| You've been flooded with email offers, seen all the | | | | product that covers that. Just find something that |
| hype and now somebody is telling you how to make | | | | you enjoy. |
| extra money on the side on the internet for $2. Just | | | | When you sign up as an affiliate for a product you'll |
| another scam right? Not really. If you are absolutely | | | | be given a unique link to identify the visitors that you |
| new to internet marketing but are unsure how to | | | | send. If they buy, this link tells the company who to |
| start then you need to learn this two buck program. | | | | pay. |
| Do any of these sound familiar? | | | | Ok how do you send traffic? The answer is article |
| - You feel overwhelmed by all the information about | | | | marketing. Article marketing is simply writing about a |
| starting an internet business. | | | | subject and providing useful valuable information |
| - You're not sure what to learn first. | | | | about that subject. For example, if you are a golfer |
| - You visit an internet marketing forum and you don't | | | | maybe you do an article on five tips to improve |
| understand half of what is said. | | | | putting. You are not pitching your product, you are |
| - You wonder if it's all hype and if anyone actually is | | | | providing valuable content for a reader. |
| making money. | | | | When you have this article written, you want to post |
| - You don't have, or you don't want to spend a lot | | | | it on one or more article directories. Signing up is a |
| of money on training and products. | | | | snap and usually instantaneous. These directories |
| - You want to do something you just don't know | | | | provide free content to other websites and have |
| where to start. | | | | literally millions of articles. All of these articles are |
| If you answered yes to even one of these you | | | | indexed by the search engines, including the one |
| have to check this system out. | | | | yours is on. |
| Now this next part is going to sound like the typical | | | | At he bottom of the article is a resource box. This is |
| scam pitch but please trust me, it isn't. | | | | a small area where you can pitch your product and |
| Did you know you could start an internet business | | | | include a link to it. Now the link that you got from the |
| without a website? Did you know you don't have to | | | | affiliate network probably won't be allowed by the |
| have your own product to sell? Did you know you | | | | better article directories. To get around that, you can |
| don't have to sell anything to make money? Did you | | | | do a redirect of a top level domain and have that |
| know the work you do today could continue to pay | | | | domain URL pointed at your affiliate link. |
| you for years? Whew! That even sounds scammy to | | | | Huh? |
| me. But guess what, it's all true. | | | | It's easier than it sounds. Go to GoDaddy or anybody |
| The big picture is called affiliate marketing. Affiliate | | | | else who registers domains and buy a dot info |
| marketing is simply you sending visitors to a | | | | domain. Try to get one that has a name close to |
| company's website and getting paid a commission if | | | | your subject material. Then follow the simple |
| they purchase something on that website. Pretty | | | | instructions to tell GoDaddy to redirect, or call |
| simple concept right? But it begs a couple of | | | | forward if you will, any visitor who arrives to the |
| questions. Where can you find a company to work | | | | affiliate URL. Presto you're done. No need to build a |
| with and how do you send them traffic. | | | | site, you are just sending traffic directly to the |
| Finding a product is simple. Almost every online | | | | company's sales page. Oh, and a .info domain costs |
| retailer has an affiliate program including big names | | | | about $2.00. |
| like Amazon, Wal-Mart and Macy's. The most | | | | So now in your resource box you put your new .info |
| common place for a beginner to look is at an affiliate | | | | URL and anyone who clicks on that will be redirected |
| network like ClickBank or Commission Junction. These | | | | to your affiliate link. Pretty cool. |
| networks have literally thousands of affiliate products | | | | The trick here is to write a ton of informative |
| in almost any category you can think of. | | | | articles. The more you have out there the better the |
| When you first start, pick a product or category that | | | | chance of getting traffic to your affiliate site. It's a |
| you know something about or that interests you. | | | | simple system that will continue to perform as long |
| This is not always the best product to make money, | | | | as it is indexed by the search engines and it only cost |
| but in this early stage you want to be working on | | | | you $2.00. How great is that? This is how you can |
| something you enjoy while you are developing your | | | | make extra money on the site even if you are just a |
| skills. If you're a big golfer maybe you promote a golf | | | | newbie. |
| training product. If you're into scrapbooks, find a | | | | |