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Make Money Through Affiliate Programs & Affiliate Marketing
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Make Money Through Affiliate Programs & Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate Programs. An affiliate program is simply a program that pays you to drive traffic to someone else’s products and/or services. If the traffic you send results in a sale you will be paid a referral fee (commission) which is either a percentage of the sale or a flat fee per sale. This allows a merchant to have 100’s or even 1000’s of affiliates promoting their product or service simultaneously without costing them a dime in advertising. These payouts are made on a “performance” basis. It’s truly a win-win. These programs range from Jane Doe’s custom hair bows to well-known companies like Wal-Mart, Amazon, and eBay … and of course everything in between.
Affiliate Networks. I personally believe that one of the simplest ways to get started with an affiliate business is to get set up with a good affiliate network. An affiliate network is a company that has made a business of matching up advertisers and publishers.
The advertisers are paying the publishers a commission to go out and market and sell for them. The publishers are those who specialize in the advertising and marketing of products and services on the internet … that’s us. When you get signed up with an affiliate network company you have access to promote and sell ALL of their advertisers. It’s great because you can pick and choose the products and services that you want to sell and you can manage your account from one site and get paid from one company … all while offering several products.
Affiliate Marketing. Affiliate marketing is the business of promoting and marketing the various affiliate programs you have decided to represent. Just to be clear, you can choose to be an affiliate for only one company or product … or for dozens … it’s your choice. Affiliate marketing can be done in many different ways and that all depends on your experience, desire to learn, and budget. You can write and submit articles, write blog posts, send out newsletters to a mailing list, do review pages, set up separate websites or webpages for each, use pay-per-click advertising, social marketing, and there are a host of other methods you could use. Make sure you stay on my Email List so you don’t miss any important information I send out that will help you with your online promotions.
My Favorite Affiliate Programs:
My Favorite Affiliate Networks:
Visit each of these sites and get registered with them for free … and a couple of them even offer a sign up bonus from time to time. If you have questions or if I can help you in any way with your business please let me know. *SmiLes* Suzanne
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Great Article!
My favorite program is Site Build It and i have a few in the clickbank network.
Dont stop writing.
Thanks for a great explanation of affiliate products vs. programs vs. networks. I’ve been wanting to find some affiliate products that tie into my wakeboard business - any ideas?
Thanks! Ken