The 3 Easiest Ways To Start In Affiliate Marketing
- Date: 2007-07-13 - Word Count: 654
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Using the Internet these days you have access to vitually unlimited resources at your fingertips. A click or two will get you millions of pieces of information on any subject you could possibly think of. Name it, and it's there.
The World Wide Web is growing by over one milion pages a day as more and more people come online and utilize it for a myriad reasons. It's not rocket science to realise that we can use this phenomenon to bring in very useful financial returns.
Anyone can make money on the internet if you just have the will, and a little knowledge. One of the best ways right now is through affiliate marketing. You don't need a product of your own. The simplest way of describing affiliate marketing is promoting and selling someone elses product for a slice of the profits (commission).
Affiliate marketing is booming because it is proven to be a cost efficient and quantifiable means of making good profits for both the product owner (merchant), and the affiliate. The merchant gets the opportunity to advertise his product to a far larger market than possible through just his (or her) own efforts. This increases his chances of sales, and consequently, earnings. The more affiliates he has, the more sales he gets, the more he earns. By getting affiliates to market his products he is saving time, effort, and money. The affiliate marketer benefits from the commision on sales without the hassle of having to source/create the product in the first place, and of course you can be an affiliate for many products at the same time. Vastly increasing your earnings.
To be an affiliate marketer and make good money from the internet there are three basic ways to start.
1) Find something you are personally interested in, or passionate about. I know, this has been said before, that's because it's true and it works. You are more likely to put the effort in and less likely to give up at the first hurdle. You can also be more authoritative when it comes to your promotional material. Giving the personal touch to your site, gaining your prospective customers trust and encouraging them to purchase the products you endorse. Don't take on a product that you personally don't believe in or think is a good deal. You will not promote it effectively and will not be doing yourself or your merchant any favours.
2) Find a good merchant. By that I mean one who offers good products that there is a market for and people want to buy, and one who is not mean with their commission rates, 50% is fair. In choosing your products do consider the likely conversion rate i.e number of visitors turned buyers. Do a little research, there are several affiliate networks that can provide information on the most profitable products and best paying merchants. Clickbank is a good place to start.
3) Having done the above and created your website, (don't panic on this one, website creation is easy these days with current software. However if you really don't want to do it go to www.elance.com where you will find people willing to build you a simple website for just a few dollars). Now you are ready to promote. This is the important bit since this is how you will generate traffic, sales, and profits. This can be done both on and offline. Many people these days forget the power of cheap little classified advertisements in the national daily papers. Placing just a three or four line clasified ad in the business section referring people to your website can generate amazing amounts of traffic. Once you get people coming to your site you are starting your own list who you can promote other products to. This is not instant, however it will build over time giving you a tidy income.
Be creative, be flexible, be willing to embrace new ideas and you will achieve your goals.
The World Wide Web is growing by over one milion pages a day as more and more people come online and utilize it for a myriad reasons. It's not rocket science to realise that we can use this phenomenon to bring in very useful financial returns.
Anyone can make money on the internet if you just have the will, and a little knowledge. One of the best ways right now is through affiliate marketing. You don't need a product of your own. The simplest way of describing affiliate marketing is promoting and selling someone elses product for a slice of the profits (commission).
Affiliate marketing is booming because it is proven to be a cost efficient and quantifiable means of making good profits for both the product owner (merchant), and the affiliate. The merchant gets the opportunity to advertise his product to a far larger market than possible through just his (or her) own efforts. This increases his chances of sales, and consequently, earnings. The more affiliates he has, the more sales he gets, the more he earns. By getting affiliates to market his products he is saving time, effort, and money. The affiliate marketer benefits from the commision on sales without the hassle of having to source/create the product in the first place, and of course you can be an affiliate for many products at the same time. Vastly increasing your earnings.
To be an affiliate marketer and make good money from the internet there are three basic ways to start.
1) Find something you are personally interested in, or passionate about. I know, this has been said before, that's because it's true and it works. You are more likely to put the effort in and less likely to give up at the first hurdle. You can also be more authoritative when it comes to your promotional material. Giving the personal touch to your site, gaining your prospective customers trust and encouraging them to purchase the products you endorse. Don't take on a product that you personally don't believe in or think is a good deal. You will not promote it effectively and will not be doing yourself or your merchant any favours.
2) Find a good merchant. By that I mean one who offers good products that there is a market for and people want to buy, and one who is not mean with their commission rates, 50% is fair. In choosing your products do consider the likely conversion rate i.e number of visitors turned buyers. Do a little research, there are several affiliate networks that can provide information on the most profitable products and best paying merchants. Clickbank is a good place to start.
3) Having done the above and created your website, (don't panic on this one, website creation is easy these days with current software. However if you really don't want to do it go to www.elance.com where you will find people willing to build you a simple website for just a few dollars). Now you are ready to promote. This is the important bit since this is how you will generate traffic, sales, and profits. This can be done both on and offline. Many people these days forget the power of cheap little classified advertisements in the national daily papers. Placing just a three or four line clasified ad in the business section referring people to your website can generate amazing amounts of traffic. Once you get people coming to your site you are starting your own list who you can promote other products to. This is not instant, however it will build over time giving you a tidy income.
Be creative, be flexible, be willing to embrace new ideas and you will achieve your goals.
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