Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing is a excellent way to make money online. The earning potential is great and there is not a lot of hassle of dealing with your own products.
Rosalind Gardner is an expert on affiliate marketing, and one that I greatly admire. I have learned so much from her experiences and I highly recommend her Super Affiliate Handbook to anyone wanting to get started in affiliate marketing.
On this lens, you'll find the top 10 reasons to become and affiliate marketer, information on the Super Affiliate Handbook and several must have resources (all free!) that you need in order to get started in affiliate marketing.
What Is Affiliate Marketing?
Affiliate Marketing is an Internet-based marketing practice in which a business rewards one or more affiliates for each visitor or customer brought about by the affiliate's marketing efforts. It is an application of crowdsourcing.
The Affiliate Marketing industry has four core players at its heart: the Merchant (also known informally as 'Retailer' or 'Brand'), the Network, the Publisher (also known informally as 'the Affiliate') and the Customer. The market has grown sufficiently in complexity to warrant a secondary tier of players, including Affiliate Management Agencies, Super-Affiliates and Specialized Third Parties vendors.
Affiliate marketing overlaps with other Internet marketing methods to some degree, because affiliates often use regular advertising methods. Those methods include organic search engine optimization, paid search engine marketing, e-mail marketing, and in some sense display advertising. On the other hand, affiliates sometimes use less orthodox techniques, such as publishing reviews of products or services offered by a partner.
Affiliate marketing?using one website to drive traffic to another?is a form of online marketing, which is frequently overlooked by advertisers. While search engines, e-mail, and website syndication capture much of the attention of online retailers, affiliate marketing carries a much lower profile. Still, affiliates continue to play a significant role in e-retailers' marketing strategies.Guide to E-Commerce Technology, 2007-08 Edition by Internet Retailer
Top 10 Reasons to Become an Affiliate Marketer
- No Product Development Costs
You don't have to worry about expensive costs associated with developing your own products. - Low (or No) Cost Setup
All you need is a desk, a computer, and an internet connection. - No Fees or Location Limits
Affiliate programs are usually free to join, and you can market your affiliate products from anywhere in the world. - Choose From Thousands of Products
There are lots of affiliate programs like ClickBank, PayDotCom, and Commission Junction. You'll have no problem finding products and services to promote. - No Merchant Account Needed
The Affiliate companies will take care of processing payments, so you don't have to worry about accepting credit cards or online checks. - No Inventory to Carry
No warehouse required. You won't have to store any products. - No Shipping Costs
Let the merchants worry about shipping costs. You just sit back and collect your commission. - No Customer Contact
You do not have to deal with customers at all. Send them to the product website and the merchant takes care of the rest. You won't have to worry about nasty customers having a bad day and taking it out on you. - Make Money While You Sleep
Once you get started promoting affiliate products, it becomes completely automated. You can make money while on vacation, while you are sleeping, etc. You'll have a 24/7 business operation with minimal work from you. - High Income Potential
You can develop your affiliate business into a full time income. You set the limits!
Can I Really Make Money Promoting Affiliate Products?
Check out this letter from Rosalind Gardner for the answer:Dear Aspiring Netpreneur,
Honestly! I get angry every time I hear someone say that there's no money to be made by promoting affiliate programs.
What a pile of unadulterated cow dung! Anyone telling you that affiliates aren't making money, either hasn't tried it himself, or is so greedy that he doesn't want you to share in the wealth.
The truth is, you can make INCREDIBLE MONEY online by promoting ONLY affiliate programs.
Everyday hundreds of thousands of affiliates make money promoting their affiliated merchants products online. Thousands of folks have been able to quit their jobs simply by promoting other people's products.Source
Wow! And Rosalind knows what she's talking about. She built her own online business simply by promoting affiliate products and now teaches others the same techniques in her Super Affiliate Handbook.
The Super Affiliate Handbook
Read the amazing true
story of how one woman, with no previous
business experience, earns 400,000+ per year
selling other people's stuff online!
In her down-to-earth, sincere and often humorous style, Rosalind Gardner guides you through the entire process of building an affiliate marketing business on the 'Net. In over 300 pages, and more than 68,000 words, you'll learn how to pick the best programs, negotiate a commission raise and save time, money and effort on everything from affiliate software to web hosting. To learn exactly how she does it, Click Here.
If you came to this lens looking for information on how to make money with affiliate programs, this ebook is for you. No other affiliate resource offers such professional, in-depth insight into this exciting industry. And you can order it here right now!
Top Affiliate Programs
- ClickBank
- ClickBank has over 10,000 products you can promote to start earning through affiliate marketing. Commissions are as high as 75%. This is free to affiliates and very easy to set up. You can be promoting products and drawing a nice income in no time.
- PayDotCom
- This is a free marketplace for both affiliates and publishers. You can earn sales commissions up to 80% by referring others to their products and services. You are paid through PayPal, which is also free.
- Commission Junction
- Apply to join advertisers' programs, get immediate access to their entire inventory of links and begin placing their offers on your Web sites, in e-mail campaigns, or in search listings.
Affiliate Marketing Resources on Amazon
The Complete Guide to Affiliate Marketing on the Web: How to Use and Profit from Affiliate Marketing Programs
Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 11/27/2009) 
A Practical Guide to Affiliate Marketing: Quick Reference for Affiliate Managers & Merchants
Amazon Price: $19.79 (as of 11/27/2009)
Make a Fortune Promoting Other People's Stuff Online: How Affiliate Marketing Can Make You Rich
Amazon Price: $14.93 (as of 11/27/2009)
Blog Posts on Affiliate Marketing
Must Have Resources
- PayPal
- A PayPal account is an absolute must when promoting affiliate products. This is how you will receive a lot of your commission payments. PayPal is free and will save you a lot of time and money.
