The Benfits of Affiliate Marketing

To become an affiliate with the best and highest paying commission is a dream for most and indeed affiliate marketers are paid significant commissions, sometimes up to 70%.

That said, what exactly is affiliate marketing and why should you care?

The basics of affiliate marketing is sending people to a merchant website/product via a link the affiliate has placed somewhere on the web, most often on their website. For doing this, and assuming the visitor buys, the affiliate receives a commission.

While it varies, affiliates will normally earn in the neighborhood of 25 to 75% for each sale generated from their efforts and tracked via their link.

In most cases they are paid via Paypal or via direct deposit, however special arrangements can be made if the affiliate is sending sufficient traffic and making sales.

Being an affiliate can pay handsomely and the merchant is only too happy to do so, why? Because if his product is popular, he can have a virtual army of people around the world doing the selling and they are only paid if someone buys.

And while the above speaks of the normal model, other affiliates can be paid for clicks (as in Google adsense) or via leads that are sent to an offline business. The ways to make money as an affiliate are only limited by the imagination.

If you're reading this and wondering how to become an affiliate, or possibly how the process works, just go to Google and type in "affiliate opportunities" or "affiliate companies" and you'll quickly have plenty of results to look at.

And while being a merchant eventually will bring the most money (think McDonalds), many merchants, in addition to selling their own product, are also affiliates for other products. They may as well offer their visitor something of value and not limit the opportunity.

Once you signup as an affiliate (usually very simple) usually the next question is how to go about marketing the products. There are entire courses to answer that, but the most common are solo ads, banner ads, PPC (pay per click), media buys and more. Depending on your budget, the reach can quickly be far and wide.

If your budget is small, writing a product review or making a YouTube video is an excellent way to get the word out. In most cases, unless you consider software costs, these methods are free for the affiliate to accomplish.

The great thing about affiliate marketing is simply this, there is no limit to what you can earn, and it's simply a matter of getting target traffic (visitors) to look at the offer or product. From that point it's simply a numbers game, a certain percentage of visitors will click, a percentage of those will buy.

And… while affiliate marketing is not MLM (multi-level-marketing) there are cases where an affiliate can receive spill over commissions on other affiliates that they refer. These are called sub-affiliates. Do this well enough and the profits can be staggers, but it won't happen overnight and it will take some work.

If you're considering becoming an affiliate, don't wait, do it now, there are people right this minute interested in what you have to say, and some of them will click your link.

The key? Find a good product, make certain they pay a commission you are comfortable with, then take action.

You can learn the basics here in my onsite free guide for How to do affiliate marketing, and I have also published a book that covers the most effective and most simple affiliate marketing plan, to make sure you have the best chance of being a success in Affiliate Marketing and Blogging

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Article Marketing: A Great Home Business Solution When You Have No Money to Invest

Are you one of the millions of people who wish you were free to tell your boss to "take his job and shove it?" Perhaps you have recently lost your job. Or maybe you simply want to have more time at home to be near your family. For any number of reasons more and more people are trying to set up businesses where they can work from home.

Many home businesses require an initial cash outlay. You may be in a circumstance that makes that impossible. Is there anything you can do to make money without a substantial investment? There is. And it is called affiliate marketing --- and more specifically, article marketing.

Article marketing is just what the name implies. It is creating a market for merchandise through articles that you write. How can this make you money?

Many companies now realize they must pay to get visitors to their websites. The most economical way for them to do this is to pay commissions as merchandise is sold. When you, as an affiliate, send visitors to a company's website, and the visitor makes a purchase, the company will pay you a commission.

How is it done? It doesn't cost a penny and there are literally thousands of companies that offer affiliate programs you can sign up for. These companies will provides you with special links to their sites --- and these links have your information coded into them. When someone buys something using your link, they will pay a commission directly to you.

Where does the article writing come in? There are numerous very respected websites that will allow you to put your articles on their sites. This is done at no cost to you. As part of the arrangement, most of them will permit you to put one or two links into your articles.

Okay, let's recap how it works. Let's say you become an affiliate of Amazon. Amazon provides you with links to their products. You write an article on the latest new Widget. You describe the Widget, point out its good characteristics and maybe even a weakness. The article is fair and informative. At the end you tell your readers they can see the actual widget and you provide your special Amazon link.

When the reader clicks the link they are taken to the correct Amazon page. If they buy the Widget, you get a commission. It really is that simple.

Of course, there are many tricks to learn if you want to be successful at article marketing. First and foremost is the more articles you write and submit, the more successful you will become. It may take hundreds and hundreds of articles before you will make a decent income --- but it definitely can be done.

Working from home is a goal of many folks. There is a way to work at home without having to make a large cash investment --- it is called article marketing. Are you ready to give it a try?


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