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Affiliate Marketing Part 3 = Progression
Affiliate marketing has come a long way since its inception.
You can get a better understanding of how it has evolved and where it is
going at the website of Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org
What makes affiliate marketing so attractive is what is NOT required of you.
You do not have to worry about product manufacturing or providing customer
service, designing marketing material or shipping the products for the company.
Your sole responsibility is to promote the product or service of the
advertiser and deliver visitors to their website.
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You agree to abide by the terms the company has set for their marketing representatives to perform these services and in exchange for these services you will be paid a certain fee for each action they want people to take.
To help you accomplish this goal, and to make sure your account is credited correctly, affiliate marketing program providers provide you with a unique identification code that is embedded in all of the marketing material that they provide to you to promote their product or service. Many affiliate marketing programs allow you to select a “username” that becomes the method that identifies your account, for example:
“http://www.affiliatemarketing.com/your-name.asp”
While most affiliate marketing programs use graphic banners or contextual ads embedded with your referral id, there are some companies that provide complete websites to their affiliates. In this case, your referral id becomes the name of the sub-domain of their company site, for example:
“http://www.your-name.affiliatemarketing.com”
“http://www.affiliatemarketing.com/your-name/index.html”
Each graphic image or line of text that is supplied to you to promote the advertisers product or service is embedded with your referral id. When the link is clicked, it transports your visitor to the website of the company you are representing. |
WHAT’S IN A CLICK?
The Dynamics of Getting Paid in Affiliate Marketing
The click on your referral link is registered on the visitors’ computer in the form of a “cookie”, a small line of code that tells the company to credit your account for this visit. If the “click” is the action that the company is paying you for – you just made some money! The same holds true for the other actions we described.
A simple idea, that sounds deceptively easy. Putting this idea into motion is where the challenge lies. Consider this question: What makes YOU click a link when you visit a website?
If you have a website that is focused on cars, and you have a referral link that is related to this theme, then there is a good chance that this link maybe of interest to your visitor.
While you do not have to fulfill any orders or answer any customer service questions for the company, in order for you to make money with affiliate marketing, your job of getting visitors to your affiliate program sponsor is just as challenging and providing them with the information they need to click your referral link is just as important.
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Martin Salter is a Director of IYC Ltd UK
and has over 50 Web sites selling various
products and services across many Niches.
You can read more at his business help
pages at: http://www.AnyoneCanWorkatHome.com
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