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Affiliate Programs:
Make Money Selling Other People's Products
Affiliate programs are one of the
hottest trends on the web today, with good reason. If you're looking
for an easy way to add to your income without spending a lot of time
doing so, promoting different affiliate programs could be what you need.
The basic premise is this: you sign
up in different affiliate programs and promote another company's
goods or services in exchange for a percentage of the sales you send
to them. There are no sign up costs to participate, and because
visitors you send to the host sites are usually "tagged"
with a traceable "cookie", you can get credit for the sale
for a certain length of time if the customer returns to buy later
(although this varies from program to program--read the fine print on
any agreement).
Affiliate programs are strictly
pay-for-performance and the ultimate "win-win" situation.
Businesses get an army of salesmen to promote their product or
service (not to mention TONS of advertising), with no payroll
costs--and individuals are able to sell great products, with no
inventory, handling, or fulfillment hassles.
Here's how you can make money with
affiliate programs:
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Easily establish a web presence.
Want to start making money on the web but have no product to call
your own? No problem! Determine what your site is about, and find
existing products to promote until you can develop a product of your
own. Visit AssociatePrograms.com
to find suitable products. Sign up for Allan's newsletter while
you're there.
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Create an instant backend.
Have a great product but nothing else to offer your customers? Join
and promote several affiliate programs relevant to your website and
collect a percentage of the sales.
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Easily add to your bottom line.
Once you've established a web presence, people are going to ask you
about your vendors. Why? They want to know the fastest way to get up
to speed. If you're satisfied with your web host, merchant account,
tracking software, etc., recommend them to others and collect a
percentage as an affiliate. It's only good business sense, after all.
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"Best
Bet"
Resources
If the affiliate programs idea
appeals to you but you have no idea where to start, pick up copies of
these books by affiliate expert Declan Dunn. He'll get you on the
FAST track to success:
Winning
The Affiliate Game gives you all the basics you need to
tap into this profitable enterprise. You'll learn how to evaluate
affiliate programs, how to drive raffic to your site, and what other
affiliates are doing to succeed.
Net
Profits: How To Win The Internet Game gives you more
advanced techniques, including those used by one affiliate who
generates $65,000 a year...working 2-3 hours A WEEK. Keep your
highlighter handy because you'll use it A LOT. |
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