The ABC Of Affiliate Marketing

Everyday, more people are buying products and services over the cyberspace and associate marketing provides an easy way to start an online business that gives you access to these online gross revenue transactions.

To understand associate marketing in simple terms, you need to start with the ABC of associate marketing.

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A is for Affiliate

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Many business provide associate programs for their products and services.You sign to become an associate for a product or service. You're called an associate as you are marketing their products but you are not part of their business. As an associate you can sell physical products that have to be shipped, or digital products that can be downloaded instantly after purchase. You then promote that product and when you make a sale, you get a commission.

Take your time in choosing products to sell as an associate. Remember that you only get paid when you make a sale. If you try and sell any old rubbish you won't make any gross revenue and it will be a waste of time.

B is for Businesses

There are many associate networks and businesses to work with as an associate. Amazon became the world's most sure-fire online retail merchandiser by exploitation the associate marketing model. You can sign-up to become an Amazon associate and sell anything that is on the Amazon website.

ClickBank is one of the most popular digital retail merchandisers that sells virtual, information products. These are items that a client can download now after purchase. There are many associates who make quite good living promoting just ClickBank products.

C is for Commissions

Amazon starts you off with a 4% commission rate, which gets big when you sell more products. On ClickBank you can earn commissions of 25%, 50% and even 75%. There are other associate marketing programs which offer a wide variety of commissions, products and services, so you need to review more than one to see which is the perfect fit for you.

When you start associate marketing don't get too obsessed with earning commissions from day one. It takes time to build a base of prospects and clients who want to buy from you.

It's not one long gross revenue pitch. Think of it as 'telling' rather than 'marketing'. Your job is help people find the products or information that they are looking for. The key to making reliable, consistent money as an associate is to find a product that is in high demand, pays a good commission to you, and is backed by a company that takes care of their clients.