| I first started online marketing a few years ago. I | | | | people to your "store." Some folks buy into the product |
| walked into the field with a lot of determination, strong | | | | and join the affiliate program without a game plan on |
| work ethic, high hopes...but no product. I was doing | | | | how they intend to generate traffic to their "store." If |
| okay in my current job at the time, just a little bored | | | | you have a large presence on facebook or myspace |
| and I wanted to make more money. I ran across the | | | | then maybe you can direct sales via those means-but |
| banner ads for online businesses and I wanted to start | | | | would you really want to start commercializing your |
| selling, and it needed to happen soon. Through hours of | | | | social platform? |
| research online I found that affiliate marketing was | | | | Now don't get me wrong...affiliate marketing is good to |
| probably the simplest and quickest way to get started. | | | | start with if you want to have an online business but |
| But as time went on I also found out that it takes more | | | | you don't have a product to sell. The great thing about |
| than a product to produce sales. | | | | being an affiliate is that you can literally start selling |
| It's a simple concept. It's a sales job-you have a | | | | once you sign up. You can even get a discount on |
| product that you are selling for someone else. In return | | | | your product if the company allows you to sign up as |
| you get a cut of the sale (the commission). Typically | | | | an affiliate first and then you proceed to purchase the |
| you get a good amount of the sales price as your | | | | product as a customer-though I'm not sure why you'd |
| commission, and with internet affiliate programs, you | | | | want to sign up to sell a product you haven't first tried |
| don't carry much overhead (if any at all). The company | | | | for yourself...? Just remember-in order to sell something |
| sponsoring you usually gives you a website that you | | | | you need people who want to buy and it doesn't |
| direct customers to and any sale transactions done on | | | | matter how great a product is, it takes effort to put it |
| the website are automatic. Simple concept, however... | | | | in front of the customer (marketing) and to show them |
| You need a marketing plan to make good on your | | | | why they need to buy (selling). |
| affiliate marketing system. Though you don't come up | | | | If you want a good affiliate program to start with I |
| with a product to sell and you don't need to design a | | | | would suggest Program 1 listed on my website (see |
| website, per se, you do need to find a way to get | | | | the link below). |