Review: AffiliateTips - helping you find the best affiliate programs

If you're trying to make money online you'll no doubt be overly familiar with the notion of using affiliate networks. These networks connect you (as a publisher) with various clients that they broker, allowing you to refer users to a product (or service) and receive financial rewards for doing so. Affiliate networks are notoriously lucrative, but I was recently requested to review AffiliateTips.com - a website who claims to have the answers!

AffiliateTips claim they help you by "forming a platform where affiliates and advertisers can meet and benefit... Affiliates are offered a wide supply of affiliate programs through which they can turn the best possible profit." So they're here to offer you advice and help you find the right affiliate network for your needs.

A website I actually like
A running joke I have with collegues, friends and other bloggers is that I never actually get requested to review things I like; I always seem to take issue with the product. However in this instance AffiliateTips is an excellent website in many ways and it delights me to be able to exercise the more positive words in my vocabulary.

Excellent content
One of the things that strikes me as most impressive about this affiliate portal is how good the content is; from quite broad (but excellent) articles such as how to make big money as an affiliate to the way they separate beginner and advanced articles. It means that whatever level your affiliate marketing is at, there should be some useful nuggets of information here for you. I particulary like their super-simple 5 easy steps to get started with PPC; largely because the information is concise and well worded, meaning it's ideal for beginners.

A nice set of affiliate tools
They also have a nice set of affiliate marketing tools to help you make money online, including a set of affiliate calculators, content feeds and program searches. There's not a lot I can say about the tools that isn't demonstrated by the affiliate calculator [http://www.affiliatetips.com/affiliate-calculators.html].

Finding the best affiliate programs
Besides having content worth reading (and it is), the other good reason for bookmarking AffiliateTips is for the program comparisons. For example, if you look at this page for dating affiliate programs, it shows the various merits and CPA of each program. Having this information broken down in such a clear and concise manner just makes life easy, meaning we can focus on using the right programs and making some good money. Check out this page listing all their affiliate comparisons.

Spreadsheets
AffiliateTips offer several spreadsheets (to download) to help you manage your finances and campaigns - something I think is a great touch. One of the best ways to ensure people return to your website is to offer them something and this should do the trick. Check out their affiliate budget spreadsheets.

Website as a whole
Speaking as a web developer I think they've got a good website going; the design is quite clean and stylish and while the amount of information on offer is a little overwhelming, the design keeps it from being daunting. They are using Tables for layout which is a big no-no in development terms but overall I think the interface is fairly intuitive, the tools are excellent and the navigation manages to bring an astonishing amount of content into the realms of being managable.

Overall I actually like AffiliateTips, which is surprising because I seldom get to review things I actually like. Despite the questionable use of tables for layout (something that doesn't reflect badly upon their marketing advice) I think it's a good website and one that most users within this niche should visit at least once.

If you would like a product, service or website reviewed, please email me at steven.york@seopher.com and we'll discuss the terms.

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