how to make your first dollars online

It is hardly a new concept, affiliate marketing, it has been
around in its current form for over 10 years. The idea is
very simple, the site selling some goods gives you a special
link which you go out and advertise (put on your own website
etc). When people click that link it tells the merchant that
you sent the prospect to them. If that person then buys
something you get a cut of the sale price.

The first step to making cash as an affiliate marketer
online is to set up an account with a network, these give
you access to a wide range of offers you can promote with
just one click and all the payment are managed by the
network so you can trust them. Clickbank is a payment
intermediary that most ebook marketers choose to deal with
for information goods. Clickbank makes it easy to set up
affiliate associations and receive payments automatically.

Paydotcom.com is another network recommended network, they
allow you to be paid straight to your PayPal account instead
of waiting for a cheque to come every 2 weeks from
Clickbank, but they do not have anywhere as many products to
promote.

Once you are up and running on an affiliate network then you
need to browse the site for websites and products that match
the area you want to market in. Most of the networks have
statistics that allow you to pinpoint popular sites. This
means you can direct traffic to sites that you know will
convert them into customers and make you money. Don't avoid
the sites with less statistics though as they may just be
new, and you could get in before other affiliates and
promote that site first before it become popular.

If a site makes a lot of sales but the product is poor then
you do not want to associate yourself with it. People judge
your site by what you recommend and advertise, so it is not
worth jeopardizing your sites reputation for some quick
money. Take the time to search Google for what people are
saying about the product and company to see if they are
keeping their customers happy.
Amazon runs its own affiliate program which allows you to
sell all the products on the site for commission. Imagine
getting a commission on a $4000 plasma TV... you can get
that if you direct some people who are looking for a plasma
TV to the site. All you are doing is being a middleman
directing people to where they already want to go.


Affiliate marketing is a numbers game, if you can get more
people through that link then you will make more money
(usually). This means you need to always be working at
getting traffic to your sites and links so that people get
over to the merchant's site to make you commissions. There
are so many ways to get traffic but I recommend you stick to
one and master it before incorporating more into your
arsenal.

There is huge potential in affiliate marketing, you can
reinvest profits into outsourcing tasks and allow your
empire to grow. But first you have to make you first
commission then you can thinking about building your empire.
Go on relevant forums, and buy some products that explain
everything to you and get started. You will make mistakes at
first, but as long as you learn from them then each mistake
is actually a step towards success. Good luck.

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