My Online Dollars

Affiliate Genie is the latest offering from Chris Rempel and once again he has produced a top notch product for us affiliate marketers. I make no secret of the fact that I am a big fan of the products that Chris and his associates ( a guy by the name of Matthew Chitty was in on this one) have produced. The results that I have achieved from implementing his methods spoken about in the Conduit Method were enough to make me realise that Chris does know this game very well and knows what it takes to get results.

The Affiliate Genie product is basically a website builder specifically tailored to produce high converting affiliate sites. It is not a theme for Wordpress or template for any other site builder, it is a stand alone website content management system that is easy to set up and more importantly content in product review type format is very easy to add.

The features of this package include a site-wide ‘promo’ section that sits at the top of each and every page that you produce, a built in five star rating system, users comments are encouraged and the layout including the side menu is super simple and not cluttered.

The site-wide promo section is a very good use of the ‘top-of-the-fold’ section of the site and the great thing is that once you find a high converting offer any visitors to your site see this offer first, on each and every page. This section is easily changed or modified from the admin interface.

The five star rating system in my opinion is a bit ‘gimmicky’ but then what is a review site without star ratings these days? Easy to operate, it is simply a matter of point and click on the number of stars that you want to rate the product.

User comments are a feature that, in my opinion, drastically changes the trust value of an affiliate site. I know when I am looking to buy any product online I will search around for feedback from actual users or buyers of the product before making a decision. After a while you get immune to the thinly-veiled affiliate sites that offer little more than sales info instead of actual good useful product feedback. Actively encouraging user comments can only be a good thing when someone is searching for credible information and I believe you should see an improvement in conversion rates when users are able to post their feedback.

The layout is good in that there is very little to distract the visitor, particularly in reference to the featured promotion section at the top of the page. Once they are taken to your site there it is right in front of their eyes!

As well as the ’site builder’ you also get a fairly comprehensive User Guide, the Big League Traffic pdf, a Developers Handbook for those that like mucking around with techie stuff, the Market Research Crash Course pdf and licence transfer information. 

The standout amongst these, for me at least, is the Market Research Crash Course. Let’s face it, market research is the difference between making a few quid and spending hours on a project that is never going to turn a dollar. I believe that there is money to be made in most markets or niches but some are just downright hard work for minimum returns and not worth your time (I still have a site in one of these markets, why I keep persisting I don’t know, the amount of work required for not even a thousand a month is crazy!)

The Market Research pdf is actually an extract taken from the original VIP Essentials series and it contains a few examples of lucrative markets as well as the thinking behind why these types of markets are as lucrative as they are. It certainly opened my eyes to a few things when I first read it and is good food for thought when looking to start on that next project.

Another point of note is that Affiliate Genie is setup to be as FTC compliant as you are ever going to get! Disclosure statements are automatically placed in predominant areas of the page which is reassuring to know with all the rules regarding affiliate marketing introduced not long ago.

Without trying to sound too biased I do highly recommend Affiliate Genie to anyone that wants to shift their marketing efforts into the next gear. I don’t think it is suitable for complete beginners as a basic knowledge of the techniques talked about would be needed to put this product to good use. For intermediate marketers who know what it takes to make a few sales I think it is almost a necessity!

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If you want to check out a live Affiliate Genie site take a look at Plus Size Clothing Directory. This site was my half-baked effort at breaking into the plus size clothing industry, not great results here I can tell you!