Farrell - Affiliate Marketing: How To Become the Next Affiliate Marketing Superstar!

Shane Farrell

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Table of Contents

Introduction

An affiliate is quite similar to an online sales agent. The duty of an affiliate is to promote and sell products from vendors. Affiliates get paid in commissions from each of the sale made. Its a low-cost business that could bring big profit when done the right way.

One of the many wonders of the Internet business is that it allows everyone to have the same opportunity to succeed. Affiliate marketing is one of those businesses. What sets a successful online entrepreneur apart from the rest is creativity and skills.

This book will teach you how to achieve success. It will explore comprehensively on techniques that you can add to your marketing arsenal. You will be exposed to new perspectives of this business and you will learn what others had taken years and bad experiences have learned.

Anyone can be an affiliate. All you need is just a computer with a decent Internet connection, a little bit of knowledge on IT, and youre good to go. But, of course, youd want to take this to the next level with this course.

For those who are still skeptical on affiliate marketing whether its still significant and in demand or not, the answer is yes.

It has gone through a lot of changes the past few years, and it has gone through ups and downs. Some methods and some websites are now obsolete, consumed by time. Essentially, it has evolved. It will continue to evolve and it will continue to be significant. It has proven itself to be a big part of online marketings advancement.

Lets address those doubts that a newbie might still have for affiliate business here. Affiliate marketing is proven to be beneficial for all sides of all transactions. Here are the pros and cons, for your consideration.

For The Product Vendor

If you look at affiliate marketing from the product vendors point of view, youd see that affiliate marketing is one fine deal. A vendor doesnt have to pay any fees upfront for the affiliates to start promoting their product and also, the affiliates are paid based on their performance.

So, a vendor doesnt have to worry about loss investment because if the affiliate doesnt perform, the vendor doesnt have to pay. As mentioned, the affiliate business is commission-based.

And for little risk and almost no expenditure, the affiliates are sent out to promote the product. They work very hard at it, too, for their own benefits.

For The Customer

The customer will get, through an affiliate, a product that theyve been searching for. Remember, an affiliate will go out of his way to sell a product, so they would usually provide details on a product for the customers benefits.

What successful affiliates usually do is they provide a product review on their own website to be read by the customers. Here, all the functions, features, and also weaknesses of the products are addressed. This, of course, makes it easier for the customer to know whether this particular product is for them or not.

Some affiliates also provide bonuses for the customer to purchase through them. These bonuses are not an intrinsic part of an affiliate business but those affiliates who want to make big sales, would do this. And, again, the customers get benefits from this.

For The Affiliate

What the affiliate gains from this business is, as mentioned, extra income for doing something easy. And if it were done right, affiliates would gain a lot more than just extra income. They could run a profitable business by being an affiliate.

If the affiliate truly is serious about the online business and they dedicate themselves to it, they could learn to maybe one day become product vendors themselves. This is up to them, of course. They could just remain an affiliate and just grow their own reach if they choose to.

For The Product Vendor

Some affiliates, driven solely by making sales, would use false advertising to sell their products. They would sell the product more than what it actually is or maybe they promise things that the product cant deliver.

This is something that the vendor doesnt have full control of especially for products or promotions where a large number of affiliates are involved. They can monitor the advertising habits of the affiliates but not all, unfortunately, as that would require a large amount of energy.

When a customer is not happy with the product that doesnt deliver what it is falsely promised, they would ask for refunds. Having a lot of refunds will truly hurt the business.

The damage done by false advertising is much more menacing than just giving refunds. The credibility of the vendor will be impaired. Their name will be tainted and theyll be seen as swindlers.

For The Affiliate

The swindling game can go both ways. If an unfortunate affiliate were to take part in a program with a dishonest vendor, they will suffer losses.

These vendors would usually start an affiliate program and send out affiliates to make promotions and sales. Then, after all is done, they close down their business leaving the affiliates with no commission for all the sales that were made.