Earning an income as an affiliate marketer is more than people may know about. For one thing, it is a good way to earn an extra income, and for another, you don’t require a lot of income to start. That is a sure way to make money working from home on a small budget or none at all.

So what is affiliate marketing all about?

In last few weeks I have noticed increased WordPress hack attacks against administrative login across multiple blogs we maintain and manage.  Interestingly enough, this hack is not new, in fact I have published post in June 2011 that shows simple video on how WordPress blog can be hacked in minutes. In fact that post is been gaining popularity lately, see the stats from yesterday,  WordPress hack phrase in some combination at the top of searches that brought people to my blog:

I guess the increase can be attributed to popularity of the WordPress as publishing platform that helps its adoption, in many cases by people who have no clue how to take basic steps to protect their WordPress blog. If you are not sure how well protected your blog, please read the WordPress security guide I have published on this blog, I guarantee you it will save you time and money, as it is expensive to hire someone to fix your blog and recover it from hack!

But let’s look into some details of what I’m seeing…

Content is the King – this simple rule will always remain true, whether you are building a simple HTML page or a Web 2.0 site. [tag-tec]WordPress[/tag-tec] is an excellent platform to build your own [tag-tec]Web 20[/tag-tec] site after some small additions.

This [tag-tec]HowTo[/tag-tec] is built as I go and everything I share in it is what I use myself based on multitude of information I have combed through and some personal experience. Please feel free to comment on it, as I would greatly appreciate your opinion.

In this article I will discuss some additional plugins you will need to make your blog stand-out and deliver targeted traffic, while protecting you from SPAM and help you monetize your blog. Hey, you publish information people need – why not get paid for it, right?

Start with the general term for which you are looking, and enter it in one of the free keyword research tools. The Google keyword tool is useful, except that you cannot copy the numbers — only the keyword list. Put your keyword list into a spreadsheet program to track your activities and help you to identify the best keywords.

Look at the traffic for the keywords as you go down the list; around 5,000 a month or fewer searches will give you the most likely overlooked terms. However, rarely will you find very good SEO keywords in your first general list. The real secret to finding the overlooked ones is to find sub-phrases of the main keyword group with high traffic, type them into the Google search tool as mentioned above, and then look at the words you get.

If you missed the bandwagon departing for Social Network traffic – fear not! Tweet and Get It! WordPress plugin will help you get there quite a bit faster. This small addition to your blog can help you recruit an army of followers interested in getting exactly what you have to offer or share, assuming of course you actually have something to give or share

To see it in action:

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Innovation never sleeps and that is why I like WordPress as a platform! If you have a need – more than likely someone else does too and they have created a solution in form of plugin you can install and use!

About 5 hour ago I have installed a great plugin, Antispam Bee (can be found in WordPress plugins repository) to test this alternative to Akismet. Not that there was anything wrong with that plugin but I get quite a few questions on FREE alternative for business bloggers and I just had to test.

Results are stunning so far, to say the least: