The Affiliate SEO Site That Does $400M A Year

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Eric Siu and Neil Patel

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🗓️ 16 October 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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In episode #2842, Eric Siu and Neil Patel discuss the lucrative model of affiliate SEO, the potential impact of AI on call centers, a comparative analysis of revenue per employee across different companies, the debate on outsourcing availability for entrepreneurs, and the importance of advertising for business growth. Don’t forget to help us grow by subscribing and liking on YouTube! Check out more of Eric’s content (Leveling UP YT) and Neil’s videos (Neil Patel YT) TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: (00:00) The affiliate SEO site that does $400M a year (03:42) What the end of call centers means for your business (09:11) What we can learn from OnlyFans’ $30M per employee (11:03) Why you shouldn't have an assistant (13:29) That’s it for today! Don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe! Go to https://www.marketingschool.io to learn more! Leave Some Feedback: What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with Us: Single Grain << Eric’s ad agency NP Digital << Neil’s ad agency X @neilpatel X @ericosiu

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0:00.0	So let's talk about the affiliate SEO site that does 400 million a year.
0:03.7	So this site is without naming a name first.
0:07.6	This is really interesting because they had, this is an affiliate company that
0:11.3	partnered with a brand that we all know,
0:13.4	which we'll reveal in a second, so wait till the end of this.
0:15.8	But basically they said, hey, we will basically make these sections on your website
0:20.7	and generate affiliate revenue.
0:21.8	So it could be like credit cards, it could be like different types of offers. So credit cards do really well, like you know,
0:27.0	insurance does really well as well, like loans do really well too, right? And so basically this is Forbes. It's called the Forbes Marketplace, right? So it's not exactly Forbes. It's like, it's like, the
0:37.6	affiliate company said, hey, we'll call it Forbes Marketplace. And they created, I believe it was
0:41.0	subdomains and they
0:43.0	controlled all of it they started going into other areas today
0:45.0	they started going to like home goods they started going into like all these like electronics and things like that
0:49.0	basically the way it works is like when you search for like best credit card for business or whatever
0:53.2	Forbes will pop up they're leveraging Forbes domain authority you can call it
0:57.2	parasite SEO so they're when you have stronger domain authority whatever you
1:00.6	publish you're gonna rank well for it, right?
1:02.6	So this is a, they call it Forbes Marketplace,
1:04.8	the Parasite SEO company trying to devour its host.
1:07.5	It's become so profitable if it's doing 400 million a year
1:10.9	or I don't know if it's per quarter or whatever, it's getting to the level where it can actually buy Forbes.
1:17.0	Right? And this piece by Lars Lofgren was really good.
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