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“Affiliate marketing? What's that?” It's a statement I commonly here when I tell people I know what I do for work. They're absolutely clueless as to what affiliate marketing really is. It's possible that you just heard about affiliate marketing from a friend, and you're now wondering what it really is as well. In which case, you'll want to keep on reading, since we're going to be discussing the basics of affiliate marketing on the internet. After you've read this, you'll be ready to give affiliate marketing a go.

The Definition of Affiliate Marketing

To define it simply, affiliate marketing is a business in which people promote other people's products. Sounds simple, right? It definitely is simple, but some get hung up on the terminology of affiliate marketing. When they hear that term, they may think it means they need to come up with their own product and then sell it to people. That's not the case. Or they may think it means they need to buy a product from someone else and then sell it to earn a profit. That's also not the case.

What is the case is that thousands of businesses and individuals are looking for other people to promote their products. They want to sell more products, and the best and most cost-efficient way for them to do this is to pay commissions to people who will promote their products through web sites, articles, word of mouth etc. You promote the products, people buy them and you get a cut of the purchase price. That's affiliate marketing.

How Does it Work?

In a nut shell, affiliate marketing works like this:

You sign up for an affiliate marketing program (such as Clickbank) and then you look for products to promote. You pick a product (or two or three or however many you feel comfortable promoting at one time) and then start promoting the product, making sure to use the special URL you are given so you'll get a commission anytime someone clicks that URL and buys a product. How you promote the product is entirely up to you, though many choose to do it by use of articles written in favor of the product.

How Much Can I Earn?

The answer to this question: it's really hard to say. Some affiliate marketers are able to earn only $25 a day or less, while some earn as much as $2,000 a day. It really depends on your ability to market the product, how many other people are marketing the product, and how popular the product is, not to mention, how much it costs. If you're able to market well (after learning how to do it) and are willing to put in some hard work, you can certainly earn a ton of money through affiliate marketing. If, however, you don't want to work hard to get better at affiliate marketing, you'll probably not have as much success as others.

Is It Easy to Get Into?

Five years ago, the answer to this question would have probably been “no, it's not easy to get into.” But with all of the affiliate marketing programs on the internet, it's now considerably easier to break into affiliate marketing. While it's not as easy as some business ventures may be, affiliate marketing is very easy to get started with if you use a good program. The key to your success and the easiness of affiliate marketing will be your program and your willingness to learn what works and what does not work in affiliate marketing

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