Affiliate Marketing
January 27, 2010 by Tony James
Filed under Affiliate Marketing
If you’ve ever searched the web for a good online business, you always come across a familiar term called, affiliate marketing. Make no mistake you can make some serious money being an affiliate marketer, but like anything in life you have to know how it all works. So welcome to affiliate marketing 101 let’s begin with the basic concept. Here are some fundamental questions that everyone wants to know when it comes to getting started. What is an Affiliate Marketer?
It’s a person who sells products or services for a company and receives a commission. Imagine staying home in your pajamas, and getting paid when someone goes to your website or blog, and buys a product, or subscribes to a service. (Sweet!)
Where can you find products to sell?
There are literally hundreds of programs out there on the internet; I’ll just mention some of the more popular ones:
Clickbank has hundreds of digital products to choose from, click here for more information.
Commission Junction: carries many physical products and services to pick from, click here for more information.
Here are some links to popular affiliate programs and networks.
Becoming an affiliate marketer requires you to do intense research. You must have in mind what you want to promote, and how you’re going to promote it.
How do I promote these products or services to potential customers?
First you need a website or a blog to get started, and then you have to create quality content to attract your target audience. The word passion is used all the time when it comes to quality content. Why? Because without the passion you will never get the quality, and when the quality is missing, there is no audience, and without an audience you don’t get paid! So passion that stays on target, with your theme will get results, here is an example:
If I’m promoting a weight loss affiliate product, the theme of course is weight loss right? I’m not going to spend time creating an article about credit card debt, or buying a car or whatever. The target theme is weigh loss so my article, blog or website will center on that subject. I hope this is starting to make sense. If you go off topic and the two don’t match, then all your time and effort are wasted. When you get the right combination working together, then you’re on the right track to a successful online business.
You can be an affiliate marketer to some of the top brands in the retail industry,
Here is a list of major companies that offer affiliate programs:
The great part about starting your affiliate marketing business is that it cost you nothing to create! That’s right no money up front, and you can start anytime you want.
This is another way that you can make money without a job. You will however, have to spend some time to set it all up, but with affiliate marketing the results will be worth it.
Stay informed
Tony James
