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Old 10-01-2007, 08:27 PM

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Affiliate marketing is big business these days. It is a mega marketing wave that most companies are riding on in order to achieve a portion or all monthly revenue.

Some may wonder why huge companies are also adding affiliate marketing to its business. Well the answer is simple. For starters, it really does not cost a company a whole lot if anything to get an affiliate marketing program going.

And then once the program commences, the company can only gain from this form of advertising. Here is a scenario about how affiliates marketing works. Company X has started an affiliate marketing program for their online store. This store carries a wide range of gift wrapping supplies.

When someone signs up, as an affiliate for Company X's website, they will in turn receive a code for a banner ad. This would be the new affiliate's personal code that they can later post at their own website or that of another website.

When the banner is clicked by a visitor to the website, they are then forwarded to the banner's address or the affiliates web store. The new affiliate would receive a set percentage of the sales that was generated from the banner promotion.

Other ways that an affiliate can gain from using a company's banner on their website is by the amount of traffic that they send to the company's web page. Even if a person arrives at the company's website and they don't make a purchase, if they sign up to be on the mailing list or complete a survey, it would still benefit the affiliate.

Some companies also utilize the pay-per-click system to reward their affiliates. Affiliates here are given a banner to place on their web page and every time the banner is clicked, the affiliate gains a percentage of money. Pay-per-click reward affiliates for the traffic they send to their website.

While pay-per-click is a good way to make money for the affiliate, it can also weaken a company that that runs an online store. What eventually happens in some cases is that more banner clicking is being done and when people are redirected to the website, they close the page without making a purchase.

So if you are a business considering affiliate marketing with pay-per-click and sales, you may want to think this through and carefully.

Finally, business owners are advised to partner with an affiliate that can generate more money for them and it would also help if your banner ads are colorful, catchy and worth a click.
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Because it is the easiest and best way to earn money online. You don't even have to have a website of your own to earn money through affiliate programs and that's the best part of it.
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Old 07-04-2008, 12:05 AM

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From business owner perspective I could understand how affiliate has much less overhead costs than other advertising methods.

There is a lot of motivation from people like me to sell these products because of the following benefits:

1. you don't need a product
2. you don't have to be tech-savvy
3. No initial start-up costs
4. You don't have to ship physical products
5. You can choose what you sell
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Old 07-04-2008, 12:07 AM

Lightbulb Affiliate marketing benefits on both ends

I know the benefits I get out of it but I think that the business benefits are really impressive as well

* Cost-effective Customer Acquisition
There is no payment to affiliates unless they refer a visitor who subsequently becomes a customer. As such, there is no wasted budget in affiliate marketing.

* Fixed Costs
but otherwise affiliate marketing fees are a steady cost of sale while merchants pay network fees that differ

* Brand Visibility
This is all free brand exposure on individuals postings and websites

* Targeted Prospects
As such, the ads are targeted by humans for specific demographics

* Outsourced marketing team/s
Many affiliates are experts in search engine marketing without needing to spend a fortune

* Find-ability
multiple listings ultimately link to said business

* Transparency
the ability to track the origin of sales.


I don't have my own product but if I did I would use affiliates to market it online

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Old 08-12-2008, 08:57 PM

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Affiliate Marketing is the way to go for someone who wants to work at home. Many of you already offered the perks, but my favorites are:
1. No big start-up costs
2. You don't have to handle the products you sell
3. The commissions are great
4. You can work at your own pace

Very cool. It beats working 9 to 5 in an office.
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