UK web hosting and domain name company Easyspace has unveiled a range of dedicated servers with enhanced managed backup options to coincide with World Backup Day.

The new Easyspace Dedicated Server Range allows customers to custom build dedicated servers that best suit their requirements by selecting from a drop-down menu of high quality components. Processing, memory, hard drive and operating systems can be chosen to suit individual business needs. The enhanced options available include: Dual, Quad and HEX core processors; up to 300GB RAM; a full choice of HDD & RAID; Linux, Windows or VMware operating systems; and a full range of managed backup.

Sarah Haran, Managing Director of Easyspace, says: “World Backup Day offers us a chance to remind our customers about the importance of backing up their data.  Our upgraded dedicated server range means we can build customised servers and fully protect data to suit any business requirement, from e-commerce, to email services and applications. This, combined with price stability, enhanced SLAs and the reliability of 24/7 support from our own fully-managed data centre infrastructure, means every Easyspace customer will get the servers they need to support and grow their individual business.”

Sara Haran, adds: “It’s all about giving our customers peace of mind.”

Prices for Easyspace dedicated servers start from £49.99 per month for the Starter Range which is ideal for hosting, development and VPN services; from £99.99 per month for the Business Range, which is suitable for media processing, development and hosting multiple websites; and from £199.99 per month for the Professional Range of mission critical, scalable dedicated servers, each of which can take up to 8 drive bays, with fast SAS storage and a Hex Xeon range of processors.

Easyspace are also one of the few hosting companies to offer a full backup and restore service to customers on their shared web hosting packages – Easyspace takes copies of your web site files and any associated databases and gives you access to them via an easy to use control panel. The backup panel allows you to recover or restore your web space and MySQL databases for a rolling 6 days and then weekly snapshots that are held for 2months!

All part of the service!

Basically the higher up your website ranks in a search engine like Google – the more visitors your website will get. So if you have a business that relies on online sales or if you are wanting more online sales, then you need to know about SEO!

As more business rely on the internet it is increasingly important that a business has an understanding of SEO and is able to take appropriate action in the hope that their website will rank highly.

SEO experts, gurus and agencies have been around for many years now. While they may agree on the basics, if you ask 10 SEO experts their opinion on tactics to implement to rank a website highly, then the odds are they will not all agree 100%.

This is because SEO is constantly evolving. The goal posts are often shifting – thanks to search engines like Google frequently changing their algorithms which determine a websites ranking. A website that ranks highly today may not tomorrow – all because Google changes their algorithm. Following Google’s “Panda” update last year many websites lost their high rankings overnight – which can have devastating consequences for some businesses.

While algorithm changes by search engines can effect your business – in a good and bad way – the fact is as a business you need to be ready to react or even better be pro-active. As author and serial entrepeneur George Marshall stated in a recent blog post: “Google Doesn’t Owe You A Living”. So if a search engines change their algorithm and your website ranking drops – then you need to roll with the punches, take action and make the required changes/updates to your website – rather than moaning about Google or Yahoo or MSN or any other search engine. Accept it, deal with it and move on.

Now the difficult part is what is the appropriate action to take if your website drops in the rankings? What do you do SEO wise? If all the SEO experts don’t 100% agree, then what is the best course of action for you to take?

The fact is content is King – you should always try to ensure your website always has excellent content that visitors want and need. The fact is SEO experts are constantly testing, trialing new SEO tactics & strategies to find out what works best – this is especially true after Google makes a new algorithm change.

Now you may not have the time, resources or expertise to experiment on lots of SEO tests, so our advice is to learn from the experts. Visit their websites, blogs, SEO forums, attend SEO/Internet conferences, etc and hopefully you will be able to get a general consensus on what is the best strategy to take for your website SEO wise.

There are many SEO experts, bloggers, tools and forums – but below are a few to get you started in your journey to understanding SEO. But always keep in mind that with SEO you will need to constantly be learning and keeping up to date with the latest developments…

• Google: Webmaster Tools – SEO
• Google: Webmaster Tools – Webmaster Guidlines
• http://ukseoforums.com/
• http://www.seobook.com/
• http://viperchill.co.uk/50-seo-tips/
• http://www.seomoz.org/
• http://www.hobo-web.co.uk/
• http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/blog
• http://sesconference.com

Our aim is to help individuals and businesses to save money, especially when it comes to registering multiple domain extensions.

If you’re thinking about registering multiple domain names, you’ve got the right idea and approach!

With millions of web addresses already registered, the range of available domain registrations is getting thinner.

