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© Wayne Wu
Have you ever dreamed of putting your destiny into your
own hands? Or have you imagined that you could earn commission on a
brand-name or niche product just by placing a link on your website or
in your email? If you have, you may want to try affiliate marketing.
Affiliate marketing is essentially a website network. It
is a modern variation of the practice of paying finders’ fees for
introducing new clients to a business. Nowadays, affiliate marketing is
primarily conducted online as the number of people surfing the Internet
for what they want is growing exponentially. It is a popular method of
promoting web business in which an affiliate is rewarded for driving
traffic (visitor, subscriber or customer) to merchants’ websites
through his efforts. Commission may be made depending on a certain
value of registrant (pay per lead), sale (pay per sale), or any
combination. Simply put, it’s about paying people money for helping
merchants sell products.
Let’s say you created a website dedicated to promoting
computer repair services/consultations and reaching out to potential
customers. While your service is basically fixing PC problems, you
notice that your clients also need registry cleaner utilities for the
maintenance of their computers. In this case, affiliate marketing could
involve contacting software developers selling registry fix or repair
products, posting links to their sites on your website, and collecting
a percentage of profit for each purchase those companies receive. In
the long run, you can exchange links or sign contracts with the
companies you are affiliated with. When someone browsing for computer
maintenance or repair service on their websites clicks the link to your
website and then decides to contact you for a consultation, the website
that sends business your way will then receive commission.
In fact, you are not required to have your own business
as far as affiliate marketing is concerned. You can make a living
selling any products without having to take orders or maintain your
inventory.
How is this done? Build up a website to promote the
products you are interested in. Make sure to include appealing articles
about the products. After your website is established, contact online
companies selling similar products and set up affiliate agreements.
Those who hit your site and become regular visitors will inevitably be
interested in ordering the products advertised on your site. Once an
advertisement link is clicked by your site visitor and a purchase is
made, you will receive commission.
If you don’t have a website, you can still earn money
through affiliate marketing by generating targeted traffic to the
websites you’re affiliated with. Google Adwords is the most important
PPC (Pay-Per-Click) advertising system on the Internet. It allows you
to directly advertise your affiliate links in the Google search engine
results and on their partner networks.
The key to be successful in affiliate marketing is
simply driving traffic to your site consistently. The more hits on your
website, the more chances you have of gaining profit from purchases
made through your links. Promoting your website through eZine and
Banner advertising and providing free newsletters for subscribers would
be promising ways to generate traffic to your website. Once your site
consistently achieves a lower ranking in Alexa toolbar (which means
your website is popular), other website owners or companies will be
more likely to join forces with you in affiliate agreements.
Wayne Wu is the owner of a home business ideas and
opportunities website located at : http://www.ecominfozone.com.
Visit his site for free Internet home business tips and website
marketing secrets. Also, be sure to check out his “top pick” work at
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