2. If you're thinking about an easy way to generate income
online quickly, legitimately and with very little cash outlay
affiliate marketing is your best bet. Affiliates are making
lots of money these days because affiliate programs are a
win-win for the merchant and affiliate.What is affiliate
marketing?
3. Very simply, affiliate marketing is based on the sharing of
revenues between the website owner and an online
merchant who actually produces and sells a tangible
product. This is accomplished when you, the affiliate (who
markets and advertises the merchant products or services)
refer visitors to the merchant website who then ends up
making a purchase. Merchants love affiliates because they
provide free advertising and marketing. Affiliates love
merchants who offer these plans because it allows them
all the benefits of earning great income with none of the
headaches of owning a typical business.
12. 6. You can get started immediately, part-time and if you
want, gradually go full time..
13. So now that you understand the basics lets get this
understood. It takes knowledge, study and patience.
Anyone that tells you any different is dead wrong.
Fortunately, if you do study and persist you will make
great money. It does work. The nature of affiliate sales
marketing is based on doing all the heavy work upfront,
which basically requires learning some basic marketing
techniques and how to promote and pre-sell products.
Once that is done much of the business virtually runs
itself.
14. If you hate working for someone else and want to
gradually become independent, affiliate marketing is the
best online business opportunity out there. Start learning
as much as you can now! .. and be willing to spend some
time studying. I'm sure you'll find it truly exiting when you
log into your paypal or click bank account and see
commissions generated by people you've never seen,
many while you were probably asleep! Here are some
great resources ( see the author bio below ) :