Affiliate Marketing Basics

Let’s say that you want to start an online business but don’t have a product to sell.  The easiest and best way to start is be an Affiliate Marketer.  I’m going to walk you through how Affiliate Marketing is done, and you can decide if this is what you want to do.

What is Affiliate Marketing?

There are 3 parties take place - Advertisers, Publishers and Buyers.

Advertisers – the person or company that has a product (eBook, videos, equipment,….etc) or service (coaching, membership,…etc) to sell online.

Publishers – people like you and I who promote Advertisers’ products or services.

Buyers – anyone buys products or services from the Advertiser (the one you’re linked to) through you. 

Let’s put these 3 parties together:

·         Advertiser A (could be an individual or a company) sells weight loss products and looks for Publishers to promote their product/service.  They offer a commission of certain % when a sale is led by your website. 

·         You, the Publisher, register to be Advertiser’ A’s affiliate, and receive a unique affiliate link (it’s a code that leads Buyers from Publisher to Advertiser through “CLICK HERE”.  

·         Your job as an Affiliate (Publisher) is to promote Advertiser A’s product online to attract Buyers to visit your website.

Affiliate Marketing Commissions:

·        When a buyer, someone who is looking for a weight loss product, comes to your website, there would be places where you used “CLICK HERE” links (affiliate code) to direct the buyer to the Advertiser A’s main website. 

·        When the buyer makes a purchase, the affiliate code will info Advertiser A where the lead came from, and it will be credited to you.  You will get the commission for leading the buyer to Advertiser A.

The process is simple.  Affiliate Marketing is like being a broker (offline).  You bring the customers in and get paid for your work.  Instead of knocking on door to door or making cold calls, you just need to setup a website (one page of web page will do the job wonderfully).  Bring traffic to your website, invite people to “CLICK HERE” and take them to where the produce/service site is.

I’ll talk more about affiliate marketing in a few days.  If you are looking for a specific info, leave a comment and let me know.