Registering and using more than one domain name with multiple extensions (for example yourname.com, yourname.co.uk, yourname.co) is a valuable investment and great choice for creating a dynamic online identity, perfect for brand protection and essential for business growth.

Brand Protection: Why should you register multiple domain extensions?

• Protect your brand and keep your competition from registering similar domain names
• Stop those who may register alternative extensions for unsavoury purposes
• Register common misspells of your domain e.g. yourname.com and yoruname.com
• Promote the different products and services to specific markets
• Strengthen your search engine listing
• Generate more valuable traffic to your website by diverting all domains
• Create distinct online advertising strategies to target different markets
• Provide customers more ways to find you on the Internet

To help you protect your brand, we are running a massive promotion and offering up to 90% off domain registrations:

.EU Domain Name – 90% off standard price valid until 31st March 2012
The .eu is key domain extension for individuals and businesses which are looking for a regional coverage instead of local and wish to tap into the European market to grow “European online identity”. With a .eu domain name you show loyalty to Europe and promote your business brand in 27 countries!

.INFO Domain Name – 40% off standard price valid until 30th June 2012
.info is a long-standing domain that people trust and respect so be unique, up-to-date and informative in a world where information rules! Register your .info and share your information about your business online.

.ME Domain Name – 50% off available until 30th June 2012
A unique way to make your own statement and connection with businesses or friends online. .me domain is simply prefect for expressing your online identity and has an incredible potential for Internet users world-wide.

.CO Domain Name – 50% off available until 30th June 2012
By registering a .co web address, you’ll be adding one of the most popular domain extensions on the Internet. .co is offering individuals and companies more choice in branding their online presence so launch your new idea online today.

These domain extensions are essential for all kinds of organisations, businesses, groups, social networking sites and individuals. If you are serious about protecting your brand you should act now before it’s too late.

Easyspace is offering WHOIS Privacy services (also known as private domain registrations) to help individuals and businesses to protect their personal details online from identity theft and cyber squatters!

Private domain registrations can be purchased for new and existing web addresses for just £0.42 per month per domain. To gain a little extra privacy on the web, simply add WHOIS Privacy to following domain extensions: .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz, .cc, .tv, .name. .me, .co. .xxx, .bz, .mobi, .tel and .ws today via control panel (existing customers) or add it prior to checkout during domain registration process (new and existing customers).

.eu and .uk domain customers are also able to protect online identity by adding service called “WHOIS Opt-Out”. This service can used for free! To make use of it simply contact us by raising a ticket via the Easyspace control panel.

Don’t hesitate; protect your brand by registering multiple domain extensions and enabling WHOIS Privacy services today!

For further, visit latest promotion pages and private domain registration pages or call our friendly sales team on 0370 755 5088.

Launched today, the GetMo campaign is to educate UK businesses about mobile websites and to help everyone keep up with the rapidly changing consumer behaviour. The campaign is aimed at individuals and businesses worldwide to help them build mobile version of their standard desktop websites on smartphones.

Easyspace is dedicated to helping businesses reduce costs and improve their online presence. As part of the Google’s GetMo campaign, Easyspace will be offering the goMobi mobile site builder at a 40% off the normal price, £42 per year. This means customers will be able to tap into new mobile market for only £2.08 per month (£25.00 per annum). A 21 day free trial is also available to all customers who wish to trial this innovative mobile builder before buying.

Sarah Haran, Managing Director of Easyspace, said: “Easyspace is proud to have been chosen as the UK partner for goMobi as part of this new Google initiative to promote the business benefits of having a mobile website. There has been an incredible rise in the use of mobile phones in the UK and we’re delighted to be enabling businesses to react to this by providing them with the tools they need to go mobile. For less than the cost of a cup of coffee every month, businesses will be able to tap into a whole new mobile customer base.”

goMobi, is an incredibly innovative product which offers all-in-one, easy to use, feature-rich platform for businesses to get on mobile web. It features click-to-call, m-commerce support, maps and directions, social networking, custom analytics to mention but a few.

Google latest reports shows 166% increase in mobile searches for top retail brands during the festive season in the UK. Yet 79% of large UK online advertisers had no mobile site to serve that traffic. With over 60 million internet users in UK, this is a market that is increasingly growing and becoming more prosperous.

Eileen O’Sullivan, COO and CFO of goMobi parent company dotMobi, said: “We’re excited to be part of Google’s GetMo initiative in the UK with Easyspace and are looking forward to getting UK business on mobile.”

