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Article Title: Affiliate Marketing-Case Closed
Author: Alphonso Smith
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Affiliate marketing is the practice of promoting a product to earn a commission when a sales lead or other action occurs. If you are a new-bie, read carefully. There are companies online, that will pay you commission for traffic or sales that you send their way. An example is that you can post a classified ad with your affiliate link at the bottom, and when a reader of the ad clicks your link, purchases a membership or a product from the site you are promoting, you will be paid a commission.
If you want to generate recurring revenue, consider taking advantage of affiliate marketing. It can be very profitable and a stream of money coming in. That's what it's all about. Get money coming your way.
One of the great advantages of affiliate marketing for a new-bie is that the startup cost is relatively inexpensive. In many cases there are no types of financial investment for an affiliate at all.
Affiliate marketing is a revenue sharing partnership between a web merchant and one or more affiliates. The affiliate is paid a commission for referring clicks, leads, or most often sales.
Being a affiliate marketer you won't have to worry about creating your own product, product delivery or customer support since these are the responsibility of the merchant and in most cases provided by the merchant.
You must first decide what area of interest moves you. What products do you know the most about? What products will you do the best job selling?
Once you have discovered your niche. Preservation, patience, determination are your next steps,
Over-all, affiliate marketing is a very simple business system and ideal for people with a entrepreneurial mindset.. Affiliate marketing is basically a way to make money promoting other people's products.
HERE ARE THREE(3) BASIC STEPS
1) Choose a niche market. You must decide what kind of affiliate products you want to promote. First the product should be one that interests you.
2) The program should be one that pays well. Due diligence is needed here.
3) Once you have accomplished #1and #2 look for an affiliated marketing company that has a program offering your niche and sign-up.
Start promoting the website (the chosen affiliate marketing program should provide the website and hosting for the website, most likely for some nominal fee).
One reason why the affiliate marketing path is such a moneymaker is that there are so many different types of options available to the marketer. One option you can go with is the pay per click option or the direct linking option which allows a customer to purchase the product directly from the product sites.
Another reason is that affiliate marketing is so popular that you don't have to quit your day job. Instead of going completely out on a limb, it's simply a matter of starting off by setting aside a couple of hours a day each week to shorten the learning curve. When the affiliate program begin to generate respectable amounts of income, you can increase the amount of time you spend marketing and eventually spend less time working for someone else.
There are few revenue opportunities offering this type of flexibility. Over a little time, affiliate marketing could lead to a very lucrative income that will allow you both the time to live the life you have always wanted for yourself and your family.
Affiliate Marketing Strategies for No Cost
(1) Free classified ads that receive a lot of traffic.
(2) Direct your efforts on Search Engine Optimization.
(3) Join a few forums and include your landing page or affiliate link in the signature portion of all communications.
About The Author: Alphonso Smith is a founding member of New-bie Nation. New-bie Nation supports and promotes issues relating to new-bies and the growth of the internet marketing industry. Learn more@ 
http://www.thenew-bienation.com Mr. Smith is also a ontributing writer for New Visions.
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