Let me explain, an affiliate, the internet type anyhow, is someone who sells other entrepreneurs services and products online for a cut of the profits.
I am an affiliate marketer and have been since 1998. To me it is the lazy man's way to riches, money earned with very little effort on my part EXCEPT in marketing the said service or product. It's the only business I know of that doesn't involve product delivery or after sales support.
Who wants to deal with nasty customers and refunds anyhow? Certainly not me!
Of course, there is still work involved, like all legitimate online home businesses. For me, it has always been the best option. Not to say at some stage I won't release my own products but for now I don't see why I should when I can make a healthy living doing what I do.
Does the idea of lying on a beach somewhere in the Meditteranean or the Bahamas, while collecting checks on auto-pilot and making sales automatically while you're on holiday, appeal to you too? Can you see how powerful online marketing of products and services can be?
There are 1000s of online affiliate programs that you can join online for a share of the sales. One of the largest examples is Amazon. That's right the biggest online bookstore got to where it is today because of the efforts of affiliate marketers. Their links can be seen on 100,000s of sites worldwide and most of these links lead directly to an affiliate site coded to give the affiliate a share of the purchase.
Some affiliate programs are just not worth the effort. I personally, will not go near a program that offers less than 40% commission. The good news is I don't need to some affiliate programs will offer as much as 75%.
You may ask why would someone offer the majority of their profits to their affiliates. The truth is that the products owner are not offering such high per centages out of kindness. Some of these programs are making $10,000s in profits because of the army of affiliates they attract by such high payouts.
A book could be written on affiliate marketing and indeed many online versions have. My advice to anyone is to find out more. Greater freedom can not be had online than from becoming an affiliate marketer.
Wealthy Affiliate University A
The Wealthy Affiliate community is an active, enthusiastic internet marketing forum and community which was thought up and designed to guide you and teach you how to make money online by becoming an affiliate marketer. Once you join Wealthy Affiliate you are going to learn lots of new information, and tips, and be exposed to tools and guides that you didn't know existed. All of these are designed to help you in your rise to the top in affiliate marketing, in becoming a wealthy affiliate.
Affiliate marketing is not difficult at all. The concept is that you (being an affiliate) send visitors over to the vendor's site. He pays you a commission anytime someone buys the product or service through your affiliate link. This is in return for you bringing him the customer. As an affiliate marketer you can make commissions on just about anything for sale on the internet.
Ok, let's say for example that you signed up to be an affiliate for an antivirus software company. Let's assume that they pay their affiliates $25 commission on each subscription of their anti-virus software. Ok, one sale at $25 commission isn't going to break the bank. But sit back and close your eyes for a moment and see yourself making one sale a day for 10 or 15 different products that are for sale on the internet. My calculator tells me that is $250-$375/day. This, my friend is not hard to achieve with the resources that are available to you at Wealthy Affiliate.
Take my word- everyday wealthy affiliates out there are averaging more than 50 sales per day- each day. Figure an avg. commission of $20 per each sale- this will equate to $1K each day or $30K/month, and a whopping $360K per year! Yep, that's a lotta money. And the only thing keeping you from doing it is all in your head.
If you are making that much money per month, you are going to have expenses. Can you imagine having your "poor" friends over and dropping the comment "well, Bob, my 'expenses' were ONLY about $10K this month"? Imagine seeing his jaw drop! Wealthy Affiliate gives you the guidance, tools, and support to be in that position.
When you join up over at Wealthy Affiliate you will be amazed at the resources that Kyle and Carson, the founders- have put together for us. You'll be able to track your links and see what is converting. There is free web-hosting, keyword and advanced clickbank research tools. A very popular benefit at Wealthy Affiliate forum is the personal support you get from Kyle and Carson- the two internet millionaire founders in their 20's. The feedback that happens at the forum is always very helpful
The Wealthy Affiliate forum is for everyone. It doesn't matter if you are just starting out or have already reached the advanced levels of affiliate marketing and you just want a little nudge getting to the next level.
No website? No problem. At Wealthy Affiliate your membership includes webspace to host your website. There are pre-built sites ready for you or you can use one of Carson and Kyle's templates.
How much is this going to cost me you ask? Well, first, think about the cost of a class similar to this one at a university close to you. The avg. cost for a 4 credit hr class is $400 a semester.
At $29.99 Wealthy Affiliate membership is a steal. If you maintain it, your membership at Wealthy Affiliates is going to cost much less than a class at your local college. The tutorials, guides, and forum that you have access to is in and of itself worth the price of admission.
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