“It’s vital that businesses showcase their products and services to customers who are increasingly mobile phone savvy. For online retailers a mobile version of your desktop website is an absolute must. Achieving this doesn’t require long-term business planning. With the help of Easyspace you can create goMobi sites in a matter of minutes and the web pages created will work on any phone. By using goMobi through Easyspace, you’ll be able to access a whole new audience which in turn could become a whole new customer base.” Sarah Haran added.

Easyspace is a subsidiary of iomart Group plc which was named Scottish Digital IT Company of the Year 2011 and is ranked as one of the top web hosting providers in the world.

About Easyspace

Founded in 1997, Easyspace has gained a reputation for offering high quality and innovative products backed by excellent customer service. Easyspace has grown to become the UK’s largest ICANN accredited domain name registrar and one of the largest web hosting companies in the country. The company now serves over 350,000 consumer and SOHO customers with an extensive portfolio of hosting and ecommerce solutions, ranging from dedicated servers through to professional web design. Easyspace is a subsidiary of AIM Listed iomart Group plc. For more information about Easyspace visit www.easyspace.com

About iomart Group plc:

iomart Group plc (AIM:IOM) is one of the UK’s leading providers of managed hosting and cloud computing services. From a single server through to private cloud networks, iomart specialises in the delivery and management of mission-critical hosting services, enabling customers to reduce the costs, complexity and risks associated with maintaining their own web and online applications.

iomart Group operates in its chosen markets through a number of subsidiaries: iomart Hosting, RapidSwitch, Easyspace, EQSN and Westcoastcloud. The group has been listed on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) since April 2000. For more information about iomart Group plc visit www.iomart.com

The good news is you don’t need a Phd in Marketing to make money online. Lots of ordinary people – men, women, young and old are making money online from affiliate marketing. You can join them – you just need to take action and make things happen…

“Things may come to those who wait, but only things left by those who hustle.” Abraham Lincoln

You can read as many how to guides, case studies, tutorials and biographies of successful business men & women, but if you don’t follow up that newly learnt knowledge with action, then it’s all been in vain. Get busy doing, and stop being busy wishing.

Running an online business takes a lot of dedication and work – especially in the early days. It needs to be treated like a real business. If you set up an affiliate website then you will have the opportunity to make money online, without the hassle of having to hold any stock or make deliveries, etc. Its something that you can start in your spare time, and has the potential the grow and earn you some serious money, at a pace you are comfortable with and in full control.

So, following on from Part 1 of our Beginners Guide To Affiliate Marketing, if you have been taking action, you will have already completed the following steps towards making money online:

• Already decide on which niche market you are going to target
• Already chosen & purchased a domain name
• Already purchased web hosting
• Already setup your website – designed by yourself, somebody else e.g. a web designer or are using WordPress

What’s the next step to becoming a successful affiliate?

Once you have completed the above steps, then next on your to do list is:

• Join UK affiliate marketing networks
• Decide which product/services you will promote
• Decide which retailers to partner up with & how

UK Affiliate Networks

Firstly, we recommend you join all of the major UK Affiliate Networks. These will have thousands of Merchants (online retailers) whose products/services you can promote, including Merchants in a variety of sectors i.e. travel, fashion, bingo, gadgets, finance, etc such as Marks & Spencers, Expedia, Cloggs, Dixons, BT, Sky TV, Nike, Apple, etc, etc.

While some Merchants may only have an in-house affiliate program from which you can promote them, it’s always best to look at the affiliate networks first, since many major brands will have affiliate programs with them.

The affiliate networks you should join include:

• Affilinet
• Affiliate Future
• Affiliate Window
• Commission Junction
• LinkShare UK
• Paid On Results
• TradeDoubler
• Webgains

It is free to join these affiliate marketing networks.

Products / Services

One of the most important decisions to making money online is deciding which market niche you are going to target. Once you have decided which niche is worth pursing, you will have to narrow down the products/services you will focus on. Plus you will have to decide which Merchant(s) (retailers that provide those products/services) you will partner up with.

For example, the affiliate website www.fitflopsshoes.co.uk promote Fit Flops shoes, and the Merchant that they have partnered up with includes www.cloggs.co.uk . So if somebody clicks on one of their affiliate links on their website, visists the Cloggs website and makes a purchase, then the owner of www.fitflopsshoes.co.uk will earn a commission.

The great thing about having an affiliate site is that you can earn money by helping to generate sales – but at the same time you’re not responsible for holding any stock, processing payments, arranging deliveries or dealing with customer support issues. As an affiliate you would simply let the Merchant deal with all of that.

