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July 2005- Affiliate Marketing: An Online Marketing
Strategy
by Marsh Uele
Copyright 2005 Marsh Uele
Everybody it seems can make money online. The simplest way perhaps
is to make money online through affiliate marketing. If you have a website,
you can list other people's websites on yours and become an affiliate,
making money online through sales commissions every time someone goes
to their site through yours and makes a purchase. You can make anywhere
from 5% to 30% by just advertising their link.
Further, affiliate marketing allows you to make money online by earning
commissions off sub-affiliates, people you have brought on to be affiliates
of the parent company. These two-tiered affiliates may seem like a pyramid
scheme, but the point is, it generates a tremendous amount of traffic
to your site as well as to your partners' sites, which helps everyone
make money online.
The biggest key to making money online through an affiliate program
is by generating traffic. You won't make money online, though, by adding
numerous links that have nothing to do with you or your product. For
example, if you are a web developer, you won't make money online by
becoming an affiliate of websites selling fishing equipment. However,
you can make money online by becoming an affiliate of web development
software. Make money online by linking to bookstores that carry books
your clients may be interested in or trade publications and e-zines.
As with any business, it all depends on who you market to.
In order to make money online, you need diligence and perseverance.
It won't be made overnight, but through continual marketing efforts,
you can make money online.
About the Author
Marsh Uele is the editor of http://www.homebizsucces.com. Everything
you need to make money online from home including opportunities, tips,
ideas and resources visit http://www.homebizsucces.com
Note: These articles do not represent the advice or opinions of
Apollo Hosting. They represent the thoughts, advice and opinions of
the individual authors.
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