Affiliate Marketing Intro

Reviewing products and making affiliate sales is one of the simplest ways you can earn money on the internet, with very little upfront expense or even free. This provides an almost unlimited growth opportunity since there are hundreds of thousands of affiliate products that sell on the web. (Just Google "affiliate products").

The affiliate sales process works quite simply. It begins when a company has a product they want to sell. They offer to pay a percentage to anyone who makes a sale of that affiliate's goods or services. So, you earn a fee if you are an affiliate salesperson of that business and sell one of their products. Making the sale is the easiest part; the purchase is completed when you get a prospect to go to the company site to make the purchase. All purchases are tracked through an affiliate code that they have assigned to you. Customers get to the company's website through an affiliate link that contains your affiliate number built in; this lets the company know that the sale came from you. This way you get the credit (the money!) for the sale.

To build your affiliate sales, you need to develop various approaches to drive prospects to your affiliates. You can do this in a multitude of ways. The typical approach to making money online is by building a website from scratch and building links so that it to shows up in search engine results. Your site should generate a tremendous amount of traffic, if it can rank high in the search engines. High Google ratings can bring in a lot of sales.

Putting product articles on popular websites, like Squidoo.com, is an easy way to get started in affiliate marketing. These sites allow you to take advantage of their service to both publish articles and promote your products. Since sites like these are already highly-rated in Google your articles will rank quite good from day one with little effort from these search results. Keep in mind, there are some disadvantages to be aware of. A portion of your income will be collected by Squidoo, since you're using their sites and you don't own your web address or content, so if they change their policies you have to live with it. Still worth doing, though.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) describes the concept of ranking in search engines and if you become good at SEO, you will always be able to make a living off the web. It can sometimes take a while to build your traffic which is the challenge about beginning from scratch, but once you master the process you can plan to earn ongoing income with only occasional monitoring. There are entire websites devoted to this approach, I would recommend spending some time learning the basics, as it can only increase your traffic - and hence increase your cash flow.

Creating an online business is one of the most fun ways to earn an income and once you've mastered it, you can always make a living. Try the techniques described above so that you can improve your skills and begin making money, but remember it's important to be creative but not deceptive. This is a great way to start something part-time and simple that might develop into a full-time income.

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