What Is Affiliate Marketing Online About?

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There are countless ways to make money online and one of the more popular methods is affiliate marketing. If you have been considering this type of online enterprise you may have asked yourself, “What is affiliate marketing online about”? In this post I’ll explain the basics briefly as well as link to some other relevant posts I’ve written on the subject.

 

Who Is Suited To Affiliate Marketing?

Affiliate marketing is such a basic business model and it’s cheap to do. That’s one of the reasons it’s so popular with online entrepreneurs. People of any age, from any background and located just about anywhere in the world can become an affiliate marketer. You don’t need to be a journalist or a tech geek. There are a few select skills to learn, but with some training all people can learn these.

If you want to make money online and want to do it on a shoestring budget, then affiliate marketing is a great choice.

 

Affiliate Marketing Explained

Essentially as an affiliate marketer you don’t stock or produce your own products. You don’t take orders, pack orders or ship anything out.

All you do primarily is promote the products of other companies for a commission. A sale is made through a lead you provided and you get credited with the sale. It’s that simple.

First you choose a niche (subject) you’re interested in or passionate about, create a website and utilise social media, seek out relevant affiliate offerings you can promote and start promoting. There is a little more to it than that, but that’s the bare bones of what you do as an affiliate.

Each affiliate company you join will issue you with unique affiliate links that you use for your promotions. That way when someone clicks through on your unique link and makes a purchase, the company knows where the lead came from and you get paid a commission. Commissions can range anywhere from a lowly 4% right through to 100%.

Check out the following posts for more details on how affiliate marketing works:

Affiliate Marketing: How Websites Make Money

7 Great Reasons To Try Affiliate Marketing

What Is Affiliate Marketing And Does It Work?

 

What is Your Main Goal As An Online Marketer?

Tip: It isn’t to sell people stuff.

Answer: It is to help people first and foremost.

Now the above two sentences may sound counterintuitive. After all, you’re interested in affiliate marketing to make money. Right?

Of course you are, and so am I.

The point is, unless you first help people solve a problem, you won’t make much money, if any at all.

People often go online searching for an answer to a question, a solution to a problem they are having, or seeking more information on a product they are considering purchasing. If you can help them out with answers and solutions to their issues, then you have a far greater chance of promoting a relevant product to them.

Ideally your product offering will also help them solve their problem, but you must first gain their trust by offering some quality content along with promotions.

 

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These Character Traits Are Essential For Success

I will put these in list form. They make up a vital component to your potential success as an affiliate marketer, online entrepreneur.

  • Persistence – You need to have some staying power and be in it for the long haul. That attitude of never giving up.
  • Patience – Not everything happens overnight. Success online, just like with anything, takes time. Be patient and take things one step at a time.
  • Positive Thinking – No amount of negative thinking will bring you success. You need to keep a positive mindset about what you’re doing, even when times are tough. Success first starts in the mind.
  • Set Goals and Deadlines – Essential for making sure you have a direction to work towards and an urgency to get things done.
  • Flexibility – The internet is changing all the time, so be prepared to learn and adopt new ways of doing things. Always keep your finger on the pulse of what’s going on and always be learning.

There is more that can be added to this list. To read a post I wrote about it, click the link below.

10 Traits Of Successful People

 

Tools You Need

To get started in affiliate marketing there are really only two tools you need:

  1. A computer
  2. An internet connection

One other thing you need that I consider to be essential is quality training. If you don’t get training your marketing efforts will be hit and miss. You won’t know the right way to go about things and everything will take so much longer.

If you want to make money from this business as quickly as possible, then get some training. In some cases it can be free to start, with paid upgrade options. Read the following post for a brief rundown on the training companies I consider the best options.

Affiliate Marketing Classes – What Is The Best Affiliate Marketing Training?

I rate Wealthy Affiliate #1, and if you want to know why, you can read my review by clicking the link below.

 

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Darren Burton

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I am an author, online entrepreneur and internet marketer. I work from home and anywhere else in the world I choose to work. I've been making a living online since 2010, and you can do it too. I'm here to help.

6 thoughts on “What Is Affiliate Marketing Online About?

  1. Wealthy Affiliate is a great way for anyone to make an online income. I personally have issues talking to people face to face without feeling uncomfortable and traditional businesses or MLM businesses all rely on the fact that you need to actually talk to people.

    With WA I am able to run my business completely online and not have to interact with people face to face. I can take my time and think about how to approach everyone that I interact with on a daily basis.

  2. Great explanation of Affiliate Marketing! You have made it very easy and simple to understand what it is. I also really like how you describe, who it’s for and the characteristics traits one needs to posses to be successful. This is defiantly something everyone should look into. Thanks for sharing

    • Affiliate marketing is a very simple business that costs virtually nothing. Anyone can do this and make some money. How much money is dependent on how much work someone is willing to put into it.

  3. Hello Darren,

    Thank you very much for explaining what affiliate marketing is in detail. It seems like an affordable way to start as a beginner and highly rewarding as long as you keep a positive mindset.

    Wealthy Affiliate is definitely a great platform to start as a beginner. It contains easy to follow instructions and acts as a mentor.

    You wouldn’t want to go in blind competing against other seasoned affiliate marketers.

    Thanks,
    Eric

    • Hi Eric,

      Thanks for stopping by. Affiliate marketing is definitely the way to go online. It takes work, but it’s such a simple and cheap business to do online. Glad to hear you found your way to the training at Wealthy Affiliate. Best place to learn that I know of. Cheers.

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