Affiliate Markerting [How & WHY it works]

Definition: Affiliate marketing is the online promotion of a third party's product through your site that leads to revenue in commission as compensation to the affiliate.

Affiliate marketing is either a surplus for someone who's working or has that very same working class making it their full time job, pause - did he say "Full Time Job" Yes! You won't find another method that makes you money online as much as affiliate marketing, well besides stock trading though that's another topic. Consider all the money rotating online around the globe in different time zones to online stores like Amazon, iTunes, Shopify and to other online products or a software purchased. Now think about the commissions you stand to make since you're not limited to how many merchants you can be affiliated with to market for.

How Affiliate Marketing Works

Imagine a sales man selling you something you're currently uninterested in but you know someone who is and by acting as the intermediary between the merchant & customer you earn a commission. Every time a sale is made or that person signs up as a lead to a program or for a offer through your referral link you earn your commission.

Will it Make You Rich?

As I stated in the site traffic article your site needs plenty traffic & since you're the referral your income's dependant on the store's sales but wait! These are established and trusted stores with an established brand and the reason they improve their online business is because its rapidly doing good so yes affiliate marketing can make you rich. Most affiliates earn a minimum of $10,000 per month provided they joined the right affiliate programs & have growing site traffic. So if you need to make money online and need to make 1000's a month affiliate marketing is the path to follow.

How To Be a Successful Affiliate

Now that you have an idea of affiliate marketing let's focus on how to be a successful affiliate marketer & at the same time avoiding mistakes most affiliates make.

Getting Started

let's have a quick checklist to monetizing your site

You've created a niche website, this is the most important step you need to drive sales, leads or conversions to a third party using your website. See Create a website ✓
You own your domain since affiliate sites won't accept you with a 3rd party site owned by your site builder. See web hosts ✓
Don't sound like you need the merchant when applying for an affiliate program. Make sure your letter expresses how successful you have been through competitor programs, if you're great promoting a similar product how could they turn you down? ✓
Now that you have joined affiliate programs make sure you have site traffic (don't go there just yet) that will create conversions. Site traffic is basically a number of visitors your website gets this could be through social media, SEO Tools or through email marketing which takes us to step 5
Utilise newsletters/email marketing tools you can create very eye catching free newsletters from:

Aweber
ACY Mailing

Its very important to try a trial version to weigh your options before you select a newsletter software for email marketing. Your site builder may also offer a free newsletter tool.

Please note I did not mention Mail Chimps as affiliate links are prohibited under section F of Mail Chimps. Mail Chimp will monitor your newsletter before it approves & your newsletter is sent which takes a 2 day delay and in most times you prefer a newsletter sent during a specific time and date.

Some, if not most affiliates can make from $1000-$10,000 per newsletter depending on what you are promoting and how convinient it is.

6. Lastly, monitor your campaigns to see what's profitable & what isn't to imrpove your ROI. Visit and subscribe to Affiliate News for free to learn more, receive high paying affiliate programs and news updates on the latest methods to become a super affiliate. We'll provide this as a free service to you and your success

Now from here you need to know which affiliate marketing programs to join.