Factors you will need to consider when deciding which products/services to promote are:

• Which products are popular?
• Which type of products are people looking for?
• Would you buy it?
• Choose a product/service that you are interested in promoting e.g. shoes, rugby, makeup, sunglasses, furniture, etc?
• Choose a fairly niche product/service i.e. don’t promote worldwide travel destinations, instead maybe choose to promote holidays to Tenerife, etc. Don’t promote something too broad.
• Not selling at a very low price, otherwise your commission may not be worthwhile.
• Consider doing some keyword analysis to help you decide

It’s up to you how many products you promote. You can promote just one product, or ten or twenty or hundreds or even thousands. There are thousands of products/services for you to promote e.g. golf clubs, shoes, holidays, makeup, fitness equipment, furniture, tennis rackets, dog collars, rabbit hutches, etc, etc…Whatever product/service you choose to promote, it is highly recommended that you choose something you are interested in and that you have a knowledge & passion for  – otherwise your enthusiasm for working on your affiliate site might not last long.

Merchants

Once you have decided which product/service you are going to promote, then next step is deciding which Merchant you will partner up with i.e. who are you going to link to on your affiliate website e.g. if you have an affiliate site promoting shoes, are you going to have affiliate links pointing to http://www.cloggs.co.uk ??

It is up to you how many Merchants you partner with. For example, if ten Merchants sell the product you promote, then you could link to them all – maybe listing them by price, thereby offering price comparison for you site visitors, showing them where they can buy the product at the cheapest price.

For example, shoe affiliate website ‘All The Shoes’ links to numerous Merchants, showing website visitors where they can buy UGG boots at the cheapest prices. Visitors just click the GO buttons, which are linked to the Merchant listed e.g. Cloggs:

However, it’s possible only one Merchant sells the product you promote, so in that case you would have no other choice but to partner with them.

If there are a large number of Merchants that sell the product you promote, then some factors you need to consider when deciding which ones to work with will be:

• How much can you earn with them i.e. what price do they sell their product at and what commission % will they reward you with?
• Does the Merchant have an attractive, professional looking website?
• Would you buy from them?
• How well does their website convert?
• Which affiliate network are they with? This will determine how easy it is to set up links, etc.
• How quickly do they validate your sales?
• How quickly will they pay you?
• Do they communicate regularly with affiliates i.e. offering discount codes, product info, incentives, etc?

When you have decided which Merchant(s) you want to join, then all you have to do is login to the affiliate network they are signed up with and apply to join their affiliate program. For example, in addition to our in-house program, Easyspace has our affiliate program with the affiliate network Commission Junction – which you can join by clicking on the link below:

Easyspace Affiliate Program – Commission Junction

Apart from checking the Merchants listed on a particular Affiliate Network, another option to find Merchants who sell the product/service you want to promote is to do a search in Google – either by then name of the product or by the Merchants name.

For example, if you want to find Merchants that sell UGG boots then type into Google “UGG boots” and from the websites listed that are online retailsers e.g. Cloggs, click onto their homepages and look arounf their site to see if they have an affiliate program you can join. Cloggs home page has a link at the bottom of them homepage “Affiliate with Cloggs” (http://www.cloggs.co.uk/icat/affiliatewithcloggs)

Find Merchants with Google

Alternatively, if you already know a Merchant that you want to work with, and you want to know if they run an affiliate program then you can either search for them in the list of Affiliate Networks – or you can type the Merchants name + “affiliates” into google, and hopefully you will find out if your Merchant of choice has one. For example, imagine you have decided you are going to setup an affiliate website that promotes holidays to a particular destination e.g. New York, and you want to partner up with LastMinute.com, then you can find out if they have an affiliate program by typing into google: “lastminute affiliates” – the results Google list include a special “affiliates” page that Last Minute has created:

http://www.lastminute.com/site/help/affiliates/affiliate.html

Lastly, don’t forget that you can simply visit a Merchants website and have a look around their site to see if they have a link e.g. “Affiliates”. Many Merchants have such a link at the bottom of their homepage. If you can’t find one then the Merchants may not have an affiliate program – but keep in mind that some Merchants prefer to keep a low profile for their affiliate program, which is one reason you should always search the Affiliate networks to see their list of Merchants.

You can find out more about the easyspace affiliate program, at the ‘Affiliates’ area of our website: http://www.easyspace.com/affiliates

Many Merchants will approve you automatically, however for some you may need to wait a few days. I would advise having your website live before applying, since many Merchants like to look at the website on which you will be promoting them – to ensure it is suitable.

