The next page you want to go over is the resources page or some call it the tools page.
This is a page I suggest putting on your Web site if you're trying to make money as an affiliate or
just if you are building a web site on a topic where people are going to come to your Web site to learn
how to do that topic.
It doesn't have to be about building an online business it doesn't have to be about building a web site.
This could be anything from how to be a better baseball pitcher to how to be a better Fisher.
It could be how to learn better as a college student or how to make better smoothies any kind of topic
like that has tools or resources that you use and might recommend and while you might write about these
kinds of things in your blog or articles or if you have a podcast or in other parts of your website
it's a good idea to have it all on one page in your resources page or on your tools page so you can
see here that I just have a most recommended resources section.
I break it down according to what type of category this is in whether it's for people building an online
business for people making videos.
I have all my cameras lenses tripods and these are linked out to Amazon products most of them.
So all of these products I link out using Amazon and I'm an affiliate for Amazon.
So if someone buys a product on Amazon after clicking through this link I make a little bit of income
for referring them to Amazon at no extra cost to the person down below I have online teaching platforms
that I use and then below that I have my books and a resource that I give away.
I don't have any other page for my books.
I did once have a Books page that was at the top.
It had a link at the very top but because I'm not as focused on writing books anymore I don't want that
linked to take up the real estate of the top menu.
So I just put these books on the resources page itself.
And again I have my seven step guide and optin on this page.
If you are an affiliate though you have to announce it and make sure that people know that the links
that you're using on this page are affiliate links.
And typically it's at no additional cost to the person.
But you've got to make sure of that and announced that you can't legally be sending people to products
if you're an affiliate.
If you don't make it aware that you are that affiliate let's look at the other resources pages we have
Pat Flynn who has broken down his resources page into his most recommended exclusive deals that he's
gone on with different Web sites or products.
And then a specific category called the entrepreneurial journey where people can actually filter the
resources based off of where they are in their own entrepreneurial journey.
Now this is a very advanced kind of web site design and this isn't something that you're going to be
able to do easily with a slider like this but you could create different pages or sections of your resource
page that does break down resources depending on different categories on college info.
Thomas Frank does a similar thing where he has all of his resources.
He breaks them down into category such as studying and learning tools gear and physical tools writing
not taking tools etc. but you could also filter them according to the category.
I hope your understanding with these past few videos is that you need to make it easy for people to
find what they're looking for.
Your home page does this your start here page does this year menus do this.
And now on your resource page you need to make sure that it's easy for people to find the content they're
looking for.
He also has different types of resources so similar to what Palin has with the entrepreneurial journey.
Thomas Frank has the college packing guide.
So for people who are going to college is packing guide and he's able to link out to all of this stuff.
I'm sure he's an affiliate for and making money as an affiliate for with simple green smoothies.
They don't have a technical tools or resources page that's linked to on their home page menu.
But they do have this nutrition plans link and the recipes plan which is kind of like a resource page.
They have their blenders right here which I'm sure they are affiliates for as well.
So because their business is based off of smoothies they're probably making a decent amount of affiliate
income by referring people to these blenders and these nutrition books.
So they're not just stuffing them onto a resource or tools page that not everyone is going to see they're
making it a big link and creating separate pages for these tools and resources that people need if they
want to make smoothies.
So this is a good example of a Web site that is a very niche topic and because it's niche maybe the
tools and resources aren't as broad and so they only have a few types of resources that they promote.
So why not create a separate link in the menu for them time and time again from all kinds of business
and Web site creators.
I've found that they have resource pages and like I've been saying I use other peoples web sites that
are working as inspiration for my own.
And so that's why I created a resource page and that's where actually a lot of people end up going.
And a lot of people click through these links and that's where I actually have a ton of traffic going
to from my home page or from people that visit my Web site in the first place.
Use these tips and tricks to create a resources page of your own.
And of course make sure that you look up other Web sites that are in your niche and see what types of
resource pages that they have as well.