6 Steps To Making Money From Affiliate Programs

When most people learn about the concept of affiliate programs they think it is a no-brainer

, very simple way to make money. This is not the case. The overwhelming majority of people who sign up for affiliate programs never earn a single cent because nobody ever clicks on their referral link.

Affiliate programs give you pages of links that affiliates can use and it can be very tempting to see these links as $10 notes waiting to be picked up on the sidewalk. Those few affiliates who earn any money from merchants' programs work in a totally different way.

Successful affiliates know that filling a page with links and waiting for people to click on them is a waste of time and effort. This is the sign of a novice and a fool.

Anyone can succeed in affiliate programs, but they all follow this six step procedure:

1)Set up a website or blog on a particular subject. Post valuable content to it every day. The regular posts help the site to gain prominence on the Internet.

2)Promote the blog or website using article submissions, by submitting information to directories and by posting on forums

3)Build a reader base, a group of people who come back to read what you have to say.

4)Give those visitors something. It might be knowledge, a service or a product, but they have to be given something, or they will not come back.

5)Persuade your visitors to Like the writer. Giving visitors something always helps, but a helpful, non-condescending approach that is always friendly and open is an essential step in this Liking process

6)Develop Trust in the people using the site. Many people online are weary of the bull they read every day. They can spot bull a mile away. Avoid being less than totally honest at all times. Tell people when they are going to click on an affiliate link as a result of your recommendation, explain that it helps pay the bills. Tell users how to obtain the product without going through your affiliate link. This transparency is currently so novel and impressive that most people will still click on your link.

These steps can be summed up as getting people to Find You (Steps 1 and 2), Know You (Step 3), Like You (Steps 4 and 5) and Trust You (Step 6).

Find, Know, Like, Trust - These are the four steps to success in any business, including affiliate marketing

by: Philip Turner

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