Introduction and What Is Affiliate Marketing?
There are many different ways to make money online but affiliate marketing consistently ranks as one of the most popular. Take a look at any internet marketing or online business forum and youll see countless numbers of people asking questions about affiliate marketing and how they can make money from it.
So - what is affiliate marketing?
In short affiliate marketing is where you recommend other peoples products and in return the owner of the product gives you a percentage of the sale price if one of the people you have referred actually buys the product or service.
Affiliate marketing is very attractive because its pretty easy to get started. Theres no need to create or source products of your own to sell - all you have to do is get people to click on your affiliate link and buy the product, and thus theres little upfront investment cost and no time consuming products to create.
In reality, affiliate marketing is just one part of most peoples online business. If you want to be really successful online its generally accepted that you need to create (or source) and sell your own products, rather than JUST being an affiliate marketer. There are of course exceptions to this rule however and it is indeed possible to earn a very healthy income just from affiliate promotions. Most successful internet marketers make a hell of a lot of money from affiliate marketing!