Best Affiliate Marketing Resources

Joining Wealthy Affiliate was a complete game changer for me. WA showed me that going it alone, trying to learn on my own was the wrong thing to do. Absolutely everything you need to create and grow a successful business online is included at Wealthy Affiliate. They cater to all levels of experience. Someone with zero knowledge to someone with years of success online, we can help. Even with years of experience online, they filled in the gaps of my knowledge as well as correct some of my marketing bad practices.

ConvertKit is an Email Service Provider (ESP) designed for bloggers and online entrepreneurs. It is my number one recommendation for email communications with readers and customers. Because ConvertKit focuses on subscribers, not lists.

ConvertKit is easy to use compared to other ESPs I have used in the last 20 years (Aweber, GetResponse, MailChimp, to name a few). The ConvertKit automation rules and email sequence builder makes setting up autoresponders (sequences) simple. 

I highly recommend using ConvertKit for your email list building.

Jaaxy is an advanced keyword research tool built to help internet marketers identify the most profitable keywords associated with their content, products, and services.

Jaaxy has a number of functions that help research and identify niches and keyword data that reflects traffic and competition on three major search engines (Google, Bing, and Yahoo) and the probability of high Search Engine Results Page (SERP) ranking.

The Independent business owner (IBO) tool box is a free business marketing platform designed to help business owners create their brand, network, build, and market their independently owned businesses.  IBOtoolbox is an active social networking sites for business owners.

Other business and marketing-related online forums include:

• Marketing Checkpoint
• Digital Point
• Warrior Forum
• Wicked Fire
• Problogger.com

Stencil is a simple visual content creation tool for social media marketers, bloggers and small businesses.

I have been using Stencil for several years now because it is a fast and easy way to create graphics for my websites and social media posts. Stencil has a 1,500,000+ royalty-free photo library plus 650+ templates. 

One of my favorite Stencil features is the ability to download new created graphics directly to my social media accounts.

ClickBank is a digital product network that brings together digital product content creators and affiliate marketers looking for products to sell. 

Using the ClickBank marketplace, marketers search and find products to promote. By creating a customized HopLink, marketers can promote the product. A customer clicks on the HopLink, goes to the vendor's website, and ends up purchasing the product from ClickBank. You receive credit for promoting the sale.