| What is Affiliate Marketing? | | | | here are 3 simple steps to start your first affiliate |
| Affiliate marketing is where a merchant has a | | | | marketing campaign. |
| product for sale and he invites people to sell his | | | | 1. Write down what you are passionate about or |
| product for a percentage of the selling price. It can | | | | what interests you. Narrow down your focus to an |
| range from a small percentage to 100% of the selling | | | | area that you know lots about as this will help you |
| price. It is a win-win situation in which the merchant | | | | promote products in this area. You will be able to |
| wins as he only pays the affiliate when a sale has | | | | show you are an expert much more quickly and your |
| been made and the affiliate wins as all he has to do | | | | passion will show through. You will quickly gain the |
| is promote the product. In many cases it can be | | | | trust of people and they will be more like to buy the |
| cheaper for the merchant to pay affiliates instead of | | | | products you recommend. |
| paying for advertising. | | | | 2. Once you have found your niche, search for |
| Today affiliate marketing is a growing industry | | | | products and/or services to promote which are |
| because it is cost effective for both the merchant | | | | related to your passion. Choose products with a |
| and the affiliate. The merchant does not have to | | | | decent selling price and commission payout as it does |
| advertise his product and the affiliate does not have | | | | not take that much more effort to sell a higher |
| to create a product to sell. The merchant also | | | | priced product than a cheaper one. You can then |
| benefits because he will have his product advertised | | | | purchase a suitable top level domain name, create a |
| in a much larger market than he could do so by | | | | website or squeeze page or just redirect your |
| himself. This increases his products exposure and his | | | | affiliate link to that domain name so that it looks |
| chances of making many more sales. The more | | | | nothing like an ugly affiliate link. |
| affiliates he can recruit the more sales he can expect | | | | There are many different affiliate providers and |
| to make. | | | | networks so spend a bit of time picking a product |
| Merchants will save time, money and effort by using | | | | that has a good chance of being profitable for you. |
| affiliate marketing to sell their products because the | | | | 3. With your squeeze page, website or redirect link |
| affiliates will take care of all the promotion for a | | | | you are now ready to promote your chosen product. |
| percentage of the selling price on each completed | | | | A lot of merchants will give you affiliate tools such as |
| sale. | | | | keyword lists, graphics, blog posts and written emails. |
| Steps to Start as an Affiliate Marketer. | | | | Make use of these by adapting them with your own |
| If you are considering trying affiliate marketing and | | | | ideas and expertise. |
| having an unlimited potential to make money online | | | | |