Do you remember when you used to cut coupons from newspapers to get the best discounts of various products? Those were good times, but the present times are even better because you can start your own internet home business and run an online coupon daily deal website.
That’s right, you can make money as a coupon affiliate! It is a win-win situation because you earn money while helping people buy products they need at discounted prices. Just like with any other type of internet home business, you do need to invest some money and work on your business every day.
So, let us get started and help you set up your online coupon business. These five easy steps will help you have an actionable guideline and get in business in no time.
1. Find a Niche and Potential Customers
As tempting as it sounds to advertise coupons for all kind of products addressed to all kind of people, this is not a feasible approach. First of all, you need to market your offers to the potential customers. Every customer group responds to a different type of marketing strategy, so trying to market everything to everyone will get you nowhere, because you will never be able to come up with a logical and structured marketing plan.
Besides, the coupons you promote have to be related to a specific field of interest or industry you are interested in. You cannot market products you know nothing about, can you? Any type of internet home business starts with this specific requirement: choose a niche you are passionate about.
2. Set Up Your Domain Name and Website
You do need to have a website and, since it will not be heavy in content (perhaps it will only contain blog posts), you should research your domain name keywords carefully to get as many hits as possible on Google.
The website itself does not have to be very complex. Clean designs, lots of white space, easy to browse and built on the principles of responsive web design – these are the basic requirements of a good website to promote online coupons. WordPress is your best option for building an easy to manage and professional looking website.
3. Explore Affiliate Coupon Websites
The simplest way of starting your internet home business specializing in online coupons is becoming an affiliate of large coupon websites. Just like in basic affiliate marketing, you sign up, browse offers and select the ones you want to feature on your website.
You can also get more proactive and contact various local businesses in order to promote their coupons on your website (a good move if you want less competition from other online marketers promoting the same coupons as affiliates).
4. Do Your SEO
Like we said before, the coupon promotion website is focused exclusively on offers and not on content you create (like articles or blog posts). So this means that your on-site SEO must work without a hitch. You should not spare the cost of a good SEO expert if you really want your website to be visible.
The second issue is choosing the wording you use for each coupon carefully. Do a Google Keyword search for every single coupon, even if it is for a simple hair curler or paleo diet cookbook.
5. Get on the Social Media
Most of your time working for your internet home business will be dedicated to social media promotion. It is the most effective and affordable type of marketing, with the potential of reaching a huge number of people.
Be active, promote your best coupon offers wisely and apply the best online marketing principles to bring people on your website so they can browse all your offers.
There you go, now you have a blueprint for your own internet home business promoting online coupon offers.