What Works Better For Affiliates? Niche Or General News? | Ep. #1297

Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

Eric Siu and Neil Patel

Business, Marketing, Careers

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In episode #1297, we ask what works better for affiliates, niche content or general news? There are a number of different routes you can take with your affiliate marketing, from very general to very niche. We recommend erring more on the side of niche, for SEO and customer retention. Tune in hear the benefits of specialization and becoming an authority! TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [00:25] Today’s topic: What Works Better for Affiliates? Niche or General News. [00:35] Some examples of affiliate sites and what they do. [01:34] The conversion impact of niche websites and becoming an authority. [02:52] People like specialists; do not try to be everything to everyone. [04:02] Broader is not better, specific sites do better on search engines. [04:29] Building a brand in order to generate revenue. [05:02] That is it for today! [05:04] To stay updated with events and learn more about our mastermind, go to the Marketing School site for more information. Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Wirecutter BuzzFeed Business Insider ViperChill Affiliate SERPs in 2020 G2 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: Neilpatel.com Quick Sprout Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Marketing School, the only podcast that provides daily top-level marketing tips and strategies from entrepreneurs that practice what they preach and live what they teach.
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0:49.2	Welcome to another episode of Marketing School. I'm Eric Sue and I'm Neil Patel.
0:56.0	And today we're going to talk about what works better for affiliates, niche or general news.
1:01.0	But first we kind of need to explain what we're even talking about here.
1:03.6	So in general when you think about Wirecutter, Wirecutter is a perfect example of an affiliate website
1:10.0	which reviews a lot of the best tech products out there.
1:13.0	So anyway, you go there, you can read the best reviews there,
1:16.0	and then the general business model is you click on the link,
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