What Is Affiliate Marketing?
Affiliate Marketing Definition?
I'm an affiliate marketer. When I first started an internet business, I didn't have any product or service to sell, and I was totally in the dark for 3 months until I was introduced to affiliate marketing.
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What Is Affiliate Marketing?[/caption]You want to start an internet home based business and you don't have a product or service to sell. The easiest and cheapest way to start is be an Affiliate Marketer. I'm going to give you a brief but clear affiliate marketing definition, and you can decide if this is what you want to do.
Affiliate Marketing Guide
There are 3 parties involved - Advertisers A, Publishers (YOU) and Buyers.
Advertisers A (also called Merchant A) - the person or company that has a product (eBook, videos, equipment,... etc.) or service (coaching, membership,... etc.) to sell online.
Publishers- people like you who promote Advertisers' products or services.
Buyers- people who use search engine like Google to purchase products/services online.
Let's put these 3 parties together:
- You, the Publisher, register toAdvertiser A's internet marketing affiliate program (through ClickBank, Peerfly,... etc.), and receive a unique affiliate link (it's a code that leads Buyers from Publisher to Advertiser through "CLICK HERE" link.
- Advertiser A sells weight loss products and looks for Publishers to promote their product/service. They offer a commission of certain % to you when a sale is led by your website.
- Your job as an Affiliate (Publisher) is to promote Advertiser A's product online to attract Buyers to your website.
Affiliate Marketing Commissions:
- When a buyer, someone who is looking for a weight loss product, comes to your website, there would be places where you used "CLICK HERE" links (affiliate code) to direct the buyer to theAdvertiser A's main website.
- When the buyer makes a purchase, the affiliate code will info Advertiser A where the lead came from, and it will be credited to you. You will get the commission for leading the buyer to Advertiser A.
The process is simple. Affiliate Marketing is like being a broker (offline). You bring the customers in and get paid for your work. Instead of knocking on door to door or making cold calls, you just need to setup a website (one page of web page will do the job wonderfully). Bring traffic to your website, invite people to "CLICK HERE" and take them to where the produce/service site is.
3 Months ago when I decided to be an online affiliate, I signed up for a membership and learned to create a squeeze page (one page website), and one thing after another, I've become an affiliate marketer.
What I have learned I am more than happy to show you - FREE of charge. Go to http://www.howtobuild-websites.com and get 1 FREE eBook that will show you how to build a website in a few hours, and also, 26 FREE videos to show you how to make money online.
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