For those of you who are just coming online, you’re about to learn a very popular way to make money using the Internet. It’s called Affiliate Marketing. The concept is easy to understand and just as easy to master.
Most people who come online to make money need something to sell, but don’t have anything. Affiliate marketing is so great because you have thousands and thousands of products to sell for a commission. But in order to be successful with affiliate marketing, you first need to understand exactly what it is.
What is Affiliate Marketing?
Affiliate marketing is a 3-step process for earning income. It begins with signing up to sell someone’s product or service, then actually going out and advertising that product/service with the intention of generating sales, and finally making those sales to earn an affiliate commission.
To make things crystal clear, let me give you a real world example of the affiliate process. Meet Bob, an “ace” widget salesman. Bob has applied for a job (for obvious reasons) at Ace Widgets. Ace offers to pay Bob 30% of the sticker price for every widget he sells.
This sounds good to Bob, so he agrees. Every time a satisfied Ace customer buys a widget that Bob has sold, he collects his 30% sales commission. This relationship makes Bob an “affiliate” of Ace Widgets.
And it’s exactly the same on the Internet. To enter the lucrative world of affiliate marketing online, you sign up to become an affiliate of a program or service in exchange for a commission. You are paid a commission for each unit you sell. But how do you make this concept work for you on the Internet?
Your Affiliate Link
Once you are accepted as an affiliate, you’ll receive a special link to use in your advertising called an affiliate link. The purpose of having an affiliate link is to identify you as the seller when a sale is made from your link.
When you advertise your affiliate link and someone clicks on it, they are taken to the website where the product or service is sold. If the consumer makes a purchase, you receive the commission because that person used your affiliate link to access the site.
Making the Right Choice – Sorting Out Your Options
There are probably over one million different affiliate programs on the Internet and they sell a countless number of different products and services. Some are good and some are bad. This means that you should really put some thought into what you want to promote as an affiliate. It’s also in your best interest to be picky about which affiliate programs you join.
In Part 2, you’ll learn exactly how to pick the program that’s right for you.
For those of you who are just coming online, you’re about to learn a very popular way to make money using the Internet. It’s called Affiliate Marketing. The concept is easy to understand and just as easy to master.
Most people who come online to make money need something to sell, but don’t have anything. Affiliate marketing is so great because you have thousands and thousands of products to sell for a commission. But in order to be successful with affiliate marketing, you first need to understand exactly what it is.
What is Affiliate Marketing?
Affiliate marketing is a 3-step process for earning income. It begins with signing up to sell someone’s product or service, then actually going out and advertising that product/service with the intention of generating sales, and finally making those sales to earn an affiliate commission.
To make things crystal clear, let me give you a real world example of the affiliate process. Meet Bob, an “ace” widget salesman. Bob has applied for a job (for obvious reasons) at Ace Widgets. Ace offers to pay Bob 30% of the sticker price for every widget he sells.
This sounds good to Bob, so he agrees. Every time a satisfied Ace customer buys a widget that Bob has sold, he collects his 30% sales commission. This relationship makes Bob an “affiliate” of Ace Widgets.
And it’s exactly the same on the Internet. To enter the lucrative world of affiliate marketing online, you sign up to become an affiliate of a program or service in exchange for a commission. You are paid a commission for each unit you sell. But how do you make this concept work for you on the Internet?
Your Affiliate Link
Once you are accepted as an affiliate, you’ll receive a special link to use in your advertising called an affiliate link. The purpose of having an affiliate link is to identify you as the seller when a sale is made from your link.
When you advertise your affiliate link and someone clicks on it, they are taken to the website where the product or service is sold. If the consumer makes a purchase, you receive the commission because that person used your affiliate link to access the site.
Making the Right Choice – Sorting Out Your Options
There are probably over one million different affiliate programs on the Internet and they sell a countless number of different products and services. Some are good and some are bad. This means that you should really put some thought into what you want to promote as an affiliate. It’s also in your best interest to be picky about which affiliate programs you join.
In Part 2, you’ll learn exactly how to pick the program that’s right for you.