- Free Autoresponder
- A great way to promote affiliate products is through email marketing. GetResponse is an easy to use autoresponder that you can use in your affiliate promotions. Get your free version or go pro! It's up to you.
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Del.icio.us Bookmarks on Affiliate Marketing
- Twitter And Facebook Turn Everyone Into An Affiliate Marketer
- 11 Lessons I Learned Earning $119,725.45 from Amazon Associates Program
- Commission Junction - A Global Leader in Affiliate Marketing, Online Advertising and Search Engine Marketing
- Digital Products Retailer: Affiliate Program & Sell Online - ClickBank
- Amazon.com Associates: The web's most popular and successful Affiliate Program
Additional Marketing Tools
- Free Internet Marketing Course
- Don't know anything about marketing on the web? No problem! This is a huge, 120 part course that will teach you how to market successfully.
- Free Internet Marketing Tools
- Check out my lens for more free tools and resources for marketing on the web.
- Hollie Mann's Honest Riches Reviewed
- Many people have the desire to work from home. Some wish to supplement their current income, while others are tired of the rat race and want to quit their jobs and work for themselves. The problem most individuals have is they have no idea how to start making money from the internet. While there is no universal guidebook for working online, there are experienced marketers willing to share the secrets to their success. Hollie Mann is one of those generous experts.
Affiliate Marketing Info from Google
Have you got it yet?
Get the book that will show you how to become an expert affiliate marketer. No tricks, no secrets, just great information on all aspects of affiliate marketing; from setting up your business to managing and growing it beyond your wildest dreams!Get the Super Affiliate Handbook today!
Super Affiliate Handbook Testamonials
You've got plenty to gain and nothing to lose with the 60-day Risk Free Money Back Guarantee, but I don't think you will need it.Take a look at a few comments I have received since I started endorsing the Super Affiliate Handbook:
Dear Crystal, Great intro to the lovely Rosalind Gardner, who's one of the truly down-to-earth, believable characters in top level internet marketing. Rosalind really spells out the nuts and bolts...and I'm sure the Handbook is even better in this updated version. the777group
I have a copy of the super affiliate handbook book. It's very through and i would recommend it to all your lens visitors. Thanks, Acne Medicine Guy.
So, what are you waiting for? Go check out the Super Affiliate Handbook website and see how it can help you become an outstanding and profitable affiliate marketer!
Rosalind Gardner on Amazon.com
Make a Fortune Promoting Other People's Stuff Online: How Affiliate Marketing Can Make You Rich
Make a Fortune Promoting Other People's Stuff Online is your hands-on guide to starting your own profitable affiliate marketing business quickly, easily, and inexpensively. Leading affiliate marketing authority Rosalind Gardner gives you a proven five-step plan for identifying a niche with a huge market, choosing products to promote, and selling the benefits effectively.
Amazon Price: $14.93 (as of 11/27/2009)
Rosalind Gardner Interviewed by Randy Gilbert on The Inside Success Show: Rosalind Garnder talks about how to make money online by becoming an affiliate ... her book The Super Affiliate Handbook
Randy Gilbert was privileged to interview Rosalind Gardner on The Inside Success Show. If you're looking for a way to work at home, either full time or part-time, and have fun promoting products that you believe in, then this is a great interview for you to read. Here's just a few of the things you'll learn on this interview:
* How Rosalind Gardner started out as an Air Traffic Controller and quit her job when she began earning $10,000/month as an affiliate
* What is a Super Affiliate and 3 reasons why you want to be one
* How you can start your business for less than $100
* Why it's important to pick products that interest you and that you can be passionate about
* What is the one BIG mistake average affiliates make that kills their business
* And much, much more ...
Amazon Price: $17.97 (as of 11/27/2009)
Let me know what you think
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- vagabondista vagabondista Apr 12, 2009 @ 10:31 am
- Thank you for sharing this. I really believe it is possible to quit your job and go for affiliate marketing. I'm still at the very beginning though. I have worked at my first lens for the past two weeks after work and joined some affiliate programs.
Feel free to drop by and tell me what you think :)
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- PattB PattB Jan 13, 2009 @ 9:19 pm
- Great resource, Crystal I may have been here before, but now I'm actually ready to start with this. Have you tried Pepperjam? I'm wondering about it, it looks pretty good, but there seems to be so much new stuff all the time it's hard to tell where to start...Thanks! Pat
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- Margo_Arrowsmith Margo_Arrowsmith Oct 4, 2008 @ 8:04 am
- Hey Crystal, another great lens, this one I am going to have to study. Into the Squidoo Library Lens it goes.
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- cannedguds cannedguds Sep 15, 2008 @ 9:56 pm
- Yes, there are many reasons why we should all be affliates but I can summarize it in one phrase: to help me realize my dreams! That's why, I'm working on various webpages for a friend's Personal Checks site which includes Tim McGraw Checks & it helped me a lot! But, I sure would want to learn more and this lens of yours gave me an amazing idea! Thanks for sharing!
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- Mark Mark Aug 26, 2008 @ 12:45 pm
- How are you today Crystal...
I found your information online and thought you would be interested in this. I am fully aware that you are approached by opps all the time...
Please just take a quick look at this new affiliate program: www.invisusdirect.com.
The really cool part of this program is that the company has been in business over 7 years and they have a retention rate of over 80%.
I would be interested to hear your feedback.
Mark
onsightmedia@gmail.com
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