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How to become affiliate marketer
Affiliate marketing is a system where a company pays marketers (affiliate) for each customer or visitor brought to the company's site by the marketer(s) efforts. More simply, the affiliate gets paid for each buying customer that he brings to the company's site. It is a simple system that anyone can do. You don't need to know how to make a site or code to get started, though they can help you if you do. It is a way to make some extra bucks or a full time salary if you work hard at. The great thing about it is that, you can do it without leaving your bed. You can finally be your own boss. You can set your working hours. It just depends on how much you want to make. If you work more you will make more and less if you work less, duh. I am going to teach you the system. The rest is up to you.The system is broken down into a simple four steps process.
- Customer visits affiliate's website or article page.
- Customer becomes interested in the product and is directed to the company's website
- Customer buys the product.
- The affiliate gets paid a commission.
Each affiliate is given a unique "affiliate link" to direct the potential customer to the site. This link is a tracking device so the company knows which affiliate brought in which customer. You can get as many affiliate links as you want; meaning you can promote as many products as you want. There are thousands upon thousands of companies out there with affiliate programs so don't worry about running out things to promote.
To get started you will have to create an account on an Internet marketplace clickbank.com, cj.com, or linkshare.com. These are sites where thousands of companies put their products for affiliates to choose from. That way you don't have to go all over the web searching for good affiliate programs. You should also make an account on an article directory site such as ezinearticles.com, squidoo.com, or articledatabase.com. After setting up your accounts you will be ready get down to work.
To start, you need to pick something you want to write about: a good niche. Finding good niches is a whole other beast but basically a niche is a specific market for example diets, acne treatment, making money, etc. By picking the right niche, you can make a lot more money, a lot easier. For starters however, just write about what you know about, but keeping in mind that "products that solve problems" sell the best.
After you write pick your niche topic, write an article about the topic. You should give out value information about the topic to give readers a taste. After you finish your article you should go to the Internet marketplaces and find a suitable product(s) that fits your topic. Pick one and the company will give you a unique affiliate link that you put at the end of your article. Then you can either post it onto your own site or submit it to the article directory that you made an account for. Repeat the process and watch money flow in.
So there you have it! "The basics of becoming an affiliate marketer." It is a lot of work at the beginning to get your first articles up, but don't nitpick at one any one article. Just keep writing. After a bit, you will be pumping out articles like second nature. Oh, how did I forget to mention this: When you put your articles up they will be making money for the rest your life without you ever having to do anything! It's called residual income and it one of the golden perks about affiliate marketing and Internet marketing as a whole. Yea, I got the butterflies too.
If you are really serious making money from home or just interested in learning more about affiliate marketing, I run a site called marketingempires.com, where I offer more in depth details and suggestions. I personally learned many of my material from wealthyaffiliateuniversity. Hopefully it can help you out as well.
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