WEBVTT 00:00.180 --> 00:05.280 The next page you want to go over is the resources page or some call it the tools page. 00:05.280 --> 00:10.960 This is a page I suggest putting on your Web site if you're trying to make money as an affiliate or 00:10.970 --> 00:17.340 just if you are building a web site on a topic where people are going to come to your Web site to learn 00:17.340 --> 00:18.840 how to do that topic. 00:18.840 --> 00:23.580 It doesn't have to be about building an online business it doesn't have to be about building a web site. 00:23.580 --> 00:28.930 This could be anything from how to be a better baseball pitcher to how to be a better Fisher. 00:28.950 --> 00:34.560 It could be how to learn better as a college student or how to make better smoothies any kind of topic 00:34.560 --> 00:40.980 like that has tools or resources that you use and might recommend and while you might write about these 00:40.980 --> 00:46.860 kinds of things in your blog or articles or if you have a podcast or in other parts of your website 00:46.950 --> 00:53.760 it's a good idea to have it all on one page in your resources page or on your tools page so you can 00:53.760 --> 00:58.380 see here that I just have a most recommended resources section. 00:58.380 --> 01:05.190 I break it down according to what type of category this is in whether it's for people building an online 01:05.190 --> 01:08.030 business for people making videos. 01:08.070 --> 01:14.610 I have all my cameras lenses tripods and these are linked out to Amazon products most of them. 01:14.610 --> 01:19.320 So all of these products I link out using Amazon and I'm an affiliate for Amazon. 01:19.350 --> 01:24.810 So if someone buys a product on Amazon after clicking through this link I make a little bit of income 01:24.810 --> 01:30.510 for referring them to Amazon at no extra cost to the person down below I have online teaching platforms 01:30.510 --> 01:38.100 that I use and then below that I have my books and a resource that I give away. 01:38.110 --> 01:39.910 I don't have any other page for my books. 01:39.910 --> 01:43.540 I did once have a Books page that was at the top. 01:43.540 --> 01:49.210 It had a link at the very top but because I'm not as focused on writing books anymore I don't want that 01:49.210 --> 01:52.240 linked to take up the real estate of the top menu. 01:52.240 --> 01:55.600 So I just put these books on the resources page itself. 01:55.600 --> 01:59.830 And again I have my seven step guide and optin on this page. 01:59.890 --> 02:05.080 If you are an affiliate though you have to announce it and make sure that people know that the links 02:05.080 --> 02:08.280 that you're using on this page are affiliate links. 02:08.300 --> 02:11.230 And typically it's at no additional cost to the person. 02:11.260 --> 02:16.090 But you've got to make sure of that and announced that you can't legally be sending people to products 02:16.090 --> 02:17.110 if you're an affiliate. 02:17.140 --> 02:22.450 If you don't make it aware that you are that affiliate let's look at the other resources pages we have 02:22.450 --> 02:29.380 Pat Flynn who has broken down his resources page into his most recommended exclusive deals that he's 02:29.380 --> 02:32.200 gone on with different Web sites or products. 02:32.200 --> 02:38.530 And then a specific category called the entrepreneurial journey where people can actually filter the 02:38.560 --> 02:43.480 resources based off of where they are in their own entrepreneurial journey. 02:43.480 --> 02:49.480 Now this is a very advanced kind of web site design and this isn't something that you're going to be 02:49.480 --> 02:55.690 able to do easily with a slider like this but you could create different pages or sections of your resource 02:55.900 --> 03:01.350 page that does break down resources depending on different categories on college info. 03:01.450 --> 03:05.620 Thomas Frank does a similar thing where he has all of his resources. 03:05.620 --> 03:16.260 He breaks them down into category such as studying and learning tools gear and physical tools writing 03:16.260 --> 03:22.000 not taking tools etc. but you could also filter them according to the category. 03:22.020 --> 03:28.140 I hope your understanding with these past few videos is that you need to make it easy for people to 03:28.140 --> 03:30.300 find what they're looking for. 03:30.330 --> 03:34.950 Your home page does this your start here page does this year menus do this. 03:34.970 --> 03:41.010 And now on your resource page you need to make sure that it's easy for people to find the content they're 03:41.010 --> 03:41.910 looking for. 03:41.910 --> 03:48.090 He also has different types of resources so similar to what Palin has with the entrepreneurial journey. 03:48.090 --> 03:51.140 Thomas Frank has the college packing guide. 03:51.140 --> 03:58.510 So for people who are going to college is packing guide and he's able to link out to all of this stuff. 03:58.550 --> 04:03.630 I'm sure he's an affiliate for and making money as an affiliate for with simple green smoothies. 04:03.630 --> 04:09.870 They don't have a technical tools or resources page that's linked to on their home page menu. 04:09.890 --> 04:16.920 But they do have this nutrition plans link and the recipes plan which is kind of like a resource page. 04:16.920 --> 04:21.720 They have their blenders right here which I'm sure they are affiliates for as well. 04:21.720 --> 04:27.540 So because their business is based off of smoothies they're probably making a decent amount of affiliate 04:27.630 --> 04:31.600 income by referring people to these blenders and these nutrition books. 04:31.620 --> 04:37.530 So they're not just stuffing them onto a resource or tools page that not everyone is going to see they're 04:37.530 --> 04:43.890 making it a big link and creating separate pages for these tools and resources that people need if they 04:43.890 --> 04:45.120 want to make smoothies. 04:45.120 --> 04:51.450 So this is a good example of a Web site that is a very niche topic and because it's niche maybe the 04:51.450 --> 04:57.470 tools and resources aren't as broad and so they only have a few types of resources that they promote. 04:57.510 --> 05:04.290 So why not create a separate link in the menu for them time and time again from all kinds of business 05:04.320 --> 05:05.750 and Web site creators. 05:05.760 --> 05:11.850 I've found that they have resource pages and like I've been saying I use other peoples web sites that 05:11.850 --> 05:13.990 are working as inspiration for my own. 05:13.990 --> 05:19.700 And so that's why I created a resource page and that's where actually a lot of people end up going. 05:19.710 --> 05:24.300 And a lot of people click through these links and that's where I actually have a ton of traffic going 05:24.300 --> 05:28.800 to from my home page or from people that visit my Web site in the first place. 05:28.800 --> 05:32.100 Use these tips and tricks to create a resources page of your own. 05:32.100 --> 05:36.930 And of course make sure that you look up other Web sites that are in your niche and see what types of 05:36.930 --> 05:39.740 resource pages that they have as well.