Define Affiliate Marketing And What It Can Do For Me

Affiliate marketing is a method of promoting web businesses in which an affiliate is rewarded for every visitor, customer, or subscriber, who purchases due to the efforts of the affiliate. It is a modern variation of the practice of paying a finder's fee for the introduction of new clients to a business. Compensation may be made based on a certain value for each visit known as "Pay per Click". Or a registrant (Pay per Lead), or a commission for each customer sold, called a "Pay per Sale".

Merchants like affiliate marketing because it is a "pay for performance model". That means the "merchant" won't incur a marketing expense unless results are realized.

Some e-commerce sites run their own affiliate programs while other e-commerce vendors use third party services provided by intermediaries to track traffic or sales that are referred from affiliates. Some businesses owe a lot of their growth and success to this marketing practice. In general, research has shown the increase to be about 15 - 20% of online revenue.

Why Is Affiliate Marketing Good For Me

It allows you to work part time. It gives you the opportunity to build a nice residual income. It also makes you an OWNER of a small business. Affiliate programs have created lots of millionaires. And, REAL ESTATE IS OUT!

If you are contemplating an affiliate marketing career, you want to keep in mind to look for opportunities that are suited to you, to your capabilities. I know what you're thinking. What capabilities do I have? Well, let's take a look at the back - bone of our society. The House Wife. She is the epitome of multi-tasking! Raising and teaching, financial book-keeping, and so on, and so on.... constantly improving on her manageability without even knowing it.

God wiling, my next article will hopefully show you how to choose a good affiliate program to promote.

God Bless, Bradley