A Quick and Dirty Way to Make Money Online
If you’ve been online for a while searching for ways to make money, I’m sure that you would’ve come across affiliate marketing.
What is Affiliate Marketing?
This method of making money online is the best method for complete beginners. You do not have to carry stock, handle shipping and delivery, write a new sales pitch or even have a list! All you need to do is to bring visitors to the website through your special link, and the moment that a sale is made from that site, the owner will know that it was you that sent the visitor over, and will pay you a commission for it.
Commissions range from 40% to even 75% (!), depending on the product. And there are quite a few worthwhile companies to join, because they will make sure that the publisher (the one you are promoting) pays you your fair share.
My 2 Recommendations:
These two are worthwhile companies to join, as the majority of all information product sellers use their services to make money. Sign up for an affiliate ID, and attach it to the products you want to promote.
How to Promote Your Link?
Website promotion or Link promotion follow the same principles. Make sure you get targeted traffic, which is traffic of people who legitimately want to know more about the product, or learn about how it can help them with their lives.
Remember, people come online not to buy, but to learn how to solve their problems. If making money is your problem, then you’re at the right place! My favourite top 5 affiliate programs are available at the right hand side of the screen. It will change when there are new products available. Bookmark this website now!
Promotion tools include:
- Adding your link to your signatures (email, forums, etc)
- Writing articles on how the affiliate program can help solve a particular problem, and sending those articles out to the world through article directories. You don’t have to charge for this, as free articles are the best way to spread your links throughout the world!
- Writing Free eBooks that provide helpful information and also includes your links!
- Pay per click programs that are available from search engines (warning! not a free option!)
- Taking up offline classified ads. Many people place these ads into the “Part-time” or “Business Opportunities” section of the classifieds. (warning! not a free option!)
Note: Due to the vast amount of people who use affiliate links, there are people who do not like to click on them. You should consider purchasing a domain name to mask or cover these links so that you may be viewed as a credible affiliate marketer. Remember, every business’s success is based on repeat sales, not just a one-time scam. Build your reputation and secure it with your life! It is truly the lifeline of your business.
I hope the information has helped you begin your journey. Don’t forget, if you intend to make this a legitimate business, you have to reinvest your earnings to make your services bigger and better.
Here’s to our success! Cheers!