Once your application to join a Merchants affiliate program is approved, you will then be able to access your unique affiliate links/banners and add them to your website. When your affiliate links are added to your website, then you are a step closer to making money online.

Examples of people making money online

Below are a couple of examples of successful websites, with some links that will provide further background on how they came about. While the two people mentioned below are amongst the best at what they do, there is nothing stopping you replicating the business model that they have chosen and still earn a decent amount of money:

www.TruthAboutAbs.com earns Mike Geary close to $1,000,000 per month!!

You can find a detailed interview with Mike Geary and all the details on how he built his online business to such a huge success, on the blog of author Tim Ferris.

www.highonhealth.org earns Fran Kerr anywhere from $4,000 to $12,000 a month!!

Fran Kerr created HighOnHealth.org, a blog about acne treatment, skin care and alternative health. She had passion for a subject (alternative health). Her website is now one of the most popular alternative health and skin care blogs in the world. She writes articles for her blog, produces videos which she shares on her YouTube channel and her blog. When she started her website it was just a hobby – now she earns a living from her website.

You can find a detailed interview with Fran Kerr and all the details on how she built her online business to such a huge success, on the blog of internet marketer Yaro Starak.

Summary

Once you have joined all the major UK Affiliate Networks, decided which product/services you will promote, and joined the affiliate programs of Merchants that sell them, the next step is to get your website noticed, and that means promoting your website.

If nobody visits your website then you won’t be making any money. So, in our Beginners Guide To Affiliate Marketing (Part 3) (coming soon) we will show you a number of ways you can get people visiting your website.

Do you have a hobby? What are you passionate about? Lots of people are earning money online. You can join them too. You just need to take action – so hurry up and get your domain name registered, get you web hosting for your website and start creating your online business today.

If you purchase web hosting with easyspace it starts at only £2.25 per month – and we’ll even give you a FREE domain name with it! Get busy doing, and stop being busy wishing.

The most romantic day of the year is nearly upon all of us and we all will be soon searching for “THAT” special present.

You might be asking yourself “What do I buy for someone who has everything?” which is why we have prepared a unique Valentine’s Day offer to help you with a hard task!

For a limited time only, we will be offering 25% off yearly web hosting packages that are bought with a .ME domain name.

Some of you may be wondering – Why should I buy web hosting package with .ME domain name? There are more than a hundred reasons why you should buy a .ME domain name, but let us tell you the main reason…

The .ME domain name is perfect for starting an online business or a personal website; in fact this fantastic top-level domain extension is perfect for any type of website! So, if you are looking for a unique present for Valentine’s Day, you would be hard pushed to find something more unique! A great choice because it’s unique, personal, catchy, completely different, unusual and individual – you name it!

.ME has incredible potential for Internet users worldwide – it’s a unique way to make a statement and connect with loved ones, family and businesses.

Surprise your partner on Valentine’s Day with a rare present – give them hosting with .ME domain name!

The offer will be available until 14th February (midnight GMT time) – Terms and Conditions apply

To save 25% off hosting with .ME domain visit Easyspace web hosting pages or call our sales team on 0370 755 5088.

The .CO domain was first intended for use with the country Colombia – meaning only people who lived or had business in Columbia could use it.

After many years of debate it was finally decided on the 7th February 2010 by the registry operator of the .CO domain (.CO Internet S.A.S), that the .CO domain extension should be released to the rest of the world on a first-come and first-serve basis on the 20th 2010.

Since the worldwide launch any company, organisation, blogger, business, brand, individual or entrepreneur of any kind could register their version of the .CO domain name.

.CO is perfect for users to launch their “next big idea” with one of the most memorable, short and meaningful web address. The .CO is not just a domain name, web address or TLD, the .CO is the online space where possibility meets opportunity and where individuals and businesses bring their brand new ideas to life!

Universally associated with terms “COmpany”, “COrporation” and “COmmerce”, the .CO domain extension is truly recognisable, memorable and flexible in terms of its use.

.CO is an excellent platform for social networking; you can build COmmunities, COnnect and COmmunicate or simply share COntent and COllaborate. All these possibilities make the .co a fantastic web address.

Who uses the .CO domain name?

Many people around the world register .CO web addresses, below are some of the successful stories from the world’s more innovative and creative thinkers.

