So what is affiliate marketing?
Affiliate marketing is when you agree to promote another person/s or companies/merchants goods in return
for a fixed amount or a percentage of commission if a sale is made. Below is an example of two goods you
could promote as an affiliate marketer.
#1: Physical Goods. These goods are of a physical nature meaning for example, a camera or golf clubs
or it could be a book.
#2: Digital Products. These goods are of a digital nature meaning for example an e-book, or any other
information usually “how-to” type of information that can be instantly accessed and downloaded via the web
after a sale has been completed.
In both these examples the affiliate does not require to have either the physical or the digital goods to
distribute, their primary goal is to drive traffic (potential customers to the goods they wish to promote).
The wonderful thing about being an affiliate marketer is, if for any reason something was to go wrong and
the customer wishes to get their money back this is not the affiliates problem this is the person or
companies/merchants problem which means you won’t have to stress over any unhappy customers because again
your primary task is to bring people to the affiliate product!
Once you have chosen an affiliate product to promote and agreed to the merchants terms related to
your product you will receive marketing material to help you bring potential customers to the sales page
that has the product your promoting. You will also receive a unique affiliate link, this affiliate link
will allow the person or company your promoting for to identify you as the person who made that sale. Other
possible marketing material you may receive is banners they may supply you with different versions and
sizes of the banners that you may pick from, these banners are given to you in code that you insert into
your website or blog within that code will be your unique affiliate link that again identifies you as the
affiliate that made that sale.
The amount of marketing material that you get will vary from one affiliate program to the next.
Affiliate marketing is a great place for a newbie to get their internet income underway and to get started with a work from home business.
Thanks for your time.
Kind regards,
Worral AKA Torrentman.
