Thursday 25 November 2010

Student Debt - The Ideal Solution

Like it or not, student debt is here to stay. The problem is, a lot of people spend time looking at consolidation loans or the usual low paid student jobs. Instead, deal with the root cause: lack of money. The good news is there is an ideal solution which will allow you to boost your finances so that you can avoid student debt altogether.

What is this solution? It's a solution that is totally flexible, allows you to work from home and has the potential to generate large amounts of money: affiliate marketing.

Essentially affiliate marketing is where you promote a product, either through a website, blog or email and earn commission if someone buys that product. Further good news - there are lots of resources you can use to help you get started.

So what do you need in order to make money and address that student debt? A good place to start is by blogging. If you don't have your own site you can use resources like Blogger and Hubpages.

Next you need to find products to promote. Most online marketing is done through Clickbank. You can get a Clickbank ID for free.
When starting a site or blog to promote a product, consider your audience. Don't be tempted to cast your net too wide - you need to convert visits into sales, so you need targeted traffic.

So, onto getting traffic to your site. This is a subject in itself, but in a nutshell, you can increase traffic to your site by:

Optimising your site to get good search engine results
Posting articles on site like this one
Commenting on forums
Building an email list
Social network sites like Facebook or Twitter

Affiliate marketing is not difficult; you just need to apply some principles to get it working. In terms of your student debt, it really is a neat solution to your basic problem – a lack of money. Don’t let yourself get into that situation where your student debt means you need consolidation loans. Take a closer look at affiliate marketing.

For more on affiliate marketing and how to make real money at university, visit The Student Debt Site.

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