• http://www.t.co/ - Twitter, Social Networking/Branded Shortener
• http://www.joan.co/ - Joan Rivers, Brand
• http://www.thenextbig.co/ - The Next Big Thing, Community
• http://www.charlottechurch.co/ - Charlotte Church, Content
• http://www.o.co – Overstock, Global Sites

Searching for the perfect domain name can be daunting task, but the fun begins as soon as you register your dream web address – there are still many popular .CO domain names to register!

To help you make your new idea reality, Easyspace is offering all new and existing customers’ .CO domains at 50% discounted price until end of June 2012! We want to see you succeed, so we’ve listed few tips for your “the new big idea” and the key benefits of .CO web address.

What can you build on .CO domain name?

What are the benefits of .CO?

• .CO it’s still available so start searching for the domain name you really want
• .CO is short, global, recognisable and credible option for branding your online presence
• .CO is SEO and Trademark friendly
• .CO is fantastic choice for any website – blog, business, brand, personal website and more
• .CO is similar to .com and .net, so protect your brand today

So why wait, register your .CO domain name for just £14.00 via Easyspace domain name pages or call Easyspace sales team on 0370 755 5088 and share your new idea online within the biggest community.

Numerous businesses use .ME domain names such as About.me and Formspring.me. Also, many businesses that use a .com extension have also registered a .ME domain – either to secure it for trademark reasons or to develop it e.g. Visa (https://www.v.me).

However, another group who registered .ME domains were people who wanted to use it for their personal websites.

.ME Advantages

A quick snapshot of some of the many advantages of .me domain names are:

1. Unique Personal Brand
Having a personal or family website with a blog or photo album, in combination with a .me domain extension will enable you to create a unique personal brand online. A .ME domain is personal – and provides and amazing personal tone when you use such a domain extension on your website. They are great for promoting your personal brand.

2. Catchy & easy to remember
When telling friends or people you’ve just met what your website is, you want to be able to give them a web address that is easy for them to remember – and a .ME is perfect for that. It’s easy for people to remember.

3. Lots of .ME domain extensions still available
One of the most popular domain extensions that people want are .com’s, and as a result the odds are www.YourName.com has already been registered by somebody else – unless you have an unusual name. However, you have a much better chance of securing your .ME domain extension than a .com. So, if you’re quick you may be lucky enough to register your personal .ME domain extension today. View our .ME domain page to check if it’s still available.

Personal .ME Success Stories

Successful .ME personal websites include leaders in the business world:

• http://zee.me (Zee M Kane, TheNextWeb CEO)
• http://mantia.me (Louie Mantia, web designer, worked for Apple)
• http://dannybrown.me (blogger and social media expert)
• http://andrewdumont.me (Head of Business Development at SEOMoz)
• http://bryn.me (entrepreneur)

.ME is a real phenomenon among domain names, with its unforgettable meaning and never-ending word combinations. .Me adds a truly personal tone to your domain names.

Have you registered yours yet? No? Get your .ME domain today and save 50%!

There are numerous ways in which a .ME domain can be used, why not consider some of the following:

www.FullName.me
Perfect solution for setting up your personal website / blog, online resume, bio and much more!

www.Surname.me
By registering full name domain name with .me extension, you could provide all family members with their own website [firstname.surname.me] and personalized email address [firstname@surname.me]

www.nickname.me
Ideal for setting up your photo album, private website, blog or social profile.
…and much more!

www.Fullname.me
www.Fullname-Surname.me
www.Surname-Fullname.me
www.Fullnameblog.me
www.Fullname-blog.me
www.Fullnamephotos.me
www.Fullname-photos.me
www.Fullnamecv.me
www.Fullname-cv.me

For Example: Job Hunters

Since .ME domain websites are great for advertising and promoting yourself, they are increasingly being used by people who are job hunting or seeking a career change.

While the economy is depressed, the job market is very competitive. Job hunters need to set themselves apart from the competition. Promoting yourself is more important than ever. Getting noticed by prospective employers, and showing them you are the right person for the job e.g. with your online CV on your personal .ME website will help you get attention from those hiring.

Sending out your CV on paper is increasingly outdated. Showing you’re up to date with the online world, will make you more visible to employers. An eye catching .ME personal website, will enable you to create a powerful online personal brand and thereby help promote you and your abilities. Many people are using a .ME domain to create a personal website to promote their resume – why don’t you?

.ME is all about YOU!

Possibilities are endless, so if you have a great original idea for a domain name, register your .Me before it’s taken and the Internet will simply be all about you!

Check now to see if your .ME domain name is still available