Make Money with Affiliates
Where to Find Affiliate Programs
You can find a list of affiliate programs and affiliate networks on thefreecountry.com's Affiliate Program page at http://www.thefreecountry.com/webmaster/affiliate.shtml
How To Choose An Affiliate Program
How should you choose an affiliate program? My suggestion is not to choose a program according to the payment scheme, but rather according to the kind of people who are likely to visit your website. For example, if you are targeting parents on your site, links to affiliates with educational software, books and the like may generate more revenue than banners that link to web hosting companies. The most important rule of choosing an affiliate program is to know your target audience.
Another point to consider is whether you really want to join every single affiliate program that comes your way. Some studies suggest that sites that make the most money from affiliate programs are affiliates of only a small handful of programs. Furthermore, concentrating your advertisements from one network may allow you to be paid faster. If you advertise for hundreds of different affiliate networks on your site, you may wind up earning only (say) a few dollars per month from each network. If your advertiser's minimum payment amount is higher than what you can earn each month, it may take you a long time before you accrue enough to be paid.
On the other hand, that formula does not necessarily hold true for every site (or every page on your site, for that matter). For example, if your site has a particular theme, and an affiliate network only supports one or two suitable advertisers, you might want to sign up for a few affiliate networks so as to get a greater number of relevant advertisers. After all, advertisements that are relevant to your audience are more likely to be taken up than general advertisements. (What's the point of putting banners from only one affiliate if nobody is going to click them?)
Why Nothing Else Compares To Making Money With Affiliate Programs
Sunday, February 28th, 2010 at 2:41 am
I am willing to concede that the Internet offers many fantastic ways to make money today. However I believe I can make a compelling case as to why I love to make money with affiliate programs.
Here are my top 6 reasons you will love it too!
1. You do not need to build a website. I know that many people get hung up on their lack of knowledge when it comes to building a website. HTML code looks like a foreign language to most of us!
With affiliate programs the merchant will give you your own money making website that contains your personal ID number. This allows you to be credited for every sale that is made so you do not have to start out with a separate website if you choose not to.
2. All products are provided for you. Most of us do not have any products we can sell online. Affiliate programs provide products that are already created and the merchant just needs someone good to sell them.
This takes a tremendous burden off of product creation and development, so as an affiliate marketer you can concentrate on sales and marketing.
3. The marketing materials you need are given to you. This is another hurdle that many people face when they first start trying to make money online.
Quality affiliate programs are going to provide you with graphics, banners, blog articles, email campaigns, text ads, pay per click keyword campaigns, and more. This allows you to quickly be marketing your affiliate products online.
4. You can make a lot or a little money every month. If your goal is to earn a few hundred dollars a month you can do that with affiliate programs.
If you want to make a full time income or more you can do that as well. Today there are people earning seven-figure income and there are people making just a little bit of extra money too!
5. There are millions of affiliate programs to choose from. This makes it possible for you to become an affiliate and make money in a niche that you have an interest in. I personally like the fact that I can make money in numerous ways with affiliate marketing because I will never run out of affiliate programs to join.
6. 2 tier affiliate opportunities allow you to earn residual income. With increased emphasis on social networking today two tier affiliate opportunities are a great way to work with people and get paid for their efforts.
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